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Design and Architecture

The Googleplex Expands; A Local Designer Meets Reality TV

Hosted by Frances Anderton Mar. 10, 2015
Google has jumped on the showpiece architecture bandwagon with a proposed new building in Mountain View. And a local designer gets a taste of cut-throat reality TV.

Google has jumped on the showpiece architecture bandwagon with a proposed new building in Mountain View. And a local designer gets a taste of cut-throat reality TV.

Image: Rendering of Google's potential new campus in Mountain View. Courtesy of Google.

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The Googleplex Gets a “Transparent” Expansion

Google has jumped on the showpiece architecture bandwagon with a proposed new building in Mountain View designed by hotshot young European architects Thomas Heatherwick and...

19 min

A Local Designer Meets Cut-Throat Reality TV

Leslie Shapiro Joyal is an LA native who has spent two decades making high quality, locally sourced, minimalist furniture. Then she decided to participate in Ellen’s Design...

8 min

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Host:

Frances Anderton

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Caroline Chamberlain

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