1450 Page Mill Road Palo Alto Building, California Property Photos
1450 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California
Building for Stanford Real Estate, USA – design by STUDIOS Architecture
Oct 11, 2018
1450 Page Mill Road Palo Alto
Design: STUDIOS Architecture
Location: Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
1450 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA
Photos: Michael O’Callahan
The design team worked with Stanford Real Estate to develop this office and research building on Palo Alto?s notable Page Mill Road at the heart of the Stanford Research Park.
The project replaces two former obsolete structures with a new highly sustainable building that provides an attractive and visible reflection of the collaborative and innovative technology and research tenants that will make it their home.
This project presents a transformative vision of how the Research Park can at once celebrate its architecture while honoring the park-like setting. Buildings here are traditionally set back from the road and centered in a sea of parking. For this project, the team brought the building forward to address the street and community, parking is largely below ground and toward the back of the site, while the natural topography and landscaping are celebrated.

The building is long and slender in response to the proportions of the site. The roof is conceived as a great canopy and an organizing element for the project. Below the canopy, a series of architectural masses are articulated and detailed...