The closest example found of really integrating
corporate design into the landscape was the Schlumberger
System Center in Austin (Ecology, 1996). The
200 000 square feet of buildings were nestled among
the trees with maximum preservation as a goal. Only
native Texas plant species were used in the design. The
result is a successful example of sustainable development.
The design considered the needs of all the site
users: the employees, with hiking trails and outdoor
spaces and the golden-cheeked warbler, an endangered
bird species on the site, with the preservation
of its habitat.