Amazon and the Return of “Starchitecture”

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While the corporate world debates remote work, Amazon has decided to double down on physical offices. Earlier this year, the company announced plans for its new headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. The building complex will be anchored by a spiraling structure more than 100 meters tall, dubbed the Helix. In addition to 260,000 square meters of office space, there will also be 10,000 square meters of public space, including an amphitheater, a market, restaurants, and plazas. The choice of location, in the heart of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, stands in contrast to companies like Apple and Facebook, which built their closed-off headquarters in the suburbs.

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Cite: Sette, André. "Amazon and the Return of “Starchitecture”" [A Amazon e a volta da “starchitecture”] 06 Jul 2026. ArchDaily. (Trans. Baratto, Romullo) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1128085/amazon-and-the-return-of-starchitecture> ISSN 0719-8884
Amazon Spheres in Seattle. Photo: © Joe Mabel

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