Amazon Spheres

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The Amazon Spheres are a trio of glass-domed conservatories at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters that serve as an employee workspace and botanical garden featuring thousands of plant species.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biophilic design project
building complex
conservatory
office building
alsoKnownAs Amazon Biodome
The Spheres
architect NBBJ
climateType cloud forest
tropical
constructionStartDate 2013
contains cafés
living wall
lounges
meeting spaces
retail space
river feature
thousands of plants
treehouse meeting room
work areas
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designStyle biophilic design
developer Amazon
featuredIn Amazon campus tours
hasVisitorCenter Understory
height approximately 29 meters
approximately 95 feet
landscapeArchitect Site Workshop
locatedIn Seattle
United States of America
surface form: United States

Washington
material glass
steel
neighborhood Denny Triangle
notablePlant Ficus rubiginosa specimen tree
numberOfDomes 3
openingDate 2018-01-29
ownedBy Amazon
partOf Amazon headquarters in Seattle
plantCollectionSize over 40000 plants
plantOrigin cloud forests
tropical regions
plantSpeciesCount over 400 species
primaryUse botanical garden
employee workspace
publicAccess by reservation
limited
purpose to integrate nature into the workplace
to provide restorative workspace for employees
shape glass domes
structuralEngineer Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Understory immersive exhibit space

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NBBJ notableWork Amazon Spheres
South Lake Union neighborhood hasLandmark Amazon Spheres
subject surface form: South Lake Union