Visitors to Apple's new Cupertino campus will get a ringside view of the action. According to plans the company filed with the City of Cupertino, the mostly glass visitor’s center will include a rooftop observation deck, where Apple fans making the Cupertino pilgrimage can gaze upon the rest of Norman Foster's design.
The last time we got a good look at the plans for Apple’s new spaceship-esque headquarters in Cupertino, we saw one rendering that hinted at a design for a visitor’s center, but details were scant.
Now we have more intel: The center will include a 2,300-square-foot café and a 10,000-square-foot retail space, Cupertino's first Apple store. According to an aerial shot of construction, it sits a few blocks southeast of the looping building. Apple has not yet responded to our request for comment.
The 2.8-million-square-foot donut-shaped Apple Campus 2 will be one of the most futuristically engineered buildings in the world, with floor-to-ceiling concave glass walls and a park designed by Apple’s own arborist. But until the campus and its visitor center open, we'll have to be satisfied with surreptitious drone footage.
