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Google wins approval for 'Downtown West' mega campus in San Jose

2021-05-26T11:04:00-04:00

Google’s major campus development in San Jose, California has been unanimously approved by city officials. “Downtown West” will see the delivery of 7.3 million square feet of office space for 20,000 workers, as well as thousands of housing units, spread across an 80-acre site. The scheme involves a number of prominent architecture and urban design firms, including Kohn Pedersen Fox, Heatherwick Studio, Grimshaw Architects, SHoP Architects, Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB), SITELAB urban studio, and West 8 (landscape design).

Image: Google / SITELAB Urban Studio

The project is the largest single project ever proposed for San Jose and is reported to cost more than $1 billion. The campus will include 4000 housing units, 1000 of which are allocated as affordable units in a state that needs 3.5 million housing units for all income levels over the next four years to meet demands. The scheme will also include 300 hotel rooms and 800 residences as short-term accommodation for corporate guests, ...

"Digital Infrastructure City" in Las Vegas to be built with construction drones and a robot-augmented "super workforce"

2019-08-16T12:45:00-04:00

Bleutech Park Properties, a real-estate investment trust (REIT), and KME Architects have unveiled plans for a new "Digital Infrastructure City" in Las Vegas.

The digitally-focused, smart city-style development is set to feature "automated multi-functional designs," "supertrees," and self-healing concrete structures, according to a press release. The development, which will include offices and market-rate and affordable housing, will draw all of its energy from renewable sources. The buildings in the development are set to be wrapped with photovoltaic glass panels that will turn "entire building exteriors into single solar panels," according to a statement.

The project is also set to be constructed using union labor; Those workers will be aided by a bevy of automated and digital technologies, including aerial construction drones that will work on hard-to-reach and dangerous portions of the project and "wearable technologies" that will aid workers in heavy lifting and repetitive task...

Bramberger [architects] wins competition for the High Tech Campus in Villach, Austria

2013-12-09T19:51:00-05:00

Bramberger [architects] from Graz, Austria had the winning scheme to design the High Tech Campus in Villach, Austria. Bramberger's clear-cut scheme integrates office and educational facilities with green space that will eventually connect with surrounding buildings to create a fully functioning campus.

The project is in the planning phase, with construction scheduled to begin in spring 2014. Completion is expected in summer 2015.

Find out more at Bustler.

Images courtesy of Bramberger [architects].