Administrative buildings

What I've seen of local administrative buildings is really interesting.  These are pictures from the hallway of the bus ticket office.  They are stark, dark hallways and the doors look like they belong on a navel vessel.  The surprising thing is that once you open the door, you find completely modern and pleasant looking offices (although smaller than many US offices). I couldn't politely take a picture to show the contrast, but it was quite a difference!  With how small the offices are,  you have to really like your colleagues or suffer the consequences. There's no room for cubicle walls, everyone's desks are back to back against each other.  The HR office I was in the other day had 5 people in a space no bigger than 30 ft x 15 ft.   Each had a desk that was quite small with a computer terminal on it and very little space left over for piles of papers.  You have to be really organized with so little working space!  -Carolyn