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In an attempt to “create an alternative environment” in the center of Amazon’s recently approved, three-block headquarters planned for downtown Seattle, NBBJ has submitted a revision that would replace a six-story office building with a tri-sphere biodome that will host various forms of plant life and provide a more natural setting for employees to work and socialize. Perhaps this change is Amazon’s way of “keeping up with the Joneses”, as many leading corporations - Apple, Google, and Facebook - have been unveiling plans to construct one-of-the-kind office complexes centered around sustainability, innovation and collaboration.
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The transparent, glass enclosure will be anchored by retail stores and provide 65,000 square feet of work, dining, meeting and lounge space, in addition to a variety of botanical zones modeled on montane ecologies found around the globe. Each sphere will be made up of five high bay floors, capable of fostering a mature tree.
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Roughly located between Sixth Avenue, Blanchard Street and Westlake Avenue, the ambitious, five-acre headquarters will include three towers and 3.3 million square feet of office space. Each block will consist of a 38-story office tower along with a smaller, mixed-use building that will all be connected by a series of pathways and open space. More information, images and drawings can be found here.
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via Geekwire, Seattle.gov