Award Category: Presidential Award for Excellence in Fabrication

Transforming Seattle's urban core, The Spheres, fabricated by Supreme Steel Portland (AISC Member, AISC Certified), are three intersecting, steel-and-glass-orbs enclosing five, freestanding floors of unorthodox workspaces. Housing over 40,000 exotic plants from 30 countries, the eye-catching domes are creations of innovative thinking between Amazon and the design team highlighting "what's missing from urban offices"—a direct link to nature "combining a rich natural environment with comfortable human-centric functionality." Providing an alternative workplace for Amazon employees, The Spheres deliver a hybrid environment inspiring collaboration, creativity, and innovation while visitors immerse themselves in a 360-degree interactive experience. Meeting these goals requires extensive team collaboration and complex, technology-based innovations.