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Plus occasional updates on Dezeen’s services and breaking news. Sent every Tuesday and containing a selection of the most important news highlights. Sent every Thursday and featuring a selection of the best reader comments and most talked-about stories. Our most popular newsletter, formerly known as Dezeen Weekly. Photography is by Aaron Hargreaves, courtesy of Foster + Partners. The firm is also behind several other Apple stores, including Chicago's Apple Michigan Avenue, a store in Macau with a glowing facade and a Tokyo Apple store featuring bamboo. Low-lying water fountains and benches round out the space.Īpple Fifth Avenue joins another Apple store by Foster + Partners that is similarly designed around a public outdoor space, Apple at Aventura Mall in Miami. Other aspects of the plaza include 28 honey locust trees that are planted symmetrically on the plaza's north and south ends, at 59th Street and 58th Street. There are nine volumes on either side of the glass entrance, in three rows of three. The orbs are called "Skylenses" and have mirrored stainless steel shells with reflective glass tops, allowing light to pour down into the store without being able to see inside. They are for both sitting on and as "public sculptures" that reflect the surrounding New York skyline. The stone floor of the public space features 62 lightwells that blend in with the ground, while the remaining 18 skylights are formed as silver orbs. "The new design seeks to build on the original idea and create a public plaza that celebrates the vibrant nature of New York City," Ive added.
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"What is one of the most generous things you can do for society? It is actually to do a civic gesture, that is free and like a really nice present," he said. Another section of the store is designed for hosting talks and events.Īpple Fifth Avenue's public plaza was also overhauled to be "easier to use and more accessible," according to Behling.
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Wood tables and matching storage units provide space for Apple products, including the newly launched iPhone 11 Pro with its three camera lenses. The same stone is used at Apple Park in Silicon Valley, which was also designed by Foster + Partners. Inside the store, walls are clad in a pale grey Italian Castagna stone with varying stripes and rounded corners. The staircase also conceals a circular elevator with a glass bottom and top. Bezier curves are created on each step to evoke the shape of Apple products.Īt the upper portion of the staircase are mirrored walls and glass that create optical illusions. A mirrored stainless steel drum features 43 cantilevering steel steps. "The whole idea here is that you could make it feel happy, fresh and outside," said Behling.Īnother new feature of Apple Fifth Avenue is the redesigned spiral staircase, which Foster + Partners upgraded to suit the new, taller store. Related story Wavy white concrete roof tops Foster + Partners' Apple Aventura store in Miami
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