The Googleplex is the headquarters of Google and Alphabet at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View. Silicon Graphics developed the site on city-owned farmland, and the project was completed in 1997. The article names no architect for the original complex. Clive Wilkinson Architects redesigned the interiors, finished in 2005. Google leased it from 2003 and bought it in June 2006 for $319 million. The article names no style.
The original offices cover 2 million square feet (190,000 m²) on a 26-acre (11 ha) site that includes a 5-acre public park. The landscape won a 1999 ASLA Centennial Medallion. Features include underground parking, rooftop solar, volleyball courts, a bowling alley and eighteen cafeterias.
Replicas of SpaceShipOne and a dinosaur skeleton stand on site. Google opened a Visitor Experience on October 12, 2023. The article gives no campus hours.
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