Here's a Detailed Aerial Photograph of Apple Campus 2

[MacRumors]

Apple's spaceship-shaped campus in Cupertino, California is nearing completion, and most of the ring-shaped main structure and auxiliary buildings have been finished.

We've seen monthly drone updates of the location during the construction period, letting us keep an eye on Apple's progress, and now SkyIMD has created a neat high-resolution aerial mosaic that gives an incredibly detailed overall view of the nearly-finished campus.

Click here to see a larger high-resolution image on the SkyIMD website​

The image depicts the main spaceship building that is the highlight of the campus, with its massive curved glass windows and huge built-in glass doors that open up into a cafeteria area. The aerial photo, composed of ten 100-megapixel images captured with a PhaseOne iXA-RS1000, was made on December 22.

Duncan Sinfield, who has shared Apple Campus 2 drone videos with MacRumors for several months, has also uploaded an updated video captured on Christmas morning that shows the progress Apple has made on landscaping in recent weeks.

Apple plans to have the campus finished by the beginning of 2017, with employees moving in during the first quarter, but landscaping work will not be finished until the middle of the year.

Article Link: Here's a Detailed Aerial Photograph of Apple Campus 2

 

[coolbreeze]

How are they going to pay for this? I thought they were going out of business soon.

Or maybe I've been here too long, wading in the toxicity of the posts.

 

[44267547]

That aerial shot is a piece of artwork. I have never seen anything like this before that is so complex and yet, so simple looking. (Even it's far from being simple with that type of engineering.)

 

[Nicksd84]

That is a beautiful building. I wonder how workflow will be inside it. Very appealing aesehticslly.

 

[lowendlinux]

That building is just cool!

 

[Mr. Dee]

Apple will need to us to buy a lot of iPhones, Macs and iPads to pay for it.

 

[justperry]

That building is really huge.

Apple will need to us to buy a lot of iPhones, Macs and iPads to pay for it.

We already did.

 

[Zaft]

Looks really nice, apparently it was designed in a way that people will interact more.

 

[laszlo182]

It is so obviously imperfect circle that looking at it hurts my eyes

 

[oftheheavens]

Apple will need to us to buy a lot of iPhones, Macs and iPads to pay for it.

I am beyond a doubt that it is already paid for technically. I am sure they took advantage of reduced interest rated and tax breaks and then got the rest on a very low interest rate that they could pay off any day with the liquid capital they have. It just isn't a financially smart idea to put all 4+ billion cash into it when you can finance at a fraction of the cost with apples credit line.

 

[Denmac1]

Maybe Timmy will sublet some of the building as they get down to 6 or 7 products.

 

[robotica]

What's the circular thing in the courtyard?

 

[Someyoungguy]

Eh, it's ok. I think this one is better

 

[Jack Burton]

What post apocalyptic movie will be first to show this in ruins?

Or better yet, will this be destroyed in Independence Day part 3 (or 4,5, or 6)?

 

[5684697]

Wow, an office building. I'm supposed to care about an office building. If Cook was an astute CEO, he'd have built the thing somewhere besides California, where cost of doing business was cheaper and employees could enjoy a more affordable cost of living.

 

[rajat8676]

So this was the picture on the staff gift t-shirt!

 

[chr1s60]

All those work stations inside, not a headphone jack to be found ;(
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Wow, an office building. I'm supposed to care about an office building. If Cook was an astute CEO, he'd have built the thing somewhere besides California, where cost of doing business was cheaper and employees could enjoy a more affordable cost of living.

Nice. Call out Cook for a building he didn't plan. Macrumors users at their finest.

 

[5105973]

Wow, an office building. I'm supposed to care about an office building. If Cook was an astute CEO, he'd have built the thing somewhere besides California, where cost of doing business was cheaper and employees could enjoy a more affordable cost of living.

And need to relocate all the employees? The talent migrated to California a generation ago. It's the reality they had to work with. And there's something to be said for keeping HQ where the company was founded.

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Donuts. I think of donuts. I can't wait to see what they do with the courtyard.

 

[JackANSI]

What's the circular thing in the courtyard?

I think it's the new auditorium.

 

[ocnitsa]

Wow, an office building. I'm supposed to care about an office building. If Cook was an astute CEO, he'd have built the thing somewhere besides California, where cost of doing business was cheaper and employees could enjoy a more affordable cost of living.

You are right. Don't they claim to be a mostly Irish company? Where do they file taxes?

 

[robotica]

I think it's the new auditorium.

I think that's outside the main building!

 

[SSDGUY]

Apple's spaceship-shaped campus in Cupertino, California is nearing completion, and most of the ring-shaped main structure and auxiliary buildings have been finished.

We've seen monthly drone updates of the location during the construction period, letting us keep an eye on Apple's progress, and now SkyIMD has created a neat high-resolution aerial mosaic that gives an incredibly detailed overall view of the nearly-finished campus.

Click here to see full high-resolution image on Imgur​

The image depicts the main spaceship building that is the highlight of the campus, with its massive curved glass windows and huge built-in glass doors that open up into a cafeteria area. The aerial photo, composed of ten 100-megapixel images captured with a PhaseOne iXA-RS1000, was made on December 22.

Duncan Sinfield, who has shared Apple Campus 2 drone videos with MacRumors for several months, has also uploaded an updated video captured on Christmas morning that shows the progress Apple has made on landscaping in recent weeks.

Apple plans to have the campus finished by the beginning of 2017, with employees moving in during the first quarter, but landscaping work will not be finished until the middle of the year.

Article Link: Here's a Detailed Aerial Photograph of Apple Campus 2

Top view of an enormous trash can into which broke and disgruntled customers toss outdated cables, adapters, dongles, and non-upgradable devices. Should fill up quick!

 

[dwnss]

Can someone explain why they made a tunnel just to drive a short distance?

 

[JackANSI]

I think that's outside the main building!

Maybe they called it a "theatre" and I remebered "auditorium" or confused the two.

 

[SHirsch999]

There should be a chunk missing, like the bite mark on the Apple logo.