True scale of Apple’s spaceship campus revealed in new flyover video

Digital Trends ^ | February 3, 2016 | By Trevor Mogg

[Swordmaker]

New Fly-over video of Apple's new headquarters building as it nears rough completion. Roof panels are going on and even some of the huge curved glass window glass is being installed. The flying saucer shaped roof of the theater building is being finished, almost ready to be "flown" into place on the theater entry. -- PING!

Apple Headquarters Building
Bigger than the Pentagon
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[freedumb2003]

If the end-times come, will it be able to fly?

;)

Quite cool.

[SWAMP-C1PHER]

I’d make a special trip to California to see this building if they offered tours.

[Swordmaker]

If the end-times come, will it be able to fly?

Who needs it to fly, by then, Apple will have an iTransporter in the center which instantly teleports everyone to Alpha Centauri. Only problem is that it transports you to Alpha Centari, the star. It's hot there. . . and if you are going, better stock up on sun block with an SPF1,000,000, not to mention really good polarized sunglasses.

[Liberty Valance]

E L Y S I U M ?

Audi R8 Super Bowl Commercial

[Swordmaker]

I’d make a special trip to California to see this building if they offered tours.

I think there'd be a lot of walking. If the corridors are anything like the Pentagon, which has 17 miles of corridors, you'd get pretty tired before you'd see everything. Not to worry about wearing out your hiking shoes, I have feeling you'd not get far before running into security pass carded doors.

[Musket]

That looks like a lot of walking. I think skyscrapers with elevators make better workplaces.

[r_barton]

For years the site of the Apple space ship headquarters was a Hewlett-Packard site. They must have sold the site to Apple.

[Swordmaker]

E L Y S I U M ?

Mmmmmmm, nice.

My girlfriend's brand new (October) 2015 Corvette Stingray feels pretty much like that. . . and the dashboard on my new Lincoln MK Z I got last month also looks a lot like that but it shore don't have that much get up and GONE! But it is fun to drive, especially with all the bells and whistles. Lord knows I don't have the reflexes any more to drive something with that much horsepower. Still my Lincoln is quite powerful when I step on it. . . and so is the Corvette.

[freedumb2003]

>>For a 500 dollar tax, he is going to save this guy 5000 dollars in insurance premiums. So where do the other 4500 come from? (Take a wild guess). <<

Not a problem with iGlasses! They go from totally transparent to complete blackout in 1 nanosecond when they detect Alpha Light!

[Talisker]

Seems basically the EXACT “diameter” of the Pentagon.

What a coinkydink.

[Swordmaker]

That looks like a lot of walking. I think skyscrapers with elevators make better workplaces.

An architect will tell you that skyscrapers have a service problem the taller they get. The more floors, the more elevators they need on lower floors, the more dedicated service space required for the upper floors, and the more structural support for the upper floors required, which takes away from useful rental space in the lower floors. The service core gets to big and there is a point of diminishing returns. One way around it is to have dedicated sub-lobbies where "elevator transfers" take place. You then can have a few non-stop elevators to the sub-lobbies on an upper level which access the next set of floors, and depending on how tall the building is, there may or not be ground floor access to all the sub-lobbies. That can limit the number of elevator shafts required, and therefore the core size. However, that limits the staff entrance and exit times for workers coming into the building, and usually that means staggered work hours. Getting workers to and from a small footprint building such as a skyscraper has its own problems, and requires a completely different infrastructure, than a flat building like the Apple headquarters.

Given my druthers, I think a skyscraper is much more spectacular to look at. A skyline of such buildings is awe inspiring. Flat buildings, meh.

[Swordmaker]

For years the site of the Apple space ship headquarters was a Hewlett-Packard site. They must have sold the site to Apple.

They did. HP shrank.

[r_barton]

That was the HP Pruneridge site I believe. I forget which divisions were based there.

[Liberty Valance]

I’m into the cars as well. Took a few pics of a vintage Porsche Spyder at the Hunt Store on Monday. Some things defy description.

[SunkenCiv]

Here's Jobs' pitch for the building.

Steve Jobs -- last public appearance

[Nailbiter]

I would think that they have seqway bike thingy or golf carts

[r_barton]

Here is a picture of the Apple space ship site when Hewlett Packard was there in the 1970's through early 2000's. The HP Pruneridge campus. The street at the bottom is Pruneridge Ave. Apple cut the street in half and closed it with the new campus design.

[Swordmaker]

This is what my new Lincoln MKZ looks like,
the photo doesn't do the finish Justice, you can't see the
gold flecks in the mirror finish.