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An office at Neoscape was made from a shipping container.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Senior digital artist Seth Borne pours himself a beer from the tapped "kegerator" during a "Beer Friday" at Neoscape.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Pretzels are placed on a table adorned with old computer parts during a "Beer Friday" at Neoscape in Boston. “Creative space allows us to do our best work,” said Robert Macleod, Neoscape president, who brings in his family for the Friday social session.

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At Redstar Ventures in Cambridge, clients walk through a swank cafe that doubles as a lobby, cafeteria, and social space.

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The clients are then whisked upstairs via a hidden door tucked in a red faux-leather wall.

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In a plush space that was designed after The Ace Hotel in New York, employees work on a large dining room table. Colorful guitars grace pillars (many Redstarers are musicians) and you might find Paula Cole changing in the back room after a show in Redstar Union, the in-house theater set up as a livestream soundstage.

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The notion of a corner office with the most commanding view was not what Allen & Gerristen’s chief executive Andrew Graff had in mind when the advertising agency relocated from Watertown to the Innovation District in August. Employees gather in the cafe area.

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The cafe is designed to host events and clients like the Celtics. Boston chef Barbara Lynch and Governor Deval Patrick spoke in the sleek seventh-floor space for an entrepreneurial event recently.

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Boats skimming through the Boston Harbor and planes taking off in the distance are in the backdrop for all employees at Allen & Gerristen -- from the accounting department to top creatives in the corner cafe. With an A-symmetrical bar, designer-tile backsplash and pendant lights, “it’s airy and spacious and more relaxed” said Maureen Metzler, a senior art director.

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In West Concord, The Wheelhouse at The Bradford Mill, is a pretty hip address. In a converted chair factory, entrepreneurs, traveling chief executives, and all manners of freelancers rent offices, desks, and gain access to a private cafe for a monthly fee.

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The space is sunny, modern, and comes with Starbucks coffee and its own bike share program.