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It's interesting that Google's office plan is garnering a lot of negative feedback. When Apple announced a plan to make one giant office building to house its

It's interesting that Google's office plan is garnering a lot of negative feedback. When Apple announced a plan to make one giant office building to house its entire corporate workforce, the general consensus was positive. Even Cupertino's politicians praised its ambition and assumed wealth it will bring to the city. Has anyone been in Cupertino recently? It feels like almost every single office building in that city is occupied by Apple now :-|. Not saying any of it is bad, unless you consider a scenario with Apple needing to sell its "mothership" to any future potential corporation. Google's office plan does seem a bit overly optimistic but clearly pitched in a way to win support of Mountain View. Right now I don't see anything in the blog post that speaks to engineers and managers who actually WANT to work in the buildings, so I hold judgement until they share more about that part.

kps 12y ago
> Not saying any of it is bad, unless you consider a scenario with Apple > needing to sell its "mothership" to any future potential corporation. That would never happen ¹.  ¹http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/January-2014/In-Photos-Eero-Saarinens-Bell-Labs/ http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/January-2014/In-P...
beamatronic 12y ago
I imagine that the "mothership" building could probably be re-purposed into condos without too much hassle.
- glenra 12y ago
  Sure, or office space for a bunch of different companies. Rent it out one wedge at a time.
r00fus 12y ago
> Not saying any of it is bad, unless you consider a scenario with Apple needing to sell its "mothership" to any future potential corporation. Seriously, that's exactly what an iconic headquarters [1] is supposed to speak to - a defiance of ever being acquired, and if acquired, then to never be assimilated. In the case of both Apple and Google, I don't think it's hubris to think they'll be around in 50 years. I applaud both campuses. The downstream implications of congestion, shopping needs and residential impact are not to be downplayed, however - and its not clear how those are being addressed in either proposal/project. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longaberger_Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longaberger_Company

kps 12y ago

> Not saying any of it is bad, unless you consider a scenario with Apple > needing to sell its "mothership" to any future potential corporation. That would never happen ¹.  ¹http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/January-2014/In-Photos-Eero-Saarinens-Bell-Labs/ http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/January-2014/In-P...

beamatronic 12y ago

I imagine that the "mothership" building could probably be re-purposed into condos without too much hassle.

glenra 12y ago
Sure, or office space for a bunch of different companies. Rent it out one wedge at a time.

r00fus 12y ago

> Not saying any of it is bad, unless you consider a scenario with Apple needing to sell its "mothership" to any future potential corporation. Seriously, that's exactly what an iconic headquarters [1] is supposed to speak to - a defiance of ever being acquired, and if acquired, then to never be assimilated. In the case of both Apple and Google, I don't think it's hubris to think they'll be around in 50 years. I applaud both campuses. The downstream implications of congestion, shopping needs and residential impact are not to be downplayed, however - and its not clear how those are being addressed in either proposal/project. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longaberger_Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longaberger_Company