Silicon Valley is in the midst of something of a building boom with several of the tech giants commissioning new headquarters from big-name architects. First came Facebook with a campus designed by Frank Gehry. Next, Apple got Lord Norman Foster to design a spacecraft-like, donut-shaped building, which is currently nearing completion. And then there's Google, who had Heatherwick Studio team up with BIG to design a sprawling campus for megacorporation. After they encountered some trouble with the site, Google traded spaces with LinkedIn and are now inching closer to a groundbreaking.
Heatherwick Studio and BIG have recently released new renderings of the campus. Major elements include a sprawling tent-like roof that will enclose several discrete structures, regulating the internal climate. A green "loop" lined with cafes and shops will thread through several of these pavilion structures.
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a building designed from above.
Where is the clear bubble building they designed before? hmmmm
Looks amazing!
This project is getting worse by the minute. Like a Denver Airport collapsing. Time to start over.
Google is clueless when it comes to design. They continue to get outclassed by Apple, Facebook, Amazon, even Snapchat (ha).
Jawbone meets Frei Otto?
So no more Crabots?
These corporate campuses are a real throwback but not surprising since google wants a piece of that driving market. You'd think they would understand the benefits of walking.
data mined design from archinect threads?
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