What Does a $5 Billion Dollar Building Look Like?
The new Apple headquarters is almost complete. The spaceship looking, donut shaped, building is set to house over 13,000 people when finished and will be one of the most eco-friendly buildings on the planet. The electricity for the site is generated by 700,000 square feet of solar panels. Specially designed windows will allow the building to ‘breathe’. This will increase airflow and reduce temperature control costs.
The project is audacious, covering 2.8 million square feet. Located in Cupertino California, the heart of Silicon Valley. It incorporates over 7 thousand trees on the “Apple Campus 2” which sports landscaping on 80 percent of the site. The main office building is 260,000 square meters of space and will have an auditorium that can fit 1000 people.
The new $5 billion building may be completed by the end of the year (2016)! I would guess the finishing touches will take it well into 2017 though.
Images:
- http://inhabitat.com/apple-unveils-exciting-new-pictures-of-its-foster-partners-designed-green-headquarters-in-cupertino/
- http://inhabitat.com/apples-new-solar-powered-spaceship-office-is-nearly-complete/
Video: https://youtu.be/Qh_9_1FX0Yk
Wow, that is hard to believe that there are buildings which cost that much money. That is so huge! Thanks for sharing, upvoted and followed.
A tremendous investment to be sure, but Apple has the cash. I wonder if other big tech companies will want to 'outdo' this building/campus? What will the next audacious corporate HQ look like and where will it be built? London, Dubai, silicon valley, Singapore, Shanghai, Berlin, Tokyo?
That's an incredible campus that they have built. Upvoted and followed!
Wow - sponsored by Apple customers :-)
Seriously! Although, I am not an iPhone user. I fall into the Android camp. Tried the iPhone and liked it (nice polish) but prefer the flexibility of Android and the mostly great Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (although for the past couple of days the battery drain has been terrible - probably due to the 2nd bad update this year)
Apple spares no expence ! Im so glag to see the Solar Panal Energy ! Three thumbs up ! 👍👍👍and a very cool looking , state of the art future in building design! Awesome and thanks for shareing! 👍👍👍
Great design and smart architecture. Beyond being a very stylish Green building, I hope it raises the bar for other companies to design for global sustainability.
Most definitely! Me too ! It really is beyond awesome ! 👍👍👍
holy cow!
Yup, that is one high tech donut.