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Mountain View Residence / Atelier Hsu

Mountain View Residence / Atelier Hsu - Houses, Door, Facade, Column, Chair
© Mark Luthringer
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Mountain View, United States
  • Architects: Atelier Hsu
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2200 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Fleetwood
  • Professionals: Rammed Earth Works

Mountain View Residence / Atelier Hsu - Houses, Kitchen, Door, Facade, Table, ChairMountain View Residence / Atelier Hsu - Houses, Garden, FacadeMountain View Residence / Atelier Hsu - Houses, Facade, Stairs, Door, Handrail, Table, Lighting, ChairMountain View Residence / Atelier Hsu - Houses, Garden, Facade, DoorMountain View Residence / Atelier Hsu - More Images+ 8

The Pros & Cons of Living With Google

"Some days it feels like Google is taking over the world." In an article for The Verge Sean Hollister investigates how Google now represents one tenth of Mountain View, the city which hosts the company's Californian headquarters. Having one of the world's largest tech companies on their doorstep is a cause of concern for residents, some of whom are now referring to their home as Googleville. Having just bought the lease for a former military airport some city council members are seeing the expansionist move as a step too far - read the article in full here.

Google Collaborates with NBBJ to Expand California Headquarters

One thing Google has become known for is their spectacular work environments. From playful employee lounges to environmentally sensitive design, the multifaceted internet giant has successfully transformed hundreds of existing spaces from around the globe into casual work environments that spawn innovation, optimizes efficiency, and boasts employee satisfaction. Much like many other California-based corporations, Google has been toying with the idea of building their own office space from scratch. Well, this dream will soon be realized, as the company has teamed up with Seattle-based NBBJ to expand their current, 65-building “Googleplex” in Mountain View, California, by adding a 1.1-million-square-foot complex known as “Bay View” on a neighboring 42-acre site.

More on Bay View after the break...

NASA Sustainability Base / William McDonough + Partners and AECOM

NASA Sustainability Base / William McDonough + Partners and AECOM - Office Buildings, FacadeNASA Sustainability Base / William McDonough + Partners and AECOM - Office Buildings, Beam, FacadeNASA Sustainability Base / William McDonough + Partners and AECOM - Office Buildings, Garden, Beam, Stairs, FacadeNASA Sustainability Base / William McDonough + Partners and AECOM - Office Buildings, FacadeNASA Sustainability Base / William McDonough + Partners and AECOM - More Images+ 13

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Mountain View, United States

The Motherships Are Landing: What Google’s New Headquarters Reveal About Apple 2

The Motherships Are Landing: What Google’s New Headquarters Reveal About Apple 2 - Featured Image

When Apple revealed the plans for their new campus in Cupertino, the responses to the “spaceship” were….varied, to say the least:

“Spectacular would be an understatement” ; “So disappointing…” ; a “…panopti-lawn…” ; and – my personal favorite – “Sphincter?” [1]

The announcement instigated a flurry of analyses and criticisms over the meaning of the design for the world – the Zen-like significance of the circle, the role of architecture in this technologically-driven age, the legacy and hubris of Jobs – but produced very little discussion over its meaning for the company itself.

Meanwhile, months before news of the “spaceship” landed, another internet giant was searching the California landscape for its own space to call home. Still very much under-wraps, the new Googleplex will be the first time Google builds a workplace completely from scratch. [2]

These projects will be the Magnum Opuses, the ultimate physical representations, of the two most influential Tech companies in the world, and the two share striking similarities. So let’s clash the plans of these two titans and take another look at Apple 2 – but this time in the light of Google – and see what they can tell us about these companies’ futures.

Computer History Museum / Mark Horton - Architecture

Computer History Museum / Mark Horton - Architecture - Museum, FacadeComputer History Museum / Mark Horton - Architecture - MuseumComputer History Museum / Mark Horton - Architecture - MuseumComputer History Museum / Mark Horton - Architecture - Museum, Kitchen, Lighting, Table, BenchComputer History Museum / Mark Horton - Architecture - More Images+ 17

Museum
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Mountain View, United States

Google to build sustainable Headquarters in Mountain View with Ingenhoven Architects

Google to build sustainable Headquarters in Mountain View with Ingenhoven Architects - Featured Image
Google Mountain View © Ingenhoven Architects

The award winning sustainable German architecture firm, Ingenhoven Architects, has been hired by Google Inc to design their new headquarters in Mountain View, California. Expected to begin construction in 2012, Ingenhoven approached the design with the idea that ‘the architecture should be an expression of the „corporate culture” and at the same time a model for sustainable architecture in the broadest sense surpassing the LEED-Platinum-Standards with its holistic concept’. Jordan Newman, a Google spokesman shared about Ingenhoven, “we’ve asked them to build the most green, sustainable building possible.”

Google’s offices in Milan, previously featured on ArchDaily can be viewed here. More about this exciting news from the architects following the break.