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    Design and Architecture

    Silicon Valley and the new company towns

    Are tech companies going to build the new company towns? Twenty cities across America are celebrating because they have been shortlisted to be Amazon’s HQ2. Los Angeles is one of them.

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    By Frances Anderton • Jan 24, 2018 • 1 min read

    Are tech companies going to build the new company towns? Twenty cities across America are celebrating because they have been shortlisted to be Amazon’s HQ2. Los Angeles is one of them. But here’s the big question facing LA: how would it house Amazon’s anticipated 50,000 employees?

    A rendering of Facebook's planned Anton Menlo Community housing.

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    The new company towns, AIA awards, federal courthouse
    1. 0:34Silicon Valley and the new company townsYou’re reading this
    2. 7:19A westside school district considers building teachers housing
    3. 14:41Why the AIA didn’t give out a 25-year award
    4. 20:23SOM’s glass cube courthouse wins a national award
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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      Richard Florida

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    The new company towns, AIA awards, federal courthouse
    1. 0:34Silicon Valley and the new company townsYou’re reading this
    2. 7:19A westside school district considers building teachers housing
    3. 14:41Why the AIA didn’t give out a 25-year award
    4. 20:23SOM’s glass cube courthouse wins a national award
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