Last June, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation moved into a brand-new 640,000-square-foot complex in Seattle that was designed by the architecture firm NBBJ. In keeping with the organization's forward-thinking rap, green roofs cover 40 percent of the project, a 1M-gallon tank stores rainwater, and all workstations are stationed within 30 feet of sunlight. [Arch Record]
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