Bidness ETC - Google's Plans To Build New Headquarter Are Massive

Google loses the battle to construct an architectural wonder to LinkedIn.

Google Inc. had eyed Mountain View's North Bayshore district since a while now to construct its glass utopia which is said to be the grandest and one of the most mysterious place ever. But now it does not really seem possible since the company will have to look for a new location. The region’s city council kept a voting after which it was deduced that Google will not get a chunk of that 2.2 million square foot land, but LinkedIn would.

Google, the search engine had massive plans to build an extensive headquarter that will be tarnished with an extremely thin coating of glass mesh. That actually looked phenomenal in the renderings. However, the city as believed did not really want an architectural wonder and preferred a plain and simple LinkedIn workplace by granting them a substantial chunk of land and handing the leftovers to Google states the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

So according to estimates it has been deduced that the area Google is actually getting will only accommodate one of the four buildings required as proposed in the initial construction plan of the company.

Two prominent names in the world of architecture, Bjarke Ingels the Danish architect belonging to Bjarke Ingels Group along with and Thomas Heatherwick belonging to the Heatherwick Studio collaborated to come up with such a design that allows for camouflage parking space underground, and make the area green with foliage, trees and other possibilities. The best part about this new headquarter would have been that a good chunk of the area of this project will be open to the masses.

However, the other side of the story is that LinkedIn’s plans were actually more sensible, appropriate and reasonable when considering both the projects reports The New York Times. Firstly, the headquarter could be constructed using the current techniques used by builders and developers. However, Google had certain tweaks that were not feasible with the current construction technologies. Moreover, LinkedIn has also vowed to diversify the canvas of Mountain View’s regional business quite different from that of Google whose revenue of taxes is linked to either better or worse.

Hence, in a nutshell, Google’s plan is extremely futuristic and beautiful but cannot be executed due to the current constraints and reservations. But this is not the end and Google can actually look for another location where they can actually make their dream of a glass utopia possible. However now, LinkedIn can enjoy its moment of glory where its new building will soon make its way on the global canvas.