Amazon Spheres

Amazon Spheres
Amazon Spheres in April 2020
Amazon Spheres is located in Seattle WA Downtown
Amazon Spheres
Location within downtown Seattle
General information
TypeConservatory
Location2111 7th Avenue
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Coordinates47°36′57″N 122°20′22″W / 47.6157°N 122.3395°W / 47.6157; -122.3395
OpenedJanuary 30, 2018
Technical details
Structural systemConcrete core, steel frame and glass façade
Design and construction
Architect(s)NBBJ
Structural engineerMagnusson Klemencic Associates

The Amazon Spheres are three spherical conservatories comprising part of the Amazon headquarters campus in Seattle, Washington, United States. Designed by NBBJ and landscape firm Site Workshop, its three glass domes are covered in pentagonal hexecontahedron panels and serve as an employee lounge and workspace. The spheres, which range from three to four stories tall, house 40,000 plants, as well as meeting space and retail stores. They are located adjoining the Day 1 building on Lenora Street. The complex opened to Amazon employees and limited public access on January 30, 2018.[1][2] The spheres are reserved mainly for Amazon employees, but are open to the public through weekly headquarters tours and an exhibit on the ground floor.[3]

  1. ^ Day, Matt (January 26, 2018). "Take a look inside Amazon's Spheres as they get set to open". The Seattle Times. p. A1. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  2. ^ Day, Matt (January 29, 2018). "'Happy' plants in the spotlight as CEO Jeff Bezos, luminaries open Amazon's Spheres". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Times-Public was invoked but never defined (see the help page).