Amazon Changes HQ Plans for Something More Designey

I hear in the early days, Amazon employees had to assemble their own biodomes from scratch on their first day on the job.

Does anyone know about the energy footprint of these glass domed buildings? I'm specifically wondering how efficient their heating, cooling, and airflow systems are.

I would imagine that it would take some energy to keep the building a constant temperature, since the building would get super hot from the sun during the day, and would cool off during the night.

But on the other hand, since the buildings in Seattle, they won't have to worry about sun very much :)

As a resident of Seattle, I say bring it on! This fits with the paleofuturist theme we've got going on in the area. This would be a nice addition to an area that has already gained a big park with a museum. More reason to hang in South Lake Union.

Will they still use doors for desks inside the new super HQ?

http://blog.glennf.com/blog/2011/10/16/the_true_story_of_the...

Jeff Bezos controls no small part of the internet, so it's fitting for him to work from a Bond villain HQ.

bewbs

EDIT: Actually maybe more like sea urchins?

pedantic, but "highly transparent" seems redundant...made me wonder how much attention to detail each and every word gets.