The proposed green-roofed, Frank Gehry-designed new Facebook campus has been given the green light by the Palo Alto council! Submitted for approval last fall, the campus will connect its current headquarters in Menlo Park by an underground tunnel, and will feature Gehry’s signature furling architecture-although slightly toned down from the original plan. The sprawling 433,555 square foot complex will emerge like an unobtrusive hillside, featuring an oak tree-filled park on its roof.
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