Inside Amazon Building Seattle
Called the spheres discovery at understory it s open 10 a m.
Inside amazon building seattle. The plants the architecture and a transforming city. Amazon job openings have fallen 19 companywide in five months dropping even more in seattle but the tally is still more than 30 000 microsoft jettisons dozens of full time msn jobs in. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. To 8 p.
The spheres are a place where employees can think and work differently surrounded by plants. Over 40 000 plants live in three interlocking balls four stories tall a jungle handpicked from the cloud forest regions of over 30 countries. The amazon spheres building opens soon but you can peek inside now amazon hq2. Amazon has set up an exhibit space showing off details about the spheres design and the plants within on the ground floor.
It s a conservatory and an office space and symbolic of amazon s influence on seattle. Which cities are on top and which one s the dark horse five things seattle can teach amazon hq2 s winner about what. Inside the amazon spheres. The spheres are a result of innovative thinking about the character of a workplace and an extended conversation about what is typically missing from urban offices a direct link to nature.
The largest private employer in the city of seattle and home to more than 6 000 four legged friends amazon estimates its investments in seattle from 2010 through 2016 resulted in an additional 38 billion to the city s economy. An office building retail space and forest all in one by nat levy on july 21 2016 at 5 10 pm july 22 2016 at 2 15 pm comments 6 share 3 tweet share reddit email. The building is amazon s main architectural contribution to the city of seattle a marvel of engineering and horticulture.