Amazon’s spherical greenhouses—aka the biospheres, aka some other terms we’re sure you’re familiar with—have opened. Here’s their deal.
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Amazon builds greenhouse spheres in Seattle
What’s in them? How can you get inside?
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January 30, 2018
Inside the Amazon Spheres: The plants, the architecture, and a transforming city
It’s a conservatory and an office space—and symbolic of Amazon’s influence on Seattle
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January 29, 2018
Amazon Spheres in Seattle: everything we know
When do they open? What’s inside? How can you visit?
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January 22, 2018
Amazon Spheres public visitor center opens January 30
Here’s how the public can peek inside Amazon’s biophilic office facility.
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June 22, 2017
Watch a 55-foot ficus get lowered into the Amazon biospheres
On Tuesday, the Amazon biospheres gained their largest inhabitant: a 55-foot Ficus rubiginosa, nicknamed Rubi.
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May 4, 2017
Watch the first plant arrive at Amazon’s biospheres
Amazon’s biospheres have been in development for a few years now, and it looks like they’re finally taking shape inside.
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July 11, 2016
Amazon hopes biospheres become the next Space Needle
The Amazon biospheres got their big moment in the New York Times over the weekend and while the centerpieces of Amazon’s three-block, 3.3M square-foot campus are still being constructed, we learned a lot about what we can expect once they’re finished.
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February 25, 2016
Amazon's Biospheres Are Finally Taking Shape
Amazon has some serious balls to think up a project like this in the middle of Seattle.