They left flash out to save battery life.
Thats not something they have to worry about when they have a cooling system running off the power grid...
Completely irrelevant.
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Apple Proposing a Massive Glass-Roofed Retail Store on the Third Street Promenade
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They left flash out to save battery life.
Thats not something they have to worry about when they have a cooling system running off the power grid...
Completely irrelevant.
from your own quoted web page:
Not so if they claim to be a sustainable and environmentally friendly company... which is also something they (partly) rightfully claim. So very relevant if not that it is really 1985 to not commission and design sustainable buildings.
So, is the meeting tonight going to be a zoo now that MacRumors has published the date, time, and place?
The construction requirements, particularly dust control and archeology are intense. American Indians used to live there.
The construction requirements, particularly dust control and archeology are intense. American Indians used to live there.
This is just a mock-up. In a climate that has sun all year, it would not work too well with this design but it's a nice idea. Maybe it will just end up with smaller sections of skylight and not the entire roof. It does give you a nice view of the floor this way. At many malls in Georgia there are a few with partial glass roofs. They work rather well and let in great amounts of sunlight but also put on a show when we have rain storms.
It's funny for a company that is so secretive to want all these transparent buildings. Fools everyone into thinking they're such an open company.
I wonder if this is a hint to solar panel recharging on future MBs and iOS devices 
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...ll-iphone-supports-prototype-in-the-wild.html
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...ll-iphone-supports-prototype-in-the-wild.html
If you can find me a SINGLE piece of Apple marketing that claims they left Flash out of iOS for environmental concerns then, yes, you can say it's relevant to bring it up.
Until you do, though, I'll maintain that calling it 'irrelevant' was a good word choice.
All part of their fiendish plan to make great products and sell them to people that want them!
Thank you. I was thinking the same thing. Talk about Final Destination 6! What was Apple thinking?
Why can't other Asian countries, outside of China, have these ingeniously designed Apple stores? Shanghai has that incredible looking glass icon near the riverside shopping area. I guess Apple is more concerned about building a strong brand image in a No.1 Pirate Country in the world.
I wouldn't want to be under any building during an earthquake. If it is severe enough to shatter that roof, then I doubt that falling floors, roofs, bricks and concrete are any more human friendly.
In the UK, we have something called 'planning permission'. And there's no way a glass roof would be approved in an earthquake zone! (not that we have large quakes in the UK...)
If they are allowed to construct such a building then it's madness and puts everyone inside at risk.
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I fully agree, but shards of razor sharp glass is a lot more dangerous than bricks & concrete.
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For everyone complaining "BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE GLOSSY SCREENS?!?!", this is exactly the same design as the Upper West Side (NY) Apple Store, which I worked at for just under a year. (The only difference is it's all on one floor.)
And yes, it was bright in the daytime. It was also friggin' beautiful.
Granted, our Genius Bar was downstairs, but the point still stands-- it would have been wonderful for us Genii to get some fresh light and air!
Apple has extensive experience with getting their heating/cooling costs under control. No one EVER felt the UWS store was too hot-- most people thought it was much too cold-- and it was rumored to have some kind of solar/photovoltaic cells in the roof to help with power. It also definitely has some kind of UV barrier that reflects certain kinds of light.
It's been working for them for almost two years-- certainly they've planned for California light, too.
And yes, it was bright in the daytime. It was also friggin' beautiful.
Granted, our Genius Bar was downstairs, but the point still stands-- it would have been wonderful for us Genii to get some fresh light and air!
Apple has extensive experience with getting their heating/cooling costs under control. No one EVER felt the UWS store was too hot-- most people thought it was much too cold-- and it was rumored to have some kind of solar/photovoltaic cells in the roof to help with power. It also definitely has some kind of UV barrier that reflects certain kinds of light.
It's been working for them for almost two years-- certainly they've planned for California light, too.
Identical to the Upper West Side store. Beautiful, but not breathtaking. Apple's stores are always half a step short of epic. They give no thought to any form of landscape architecture in their stand-alone retail stores. That would truly make these buildings ones for the ages.
Don't get me wrong, it's still a beautiful design.
Don't get me wrong, it's still a beautiful design.
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There hasn't been an earthquake within 10 km of 3rd Street since Monday, and the nearest major known fault is almost 5 km away....
And don't forget to worry about tsunamis - Santa Monica is at risk for those as well, and the Promenade is 400m from the beach.
Well American Indians used to live everywhere and that hasn't stopped anyone. I seriously doubt they would find anything especially since buildings already exist in spot.
Modern buildings built in earthquake zones are built to very strict standards and are very safe. Take the huge earthquake in Japan this year - it was one of the 5 largest earthquakes ever recorded since 1900, but virtually all the deaths were from the resultant Tsunami, not the earthquake. Countless glass towers hundreds of meters high in Tokyo survived with little or no damage.
In addition, modern safety glass of the type used in commercial buildings is very strong. In fact, concrete is often reinforced with glass fibers to make it stronger. Even in the unlikely event that something did cause it to fail, it breaks into small harmless pellets - NOT razor sharp shards.
Do you really think that Apple's architects don't know what they're doing and/or aren't familiar with California building codes?
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