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Architects: LPA
- Area: 352554 ft²
- Year: 2023
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Manufacturers: Bok Modern, Arcadia Custom, H.Y. Floor, Mastria Inc., Mechoshades, +3
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Professionals: LPA Design Studios, Salter, Ruzika, Swinerton Builders

This article was originally published on Common Edge.
One of the principles of comedy is that you “punch up.” If you have to make fun of someone or something, make sure it’s more prominent than you, and deserving. You can’t get much higher than Santa Clara, California, and you can’t get much more deserving. Santa Clara is, arguably, the city at the heart of Silicon Valley, a globally famous urban region that is so ill-defined as to deny its own existence. Those ranch houses and corporate headquarters represent a distinctly 21st-century brand of power. And a distinctly 20th-century brand of urbanism.

Uber Elevate and Related Companies have unveiled their Foster + Partners-designed vision for a future Skyport in Santa Clara. The 240-acre site illustrates the benefits aerial ridesharing could provide for the Bay Area and other cities in the future.

