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I'm looking forward to the video just after they start moving confidential products/items into the office space...

...it will be interesting to see how well the drone operator can avoid the laser beams that come from the turret hidden in the mountain.

Oh, were we not supposed to know about that??? ;)
 
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Construction on Apple's second campus in Cupertino, California continues to progress as its completion date looms, and this month, further work has been done on the main ring-shaped building that spans 2.8 million square feet. Structural framing is nearing completion, and construction workers are preparing the solar panels that will be installed on the roof. More glass window panels have gone up, along with window canopies in some spots.

The large, curved sheets of glass that surround the building are designed to let employees look out over the campus, which will be covered in greenery. Apple is planning to include 80 percent green space on the campus, with a central garden, orchards, and several outdoor dining areas.


Apple CEO Tim Cook recently said the large mound of dirt in the center of the campus will not be removed, instead going towards landscaping that will support more than 7,000 trees. "Hard to know which is more beautiful, the building or that pile of dirt," he said.

The roof of the underground auditorium, where Apple will host events, is now in place, and work on a 100,000 square foot fitness center is underway. Solar panels are being added to the second of two parking garages, which will provide parking for more than 10,000 employees. Underground tunnels are in place for access to underground parking and other campus areas.

Construction on the campus is scheduled to be completed at the end of 2016, and Cook believes Apple will begin occupying the building at the beginning of 2017.

Article Link: Apple Campus 2 Drone Video Shows Work on Massive Curved Windows, Solar Panels

I don't know why they bother to build this "spaceship"... Apple will be gone in five years... we have seen it before, and it will happen again!
 
not to shabby at all :D

Apple won't be going anywhere..... ya like in 1999 Steve left, but that was it...

I'd like to see a Google inside walkthough of Campus 2 when it''s finished
 
After watching the video, I am speechless!

This stuff reminds me of just how amazing humans can be... to design and build such a complex set of structures, and coordinate everything. I'm pretty sure they are going way over budget, but wow.... we should call this Apple City!
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I don't understand how that works. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. If a team is on the other side of the campus, walking there would take FOREVER. In a high-rise, the elevator traverses this in a straight line, and thus much, much faster. Unless they're installing those speed tracks they have in aiports and theme parks like Universal Studios in Florida.

This seems to me like yet another example of form-over-function Apple jackassery.

I do agree with this, but it's still a cool design and will serve Apple well for decades to come... :)
 
I like the glass windows and open concept so we can see what Apple's working on.

LOOK! the Skylake MacBook's are in the corner collecting dust!
 
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Is it just me, or does it look like Mt. Apple has shrunk? I have a feeling it's going to be one of the last things to go during the cleanup phase and first in the landscaping phase.
 
I don't understand how that works. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. If a team is on the other side of the campus, walking there would take FOREVER. In a high-rise, the elevator traverses this in a straight line, and thus much, much faster. Unless they're installing those speed tracks they have in aiports and theme parks like Universal Studios in Florida.

This seems to me like yet another example of form-over-function Apple jackassery.

You're missing the obvious. Like all modern spacecraft, this one is equipped with transporters.
 
I don't know why they bother to build this "spaceship"... Apple will be gone in five years... we have seen it before, and it will happen again!

You're right - all those "iPhone killer" phones that have been increasing in number since 2007 were merely prototypes for THE ONE, THE ONLY "iPhone killer to rule them all"...

Yeah, thaaaaaaat's right... (said in a Ray Romano voice)
 
I don't understand how that works. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. If a team is on the other side of the campus, walking there would take FOREVER. In a high-rise, the elevator traverses this in a straight line, and thus much, much faster. Unless they're installing those speed tracks they have in aiports and theme parks like Universal Studios in Florida.

This seems to me like yet another example of form-over-function Apple jackassery.

They could walk across the courtyard... ?
 
Some clueless bod on the comments for this YouTube video, just commented: "Why didn't Apple shoot down the drone?"

Oh, children, and their undeveloped, naive minds...
 



Construction on Apple's second campus in Cupertino, California continues to progress as its completion date looms, and this month, further work has been done on the main ring-shaped building that spans 2.8 million square feet. Structural framing is nearing completion, and construction workers are preparing the solar panels that will be installed on the roof. More glass window panels have gone up, along with window canopies in some spots.

The large, curved sheets of glass that surround the building are designed to let employees look out over the campus, which will be covered in greenery. Apple is planning to include 80 percent green space on the campus, with a central garden, orchards, and several outdoor dining areas.


Apple CEO Tim Cook recently said the large mound of dirt in the center of the campus will not be removed, instead going towards landscaping that will support more than 7,000 trees. "Hard to know which is more beautiful, the building or that pile of dirt," he said.

The roof of the underground auditorium, where Apple will host events, is now in place, and work on a 100,000 square foot fitness center is underway. Solar panels are being added to the second of two parking garages, which will provide parking for more than 10,000 employees. Underground tunnels are in place for access to underground parking and other campus areas.

Construction on the campus is scheduled to be completed at the end of 2016, and Cook believes Apple will begin occupying the building at the beginning of 2017.

Article Link: Apple Campus 2 Drone Video Shows Work on Massive Curved Windows, Solar Panels
Cookie thinks his building is as beautiful as a pile of dirt.
Does he know his mouth is saying these words or is he further up his own jaxie than I thought ?
 
Is it just me or does it actually look kinda low? Four floors isn't a lot! There's a small shopping centre near my house that's bigger than this building.. I don't know, I was expecting BIGGER - SPACESHIP BIGGER! But I'm assuming it will look spectacular when it's finished either way.
In the end it might have something to do with building codes. When you drive around Cupertino, you see very very few buildings with more than four floors, even though it would seem like a very lucrative endeavour to build a high rise apartment or office building in such an extremely expensive area. Building a few 40-story apartment buildings on De Anza Blvd could make you a billionaire and presidential candidate in just a few years. So there must be a good reason why people aren't doing just that.
 
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