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Visit this amazing Google campus

Last updated on: January 23, 2012 09:39 IST

Image: An iconic pair of giant binoculars.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

An iconic pair of giant binoculars designed by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen is seen at an entrance of the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.

The 100,000 square-foot campus was designed by architect Frank Gehry.

Around 500 employees develop video advertising for YouTube, parts of the Google+ social network and the Chrome Web browser at the site.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

A woman walks past a tunnel of Google homepage logos at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Google campus.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

An employee works at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Google campus.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

Software engineer Madhava Srinivasan, 27, (L) shoots hoops at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Katharine views Stonehenge on panoramic Google Maps.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

Katharine views Stonehenge on panoramic Google Maps screens at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Eames meeting room.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

An Eames chair sits in the Eames meeting room, where no technology is allowed, at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Women sit on the roof deck.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

Women sit on the roof deck at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Rock climbing wall at the Google campus.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

Systems Integrator Robert Scott, 32, (R) is photographed by his girlfriend Abby Pynes, 33, as he tries out the rock climbing wall at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Performance specialist David Delgado.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

Performance specialist David Delgado, 27, demonstrates a rope exercise in the company gym which is open 24 hours a day at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Boardwalk.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

Employees sit in the 'Boardwalk' workspace at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Katharine Ng zooms in to Paris on panoramic Google Maps.

Katharine Ng zooms in to Paris on panoramic Google Maps screens at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Google LA logo.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

A Google LA logo is seen on a pool table at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: People eat in the cafeteria at the Google campus.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

People eat in the cafeteria at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Google employees.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

Google employees take part in a yoga class at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: A scrolling employee photo collage.

Software Engineer for Google+ mobile photos Ken Arthur, 27, views a scrolling employee photo collage that he helped develop in the 20 per cent of his work time which Google employees can devote to personal projects, at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: A man walks past a Google logo drawn with chalk.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

A man walks past a Google logo drawn with chalk on a wall at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Surfboards for use by employees.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

Surfboards for use by employees are lined up at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.

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Visit this amazing Google campus

Image: Bicycles for use by employees.
Photographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters.

Bicycles for use by employees are lined up at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles, California.