Tencent — one of the world's largest internet companies and ranked as the most innovative business in China — worked with NBBJ to adapt the connectivity of a suburban tech campus into an urban high rise. The architecture of its new headquarters reflects the company's rising international influence, its networked culture and the interconnectivity of the web. The linked configuration activates movement and exchange within the workplace, creating horizontal streetscapes and vertical connections. The expansion was designed to provide space for 12,000 employees and nearly quadruple the size of Tencent's current workplace real estate portfolio.