The Formica Company has a deep-rooted history intertwined with Cincinnati's development, as its manufacturing campus expanded northward alongside the city's growth. Brand Historian Renee Hytry Derrington examines how since the 1930s, the Formica® brand has significantly influenced corporate campuses, both through its architectural expansion and the production of laminate products. Design has been central to the company's success, with collaborations featuring notable modernist designers like Morris Sanders, Brooks Stevens, and Raymond Loewy, as well as later partnerships with Laurinda Spear, Abbott Miller, and Jonathan Adler.

Eero Saarinen's design for the General Motors Technical Center aimed to foster creativity and innovation by consolidating various research, engineering, design, and manufacturing activities into a centralized campus. When it opened in 1949, the center addressed the evolving needs of GM by emphasizing modularity and adaptability in its design. GM's Lead Archivist and Curator Natalie Morath, takes a look at the evolution of this iconic site and how Saarinen anticipated future technological requirements, allowing the facility to accommodate changes like an aerodynamic research lab and battery testing area, making it well-suited for GM's dynamic business landscape.

Canada's Golden Mile was historically significant for its corporate campuses, including IBM, which spurred economic growth and urban expansion in the region. Eric Nay's article discusses how these campuses and their architectural styles shaped the development of nearby residential areas, playing a crucial role in the city's expansion and providing essential opportunities such as affordable housing, jobs, and access to good schools for newcomers. The legacy of these corporate campuses, along with their eventual demolition and transformation, highlights their cultural and historical importance in Toronto's development.

Spanning 3.6 million square feet on 400 acres, IBM Rochester is still the largest IBM facility. Opened in 1958 and designed by Eero Saarinen & Associates, it represents a significant moment in IBM's design history as well as Minnesota's computing industry. In her article, Mary Dahlman Begley posits that the building acts as a corporate advertisement, reflecting either IBM’s technical excellence or the decline of Modernist architecture tied to capitalism. By examining Saarinen’s design within its regional context, the facility can be seen as a network influenced by nature and society, rather than just a standalone structure.

Thomas Hassler spent a day capturing the essence of Bell Labs. In his photographs, Saarinen’s design impresses as much as it provokes, with otherworldly reflections off the facade, blissfully smooth curves of the sunken granite lobby and stairways, and linear walkways that seem to float along the perimeter of the atrium like walkways on a ship’s deck. Time moves differently within the space, and one can’t help but feel transported.