What does 1990s New York have to do with a tech company’s headquarters in Madrid in 2026? A lot, as it turns out – at least when Mil Studios thinks. The Madrid interior design practice, founded by Naroa Quirós and Juan Luis Medina, has completed the new Jungle headquarters, and the result is one of the most thoughtful – and cool-up – office interiors to hit our radar in a while.
The starting point of the concept is sharp and clear: the corporate offices and creative studios of 90s New York, where design and culture were in productive tension. Control and expression. Minimalism and character. It’s a reference that could easily veer into nostalgia, but Mil Studios handles it with precision, translating that certain banal, slightly cool flavor into something completely modern.
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Covering 2,850 sqm on four floors of the Madnum tower, the project operates with a clear guiding principle: fewer features, more purpose. A monochromatic palette reinforces the harmony throughout, while each floor serves as its own unique manifesto for the space – same program, different identity.
Floor 11 sets the tone with oxidised steel and curved geometries that deliberately divide the space, creating pockets of privacy and focus that push back against the tyranny of the open plan. The shifts on the 12th floor register perfectly, referencing the club culture of the 90s through the use of colored gradients, aluminum surfaces, and music rooms with bad types – a place where work and social life are allowed to bleed together with a controlled energy.
Floor 13, a place of reception and flexible work environments, is where the digital awakening of the beginning of the decade finds its local time. The doses of mixed metal are arranged down almost by statistical intensity – the press release and even the binary code (01001001) – while the reception area created by yyplusplus reorganizes the arrival as a discovered experience, combining the physical and digital worlds. The works of art acquired through Galería Alzueta and Galería Belmonte emphasize the space of metal and fabric with a welcoming warmth.
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Then there’s Floor 14 – the top level – which is where the reference to the glamorous 90s lifestyle really comes in. Continuous wooden areas, prestigious objects, lamps designed to create anticipation and intrigue. It’s seductive in the best way: an office that can also feel like one.
Lighting is developed in three layers throughout the space – technical, ambient, and bespoke – limited to the identity of each floor. Acoustic comfort is integrated with fabrics and sound-absorbing systems. And with an initial capacity of 230 people and a room to measure 400, the project is conceived as a modular system that can grow without losing its integrity.
Mil Studios has delivered something unusual: a large workspace with a view.
This five-storey office includes a dedicated conference capsule, a prototype workshop and a raised R&D lab.
This office makes a statement right from the start—a suspended conference capsule hovers above the lobby, sending a clear message that ideas happen through conversation and exchange.
[Images courtesy of Mil Studios. Styling by Ladera Works. Photography by Germán Saiz.]