Apple vs. Facebook vs. Amazon: Battle for the Best Tech Headquarters

June 11 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg Businessweek's Sam Grobart considers the elaborate dreams of Silicon Valley's biggest companies for their new headquarters, from Apple to Amazon to Facebook.

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"Google is developing its Bay Vew campus which is going to be set up so no employee is more than a 2.5 minute walk from any other employee."
In a 1.1m squared foot multi storey area !

The typical walking speed is 1.4 m/s. In 2.5 minutes, a person travels 210 m/ 690 feet. If an uncomfortable 2.5m/s walking speed is used as their design guide, then an emplyee will jog 375 meters (1270 ft) in a 2.5 minute period. That should be the longest distance btwn any two employees in that campus,
or the architect is genius!

Or the paths going to have Google magic carpets.

[awaisraza]

Hahahahahah they have 600 billion. 5 billion is $5 for them

[stevenwellesley]

Apple have 120 billion cash, building a 5 billion campus is just a tiny capex. They could buy a small country with it

[michaelsonsarmiento]

Tall and grandiose buildings precede every recession, depression and downfall throughout history. I'm an architect and I know what I am talking about.

[tevinabeysekera]

Seattle soon will be a big city. There won't be anything special, the cost of living would drive away all the restaurants and shops.

[Moonsabie]

computer tec is like only 15 years old 21 if your pushing it 30 if your confused and for 50% of the world they still have nothing.

I would say there is market growth although at stationary or reduced price structures

[theification]

5 billion to apple is like a 5 for us

[heavensbutterflies]

Which is the safest headquarters in case of a severe earthquake?

[aviefern]

Possibly, a number of technologies are reaching their limits of innovation, so there will be some bubbles bursting, but I think overall, there should be some other innovations that keep the tech industry alive.

[beachnewt]

Is it just me or was this vid 91 seconds

[rohitd]

Apple will destroy fb, amazon together
Apple worth = 800 billion$

[NYNRESINMATERIALESELECTRICOS]

AI smart & Efficient + Wall Street = billions of money = new shoes! & new House... no blood, no stain

[attlee]

Oedipus complex?! Really? I think you have that wrong

[WadeMcLure]

0:07 Did he just say "crazy oedipus complex going on"? I don't get the correlation from building headquarters to wanting to have sex with one's parents...

[symplegg]

5 billion is like 10 dollars to bill gates

[javiercastaneda]

+717LITO KEEP SHAKING YOUR HEAD CAUSE IDGAF and stop replying cause it's not gonna make a difference