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Massive Glass Window Panels Being Installed at Apple Campus 2
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It's California, 95% of the time (nearly 100% for 9 months), the weather's nice enough to just walk accross. I worked 5 miles from there for 3 years and I only saw 20 bad days of weather.
Beautiful design and construction! Makes me think of a building near me that was constructed in the 1950's by Bell Labs which was designed by Eero Saarinen. It was their major research facility- incredible things came out of that building (microwave tech, cell phone, etc etc). Hard to think that 50 years later and Bell no longer exists, the building sat empty for 10 years. Just this year, and its been approved to be turned into a shopping mall. Here's to hoping Apple's building (and Apple) will be around 50-100 years from now!
For info on the building I'm referencing....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex
For info on the building I'm referencing....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex
I worked on the Monterey Bay Aquarium years ago ( young Carpenter at the time) and the tank Windows were massive.
They were shipped from Japan, along with a horde of Japanese Engineers and a bunch of Llyods of London guys watching every move.
A brick will bounce off like a rubber ball.
So, Apple is having Windows installed?
I can't believe nobody has said this yet.
I can't believe nobody has said this yet.
I hate property taxes being high here, but I bet Apple will hate them even more after that thing is built
No, I'm sure they pay their property taxes in Ireland.
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Maybe, but only for the property they have there.
The US wants to charge Apple property tax for its stores around the world
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Zero evidence to suggest that will be finished in the next 12 months
Anyway, so you think it will be called "infinite Loop" now?
Anyway, so you think it will be called "infinite Loop" now?
I'm really impressed by the site. But I also have a strange feeling looking at all those trucks and objects with not a single human presence. It looks like a post-apocalyptic movie giant set
possibly filmed on Jan. 1 ?
nobody other than myself was working on January 1
maybe the base for a tower crane? at least the cube in the middle of the ring looks like a tower crane component.. if so, it's temporary.
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We have been able to observe the construction process regularly, there has not been any excavation for tunnels connecting two sides of the ring. Meaning there are no tunnels (unless the dug them from the underground which would make no sense unless you wanted to keep them secret). The building plans also had to be submitted to the local council for planning permissions (you can find a version here), there are no tunnels in there either.
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If you care to check, the vast majority of these videos have been posted here on Friday evenings. Most likely the drone pilots wait until all workers leave for the weekend to have the place for them, for security reasons (not colliding with cranes, not risking to have your drone crash on a person) and to not get any unwanted attention from the construction crew.
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The whole property is almost as wide as New York Central Park (790 vs 800 m). The inner courtyard has a diameter of 360 m.
I've enjoyed these videos but once he registers (2/19/16 deadline) his UAS (drone) he must agree to "I will fly within visual line of sight". So unless he has incredible eyesight....
Now, waiting for people to stick cheap scratch cards all over the glass panels for as that's what people do after buying expensive iPhones!
I am the nobody other than yourself...anyway as Manu Chao said there's a big chance that was filmed on friday evening. This is the kind of stuff you don't want to keep for yourself more than a couple of hourspossibly filmed on Jan. 1 ?
nobody other than myself was working on January 1
maybe the base for a tower crane? at least the cube in the middle of the ring looks like a tower crane component.. if so, it's temporary.
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Easy to understand:
Form over function
This is a very inefficient shape for a building for people to get to all areas, and why people don't use this type of shape.
I'm not saying it's not nice/pretty/cool etc. I like it.
But I am aware it's poor from a functional standpoint.
A bit like an iMac, looks nice, but you have to compromise with it as it suffers from being the best and most functional it can be due to the design.
Form over function. It's probably what Apple is most known for.
But not on budget.
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There's an inside monorail.
I don't believe that is the case. I think initial estimates were late 2015 early 2016, which contributed to the release of the original contractor. Remember that?