IBM Almaden Research Center
Location: San Jose, California
Owner: IBM
Architect: MBT Associates
Contractor: Perini Corporation
Description: This three story, nine building computer research complex in the Almaden Valley south of San Jose contains 400,000 square feet of space and cost $125 million to construct in 1986. The structural steel frame supports the custom aluminum curtain wall. The building houses 600 research laboratories, theater, computer study, wastewater treatment plant, chemical storage building and high security guardhouses.