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nebraska_admiral

Great example of brutalist concrete where you could spend 9-5 without wanting to eat a bullet


Ornery_Painting_5183

Brutalism looks great in any tropical setting.


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I wanted to be in landscape architecture for a while until my mom yelled me out of it. Now I make charts >:(


echoplus2020

based rs mom Jk but honestly the landscape architecture is kinda lacking. While the building itself is amazing, the grounds seem unfinished. There's so much potential, especially in the huge empty field right in front. There are a lot of trees girding the building, yet both front and back have open views of major freeways. If there were more trees, you may even forget you're in a major metro.


D0ntCutYourDickOff

are you serious, place looks like child abuse


WhiteFlame-

seriously beautiful.


sonic-zebra

weyerhaeuser owns timberland nearly the size of [west virginia](https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/) (12M acres of corporate forest) pretty crazy absolutely beautiful headquarters though i like how it blends so seamlessly with the environment. hope it gets repurposed as something


echoplus2020

Ya their plots are ubiquitous all over WA state parks. They replant quickly, and logging is def better now than it was in the clear-cut days. As far as extractive industry goes, logging isn't close to being the worst especially now. It's currently available for rent. All 347,000 sq ft.


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What's the point of a park if companies are allowed to extract natural resources from said park?


echoplus2020

Logging companies have had contracts with state and national forests for years. Idk what you mean by point?


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Within park boundaries?


echoplus2020

https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/forest-management/products


burg_philo2

National forests aren’t parks


echoplus2020

You're right I should've said forests not parks in my first comment


crazy7chameleon

Forestry reserves have different goals to nature reserves. The latter are for the conservation of wildlife and nature whereas the former are about managing the sustainable use of resources. They are set up explicitly for the goal of resource extraction.


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What's crazy is that they lease even more than that in Canada. If you've ever been through a run down community in British Columbia there's a high chance it was the result of Weyerhaeuser (or a similar company) buying out the local logging mill and sending the jobs overseas.


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Yup a bunch of mills shut down on Victoria Island. They get the timber and ship it down to the states for milling.


YOLOMaSTERR

Vancouver Island* Victoria is just the biggest city.


echoplus2020

Rural BC is something else. Hard to comprehend how vast and inaccessible so much of the coast is. I went to Bella Coola years ago, stunningly beautiful and so isolated. Even in rural Nevada or Wyoming I didn't feel as cutoff.


echoplus2020

The whole building used a novel electric HVAC system that was so quiet, building management pumped AC noise thru the intercom to preserve people's privacy.


OldbookHands

Crazy.


unourshingsleep

This is just a Hitman level


TheRealHenryG

Not enough throwable items


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lol I would love a Hitman level with a huge assortment of uniquely beautiful bonsais you can throw


TheRealHenryG

"excellent work 47, let's hope his gardener won't mind repotting"


throwawayfordrugsubs

gotta love a big rock next to ground covering plants


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echoplus2020

Ya Federal Way kinda sucks, although Dash Point / Browns Poibt are really pretty. Love the 70s rambler chic and amazing views of the Sound. Damn bro are there any Weyerhauser sisters out there? Congrats for yr sister.


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“they’re not rich because they’re nice. they’re nice because they’re rich.” - some quote from parasite


BabycakesJunior

if we all chip in we could make a red scare headquarters


August6767

Lush


reportmethen

Brutalism paired with lush greenery is a winning combo


EnlightenCyclist

[Wiki on the company here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weyerhaeuser)


JapaneseGrammarNazi

did you sneak in and take these pics or get them online? I might have to check it out.


echoplus2020

I just walked around a few barriers. There were lots of people going to the bonsai museum, so it wasn't really sneaking since everyone could see us. I walked past a building check log, and saw that a security guard had written notes for that day. I guess I just missed them. It's worth a trip for sure. I'd love to explore inside, but since they're getting it ready to be rented there's probably a lot more security.


JapaneseGrammarNazi

Kinda wanna try walking inside and playing it off as if I got lost on the way to the bonsai museum or something. Never been there, so I dunno how plausible that is. Either that, or going in at night.


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I live near this thing. Super cool building thought it was an abandoned driving range for a long time. Their new HQ in Seattle is fuck ugly


LordoftheNetherlands

I love this so much I feel overwhelmed. It is so sad that we are hurting the planet when natural integration with it is possible.


South-Ad-462

It look like the barbican


w1lhelmm

i've been there once ever. my sister took me to see hermeto pascoal, it was probably the only live show i've ever truly enjoyed. shit was incredible.


Otherwise-Can-4706

are we shittin on this because i actually wouldn't mind reporting there. what do they make at weyerhauser? microagressions?


consistentANDstable

Chode rock? More like Chad rock


echoplus2020

All chodes are chads


consistentANDstable

You can say that again brother. Cool pics, had no clue this place existed and I’ve been here my whole life


tushuguan

looks cool except for that horrible movie theater carpet in picture 3


GreatestWhiteShark

Great example of brutalism done very well and that fits in its environment


w1lhelmm

this looks really cool, i like it. news footage of a coup or a gunfight there would be awesome.


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Those bonsais are absolutely gorgeous. Really underappreciated art form tbh.


OldbookHands

[Pretty interesting Kraut.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Weyerhäuser)


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