Bill Bain Jr. of NBBJ has influenced urban development with contextual designs that respond to a building’s locale

The only true transparency related to the trio of steel-framed spheres—the centerpiece of Amazon’s 3.3-million-sq-ft headquarters in seismic Seattle—are the glass panes that enclose the faceted, terrarium-like structures.

Today’s hospitals require vast upgrades to electronic infrastructure to make the most of the fast-evolving available technologies.