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02/07/2008 23:40. (Fortune) -- The adjectives most corporate executives use to describe their ideal offices often include terms like "functional" and "light-filled." But when Lamborghini set out to redo its design studio a few years ago, the list was somewhat more ambitious: It needed to mirror the brand's core values: "extreme, aggressive, sensuous, Italian, uncompromising, exclusive, and challenging."

Result: The facility, in tiny Sant'Agata, Italy, outside Bologna, is hands-down one of the best examples of a workspace being in sync with the products.

Lamborghini's former design director Luc Donckerwolke came up with the idea of creating an open studio with office space lofted above, while design and marketing boss Manfred Fitzgerald, who oversaw the interior design, chose technical materials -... // CNNMoney.com