architecture this week, facebook revealed images of a new building completed at its menlo park headquarters in california. titled ‘MPK 21′, the structure — as with the campus’ other buildings — has been designed by frank gehry and was constructed in less than 18 months. the offices are topped with a 3.6-acre roof garden that features over 200 trees and a half-mile meandering pathway. meanwhile, safdie architects has been selected to design ‘qorner’, a new residential tower planned for quito, ecuador. the 24-story tower, overlooking la carolina park, features vertically stacked dwellings with units staggered in and out, creating generous garden terraces on each level. the development, which is set to be one of the city’s tallest, is moshe safdie’s first residential building in south america, and first project in ecuador. |