More than 10 years in the making, Bay View represents the first time Google developed one of its own major campuses, with the goal to rethink how building systems integrate with nature to provide healthy, sustainable places for people to work.
A collaboration between the city and Arizona State University, the $65-million center in downtown Mesa includes a three-story, 118,000-sq-ft Media and Immersive eXperience (MIX) Center and the Plaza @ Mesa City Center.
The 400-foot-long Taylor Yard Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge provides a crucial connection between the Los Angeles River communities of Elysian Valley and Cypress Park, via the Taylor Yard G-2 site, a 42-acre industrial parcel and former rail yard.
The reconstruction of the 25-gate, 620,000-sq-ft concourse features open gate lounges, concessions, dining spaces, and a special museum exhibit, all enhanced with work from local artists.
Little Island Park turned a former pier into a 2.4-acre public space over the Hudson River that includes 132 giant concrete pots planted with full sized trees that connect via walkways to each other and to an outdoor performance venue.
Beauty and beastly strength: Concrete made by Fort Miller Group, which precast the giant concrete flowerpot-like structures for Manhattan’s Little Island park on the Hudson River, boasts this traditionally unlikely combination.
ENR California and Northwest Editor Erica Berardi speaks with Arup Principal Erin McConahey about building decarbonization and what construction can do in the fight against climate change.