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55-599: The Bellevue City Hall is a government office building and city hall in Bellevue, Washington . The current city hall, located in Downtown Bellevue , opened in 2006 after the $ 121 million renovation of a former Qwest data center . The data center, originally built for Pacific Northwest Bell in 1983, was acquired by the city government in 2002 for use by the Bellevue Police Department and later approved as

110-455: A "foreboding" structure and an "architectural eyesore", would need to undergo a year-long renovation to become a "hub of civic life". SRG Partnership was selected as the project's lead architect, and presented a new design for the building to the city council in February 2004. The concrete exterior would be clad in gray metal and red-brown terra cotta , and the dirt parking lot to the northwest of

165-478: A 3,000,000-square-foot (280,000 m ) building in Chicago, at the time the largest building in the world. The time and motion study , pioneered in manufacturing by F. W. Taylor and later applied to the office environment by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth , led to the idea that managers needed to play an active role in directing the work of subordinates to increase the efficiency of the workplace. F.W. Taylor advocated

220-432: A city hall, school district offices, and county facilities the following year, but the grand plan was not pursued by the city government. In 1978, a $ 4 million, five-story office building was constructed on the civic center campus to serve as an addition to the city hall; the new building consolidated offices from three other locations within the city. The new building, called the "ugliest ever built east of Lake Washington ",

275-524: A consolidated municipal office building were approved by the city council in February 1963, with the $ 320,000 cost being funded with regular tax income, rather than a bond measure as previously attempted. The new civic center would be located on the south side of Main Street between Interstate 405 and 116th Avenue. The three-story building, which would serve as Bellevue's city hall, was dedicated on March 7, 1964, by Governor Albert D. Rosellini . A public library

330-515: A lot of concentration, or include many small meetings. Shared office : a compact, semi-private workspace designed for two or three individuals, facilitating both focused work and small group collaboration. Team room : an enclosed workspace for four to ten people; suitable for teamwork that may be confidential and demands frequent internal communication. Study booth : an enclosed workspace for one person; suitable for short-term activities that demand concentration or confidentiality. Work lounge :

385-1734: A lounge-like workspace for two to six people; suitable for short-term activities that demand collaboration and/or allow impromptu interaction. Touch down : an open workspace for one person; suitable for short-term activities that require little concentration and low interaction. Meeting spaces in an office typically use interactive processes, be they quick conversations or intensive brainstorming. There are six generic types of meeting spaces, each supporting different activities. Small meeting room : an enclosed meeting space for two to four people; suitable for both formal and informal interaction. Medium meeting room : an enclosed meeting space for four to ten people; suitable for both formal and informal interaction. Large meeting room : an enclosed meeting space for ten or more people; suitable for formal interaction. Small meeting space : an open or semi-open meeting space for two to four persons; suitable for short, informal interaction. Medium meeting space : an open or semi-open meeting space for four to ten persons; suitable for short, informal interaction. Large meeting space : an open or semi-open meeting space for ten or more people people; suitable for short, informal interaction. Brainstorm room : an enclosed meeting space for five to twelve people; suitable for brainstorming sessions and workshops. Meeting point : an open meeting point for two to four people; suitable for ad hoc, informal meetings. Support spaces in an office are typically used for secondary activities such as filing documents or taking breaks. There are twelve generic types of support spaces, each supporting different activities. Filing space : an open or enclosed support space for

440-611: A new headquarters for their police department and studied whether to build a new city hall in Downtown Bellevue . On November 25, 2002, the City of Bellevue agreed to purchase the Qwest building for $ 29 million, primarily to house the police and fire departments after $ 33 million in renovations. The city council approved a preliminary plan to move other city offices into the Qwest building in March 2003, citing lower maintenance costs and plentiful capacity in

495-649: A palace complex or a large temple. In the High Middle Ages (1000–1300), the medieval chancery acted as a sort of office, serving as the space where records and laws were stored and copied. With the growth of large, complex organizations in the 18th century, the first purpose-built office spaces were constructed. As the Industrial Revolution intensified in the 18th and 19th centuries, the industries of banking , rail , insurance , retail , petroleum , and telegraphy grew dramatically, requiring many clerks. As

550-400: A result of the country's unique business culture. Japanese offices tend to follow open plan layouts in an 'island-style' arrangement, which promotes teamwork and top-down management. They also use uchi-awase (informal meetings) and ringi-sho (consensus systems) to encourage input on policies from as many groups throughout the office as possible. The main purpose of an office environment

605-433: A result, more office space was assigned to house their activities. The time-and-motion study , pioneered in manufacturing by F. W. Taylor (1856–1915), led to the "Modern Efficiency Desk" of 1915. Its flat top, with drawers below, was designed to allow managers an easy view of their workers. By the middle of the 20th century, it became apparent that an efficient office required additional control over privacy , and gradually

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660-618: A semi-enclosed workspace for two to eight people; suitable for teamwork which demands frequent internal communication and a medium level of concentration. Cubicle : a semi-enclosed workspace for one person; suitable for activities that demand medium concentration and medium interaction. Office Pod : ideal for fostering privacy in today's bustling open-plan offices. It provides a cost-effective and efficient way to ensure privacy and continuity during conversations, calls, and video conferences. Private office : an enclosed workspace for one person; suitable for activities that are confidential, demand

715-625: A semi-open or enclosed support space where employees can take a break from their work. Locker area : an open or semi-open support space where employees can store their personal belongings. Smoking room : an enclosed support space where employees can smoke a cigarette. Library : a semi-open or enclosed support space for reading books, journals and magazines. Games room : an enclosed support space where employees can play games, such as pool or darts. Waiting area : an open or semi-open support space where visitors can be received and wait for their appointment. Circulation space : support space which

770-474: A simple solution and provide all of the former types of space. Workspaces in an office are typically used for conventional office activities such as reading, writing, and computer work. There are nine generic types of workspaces, each supporting different activities. Open office : an open workspace for more than ten people; suitable for activities that demand frequent communication or routine activities that need relatively little concentration. Team space :

825-576: Is also a landing zone for paragliding at the base of Tiger Mountain at 47°30′01.6″N 122°01′19.1″W  /  47.500444°N 122.021972°W  / 47.500444; -122.021972 . The Woodinville Subdivision is a rail line built in the late 19th century. In 2008, the Wilburton Tunnel was eliminated, severing the line. The right-of-way was purchased the same year by the Port of Seattle . Eastside cities and King County purchased portions of

880-540: Is also the own brand of Costco , which founded its first warehouse in Seattle (#1), and operates from its corporate headquarters in the Eastside city of Issaquah . For the purposes of population estimates, Eastside includes Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Sammamish, Issaquah, Newcastle, Mercer Island, Woodinville, Kenmore, and Bothell. There are public and private airfields on the Eastside. Major facilities include: There

935-561: Is located adjacent to the Bellevue Transit Center and will be home to a light rail station that opens in 2023. Following the incorporation of Bellevue as a city on March 31, 1953, the government chose to lease the second floor of the Veterans of Foreign Wars office as its first seat of government. The building, located at Main Street and 100th Avenue, was originally opened in 1893 as the city's first schoolhouse and later served as

990-538: Is required for circulation on office floors, linking all major functions. Lactation rooms are also support spaces that are legally mandatory for companies in the United States, as of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Eastside (King County, Washington) The Eastside of the King County, Washington area in the United States is a collective term for the suburbs of Seattle located on

1045-513: Is to support its occupants in performing their jobs—preferably at minimum cost and with maximum satisfaction. Different people performing different tasks will require different office spaces, or spaces that can handle a variety of uses. To aid decision-making in workplace and office design, one can distinguish three different types of office spaces: workspaces, meeting spaces, and support spaces. For new or developing businesses, remote satellite offices and project rooms, or serviced offices , can provide

1100-501: The East Link light rail project, serving Seattle , Bellevue and Redmond . The light rail line, scheduled to open in 2023, will have a station in the northwest plaza, emerging from a tunnel under Bellevue Transit Center and continuing elevated across 112th Avenue NE to the east. The plaza will be extended to the station entrance, while a vacant part of the city hall complex is slated to be used for transit-oriented development . In 2016,

1155-494: The cubicle system evolved. The word "office" stems from the Latin " officium " and its equivalents in various Romance languages . An officium was not necessarily a place, but often referred instead to human staff members of an organization, or even the abstract notion of a formal position like a magistrate. The elaborate Roman bureaucracy would not be equaled for centuries in the West after

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1210-565: The "suburban crescent". Several Indigenous peoples have lived on the Eastside for thousands of years prior to American colonization. The various subgroups of the Hachuamish, as well as the Sammamish , had many villages along the eastern coast of Lake Washington and the Sammamish River . Although they were more contained to the southernmost reaches of the Eastside, the modern-day site of Renton

1265-711: The 18th century to suit the needs of large and growing organizations such as the Royal Navy and the East India Company . The Old Admiralty ( Ripley Building ) was built in 1726 and was the first purpose-built office building in Great Britain. As well as offices, the building housed a board room and apartments for the Lords of the Admiralty. In the 1770s, many scattered offices for the Royal Navy were gathered into Somerset House ,

1320-633: The Bellevue city council considered protecting the city hall's view of Mount Rainier , which would have been blocked under a proposed high-rise zoning plan for the East Main light rail station . The proposal, requested by city staffers, was intended to protect the view from public areas of the building, according to city spokespeople. The city council decided against a formal protection of the view, favoring increased development near transit. Office building In classical antiquity , offices were often part of

1375-435: The Eastside's cities. The Eastside is also home to many video game and interactive media companies. These include Bungie , Valve , ArenaNet , Sucker Punch , Monolith Productions , Sony Online Entertainment , Warner Brothers Entertainment , Microsoft Game Studios , Epic Games , Unity Technologies and DigiPen Institute of Technology . Kirkland hosts the annual Junior League Softball World Series . Kirkland Signature

1430-474: The Eastside, as each city contains portions that are east of the lake and south of its northernmost tip. Similarly, on the southeast tip of Lake Washington, Renton may also be included. The most expansive definitions of the Eastside can include cities in the Snoqualmie Valley , including Duvall , Carnation , Fall City , Snoqualmie , and North Bend . In politics, the area is sometimes referred to as

1485-615: The Murrow bridge, Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge , as well as the replacement of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge . Currently, the area is growing several edge cities . Bellevue is the largest city on the Eastside and fifth largest in the state. A major technology center, the Eastside is home to many large high-tech companies, mainly in the software and wireless industries, including Microsoft , T-Mobile US , Nintendo of America , AT&T Mobility (formerly Cingular),

1540-642: The Port property for conversion to a rail trail called the Eastside Rail Corridor . The Eastside is connected to Seattle by the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge from Medina ( State Route 520 ) and the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge and Third Lake Washington Bridge from Bellevue via Mercer Island ( Interstate 90 ). It is also served by Interstate 405 , a loop route of Interstate 5 that runs to

1595-425: The block would become a public plaza and grass lawn. The center concourse would receive large windows and wood finishes, ending at a new city council chamber. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new city hall was held on July 29, 2004, and construction began under the direction of contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis , who built the original city hall, the following month. During construction, inaccuracies and omissions in

1650-428: The central office each day. As the Industrial Revolution intensified in the 18th and 19th centuries, the industries of banking , rail , insurance , retail , petroleum , and telegraphy dramatically grew in size and complexity. Increasingly large number of clerks were needed to handle order processing, accounting, and document filing, and these clerks needed to be housed in increasingly specialized spaces. Most of

1705-548: The city's first library. An advisory committee was formed by the city council in 1956 to propose sites for a new city hall and civic center campus. The city council placed a $ 250,000 bond issue on the November 1956 ballot to fund the construction of a new city hall, but voters defeated the proposition. City offices instead moved to a former hardware store near the Bellevue Square shopping center in 1960. Preliminary plans for

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1760-404: The design and problems with demolishing parts of the building led to delays and an over-run of $ 19.6 million, bringing the final budget to $ 121 million. The new city hall opened on February 21, 2006, and received praise for its use of wood panels and the concourse's terrazzo flooring. The city hall's lower two floors, including the concourse, service desks, and the city council chamber, are open to

1815-418: The desks of the era were top-heavy and had a cubicle-like appearance, with paper storage bins extending above the desk-work area, offering workers some degree of privacy. The relatively high price of land in the central core of cities led to the first multi-story buildings, which were limited to about 10 stories until the use of iron and steel allowed for higher structures. The first purpose-built office block

1870-555: The east side of Lake Washington . The most common definitions of the Eastside include the cities of Bellevue , Kirkland , Redmond , Sammamish , Issaquah , Newcastle , and Mercer Island . The towns west of Bellevue, collectively known as the Gold Coast , are usually considered part of the Eastside. These include Beaux Arts Village , Clyde Hill , Hunts Point , Medina , and Yarrow Point . The Northshore cities of Kenmore , Bothell , and Woodinville may be considered part of

1925-401: The existence of such "offices". These rooms are sometimes called "libraries" by some archaeologists because of scrolls' association with literature. They were, however, closer to modern offices because the scrolls were meant for record-keeping and other management functions, not for poetry or works of fiction. The High Middle Ages (1000–1300) saw the rise of the medieval chancery , which was

1980-471: The fall of Rome , with areas partially reverting to illiteracy. Further east, the Byzantine Empire and varying Islamic caliphates preserved a more sophisticated administrative culture. Offices in classical antiquity were often part of a palace complex or a large temple. There was often a room where scrolls were kept and scribes did their work. Ancient texts mentioning the work of scribes allude to

2035-534: The first block purpose-built for office work. The East India House was built in 1729 on Leadenhall Street as the headquarters from which the East India Company administered its Indian colonial possessions . The Company developed a very complex bureaucracy for the task, necessitating thousands of office employees to process the required paperwork. The Company recognized the benefits of centralized administration and required that all workers sign in and out at

2090-554: The former Western Wireless (now part of Verizon Wireless ), Vulcan Ventures , 180 Solutions and InfoSpace . Companies like Paccar , Puget Sound Energy , Symetra Insurance , Boeing , Verizon Wireless , Google , Amazon , Yahoo , Walt Disney , and Fox Sports also have national, major divisional or regional offices in the Eastside. The Eastside is also a hub for biotech and medical companies including Amgen , Icos , and Merck . Many local magnates, including Bill Gates , Steve Ballmer , John Stanton , and Craig McCaw , live in

2145-559: The invention of the printing press and its wider distribution, there was often no clear cultural distinction between a private office and a private library ; books were both read and written at the same desk or table , as were personal and professional accounts and letters. During the 13th century, the English word "office" first began to appear when referring to a position involving specific professional duties (for example, "the office of the....") Geoffrey Chaucer appears to have first used

2200-637: The midpoint of the 20th century, it became apparent that an efficient office required more privacy in order to combat tedium, increase productivity, and encourage creativity. In 1964, the Herman Miller (office equipment) company contracted Robert Propst , a prolific industrial designer. Propst came up with the concept of the Action Office , which later evolved into the cubicle office furniture system. Offices in Japan have developed unique characteristics partly as

2255-455: The new building. The plan was finalized in July, estimating the total cost of renovation at $ 102.4 million (including $ 29 million used to purchase the building in 2002), and returning the city hall to downtown for the first time in 25 years. To finance the project, the city issued $ 103 million in 40-year municipal bonds , which were partially refunded in 2012. The existing Qwest building, described as

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2310-444: The new city hall. It incorporates use of wood interiors and a terra cotta exterior that has been recognized with several design awards since its opening. The city hall replaced an older office complex outside of downtown that was originally built in 1964. The site was renovated and expanded in 1978, but was slated for replacement a decade later. It was demolished in 2007 and replaced with a Lexus car dealership. The current city hall

2365-659: The place where most government letters were written and laws were copied within a kingdom. The rooms of the chancery often had walls full of pigeonholes, constructed to hold rolled-up pieces of parchment for safekeeping or ready reference. This kind of structure was a precursor to the modern bookshelf. The introduction of the printing press during the Renaissance did not impact the setup and function of these government offices significantly. Medieval paintings and tapestries often show people in their private offices handling record-keeping books or writing on scrolls of parchment . Before

2420-498: The public; the remaining five floors house offices for city services. The city hall was granted an American Institute of Architects Honor Award by the Seattle chapter, as well as an Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star award for energy efficiency. The landscaped plaza was also recognized by the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects with a National Merit Award in 2008. In 2013, Sound Transit finalized its route for

2475-523: The storage of frequently used files and documents. Storage space : an open or enclosed support space for the storage of commonly used office supplies. Print and copy area : an open or enclosed support space with facilities for printing, scanning and copying. Mail area : an open or semi-open support space where employees can pick up or deliver their mail. Pantry area : an open or enclosed support space where employees can get refreshments and where supplies for visitor hospitality are kept. Break area :

2530-580: The use of large, open floor plans and desks that faced supervisors. As a result, in 1915, the Equitable Life Insurance Company in New York City introduced the "Modern Efficiency Desk" with a flat top and drawers below, designed to allow managers an easy view of the workers. This led to a demand for large square footage per floor in buildings, and a return to the open spaces that were seen in pre–industrial revolution buildings. However, by

2585-700: The word in 1395 to mean a place where business is transacted in The Canterbury Tales . As mercantilism became the dominant economic theory of the Renaissance , merchants tended to conduct their business in buildings that also sometimes housed people doing retail sales, warehousing, and clerical work. During the 15th century, the population density in many cities reached a point where merchants began to use stand-alone buildings to conduct their business. A distinction began to develop between religious, administrative/military, and commercial uses for buildings. The first purpose-built office spaces were constructed in

2640-436: The years prior to World War II they became centers of dairy and berry farming. During the post-war boom, they became bedroom communities for Seattle. This was made possible by the 1940 construction of the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge across Lake Washington, as well as the later construction of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge in 1963; additional traffic later led to the construction of an additional bridge paralleling

2695-506: Was built for future conversion into a conventional office building once the city's offices moved to Wilburton Hill . The existing city hall was vacated and renovated to add a modern facade , air conditioning, and an additional floor. In the late 1980s, the city of Bellevue began studying a possible civic center with a new city hall, courthouses, a jail, a museum and a basketball arena for the Seattle SuperSonics . The civic center plan

2750-465: Was completed in 1983 for Pacific Northwest Bell . The building housed a computer farm , telecommunications infrastructure, offices, and a parking garage. Pacific Northwest Bell was later acquired by US West Communications, which in turn became part of Qwest in 2000. In early 2002, Qwest approached the City of Bellevue with an offer to purchase the building from them, as office vacancies had been high in recent years. The city had already been considering

2805-472: Was opened adjacent to the municipal building in 1967, as part of the development of the 8-acre (3.2 ha) civic center campus. By 1969, the city hall was described as "badly crowded" because of Bellevue's rapid population growth, and the campus was seen as a possible home for the Bellevue School District and King County offices. City manager L. Joe Miller proposed a combined civic complex with

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2860-404: Was rejected in favor of a site near Overlake Hospital Medical Center . After Bellevue's decision to relocate city offices to Downtown Bellevue, the 10.7-acre (4.3 ha) site was sold in 2003 for $ 24.7 million to a Lexus car dealership. The new dealership opened in 2007, using 7 acres (2.8 ha) of the property. 450 Bell Terrace, a nine-story, 476,270-square-foot (44,247 m) building,

2915-501: Was scaled back to a single convention center in downtown Bellevue, Meydenbauer Center , and a new downtown library, both of which opened in 1993; the plan for a city hall was seen as controversial and unnecessary at the time. In 1990, the city hall area was proposed as the site of a county jail and courthouse to serve the Eastside . The proposed site, located north of city hall, was seen as undesirable because of its existing wetlands and

2970-526: Was the Brunswick Building, built in Liverpool in 1841. The invention of the safety elevator in 1852 by Elisha Otis enabled the rapid upward escalation of buildings. By the end of the 19th century, larger office buildings frequently contained large glass atriums to allow light into the complex and improve air circulation. By 1906, Sears , Roebuck, and Co. had opened their headquarters operation in

3025-566: Was the center of Duwamish society. Farther out in the Snoqualmie Valley, the Snoqualmie were historically one of the most populous tribes in the Puget Sound region. The cities on the Eastside mostly began as centers of logging or mining in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Once logged, the land was eventually cleared (primarily by Japanese immigrant labor) to support farming. In

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