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7 High Tech Wonders of the World

7 HIGH TECH I WONDERS OF THE WORLD With each new daring architectural challenge, architects are pushing the boundaries of design - and the results continue to astound. From buildings which power themselves, to the headquarters of major corporations which are really just big funhouses, there really is no stopping the imagination. GOOGLEPLEX CONSISTS OF 20 DIFFERENT BUILDINGS + 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE Google USES SOLAR PANELS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1.6 MEGAWATTS OF ELECTRICITY - THE HIGHEST IN CORPORATE AMERICA THE PANELS PROVIDE 30% OF THE ELECTRICITY NEEDED FOR SOLAR-POWERED BUILDINGS A LOBBIES HAVE COMPUTER SCREENS WHICH DISPLAY SEARCH TERMS IN REAL TIME AS PEOPLE SEARCH FOR THEM ON GOOGLE THE DEVELOPMENT THE AMENITIES Two swimming pools The corporate headquarters of Google was built in 1998 in California Eighteen cafeterias - all free of charge In 2006, Google purchased the property from Silicon Graphics for $319 million Replicas of SpaceshipOne and a dinosaur skeleton Volleyball courts Is currently building a 2.8 million square foot expansion to house a further 13,000 employees Massage parlors Employees use a shuttle to get around the campuses APPLE'S HEADQUARTERS S COSTS HAVE ESCALATED DUE TO THEIR DESIGN WHICH FEATURES EXTENSIVE USE OF CURUED GLASS + PLANS TO BE 2.8 MILLION SQUARE FEET WILL BE FOUR STORIES HIGH WILL HAVE SPACE FOR 14, 200 EMPLOYEES THE DEVELOPMENT THE AMENITIES Has been in development stages in Cupertino, California since 2011 10,980 parking spaces Plans to include vast numbers of trees in the design The 176 acre site will be sustainable and utilize state of the art facilities and especially around the building's premises Auditorium The cost was initially estimated at $3 billion, but has since risen to $5 billion Fitness center Construction is earmarked for 2014, with Research and development center employees moving in around 2016 LEVİ'S STADİUN SEATING CAPACITY: 68,500 Levi's STADIUM EXPANDED SEATING: UP TO 75,000 HAS OVER 109,000 SQUARE FEET MEETING SPACE IN THE CLUB AREAS AS A MULTI-USE FACILITY, CAN ACCOMMODATE A WIDE VARIETY OF SPORTING EVENTS LIKE MOTORCROSS THE DEVELOPMENT THE AMENITIES Clothing label Levi's paid $220 million to attach their name to the new stadium of Designed to be incredibly eco-friendly: the first stadium to have both a green roof and solar panels the San Francisco 49ers They are to be the exclusive branding partner of the stadium for 20 years, while Yahoo has a similar deal to be their online sponsor Has a 75% recycling rate To date, the stadium's development has cost $1.3 billion and is scheduled to open in August 2014 Use of controllable and programmable lighting control systems and thermal comfort control systems. Will be the 2016 host of the Superbowl Executive suites: 166 APPLE STORE 5TH AVENUE, MANHATTAN 1 THE EXTERIOR BUILDING IS A GLASS CUBE, 32 FEET ON EACH SIDE WITH ONLY THE APPLE LOGÓ VISIBLE YOU NEED TO USE A CYLINDRICAL STAIRCASE OR A GLASS ELEVATOR TO ACCESS THE 10,000 SQUARE FOOT STORE BELOW O II IS ONE OF THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED SITES IN THE CITY THE DEVELOPMENT THE AMENITIES Opened in 2006, the building is known for its remarkable design, as envisioned by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - who won several awards for designing the store The Genius Bar: Where customers can receive technical advice, services and repairs Its establishment made Manhattan the first city to host two Apple stores The Studio: Where a "Creative" meets with customers to advise them on projects like photo albums or film editing Reportedly cost $7 million to develop In 2011, Apple spend $6,661,050 to revamp the exterior of the building, replacing the 90 glass panes with just 15 large ones Apple-based Workshops İNDUSTRİAL LİGHT AND MAGİC'S DATACENTER + 13,500 SQUARE FEET 3000 SERUER PROCESSOR FARM %. 600 MILES OF NETWORK CABLES 170 TERABYTES OF STORAGE 340 NODE, 10 GB BACKBONE THE DEVELOPMENT THE AMENITIES While completing Star Wars: Episode II-Revenge of the Sith, special effects company Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) realized they didn't have enough power to keep working unless they expanded their premises All employees have 1GB/second connections The offices run on three different networks, with two separate 10GB network cores Today, ILM resides close to the Golden Gate Bridge Their effects have been used in Jurassic Park, Harry One of the largest renderfarms available, with 7500 nodes Potter, Star Wars, Star Trek, Back to the Future, the Terminator and many other well known movies FACEBOOK HEADQUARTERS WILL BE 40,000 SQUARE METRES HOUSES 2,800 ENGINEERS IN A SINGLE WAREHOUSE-LIKE ROOM FACEBOOK EMPLOYEES INVITE ARTISTS TO DECORATE THEIR EXISTING BUILDING's WALLS THE DEVELOPMENT THE AMENITIES In 2011, Facebook announced their plans to move their headquarters to Menlo Park, California An underground tunnel will connect the new campus to the existing building across the road A rooftop garden will span the entire building, cutting heating and cooling costs In 2013, Facebook announced the expansion of their campus, with a new building being designed by world renouned architect Frank Gehry Electronic maps Vending machines to dispense cables, power adapters and assorted gear - no need for time-consuming IT request form THE EDEN PROJECT A CONSISTS OF TWO HUGE ENCLOSURES OF ADJOINING DOMES WHICH HOUSE THOUSANDS OF PLANT SPECIES O EACH ENCLOSURE IS ITS OWN NATURAL BIOME THE TROPICAL BIOME COVERS 3.9 ACRES, MEASURES 180 FT HIGH, 328 ET WIDE AND 656 FT LÒNG. THE MEDITERRANEAN BIOME COVERS 1.6 ACRES, MEASURES 115 FT HIGH, 213 FT WIDE AND 443 FT LONG. THE DEVELOPMENT THE AMENITIES The Core: An educational facility Established May 2000 in Cornwall, United Kingdom, the Eden Project consists of artificial biomes which support various plant life from around the world 2000 The project uses sanitized rain water for many different uses Built in an exhausted clay-pit, the project took 2 and half years to complete In December 2010, the Eden Project began building a geothermal electricity plant which can generate approximately 4MWE - enough for the project itself and 5000 households Cost £141 million to develop ALTHOUGH VASTLY DIFFERENT IN THEIR EXECUTION AND FUNCTION, THESE BUILDINGS PROVE THAT WITHA LITTLE IMAGINATION, AND A LOT OF MONEY, THERE IS NO STOPPING WHAT HIGH TECH WONDERS THE HUMAN MIND CAN DREAM UP. 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7 High Tech Wonders of the World

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If it can be imagined, it can be created. As creative minds have risen to positions of power within companies, or created companies as a result of their creative endeavors, it was simply a matter of ...

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