Apple, Inc. is planning a glorious new headquarters in Cupertino, CA, and it’s safe to say the design plans are “out of this world.”
“It’s a little like a spaceship landed,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said of the planned facility. “It’s a circle, and so it’s curved all the way around. As you know if you build things, this is not the cheapest way to build something. There’s not a straight piece of glass on this building, it’s all curved. And we’ve used our experience in making retail buildings all over the world now, and we know how to make the biggest pieces of glass in the world for architectural use.”
The ring-shaped building will be 4 stories tall, with 4 floors of parking underneath. It will also be environmentally friendly, with its own energy production plant on site. Landscaping on the site will also be increased from 20% to 80%, with thousands of trees to be planted around the property. The new structure will finally allow all 12,000 of Apple’s main employees to be under one roof, as they are currently spread around the city of Cupertino in rented office space. The current headquarters only holds 2,800 employees.
