The Detail Construction Award, an architecture prize launched by DETAIL Magazine in 2025, honors the best building constructions in the fields of facades, roofs, renovation, structural engineering, and interiors. Google Bay View, designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio, was awarded as the winner in the 2025 “Roof” category by DETAIL readers via online vote. As Google’s first-ever ground-up campus, Google Bay View brings three new buildings, 20 acres of open space, a 1,000-person event center, and 240 staff apartments to Silicon Valley. The three buildings feature a first-of-its-kind “dragonscale” solar skin roof equipped with 50,000 silver solar panels that generate a total of nearly seven megawatts of energy. The buildings’ long-span canopy rests on cruciform columns, allowing the entire workspace to be open and connected while also relaying services from the solar roof above.
