Silicon Valley: Architecture and Interiors

An exploration of the workings of Silicon Valley, know as the metonym for the world of technology. Today, Silicon Valley has spread beyond the confines of the Santa Clara Valley and has become a metonym for the world of technology. Throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area there are several thousand firms, both large and small that hire close to 400,000 tech workers and constitute the largest concentration of technology companies in the United States, if not the world. From Adobe to Zynga, the companies of Silicon Valley are continually pushing the frontiers of both technology and workplace design in ways that will force the rest of the world to take note of. Today, the ubiquitous beige cubicle is quickly giving way to more open and organic environments where people can work in groups and use mobile devices in a variety of venues. Researchers have found that improving technologies and evolving worker attitudes have freed the creative tech worker from his desk, allowing him to work almost anywhere. Rigid grid office layouts are being replaced by organic designs that more resemble a specimen slide view of some cell structure than a grid. SELLING POINTS: - Today, Silicon Valley has become a metonym for the world on technology - Several thousand firms, are leading the way in new architecture and interior design - The companies of Silicon Valley are continually pushing the frontiers of both technology and workplace design in ways that the rest of the world should sit up and take note of 200 col.