The headquarters of eyewear company Oakley is a masterwork of the architecturally provocative.
Directions to Oakley headquarters in Foothill Ranch, California, read like coordinates to a secret rebel base: Turn on One Icon Drive. Pass the abandoned motocross ramp. Take a right at the helipad. And we're the 400,000-square-foot gray fortress at the top of the hill.
Yeah, the one with the giant cylindrical spikes protruding from it. There's a torpedo out front. Can't miss it. . .
Text: Alissa Walker, FastCompany.com
Image: Shades of Galactica -- Building designer Colin Baden (he's now the company president) wanted to create a progressive look that left viewers asking: Was this built for people who lived a thousand years ago or for people living a thousand years in the future? The main atrium features foot-wide bolts. | Photograph: Dwight Eschliman
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