Google is sharing new images of what the inside of its headquarters in the Thompson Center will look like.
The 17-story, wide-open atrium meant to evoke open government will remain, but with an updated look.
Escalators that greeted visitors immediately as they walked in from the plaza have been replaced by stairs and terraces with seating.
Google says there will be shops, places to eat, space for seasonal events and access to the CTA inside the 1.2 million-square-foot-space that was originally designed by Helmut Jahn.
Crews have been replacing glass panes on the post-modern building formerly owned by the state of Illinois.
Vector sculpture on Thompson Center plaza
On the plaza at Randolph and Clark will be a 30-foot-tall sculpture called Vector, made of glazed terracotta tiles.
Artist Sanford Biggers, a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, patterned them after 19th-century quilts from historic local collections.
The global tech company says it will be installing more art inside the building, including a piece from teens working with After School Matters.
Google plans to reopen the building in 2028 - not this year, as originally thought.
