Google at 1212 Bordeaux project wins Architectural Record’s 2018 “Good Design Is Good Business” Award

We are honored and thrilled that the Google at 1212 Bordeaux project in Silicon Valley was a recent recipient of the Architectural Record 2018 “Good Design Is Good Business Award”, and is one of the six “Good Design Is Good Business” winning projects profiled in the June 2018 issue of the magazine. Designed by Charlottesville, Virginia-based Parabola Architecture and constructed by Devcon Construction, Nishkian Menninger served as the Structural Engineer of Record on the project.

Each year Architectural Record’s “Good Design Is Good Business” awards program recognizes exemplary architectural solutions that were instrumental in the growth and success of a range of businesses. It has only been a few months since the doors opened at Google’s new office in Sunnyvale, California, but positive feedback and a great deal of hubbub has been generated by staff, visitors, and critics. The new two-story office building with mezzanine replaced an existing 72,000-square-foot tilt-up concrete building at the Moffett Place campus. The project is a warm shell steel-framed building with skylights, an extensive mezzanine and floor openings providing approximately 101,000 square feet of floor area. The new building also boasts of an outdoor amenity area, a second-floor balcony, suspended canopies and other shading devices, and various support buildings within the office campus.

What translates to this small office building is the fusion of functionality and aesthetics. It is no wonder that this structure has become a testing ground for Google’s future office building campuses. We are thankful to be a part of the 1212 Bordeaux project team that won this distinguished award. Our huge congratulations to everyone involved in the project.

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Project Team Credits

Owner: Google, Inc.

Architect / Project Lead Designer: Parabola

Personnel in architect’s firm who should receive special credit:

Carrie Meinberg Burke AIA – Design Partner, Kevin Burke AIA – Design Partner, Ryan Carbone – Designer, Matthew Wagner NCIDQ – Consultant, Mark Graham AIA – Consultant

Architect of Record: Devcon Architecture

Pamela Warren AIA, Sean Gillin – Assoc. AIA, Jolyn Winner, Assoc. AIA

Interior Designers:

Interior Architecture: Parabola

Interior Design & Furnishings: Rapt Studio

Engineers:

Structural: Nishkian Menninger

Civil: Kier & Wright

Mechanical / Electrical / Plumbing / Integrated Design: Point Energy Innovations

Daylighting / Integrated Design: Integral Group

Acoustical: Charles M. Salter Assoc. Inc.

Lighting: Point Energy Innovations / Clanton Associates

Design Consultants:

Ecological / Habitat: H.T. Harvey & Associates

Landscape: O’Shea Wilson Siteworks / Parabola

Code / Fire: The Fire Consultants

Waterproofing: Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger

LEED: Point Energy Innovations / Kath Williams & Assoc.

Design-Build and Design-Assist Subcontractors:

Structural Steel: Gayle Manufacturing

Buckling Restrained Bracing: CoreBrace

Precast Concrete: Willis Construction Inc.

Glass & Glazing: Walters & Wolf

Stairs / Rails / Misc Metals: Glazier Steel

Electrical / Lighting: Redwood Electric Group

HVAC / Plumbing: ACCO Engineered Systems

Grading / Paving / Site Concrete: Joseph J. Albanese, Inc.

Architectural Woodwork: Complete Millwork Services

Exterior Blinds: Peninsulators / Draper Inc.

Food Service Equipment: Trimark Raygal Inc.

Sound Masking: Archoustics West

Commissioning: Enovity Inc.

Design-Build Contractor: Devon Construction

John Castagnoli – Project Executive, Laura Zanger – Project Manager, Daniel Thelin – Project Superintendent, Paul Salinero – Assistant Superintendent

Photographer:  © Google / Prakash Patel Photography