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Silicon Valley architectural renaissance

An employee basketball court and building sit vacant in Redwood City, part of the heart of Silicon Valley. The building used to house Excite, a dot-com company.

An employee basketball court and building sit vacant in Redwood City, part of the heart of Silicon Valley. The building used to house Excite, a dot-com company.  (Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)

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For all the amazing technological breakthroughs Silicon Valley has produced, the region is an architectural wasteland. Yet amid a backdrop of bland, Silicon Valley is suddenly showing signs of architectural life.

Intel Corp.

Intel Corp. headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif.  (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)

Oracle Corp.

Oracle Corp. headquarters in Redwood City, Calif.  (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

Facebook

A bridge painted in the same shade of orange as the Golden Gate Bridge connects some of the buildings on the new Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Google

Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.  (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)

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