{"id":21376,"date":"2019-03-05T15:16:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T13:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/?p=21376"},"modified":"2025-07-22T12:03:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T09:03:40","slug":"office-building-week-googleplex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/office-building-week-googleplex\/","title":{"rendered":"Office Building of the Week – Googleplex, Mountain View, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a name like the <\/span>Googleplex<\/span>, it may come as no surprise that this office building in Mountain View, Calif., is the corporate headquarters of tech giant Google. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Googleplex,\u00a0located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, is the company\u2019s largest collection of buildings featuring more than 3 million square feet of space. Charleston Park, a city park that\u2019s open to the public, also resides on the Googleplex site. Overall,\u00a0<\/span>Google operates more than 20 buildings in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Googleplex,<\/a>

Googleplex, Mountain View, Calif.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>The original campus was occupied by Silicon Graphics (SGI), and it was originally designed to allow the privately owned corporate buildings and the adjoining public green space to seamlessly coexist. It was awarded the ASLA Centennial Medallion in 1999 for its clever integration of public and private space.<\/span><\/p>\n

The SGI campus was then leased by Google in 2003. <\/span>Clive Wilkinson Architects<\/span><\/a> designed Google\u2019s original workspace and focused on creating a sustainable building to foster creativity and teamwork. The glass-enclosed three-person workrooms, known as \u00a0\u2018Glass Tents,\u2019 are a particularly innovative feature. The design cuts down on ambient noise but allows sunlight to filter through the office.<\/span><\/p>\n

Google later purchased the Googleplex <\/span>for $319 million in June 2006<\/span><\/a>, along with several other properties owned by SGI. The site is now adorned with a series of solar panels and statues of Google\u2019s Android logo and the different versions of its Android operating system. In the lobby, you\u2019ll also find a live stream of Google\u2019s search results–filtered to remove any troublesome search terms.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2013, construction began on a new 1.1 million-square-foot headquarters known as \u201cBay View.\u201d Plans for the site were subsequently released in 2015, which included a series of lightweight, movable structures. <\/span><\/p>\n

At the time, <\/span>a corporate blog post<\/span> revealed: \u201cInstead of constructing immovable concrete buildings, we\u2019ll create lightweight block-like structures which can be moved around easily as we invest in new product areas. Large translucent canopies will cover each site, controlling the climate inside yet letting in light and air. With trees, landscaping, cafes, and bike paths weaving through these structures, we aim to blur the distinction between our buildings and nature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this particular plan did not come to fruition, but a similar <\/span>tent-like structure is reportedly planned<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following its corporate restructuring in 2015, Alphabet is now the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries. Alphabet\u2019s headquarters are also in the Googleplex.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Googleplex,<\/a>

Googleplex, Mountain View, Calif.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Googleplex buildings are decked out with bright and fun decor. This includes a replica of experimental aircraft SpaceShipOne and a dinosaur skeleton that may or may not be a nod to SGI, which was responsible for the computer-generated dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s also gourmet food for staff and <\/span>high-tech nap pods<\/span> to give Googlers the optimum 40 winks to revitalize them for their work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Random fact: the name Googleplex has a double meaning. It\u2019s a combination of the words Google<\/em> and complex<\/em> and also references the term \u201cgoogolplex,\u201d\u00a0 the name given to a very large number: 10,<\/span>100<\/span> (which is a one followed by one hundred zeroes).<\/span><\/p>\n

Future plans for the Googleplex<\/span><\/h2>\n

Google has big plans for its presence in Mountain View. Last year, the company purchased a $1 billion office park next door to the existing Googleplex campus. It\u2019s <\/span>reportedly<\/span> the largest real estate deal of 2018 in the Bay Area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Google <\/span>reportedly plans<\/span><\/a> to redevelop the center of the North Bayshore area of Mountain View with a combination of office, public, retail and residential space.\u00a0<\/span>The plans include more than 3 million square feet of new and redeveloped office space, 400,000 square feet of community retail space, 35 acres of land accessible to the public and up to 8,000 new homes. Up to 20% of those new homes will be affordable housing, including rental units affordable to individuals making $44,000 per year, according to <\/span>further reports<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

In a <\/span>statement<\/span> to CNBC, Michael Tymoff, Google’s Mountain View development director, said the company wants to create “Complete Neighborhoods” that both put more of an emphasis on homes and “prioritize people over cars.” City officials will discuss the plans later on this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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