A few weeks back my friend Vannessa invited me to visit The Spheres with her. The Spheres are part of the ever growing Amazon campus in downtown Seattle and conveniently located just a block from my office. You can't visit the huge glass domes unless you are with an Amazon employee, so when she offered to take me I jumped at the chance to see what this new addition to the Seattle skyline is all about. The first thing you notice when you walk into the building is the temperature - it feels like you've walked into the rainforest! The Spheres house more than 40,000 plants from around the world, along with drop in spaces for employees to work in and a few small restaurants that cater to the Amazon crowd. The design is remarkable, and walking up floor by floor through this man-made jungle definitely makes you feel like you've left the city. I can imagine if you're an employee it's an amazing treat to be able to walk in with your laptop and coffee and set up shop right in the middle of this beauty, and while I have a love/hate relationship with this company in Seattle, I have to admit that seeing them add to the skyline in such a unique and interesting way is pretty awesome. Now, if only I could get to that onsite donut shop on a daily basis.....
the climbing plant wall, which houses more than 25,000 plants!
xoxo,
stephanie marie
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