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New affordable housing in Silicon Valley boasts net-zero emissions

In one of the nation’s most expensive housing markets, a new multifamily community has sprung up to provide 66...

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Frank Gehry tops Facebook HQ expansion with a 3.6-acre rooftop park

Facebook recently unveiled a peek inside MPK 21, its newest campus building designed by Frank Gehry and built in...

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Solar-powered home takes advantage of Silicon Valley’s mild climate

San Francisco-based architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson recently completed the Los Altos Residence, a modernist...

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Intuit’s new green-roofed campus is an indoor/outdoor dream office

Intuit’s new Marine Way Building (MWB) in Mountain View, California, aims to become an antidote to the trend...

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Swooping rooflines make this proposed Silicon Valley home a sculptural work of art

Cambridge-based design studio WOJR has proposed an unusual Silicon Valley home that stands out from the pack with...

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Charred timber home perched above Silicon Valley takes cues from nature

High above Silicon Valley sits a striking home with a two-story volume clad in blackened cedar. Schwartz and Architecture...

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Classic Eichler gets a tasteful renovation and expansion in the heart of Silicon Valley

Klopf Architecture has refurbished and expanded a classic Eichler home in the San Mateo highlands while keeping...

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Remodeled Eichler house is an oasis of calm in the heart of Silicon Valley

The experts behind remodeling classic Eichler homes have done it again. This time, Klopf Architecture applied their...

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Net-zero Silicon Valley office prioritizes water conservation in drought-stricken California

A Silicon Valley office building that produces all the energy it needs on-site is a leading example of smarter,...

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Is this art? Photos capture moments when humans and light interact

All of the exhibition’s 20 installations are nature-themed and the most striking of them are those which respond...

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Moffett Place High Garden is a one of Silicon Valley's largest rooftop parks

The park is one of the central amenities to the Moffett Place campus, which was recently leased to Google as the...

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Mid-century home by Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice receives an earth-friendly upgrade

The home originally featured walls made of exposed concrete block, which were largely covered up to give an updated...

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Googleplex designer's sky offices above London would suck people up from their homes

Clive Wilkinson, who design the original Googleplex, came up with a quirky design that puts a satirical spin on...

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Jaw-dropping scale of Apple’s spaceship campus revealed in new drone footage

[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FqH02gN29o&w=537&h-302] Designed by Fosters + Partners, the...

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World’s largest green roof unveiled in the heart of Silicon Valley

The Hills at Vallco’s crown jewel is without a doubt its $3 million 30-acre green roof, an unprecedented engineering...

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