Yelp Headquarters Tour
August 8, 2014 |
Join Primo Opelia, AIA from Studio O+A for a behind the scenes tour of the Yelp headquarters at 140 New Montgomery.
As tech companies take root in urban locations where space is limited, the collegial spirit of Silicon Valley finds new modes of expression in high-rise buildings and converted industrial facilities. Key to Studio O+A's design for Yelp was the concept of a vertical campus– an all-encompassing, self-contained community stacked on multiple floors. Yelp moved its HQ from a smaller site in San Francisco to a classic Financial District high-rise. As with most multi-story occupancies, the design challenge at Yelp was to facilitate group dynamics so that people interact with each other even though they work on different floors. The architects were challenged with the question--- how do you create a neighborhood in a tower?The architects decided that each floor would have its own destination that would appeal to all the floors. At Yelp, Studio O+A placed a fully-equipped coffee shop on the 8th floor, a break room with window seating on the 5th, and semi-private pods for chess or chatting on the 11th. Each floor’s common areas thus become common to the company at large and not just to those whose workstations occupy that level.
All guests will be required to sign a non-discloure agreement before arriving at the Yelp headquarters.
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Website:
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| Location Information |
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Yelp |
140 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA |
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| Contact Information |
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info@aiasf.org |
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