Apple Park

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Apple Park in 2019

Apple Park is the corporate headquarters of Apple Inc.. It is in Cupertino, California. It was opened to employees in April 2017. It replaced the original headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop, which opened in 1993.[1]

Norman Foster designed the main building.[2] Its nickname is "the spaceship".[3]

Apple Park area[change | change source]

The majority of the 175-acre area, situated on the former Hewlett Packard (HP) campus, is enclosed by I-280 to the south, Wolfe Road to the west, Homestead Road to the north, and North Tantau Avenue to the east. The proposed redevelopment and reconstruction plan includes:[4]

  • Demolition of approximately 2.65 million square feet of existing office, research, and development buildings.
  • Construction of:
    • An office and research and development building covering around 2.8 million square feet;
    • A corporate auditorium with 1,000 seats;
    • A corporate fitness center;
    • A central plant;
    • Research facilities totaling up to 600,000 square feet located on both sides of Tantau Avenue between Pruneridge Avenue and I-280;
    • Associated parking.

References[change | change source]

  1. Reisinger, Don (31 May 2016). "Apple Campus 2 Looking Good in New Drone Flyover". Fortune. Archived from the original on 10 July 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  2. "New Apple Headquarters The Best Office Building In The World, Designed In London". Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. Moore, Amy. "Complete guide to Apple Park, Apple's new 'spaceship' campus". Macworld UK. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  4. "Apple Park | Design, History, Layout". AppleInsider. 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2024-05-17.