Google: Today, we’re announcing a new office that showcases the principles we’ve long applied to our real estate: creating sustainable spaces that allow Googlers to do their best work. It’s our first building made using mass timber, a new type of engineered wood that involves layering and laminating smaller pieces of wood together to create larger beams and walls. Take a look at 1265 Borregas in Sunnyvale, California, and find out how it was designed to benefit both Googlers and the community in the state our company calls home.

1265 Borregas reflects our latest ways of working. The building features neighborhood spaces designed to support active collaboration, hybrid connections, and heads-down focus work. It also showcases our focus on nature-based (or biophilic) workplace design.

Research suggests people are able to focus and do their best work when surrounded by nature, and a building like this one achieves this by keeping the timber exposed inside and outside of the space, while providing natural daylight and sweeping views of the Northern California landscape. Automatic wooden blinds adjust to the sun’s position and minimize glare, and an underfloor air system provides optimal comfort.

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