Apple Park Visitor Center in California
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Apple Park Visitor Center in California
Contemporary Commercial Building in California, United States ? design By Foster + Partners, architects
Nov 22, 2017
Apple Park Visitor Center
Architects: Foster + Partners
Location: Tantau Avenue, Cupertino, California, USA
Apple Park Visitor Center opens to the public
Bringing the experience of Apple Park closer than ever, the new Visitor Center along Tantau Avenue opened to the public for the first time on Friday. Designed as an exclusive public gateway to Apple Park, it features an expansive roof terrace with stunning views of the main building that offers a unique glimpse into Apple Park.
Nestled within a carefully planted olive grove, an exceptionally transparent envelope sits below a floating carbon-fiber roof, which cantilevers over outdoor seating areas on either side. Its softly-lit timber soffit gives the interior an inviting warmth, while the full-height glazing dematerializes the building volume.
Visitors are greeted with a large scaled model of Apple Park ? seemingly suspended in mid-air ? milled and finished by the same machines that create the signature Apple products. Visitors also have the opportunity to get a closer look at the main building from the roof terrace of the Visitor Center, which offers an unmatched panoramic view of Apple Park. A delicate screen of thin, curved carbon-fiber fins shades the terrace, where pe...
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