Pudong (Shanghai)
Apple made its Lourve-like design famous in New York, but Shanghai’s stunning cylindrical glass entrance is a sight to see. A glass spiral staircase leads shoppers to the store below.
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Steve Jobs was a fanatic about product aesthetics and design, obsessing over everything from the size and shape of the original Macintosh to the look of on-screen app icons. His Apple stores were no exception. The stores have developed a reputation over the years for their stunning statement-making exteriors. When Apple arrives in your neighborhood, it almost demands your attention.
The design for Apple’s latest location in Aix en Provence, France — the company’s ninth store in the country — falls in line with Jobs’s vision. An artist rendering recently surfaced in AixEnProvence.fr magazine and revealed that it’s taking the barely-there glass wall concept to the extreme. Sure, it wants your attention, but in a cutting-edge, invisible way.
In fact, the rendering shows that the store will be a low-lying building made entirely of glass walls with just one solid, wood wall where the Genius Bar will be. It’s expected to open in late 2012 or early 2013 and will replace a tourism office on the South side of Place du General de Gaulle, a central square in the city.
This store will join a roster of other innovative and simply beautiful designs from Apple. From New York to Shanghai, check out our gallery of some of our favorite Apple exteriors.
What’s your favorite Apple store? Why? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
All images courtesy of Apple.
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