Ingenhoven Architects to Design New Google Headquarters

German architecture firm Ingenhoven Architects has been selected by Google to design its new headquarters building in Mountain View, California, US.

The building will be built on a site between Charleston Road and Shoreline Boulevard, and the structure is expected to have an autarkic geometry.

Construction of the new building, which will be home to 2,500-3,000 engineers and scientists, is expected to begin in 2012.

Ingenhoven said that the building design will reflect Google’s corporate culture and will be a model for sustainable architecture, surpassing the LEED Platinum standards.

The building will feature sustainable and ecologically oriented architecture, and use regenerative energies and resources like geothermal energy and rainwater.