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Google is planning a massive new HQ in California (GOOG)

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Google is planning expansive new headquarters in Mountain View, California, according to a new report in The New York Times. It is due to be announced this week. Details are sparse, but it should be a "series of canopylike buildings," Conor Dougherty writes, and it will also include pedestrian and bike paths.

It is being designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels as well as Heatherwick Studio.

This is the Google's current headquarters in Mountain View, California.

google mountain view hq

The company has about 20,000 local employees, according to The Times. Mountain View's entire population is only 80,000.

google hq mountain view

Heatherwick Studio is probably best known for designing the 2012 Olympic cauldron.

2012 Olympic Cauldron London

The studio also designed the planned "Garden Bridge" across the River Thames in London.

garden bridge river thames london

Here is another of its designs — a "Leaning Hub" for a Singapore university.

heatherwick studio singapore university

This is Zeitz MOCAA. It is a converted grain silo in Cape Town, South Africa.

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These are some houses designed by Bjarke Ingels:

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This is Europa City— a far larger urban development project by the Danish architect.

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