Photos Of The Floor Of The Cia Bldg

Though the goal of ohb was to house all cia employees under one roof it never happened.

Photos of the floor of the cia bldg.

Inside the world s most famous spy building the cia never allowed live coverage of a press conference until now. Due to staffing growth and demands the cia leadership soon began to consider whether an auxiliary building was needed. The emergence of the cia. By may 15 1962 the new cia headquarters building was fully occupied.

The cia s original headquarters building ohb was finished and completely occupied in may 1962. The george bush center for intelligence is the headquarters of the central intelligence agency located in the unincorporated community of langley in fairfax county virginia united states. From the start ohb had been too small for a rapidly growing workforce. You ll see sights such as our memorial wall the bubble our presidents and directors galleries and more.

Near to washington d c. Original headquarters building ohb the cia s original headquarters building was designed in the mid 1950s by the new york firm harrison and abramovitz. The designers followed the vision of former dci allen dulles who dreamed of a place where intelligence officers could work in a college campus like atmosphere. Behind the scenes at the cia.

But it took nearly two decades before the cia could begin plans for an additional building on its headquarters campus. The headquarters is a conglomeration of the original headquarters building ohb and the new headquarters building nhb that sits on a total of 258 acres 1 04 km 2 of land. Indeed prior to 1942 the country lacked any civilian intelligence agency. It s a unique opportunity to learn more about us.

The seventh floor director s suite was finally completed in march 1962. Here you ll be able to take an unprecedented look inside the cia. Information was collected in an unsystematic way by the office of naval intelligence by u s.