OMG - Amazon Virginia HQ2 building

[DeusxMac]

I’m wondering about that landscaped exterior spiral in a torrential downpour; mudslides etc.?

[RAMd®d]

Looks like a drill bit or a cork screw


I thought something very similar.

Though I like it, it made me thing of Beeezo giving a giant 'Screw you!' to customers and competitors alike.

[mrbigstuff]

My guess is that it's highly doubtful that this building could ever be built due to ADA regs, so it's just an architect's pipe dream.

[pqrst]

Steve G. wrote:
if you note: surrounded by plain old glass boxes. So much for 'the ground-breaking future'.

The area it is going into already has a lot of office buildings dating free m the 70s. I suspect they are not being demolished. Also the crystal city complex is zoned for relatively low height so no skyscrapers.

[d4]

Looks great. Much better than a boring box. I bet this glittering jewel for the 1% AMZN executives is an interesting contrast to the shipping freight warehouses the vast majority of Amazon employees work at.

[Lux Interior]

Throw out the hardware
Let's do it right

[rjmacs]

That building ain't got no alibi.

[mikebw]

Meh, looks like a single helix to me.

[Ombligo]

looks like a giant screw.. as such, the symbolism isn't lost