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Graphic shows the layout of the new hi-tech facility, highlighting numerous design innovations.
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Apple Park campus

By Ninian Carter

April 1, 2017 - Apple’s enormous new headquarters, Apple Park, is finally set to open to employees in April, featuring the Steve Jobs Theatre — an underground auditorium named after the eponymous founder.

NEWSAHEAD -- A circular structure more than a mile in diameter and surrounded by a large outdoor park, Apple Park will accommodate some 12,000 employees. The 2.8 million-square-foot main building is clad entirely in the world’s largest panels of curved glass. The huge walls of glass in the four-storey circular ring structure will allow employees to enjoy the view from both sides of the building. Parkland is planned for inside the ring, and some 7,000 trees will surround the campus. It incorporates miles of jogging and cycling trails, and 1,000 bikes will be kept on the site and be available to staff to get around the campus.

British firm Foster&Partners designed Apple Park, which will complement One Infinite Loop, the company’s present home.

The move will take over six months, and construction of the buildings and parklands will continue through the summer.

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PUBLISHED: 17/03/2017; STORY: Graphic News
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