Nine of us from BarkleyREI went on a trip to the Barkley office in Kansas City this past Wednesday. What a fantastic place, all sorts of things to spark those creative juices or just to relief some stress, like a pool table, shuffleboard, Blue Bunny Ice cream and beer on tap from local brewery Boulevard Brewing Company.

The office was the headquarters for TWA. A replica of the famous TWA Rocket Ship that once sat atop of the building during the Howard Hughes days is back on top and Barkley has adopted it as part of there logo mark. The building sat vacant for over 40 years until Barkley took it over.

The “space” theme carries through out the entire office. Each room carries a consistent naming convention like Black Hole, Observatory, Milky Way and so on.

Artwork adorns the walls everywhere. All or most of the pieces are by local KC artist. Barkley really supports the city by supporting local artists and taking a building vacant for 40 years and bringing new life to it and making it a fixture of the KC skyline.

I’ve posted some of the pictures that our HR/Office Manager took during our tour on flickr.