What Google's $7BN Building Spree Means for Construction
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Күн бұрынGoogle is using its might to show the whole world what good construction can look like and it’s time everyone paid attention. For more by Tomorrow's Build subscribe now - bit.ly/3vOOJ98
Executive Producer and Narrator - Fred Mills
Producer - Adam Savage
Video Editing and Graphics - Jim Casey
Additional footage and images courtesy of Google, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Heatherwick Studio, COOKFOX Architects, Christopher McAnneny, Connie Zhou, Doug Ronald, Google Earth, Michael Green Architecture, Oxford Properties, Pelli Clarke Pelli, Picture Plane, Sidewalk Labs, SITELAB Urban Studio, STG Design/Steelblue, Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation, Team San José, ZGF Architects and OpenStreetMap Contributers (www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).
CORRECTION: At 6:50 we say "nearly 7,000 square metres", which should say nearly 700,000 square metres.
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@jakehandley3366 3 жыл бұрын
Haha I still rollerblade! Awesome video as per 👌🏻
@montypython1042 3 жыл бұрын
this video also reminded me to get new roller blades
@Spirit0fD4rk 3 жыл бұрын
You're not the only one
@alexchicote8430 3 жыл бұрын
@@montypython1042 thanks
@LuChezario Жыл бұрын
Это ты на видео?
@mattjackson343 3 жыл бұрын
Buy property as company = reducing taxable income Buy property as a regular person = in debt for half your life
@dosadoodle 3 жыл бұрын
Additionally, California voters in 2020 decided businesses should keep the Prop 13 exclusion that allows business property taxes to stay (nearly) fixed based on the price of purchase, not the appreciated price. It was really sad to see big businesses marketing worked to turn enough voters away from such a basic reform. This reform also had no impact on small businesses or personal property. It was purely targeted at moderate to large businesses, many of which pay a pittance relative to the current value of their properties.
@forloop7713 3 жыл бұрын
@@dosadoodle I thought Californians were more socialist than this
@2e826 3 жыл бұрын
@@forloop7713 being a socialist means you complain on Twitter and protest lawful shootings in the streets, you don't actually do anything productive. 😂😂😂
@LeZylox 3 жыл бұрын
@@2e826 cringe
@DefenestrateYourself 3 жыл бұрын
@@forloop7713 Not the actual people in power
@jacobbernard1393 3 жыл бұрын
It's strange to see walkable environmentally-sustainable corporate campuses in the middle of the soulless, car-dependent sprawl of Silicon Valley.
@dariuspk2850 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed lol
@Snsnsnxbn 3 жыл бұрын
Times are changing though, and all the construction going on is very telling of this. The south bay started off as a huge suburb and i dont think anyone expected this kind of growth, so they’re barely catching up now. DTSJ in particular is seeing massive urbanization
@jacobbernard1393 3 жыл бұрын
@@Snsnsnxbn it's definitely encouraging.
@johncampbell829 3 жыл бұрын
The slave owners would hardly approve of their slaves owning transportation to escape their oppression. Nothing new under the sun...."I owe my soul to the company store" was an old song about just this concept...work, pay rent to the company you are working for and buy your food from the exact same company...They Will OWN you, lock, stock and two smoking barrels.
@Snsnsnxbn 3 жыл бұрын
@@johncampbell829 who gives a fuck if we’re getting paid a shit ton of money lol
@Samuel_J1 3 жыл бұрын
Google's adventures into building and communities is interesting, but this video was pretty much perfect! Visuals, audio, content and jokes all top tier!
@TomorrowsBuild 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Sam!! 🙌
@danielawesome36 3 жыл бұрын
Google's Bizarre Adventure.
@thetowerfantasymusic 3 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@MarkLeel 3 жыл бұрын
Another brilliant video. Well detailed as usual.
@TomorrowsBuild 3 жыл бұрын
Ah thanks so much!!
@shawngbrennan9893 3 жыл бұрын
“Google is set to bring 4,000 new homes and some 20,000 new workers to San Jose.” That is literally going to contribute even more to the housing shortage with a ratio like that :(
@2MeterLP 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, unless those google workers like to live in groups of 4-5, theres gonna be 16k too few houses.
@jacobbernard1393 3 жыл бұрын
Which is why the Bay Area has a social responsibility to allow the construction of much more housing than they currently do, pushing supercommuters 2 hours away from their workplaces. San Jose is the 10th largest city in the country, but it's utterly sad in its sprawl and car-dependency.
@jacobbernard1393 3 жыл бұрын
@Steve Acho Few things worth doing are easy.
@seanthe100 2 жыл бұрын
Google and other tech companies are literally the root of the housing crisis in the area. Brings 100s of thousands of jobs with literally no homes constructed is a recipe for disaster.
@californiamade5608 2 жыл бұрын
That’s why they are building more housing duh
@Jppnametaken 3 жыл бұрын
Do NOT type Google into Google, it will break the internet.
@TomorrowsBuild 3 жыл бұрын
We tried it. Internet is still there.
@riderchallenge4250 3 жыл бұрын
@@TomorrowsBuild his personal internet may be.
@antwonefernandez7554 3 жыл бұрын
Be interesting to see how many people get that! Nice work.
@ginglee4199 3 жыл бұрын
@@TomorrowsBuild maybe this guy has the McDonald's wifi
@markfryer9880 3 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I already did that! Did I break something by mistake?
@ChilapaOfTheAmazons 3 жыл бұрын
_"Optimizes team working"_ is corp-speak for very loud soulless open offices where it's impossible to concentrate and everyone is forced to wear heavy noise-cancelling headphones all day. 😢
@Dweller415 3 жыл бұрын
Facts
@laundrylurker3242 3 жыл бұрын
My mother worked at a company like that, and she says it wasn't bad as they were still required to talk quietly
@ChilapaOfTheAmazons 3 жыл бұрын
@@laundrylurker3242 it was _really_ bad where I worked (one of the big US tech giants). Even worse than a sea of cubicles. An entire large floor densely packed with nearly a thousand people on small desks with absolutely no walls. Managers would permanently book a meeting room as a de facto office to get some work done. The courtesy was not extended to lowly engineers of course.
@ChilapaOfTheAmazons 3 жыл бұрын
You can tell that open floor offices are a terrible idea for productivity because every person involved in the decision to put engineers in these offices (CEOs, directors, HR, architects) never work themselves in such environments, while telling engineers that their complaints are unfounded and it's the perfect work environment. 🙄
@rob-123 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah my ears ring really badly after working in these types of offices. All the eco rubbish and eco ventilation was a load of expensive crap that didn't work. I call them converted car parks. Thank god Covid has shut most of them down.
@Yo3j2442 3 жыл бұрын
This left out the Chicago West loop office.... but west loop as a neighborhood is a whole video itself for B1M so I’ll just plant this comment here....
@killernat1234 3 жыл бұрын
Many people think Apple has a monopoly but that’s only within the apple ecosystem, google has the real monopoly, everyday pretty much everyone uses at least 1 google product, everyday, from the search engine, to maps, to reviews, etc
@lovelyhomeboy2782 3 жыл бұрын
My guy that's called oligopoly
@swaroopshankar7629 3 жыл бұрын
@@lovelyhomeboy2782 'Oligopoly' is a state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers. Construction and Real Estate is one of the most competitive markets out there. Are you saying there aren't enough players in the AEC industry?
@lovelyhomeboy2782 3 жыл бұрын
@@swaroopshankar7629 my guy I'm explaining like if a company owned alot of different businesses
@lovelyhomeboy2782 3 жыл бұрын
@Swaroop Shankar welp looks like I learned something new
@theivadim 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome content! I am not interested in pursuing a career in construction but I still love watching your videos to learn more about how our urban world is built and what it takes to do it the right way.
@pbilk 3 жыл бұрын
Darn, I hope the Toronto project went forward but without all the concerns of data collection. Toronto really needs to be less car-centric.
@francoisg3500 3 жыл бұрын
Good afternoon Fred & Co! Keep up the great on this channel and the B1M.👍🏻
@yousufmazher104 3 жыл бұрын
I always learn something new whenever i watch videos by B1M and Tomorrow's Build. 😊
@talion7268 3 жыл бұрын
I'm really loving the quality content this Channel has to offer!
@davetv4705 3 жыл бұрын
Glad to discover another channel rum by the B1M team. Great presentation as usual!
@wishmaker 3 жыл бұрын
This is the first time i seen you made a second channel that I did not know of O_O!... Already subscribed and thank you for this video.
@Isomoar 3 жыл бұрын
Everywhere is just going to be random Google buildings & Amazon fulfilment cubes in the near future...
@forloop7713 3 жыл бұрын
I love that idea and I love tech companies
@fatstacksfatlips8708 3 жыл бұрын
@@forloop7713 Bug man
@puumkuun1110 3 жыл бұрын
@@fatstacksfatlips8708 dont forget about the living cages
@3c3c3c 3 жыл бұрын
Neo feudalism and great reset, you will own nothing and be happy
@bsaforlife 3 жыл бұрын
Facts and Facebook moderator remote jobs
@ethanb2526 3 жыл бұрын
I knew you had to bring up the mass timber building after watching you're live zoom panel about wooden schools! I'm sure many of the additional benefits of building a school with wood such as mental benefits also apply to office buildings.
@TheMagnificentish 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for quoting the Mercury News, from a reporter there! Great work
@aubreycrowder3903 3 жыл бұрын
Great video keep it up!
@Nick-vu2bz 3 жыл бұрын
'Apparently some people still do that' lol
@omniyambot9876 3 жыл бұрын
I still do that but I cant do it on high slope
@neeljavia2965 3 жыл бұрын
And I thought their new office in London was big. Lol
@laryygary8848 3 жыл бұрын
Great content man
@thetowerfantasymusic 3 жыл бұрын
Really well crafted video
@adrianhough5059 2 жыл бұрын
The architecture styles of Google’s buildings are very diverse and interesting….great video!
@JustinJamesJeep 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! As an Ontarian I was curious what was happening to the Toronto district project.
@harktischris 3 жыл бұрын
6:38 "Affordable" housing has a specific, strict legal meaning in CA and in the US (it is not some loosey goosey PR term), which means rents/costs are set to be affordable to a households some percentage
@Celeste-in-Oz 3 жыл бұрын
I'm intrigued why a co like Google doesn't seem hampered by the effects of 'design by committee' when they clearly have a lot of big teams...🤔
@red_One 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Subscribed.
@Monkeegenesgroup 3 жыл бұрын
Dude. Your videos rock!
@bmanpura 3 жыл бұрын
1:15 Ouch.. Such brutal honesty lol. Love your content!
@BARUtubbig 3 жыл бұрын
B1M meets Adam Savage? Totally hooked already
@standardannonymousguy 3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Oh, yeah rollerblading is still a thing.
@TomorrowsBuild 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Haha, who knew! 😂
@SirD4version3 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for using the metric system.
@Alan_Hans__ 3 жыл бұрын
There's money to be made in ad agencies it seems. They are making some nice buildings with all that ad revenue at least.
@harperwelch5147 3 жыл бұрын
I think it's great that Google does fun buildings that are significant in architectural ways.
@Lemonickous 3 жыл бұрын
Google : "You plebs, let me show you what's good for you all" Everyone : "Yes my lord! I shall kiss thy feet"
@andrewsteavpack9079 3 жыл бұрын
All of their buildings look so good on the interior and exterior, as long as they don't build big ugly boxes for offices I think it's a good thing. These look like college campuses and a lot of the spaces look to have high loss factors in the square footage which usually makes for more architecturally appealing and creative feeling spaces.
@ptptpt123 3 жыл бұрын
What music do you use in second half of video? I have been looking for it for a while now. Help much appreciated.
@SSS-sz8mg 3 жыл бұрын
Very well described into truly meaning of word
@nigelsmith7955 3 жыл бұрын
I think the next project should be “google pipeline” from east to west so they can fill there empty lakes with flood waters form the east! Should only take them a year!! 😉
@singlefather01 3 жыл бұрын
I have not ridden a bicycle in more than a decade until I started going to the Google complex.
@ngugi- 3 жыл бұрын
1:15 slick graphics! thought put into it
@dgorospe 3 жыл бұрын
The credits mention Adam Savage as the producer. Is that a coincidence, or is the famous Mythbuster actually involved?
@Schroefdoppie 3 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing.
@just1689 3 жыл бұрын
It's a giant conspiracy man. Here he publishes the myths. On his show he busts them. It's all part of the plan
@Konzuug 3 жыл бұрын
Great video. But what is Google thinking in San Jose? 4000 living spaces but 20000 new jobs? I can relate to these housing shortages my university in Amsterdam reduced the intake of students to my program by 50% because it is so tough to find housing.
@MarioDarnadi 3 жыл бұрын
with google, it will bring investors that would build more houses plus if needed google can build more on their own. Where your school have hardly that impact
@3ladeRunner 3 жыл бұрын
Most of sj’s resident commute outside of sj. There’s a big imbalance in terms of housing vs jobs. Housing produces less in taxes. The goal is keep more residents working near where they live.
@Orcaben1 3 жыл бұрын
It's a shame they couldn't figure out and build that smart city, looked great.
@freckrpeckr 2 жыл бұрын
Funny how rollerblading comes in be4 scooting or skateboarding despite their relative popularities. Also love how the ground looks great in most parts, but just slightly too many big cracks to make skating there pleasurable.
@alpineflauge909 3 жыл бұрын
thank you.
@charlesdarkon 3 жыл бұрын
- What's for dinner ??? - ask uncle Google - ok
@tomassey123 2 жыл бұрын
great vid
@philipkorteknie4816 3 жыл бұрын
Very impressive stuff from google, but what this video tells me more is that google has such a ridiculous amount of money that they can throw at billion dollar projects like these and it barely makes a dent in their profits.
@dosadoodle 3 жыл бұрын
My understanding is that this building would not have affected their past or current profits. That is, my understanding is that a company cannot place an investment in stocks, bonds, or property and then declare the investment to be a business expense purely because it is no longer cash profits. Anyone know otherwise?
@forloop7713 3 жыл бұрын
Its not thrown money its marketing. What they do affects their public perception
@SJ-cl4wq 3 жыл бұрын
@@dosadoodle I can't speak on business expense as I'm not from this field but I think company can easily avoid that word by saying they are expanding.
@casey9559 3 жыл бұрын
Have you got any news on whether the London Landscraper is still going ahead?
@oleksandrbyelyenko435 3 жыл бұрын
Nice video
@TomorrowsBuild 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 🙌
@ziqueez 2 жыл бұрын
It's weird how much even Google invests into office space and real estate without any real data on the benefits of working from office vs working from home
@himanshusingh-qg2su 3 жыл бұрын
Wait, what you can Google in Google?
@TomorrowsBuild 3 жыл бұрын
You've stopped watching the video to go and find out haven't you? We should have seen this coming 🤦♂️
@kansasistheman9289 3 жыл бұрын
What’s nuts is Charleston East was designed all the way back in 2016
@MarekLumi 3 жыл бұрын
How dare you, The IT Crowd said typing it in would break the internet :D
@RubenB658 2 жыл бұрын
New Locations seem to be in states where business is not necessarily seen as the enemy.
@nickm4083 3 жыл бұрын
San Jose needs google
@sylvanusthayer2198 3 жыл бұрын
Did Google pay for you to make this video? Love the channel just curious if this is the case.
@sylvanusthayer2198 3 жыл бұрын
@@TomorrowsBuild Thanks for the response!
@eugene8524 3 жыл бұрын
yes, KZfaq pays
@muwagamicheal8317 2 жыл бұрын
The future is big and its only google that can see it. This direction will not fail.
@MrEricSir 3 жыл бұрын
Minor correction: Sunnyvale is a small city/town, not a neighborhood.
@johncampbell829 3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was where Buffy the vampire slayer was living....but that was Sunnydale
@californiamade5608 2 жыл бұрын
@Dee K California
@Isomoar 3 жыл бұрын
The homes project reminds me a little of the Rowntree company in the UK, they build a whole town for the workers & both my grandparents worked & lived there their whole lives. How things have changed huh? Not sure they're going to be "affordable" in Google's version as noted in the video though.
@just_in_key 3 жыл бұрын
Tomorrow's Build Pizzeria 😭
@rOCKINxsOCKIN 3 жыл бұрын
Their Landscraper Pie is to die for
@marinculic976 3 жыл бұрын
What the hell do these companies need such big buildings for?
@joshmcdonald9508 2 жыл бұрын
I like the timber design. It's very modern and environmentally friendly. I love the use of all the solar panels. That's a LOT of energy savings. A lot of the things, however, look more suited to a day care than a building focused on productivity. I mean, a building where you need to walk, bike or rollerblade up to get to different floors? How about an elevator, I'm at work? Let's be real, when was the last time you wanted to get real sweaty and red faced over your lunch break? Let's hope the ball pit was just a joke because I don't know if I could ever take an adult seriously after I called him/her out of a ball pit to a meeting. But hey, Google is a multi-billion dollar company, I'm renting an apartment. Another great video though...I love every one in my own way
@BLWard-ht3qw 3 жыл бұрын
Always exciting to see planned constructions projects like this, but it's that "affordable" part you mentioned with rightful questioning that tends to nullify some of that excitement. Corporate entities like this tend to talk a good game, but the follow through isn't generally as benefiting to the public as a whole as was presented. Still, I like seeing project potential.
@keepsteddy 2 жыл бұрын
I worked painting the gates for Google Bay View. For some reason Google. Asked us to cover the. Very small ( near invisible) "USA" stamps in the steel.
@areebshaukat5840 3 жыл бұрын
can you make a video on huawei's campus in china as well? i heard it looks beautiful
@griffin5484 3 жыл бұрын
Good to see all that revenue generated from selling our data is being put to use.
@cardiacmyxoma4073 2 жыл бұрын
At least they're investing back into communities and creating jobs in the process. Unlike those car manufacturers (GMC. Ford...) who take our money then build factories in China.
@KaliforniaLA 3 жыл бұрын
I’m a Sunnyvale native but I’ve been in LA for 34 years. My dad paid $29,000 for his house. Wrap your mind around that.
@striker44 Жыл бұрын
Must be 1960s. Now multiply by ×100.
@6z0 3 жыл бұрын
you should make a video on here or your main channel on the tesla gigafactory
@nathand7560 3 жыл бұрын
A game of monopoly on a world scale with the tax sections removed from the board 😅
@vec306 Жыл бұрын
There’s 60,000 empty homes in San Francisco now. I’m confused there is no housing shortage.
@graemcnuggets488 2 жыл бұрын
Holy moly, even in their *BUILDINGS* they want to collect your data
@povang 3 жыл бұрын
Google is scary, its as powerful as several countries combined.
@john_smith_john 3 жыл бұрын
many countries aren't very powerful
@maxwalker1159 3 жыл бұрын
Cool
@sqly2294 3 жыл бұрын
2:52 what is this song?
@user-sx1fg7lc3c 3 жыл бұрын
TimTheTatMan intro music at 2:53 lol
@BassBanj0 3 жыл бұрын
You might not like Googles way of doing tech but they sure do take care of their employees and have a great stance on sustainability
@MikMoen 2 жыл бұрын
Whenever I hear people talk about Data Centers these days though all I think about is the drought and how much fresh water these places consume.
@ibrahimbennounaGmail 3 жыл бұрын
Is that a new channel of your own?
@Nossody 3 жыл бұрын
Google just bought a nice all-glass building they bought from some health insurance company in RTP
@StickmanA 3 жыл бұрын
Google would do whatever gains them the most profit and influence
@rra7490 2 жыл бұрын
Your google overloads will be watching you work, eat, poop, sleep, shop, breathe.
@patrickjarvis631 3 жыл бұрын
4:27 Zigzaggurat
@What_was_wrong_w_jst_our_names 3 жыл бұрын
Adam Savage is credited as the producer. Is it *that* Adam Savage
@leeschulken8744 2 жыл бұрын
I'm confused a little, the map showed new officed in dallas but not Austin like the image showed, also the data center outside Charleston isn't really new it's been around for awhile now.
@leeschulken8744 2 жыл бұрын
Charleston SC for the data center since Charleston seems to be the name of a project in California as well kek
@Wizradical 3 жыл бұрын
At 8:40 you show the Los Angeles office. That's not near San Francisco.
@acceleratedsloth 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like living in an aquarium
@Vanilla.coke1234 3 жыл бұрын
Sustainability through consumption. What amazing logic that is, Google
@Golla_Street 3 жыл бұрын
Is this same with the B1M.?
@toeknee5464 3 жыл бұрын
whats the story with the notification bell they turn off by themselves ill be paying attention to this channel
@Real_Tim_S 3 жыл бұрын
I work a few blocks away on Shoreline - you should look at what horrible damage they are doing to the S.F. Bay area commute by being hyper-centrally located in the south-west bay area. Nothing like sitting in 2+ hours of traffic pre-pandemic to go less than 25 miles. All those people going into the office can only do so with 4-lanes of traffic. I argue that it is the most unethical thing to do putting 10s of thousands of people in a 5 mile square, which has immense negative impacts on the environment, job and housing markets, traffic loads, etc...
@MarriedWithBackpacks 3 жыл бұрын
Privacy concerns aside. Google wants to build cities of the future, and although these are just renders, I have to admit, it looks super exciting to live there!
@paulbradford6475 3 жыл бұрын
Since Google is a private organization, facial recognition will be a fact of life. Privacy concerns be damned? Yes.
@cryptotrader4307 3 жыл бұрын
Remember when Google's moto was "Don't be evil"? It's too bad they decided to turn their back on that moto when they deleted it 3 years ago.
@cryptotrader4307 3 жыл бұрын
@Steve Acho Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet is best known for the remark, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men...", That's Google, Twitter, Microsoft, etc.
@seanthe100 2 жыл бұрын
How is google evil?
@jojispoon3921 2 жыл бұрын
@@seanthe100 its the way it is
@brazucasubzero 2 жыл бұрын
Top 🔝
@innovationscode9909 2 жыл бұрын
Massive. That is how we roll.
@midgetwars1 3 жыл бұрын
This makes it sound excessive and pointless until you realise that these buildings probably are used by divisions where they don't interact with each other. Android, Maps, Search, KZfaq can each take a floor and practically be a different company.
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