The much-anticipated first phase of Amazon’s HQ2 in National Landing is finally open.
A seating area at the top of the lobby stairway. Photo by Lucas Jackson .
MetPark is also big on Amazonians bringing their pups to work: There are two rooftop dog terraces, indoor dog “stalls” where you can leash your four-legged pal while you grab a sandwich, and a huge gallery wall featuring portraits and names of various Amazon employees’ dogs.The other side of the nest. Photo by Lucas Jackson .
Art by local artists fills the towers, and the lobby furniture is made by the Richmond-based Sallie Plumley Studio.in Amazonian parlance—are designed with nods to the Potomac and its surrounding waterways. There’s a motif with outlines of Rock Creek Park’s topography lining the floors, and compass-like designs on the glass doors. Employee lockers are designed to resemble shipping containers with nautical-looking lights.
Outside, sunshades line the glass exterior of the towers, keeping cooling costs lower, and the glass is also covered in a dot pattern and metal fins to keep birds from flying into it. The landscaping on MetPark’s exterior terraces and the park area surrounding it consists of over 160 types of native plants, with certain areas dedicated to flora and fauna found in swaths of Virginia like the Blue Ridge or the Piedmont.
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