Taking a page from its own products, Chicago’s new flagship Apple Store will have what appears to be a MacBook-inspired roof topping its entrance. Videos from the Chicago Tribune and Twitter surfaced earlier last week detailing its roof installation complete with a white apple logo. The Foster + Partners design will offer unobstructed views towards the Chicago river as a tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie-style homes outside the city.
The new Apple store on the Chicago River is starting to take shape, and could open this fall https://t.co/RGRt8qdMVx pic.twitter.com/Grww7KeqN7
— Chicago Tribune Biz (@ChiTribBiz) March 29, 2017
The 20,000 square-foot Chicago store is broken down into a glass entrance pavilion with a grand staircase descending into lower levels, reminiscent of its patented 5th Avenue design. In order to be as thin as possible, the roof is made from a lightweight fibre-reinforced polymer (used in yacht construction) with a white oak interior. Partner James McGrath from Foster + Partners details the project’s construction in a video from the Chicago Tribune below:
News via: The Chicago Tribune.
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