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True scale of Apple’s spaceship campus revealed in new flyover video
Digital Trends ^ | February 3, 2016 | By Trevor Mogg

Posted on 02/04/2016 12:24:27 AM PST by Swordmaker

In the latest drone flyover video of Apple's so-called "spaceship" campus, the true scale of the ambitious project has never been clearer.

The footage, uploaded to YouTube this week by drone enthusiast Duncan Sinfield, shows that the gargantuan circular structure is moving steadily toward completion, with significant progress made in the last five months alone. The swish new headquarters will become the workplace of some 14,000 Apple employees when it opens its doors toward the end of this year or early next.

Besides the main building, the footage also gives us a look at what'll be the circular entrance to the now-covered underground auditorium. We can also see its similarly shaped shiny roof which isn't yet in place but sits close by.

Winfield doesn't specify what equipment he used for the video, though if it's the same kit he used for his last spaceship flyover then we're looking at a DJI Inspire 1 quadcopter with a Zenmuse X3 gimbal and camera.

As well as the main donut-like structure and underground auditorium, the campus grounds will also include a visitor center, and an R&D facility where Jony Ive and his team will likely shed blood, sweat and tears in an effort to come up with the next big hit for the company.

The new site, located on land once occupied by Hewlett-Packard, spreads across 176 acres. The main building includes a solar-panel roof and will feature office space across four floors. Fitness centers, dining facilities, and jogging paths weaving through its expansive grounds are also part of the plan.

Apple's new HQ was designed by British architect Norman Foster, who worked closely on the project with Steve Jobs up until the Apple co-founder's untimely death five years ago.

View the Fly-Over Video Here


The scale of the project is difficult to grasp. This overlay of The Pentagon helps.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; applepinglist
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1 posted on 02/04/2016 12:24:27 AM PST by Swordmaker
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; Aliska; altair; ...
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
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2 posted on 02/04/2016 12:29:01 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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To: Swordmaker

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

;)

Quite cool.


3 posted on 02/04/2016 12:32:39 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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To: Swordmaker

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


4 posted on 02/04/2016 12:35:59 AM PST by SWAMP-C1PHER (HOMO, OECONOMIA, ET CIVITAS.)
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To: freedumb2003
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.

5 posted on 02/04/2016 12:39:21 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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To: Swordmaker
E L Y S I U M ?

Audi R8 Super Bowl Commercial

6 posted on 02/04/2016 12:40:15 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: SWAMP-C1PHER
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.

7 posted on 02/04/2016 12:42:11 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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To: Swordmaker

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


8 posted on 02/04/2016 12:46:28 AM PST by Musket (It's very simple:<i>your quoted text pasted here</i><p> produces Quoted Italic with paragraph break)
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To: Swordmaker

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


9 posted on 02/04/2016 12:48:45 AM PST by r_barton (We the People of the United States...)
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To: Liberty Valance
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.

10 posted on 02/04/2016 12:52:03 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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To: Swordmaker

>>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!


11 posted on 02/04/2016 12:52:06 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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To: Swordmaker

Seems basically the EXACT “diameter” of the Pentagon.

What a coinkydink.


12 posted on 02/04/2016 12:59:57 AM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Musket
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.

13 posted on 02/04/2016 1:01:41 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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To: 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.

They did. HP shrank.

14 posted on 02/04/2016 1:02:22 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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To: Swordmaker

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


15 posted on 02/04/2016 1:03:54 AM PST by r_barton (We the People of the United States...)
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To: Swordmaker

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.


16 posted on 02/04/2016 1:06:55 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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Here's Jobs' pitch for the building.
Steve Jobs -- last public appearance

Steve Jobs -- last public appearance

17 posted on 02/04/2016 1:07:40 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Swordmaker

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


18 posted on 02/04/2016 1:10:43 AM PST by Nailbiter
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To: Swordmaker
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.
19 posted on 02/04/2016 1:16:44 AM PST by r_barton (We the People of the United States...)
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To: Liberty Valance

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.

20 posted on 02/04/2016 1:56:32 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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