Inside Apple's $5 Billion Headquarters

In 2017 construction on Apple’s new headquarters, called Apple Park, was finally completed. It took four years to build, and cost Apple over five billion dollars. That makes it one of the most expensive buildings on earth. And many people have wondered what exactly Apple got for their money. So in this video, we’re going to take a look inside Apple Park and discover the buildings and facilities that make the headquarters so special.

[@johngullo9420]

Window washers: “Looks like we’re gonna be here for a while.”

[@superqaxclub]

At least they are paid well

[@nikeforce1609]

😂

[@YTYTYTY7]

or in a loop indefinitely

[@HerrMurmeltier]

But maybe they are hated because when the windows are clear even more people can run into.

[@stefanandrejevic2570]

Hehe windows

[@dip.2271]

They made sure that they have no Windows and only just glass.

[@tophan5146]

😂

[@ahmedrishaadshaik1786]

I see what u did there 😏

[@davantehq]

Underrated comment

[@BOLDmGAM3R]

Nice 😂

[@18agostino60]

Gorilla glass 7!

[@eddierelationshipcoach]

I built that building, I was there for 4.5 years from dirt to finish. I'm a Electrician, been in every room in that place. I built most of the electrical rooms in that building, Was a fun job, experience I'll never forget.

[@mickymois4174]

Nice

[@marilakos]

woah- that's an amazing honor

[@miikaemil8896]

Wow:0

[@ellaedits4787]

Respect

[@Is44cP3r53r]

Did u meet Steve Jobs or what year was it

[@tcoo1999]

The openness looks like absolute hell. You would just feel watched and overwhelmed the entire time.

[@treylu1541]

I can't imagine being an introvert in a building designed to force interactions lol.

[@evm6177]

But i am sure you would fully appreciate seeing your superiors sneaking around those curved panels keeping an eye on everybody's daily performance and not be surprised ! 🍷

[@kenangedik3678]

@@evm6177 good point. I was thinking that the social interactions would be a good thing but having your boss always watching your every move must be super stressful

[@2egenjerry]

It's actually illegal for Apple to hire introverts

[@treylu1541]

@@2egenjerryI can't tell if this is a joke lol

[@minimonkeyplay]

@@kenangedik3678 I feel like its not very stressful at all there.

[@joshuajoe1419]

It’s crazy to think that Apple largest acquisition (Beats by Dr. Dre) cost them 3 Billion dollars while their HQ cost 5 Billion dollars.

[@keco185]

Apple isn't big on acquiring companies. It's not that the HQ is expensive (it is but not ludicrously) as much as their acquisitions are small.

[@qpol]

mrwhosetheboss fan?

[@Yakuzaka1412]

Apple has nearly 200 billion dollars in cash by now. For example: they could buy Sony.

[@Abcabc-rg1mq]

@@slickrick2420 no they dont....

[@Abcabc-rg1mq]

@@slickrick2420 taxes alone are way way more

[@honey-jo6ru]

This is less than a mile away from my house. Always wondered what the heck is going on inside 😂

[@unknown_crow8684]

Srsly ??

[@unknown_crow8684]

Wow

[@honey-jo6ru]

@@unknown_crow8684 Yup, drive past it every time I wanna jump on the 280!

[@neochan7626]

Why don't u go and explore like a spy😂

[@huntingworld4306]

Just give your cv and find a job there

[@subbion]

one problem i have with the design is that the extent of “openness” in this building is nearly identical to a panopticon. one difference: every employee can see every other employee at any given time, which is scarier in a way. suppressing privacy is an overt way of enforcing control because it abrogates the possibility of groups forming who disagree with the greater consensus.

[@mrjersonlima]

Agreed 👍

[@nafnaf0]

This is well stated and exactly what happens.

[@goldstein10493]

It's work, it's a job. Why would you demand privacy?

[@en00001]

This would be an amazing zombies map

[@lutzed1932]

Call of duty gang?

[@rickthewriter7083]

@@lutzed1932 🤘🏾😈🤘🏾

[@theoutlaw2099]

Yeeeeahhhh, that'd be dope.

[@alecwhatshisname5170]

Holy shite forreal

[@calvin1446]

Five is kind of like a smaller version of this?

[@carltonleboss]

It's a shame Jobs never lived to see this.

[@AbdulAziz4CaNaDa]

That’s life

[@TinRapper]

No worries. His legacy lives on. Because of him this place was built.

[@eden20111]

Hopefully his consciousness was transferred to a new body before he passed. They were working on a mind transference prototype.

[@jaylensmith6308]

@@eden20111 you mean iCloud Backup?

[@sosopwsi829Jjw9]

@@razariza2987 Yeah nature is invincible... say that to the sun when it's a giant

[@matthewtheobald1231]

exactly what I would expect from apple. Putting visuals and showiness above actual function and design

[@jean-phil]

so true !

[@Usedtobebunny]

Damn unnecessary hate lol

[@jean-phil]

@@Usedtobebunny well I can understand some people's frustration, when you think that this is the biggest IT company by market cap and yet, the way they design the features of their products are often quite frustrating, it seems it needs to be pretty instead of being useful and well structured

[@vulxh]

@@jean-phil because most people don’t actually care too much about the performance. As long as it’s pretty and works well they’ll buy it

[@khylaldana2757]

@@jean-philI wouldn’t say they’ve thrown function out the window. apple OS has always been amazing for productivity.

[@wasnjetztlos2953]

This music is so satisfying and calm. To watch this video at evening when you look of the lights of yours street is just the peace we need today

[@pietjejantje4514]

Apple: builds a $5 billion aquarium designed for "interaction". Apple employees: we'd like to keep working from home.

[@lindaheredia7900]

HAHAHAH

[@sparkyin3d]

Right on!

[@everdream741]

Jobs never thought about the pandemic.

[@Spazik86]

It is horrible to work in greenhouse with bunch of people around you. Open office is disaster.

[@everdream741]

@@randyme2151 they can always quit . Nobody is forcing them .

[@ihavenoskillbrawlstars5947]

The apple event’s transitions were so dope

[@YEETMAN-dt9mb]

The power of putting large sums of money towards marketing

[@shzn1]

True

[@jaylenfan]

_AE_

[@TheCommidor]

Thanks!

[@YEETMAN-dt9mb]

@Philip I did not critic apple in any way in my original reply. All I stated was that having a large marketing budget allows a higher quality of presentation, which may include the transitions we saw.

[@WillieSStott]

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[@harrisoncharlton1964]

Investment is a good idea, a good trading system would put you through many days of success.

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[@kimberlybourne-truog6829]

It beautiful and it’s nice to see that people honored and respected his hard work.

[@vrockandpop]

Reason for Why they removed charger from box Cost of this construction 😂😂

[@riggedmint]

Well the construction of it was already done

[@nikhilrajs6932]

Steve Jobs actually reserved an amount for this

[@abrantesfontenelle]

I use induction size 8+ , I bought 12promax and idont missing charger

[@ArthArmani]

Lol Apple has 200billion on hand.. 5 Bil is nothing for them

[@rm-projects]

@@ArthArmani hm last time a checked they are a 2 trillion dollar company, they have way more than that on hand lol

[@mikesuarez9615]

I think this is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world

[@Punklusky]

« One of the » ?

[@nathanielgilbert576]

fr

[@nothumanlol]

I think it’s kinda depressing

[@hughlevantjames905]

I’d rather live in a classical building

[@the65thpotatooverlord15]

@@hughlevantjames905 Art is subjective. Architecture is art.

[@infinitely5812]

its crazy how they still respect and build the things he wanted apple is so kind to there remembered employees

[@zhonglisimp701]

i mean… have you seen the factories they use?

[@SugmaDick]

@@zhonglisimp701 yeah mate, don't you understand. Those Chinese sweatshop workers were all part of his plan! It's so great to see them respecting Steve jobs.

[@dansanger5340]

I'd like to see somebody try something similar to this for a residential/commercial development.

[@andrewfellowsbaritone]

My dad was the superintendent on that job while it was being built. He’s got so many stories from that project. Particularity about the curved glass panels being broken and Apple having to import more from Italy.

[@alphacentorus]

so ecologic ...

[@f.schumann1621]

@@randyme2151 In fact, the glass facade is made in Germany, by companies Seele / Sedak.

[@stare4539]

Lool

[@BruceLeeBelle]

The curved glass was manufactured from a small company in southern Germany, I thought ?

[@Zeptus1488]

@@BruceLeeBelle Südtirol!

[@funnykai1]

for one of my birthdays i just wanna go there, not even to buy anything, just to take it in.

[@joshuajoe1419]

If I go to California, this is high on my tourist locations.

[@FHDHGNGN]

you can't go in there, it's employee only. You can go in the visitor center (a small building) and when you go on the balcony you can see the Ring (I've been there)

[@impendio]

I’d get any of the exclusive apparel pieces, if Apple sold clothes I’d get it too...

[@L33tSkE3t]

The Apple Store there has some great T-shirts i believe you can only get there.

[@Noaddedsalt01]

@@estrobink can confirm it’s amazing

[@eest1on451]

This is a great video! I watched it from start to end and i really enjoyed it! Great work man, keep it up!

[@I3RV]

"To keep ideas flowing" "so workers will be in deep concentration" All that awesome park and it took them 1 whole year to come up with just reducing notch size by 20%?

[@setmason1510]

They also made a chip based on ARM silicon which is 50% more efficient than an x86 or x64 equivalent. That is an almost unbelievable improvement to CPU and GPU techonology.

[@urgae9125]

@@setmason1510 But yet they still use lightning chargers.

[@cr7y44]

Imagine having highly paid teams working in a 5 billion dollar office just to create a mouse that can't be charged while using... Jobs must have been so proud

[@ChromeLuxx]

Yeah, like a surface pad couldn't possibly charge the mouse. But the boxes are really great and tons of trash after you open them!

[@cr7y44]

@PandaStacker You can charge it while you are sleeping, having a lunch break, or commuting with power bank. Say what you will but Apple is too big to fail for such a small flaw in its product. Jobs invention of iPhone serves the purpose of a simple and yet reliable product that will last.

[@johnlyjoshy4897]

@@cr7y44If the option was available,people would always keep charging it.Inevitably photos of the mac on the internet would have a mouse which would appear to be wired.apparently they didnt want to leave such an impression and it was a marketing technique to only charge it while not using it..

[@habirton]

@PandaStacker Microsoft Sculpt mouse + 4 AA off-the-shelf rechargeable batteries. Works for months, and when the 2 batteries it uses drains you swap 'em out with the already charged hot-spare. Add a third set and an Xbox controller (if you game) and you're set for years without ever having to plug your mouse/controller into anything.

[@Stierenkloot]

Woah look at you you’re so smart. You’re such a great product designer. You know better than the most successful product design company on earth. Get your head out of your &$$

[@agjelosgjana8386]

How do you get seriously injured by walking into glass? Were they running for their lives?

[@summersays]

Can I get their job? Clearly they aren’t that bright lol.

[@pastelmacaroon]

@@summersays they're probably sleepy overworked staff lmao

[@rlbnll123]

You’d be surprised. My aunt broke her nose on our sliding door and she was only walking at a normal pace

[@bruhsauce644]

for older people, even falling over is dangerous. kids and teens can fall over & get smacked and be fine, but an elder can be severely harmed from just tripping over.

[@rtixboi4193]

@@bruhsauce644 that’s why you never see the elderly trip

[@JosueBasurto]

I liked a lot your description, It would be awesome to have like secrets or curious things of the building. Cheers!

[@patrickiredale4359]

Fascinating and awesome in equal measure. Steve Jobs would be so proud, bless him. May he Rest in Peace.

[@izayahmartin]

I wish Apple Park was open to the public since I’ll be in California in June 🥲

[@Noaddedsalt01]

There is the visitor center it’s just as cool

[@cs5250]

CA is pretty big. Whereabouts are you going and how long?

[@SamirDevs]

Go to in-n-out

[@statomic]

@@SamirDevs that place trash nahhh

[@marcusholloway685]

@@statomic But the food is a banger

[@AlphaLumenTV]

I’m saying this as an Apple user myself: you gotta love that the Ring is a literal walled garden.

[@britawaterfiltergamingchan4571]

wow that's so symbolic do you think they did that on purpose?

[@obidean3964]

OMG that's genius and somewhat scarily true 😅😂

[@JimGrimOfficial]

Eden

[@mtngirl4944]

Build that wall!!!

[@angelabby2379]

@@obidean3964 xD isn't any property is walled garden lol

[@hanjisungsbakery]

I live right next to the headquarters! I actually just got back from Benihana’s and I saw the cafeteria, factory and more! It was so cool

[@SFBoxingOfficial]

We lived in Sunnyvale for nearly ten years. I remember watching the construction from start to finish from I-280.

[@tomaskmit7780]

The pizza box was also in the video “The underdogs” from apple. They presented the idea behind it there.

[@viniciusalucas]

That is exactly what came in my mind when the pizza box was mentioned

[@barbiesworld8747]

@@viniciusalucas me too!

[@edvinrudberg175]

@@viniciusalucas same !

[@DreamWolf350]

I'm not an Apple Fan boi (yet) but...this is hella amazing and worth going to someday

[@MrTHEBLACKOBAMA]

This comment made my night 😂

[@asuprem3307]

Your in the danger zone. I was an Android fan boi before in 2018 and kept watching video likes these especially everythingapplepro with all his videos on iOS beta updates, which are released from Apple at least once a month. I had a Samsung S8+ at the time which only got updated two times ever, so I switched because I wanted to take part in the conversation surrounding beta updates every month and dive into all the new changes/updates/tweaks and obviously you have the main yearly WWDC event where they unveil iOS “X”.

[@AverageAlien]

@@asuprem3307 IOS is still 5 years behind android buddy. Garbage OS, outdated hardware made with samsung and sony scraps

[@asuprem3307]

@@AverageAlien iOS is 5 years behind where? Sony and Samsung scraps? but is it still on par/outperforming both. Make it make sense…

[@AverageAlien]

@@asuprem3307 Bahaha no it's not. Capped performance that you can't even utilise on anything, garbage 60hz refresh rate, like something out of 2012, the OS is primitive, still has a big ugly notch out of 2016, and the OLED screen is made by samsung, and the cameras by Sony.

[@chamandeepgoyal2254]

i found it like i was inside it thanks for sharing the video

[@ahava1126]

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[@aimeesabbia2523]

Have you considered reaching out to an advisor?

[@alimaabeb1176]

Nothing beats engaging an advisor.

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[@hawkeyeaerialphotography6652]

It’s interesting how corporations moved away from skyscrapers and now they are moving to lower spread out campuses. For example, in Chicago, Sears moved out of Sears Tower after just 17 years (which was the tallest building in the world at the time and now called Willis Tower) then built a huge campus in the suburbs. I heard the reason this happened was because employees did not like being separated by elevators (there are over 100 elevators in that building) and they were missing social interaction because of needing to go through 3 different elevator banks to get to a coworker. Because of this they were mostly doing phone calls and were missing interaction. Now that building is rented out to smaller companies so now 1 company might have 1 floor, or half of a floor, or something like that. It works for small companies but not when your company is taking the whole 110 story building.

[@L33tSkE3t]

Google is building what they are dubbing the ground Scraper for their London HQ as it offers a more campus like, collaborative environment where employees are much more likely to interact in a sprawling few story tall structure, rather than a hierarchical skyscraper.

[@hawkeyeaerialphotography6652]

@@L33tSkE3t Great example!

[@iAmMadeOfSoup]

I think 9/11 had something to do with it

[@hawkeyeaerialphotography6652]

@@iAmMadeOfSoup I doubt it. Because there are still smaller companies in these buildings taking only part of a floor. Or even somewhat large companies taking a few floors. It is just huge corporations doing that

[@blueblazerable]

Great observation! In Asian cities, skyscrapers are sign of wealth and prosperity. Good thing that this kind of mentality was defeated by Apple. I like their idea of HQ though I haven't owned any apple products. like ever. But I'm a fan of their philosophy.

[@Luffy_wastaken]

Imagine after 1000 years historians talk: This was the art by a company called "Apple"

[@georgefloydgaming596]

Apple is definitely gonna be around in a thousand years. Apples probably gonna be responsible for 90% of the future

[@georgefloydgaming596]

@Achyut Reddy yeah definitely not 90. But I don't see apple ever stopping what they're doing. Its one of the largest tech company's in the world. They're going to keep improving for years to come

[@switchunboxing]

Amazon wants to destroy it but technically it’s a historic landmark so they slap some brown paint on it and throw 5 billion rakes inside and keep in the corner of Amazon Park

[@edvinrudberg175]

@@georgefloydgaming596 Actually Apple is the largest company in the world, with a value over 2trillion dollars

[@felixramos3078]

In a thousand years, the only Apple people are going to know, are those which grow on trees. Of all those billions of dollars Apple used to build that circle, I never contributed a penny. Since, I have never own anything, made by Apple. I personally think, everything Apple makes it's overrated, and overpriced.

[@PDawg2017]

Steve Jobs: Lets make the place more open so ideas can run freely. The ideas: "More cameras?" "yes"

[@ellaplatteeuw7683]

What a fantastic place they created…it’s out of this world beautifully made ❤️❤️❤️it

[@DeathPerMinute]

Everything about it is just so cool and the vibe I’m getting from it is just so peaceful.

[@solapowsj25]

And how many apple trees does one see? The idea of aesthetics and recreation being given its place is great.

[@arbaretailsystems4722]

What an amazing place to work; I can't imagine being able to go here every day. It seems more and more companies are increasing spending in fields of employee satisfaction and comfortability. This aligns with the idea that the key to employee success is through love and not the past-used fear tactics that my managers used to encompass. When it comes to employee turnover and efforts, having a visually and physically appealing office can greatly improve employee morale and attitudes around the work place.

[@crowsguard]

I completely agree. The comments here are overwhelming negative and I don’t know why

[@aaronchasco613]

because not everyone wants to "interact" constantly with other people at work. @@crowsguard

[@Bradgilliswhammyman]

I helped build that place from dirt to final ribbon cutting. Poured the concrete for the levels and helped make sure no cracks developed in the parking garage. There is a level underneath only a few people know about. It is a spaceship that will let a few select elites flee earth if it becomes uninhabitable.

[@enriqueali]

So that Apple workers can live out their entire working lives on a university-like campus. Just like being back at college, where no doubt many of them felt happiest and most secure...

[@jennychan5314]

Look, I'm usually a huge Apple critic, but I feel like this is less a jab at Apple and more of a reflective moment about how Corporate America is absolutely soul sucking and dreary. God forbid a company make their office and working life a little less shit for their employees.

[@wischmopps293]

@@jennychan5314 look maybe a little further.. Now the people can work from home. They can spend every day 1-2 hours more with their families. But Apple spend all the money on their office so people work 12 hours a day so they force them not to come back and lose every year 4-6 weeks 24/7 lifetime in the train or car. Yeah. Fuck these companies. They don't improve the office to make your life better. They just want you to life for working not work for living

[@enriqueali]

@@jennychan5314 "God forbid a company make their office and working life a little less shit for their employees". That premise might hold more water if the company in question cared enough to take a survey of what its employees actually considered desirable in the workplace. As far as I can tell, that wasn't the case here

[@StJamesProds]

@@enriqueali I mean usually the employees don't design the workplace, usually the company does, and this is better than 90% of workplaces so I don't understand your problem

[@bluerisk]

@@jennychan5314 Like ignoring their critic and safety like Apple does?

[@anilsurendran2281]

Apple employee timesheet: Walking around in office - 2.5hrs

[@lovelyloafley5079]

I actually Came Here For The 4 Years It Was Built Amazing Too See every room in the Building it's so well constructed I Was One Who Worked On Structure And It Is Quite The Way too be built If I Could Come Again I Would Such an Experimence

[@eykelsembiring366]

the product is expensive but the quality is unquestionable 👏

[@FireFoxDestroyer]

The Apple Maps icon is actually the highway you can discover Apple Park IE-280

[@RedPMD]

name yourself Safari Gamer

[@FireFoxDestroyer]

@@RedPMD I dont need to besides I actually use firefox and windows I do have a mac I use it sometimes

[@lets_wrapitup]

@@RedPMD to be fair that is a cool name

[@austinlindsay]

Cupertino: That’s an historic barn. You can’t tear it down. Apple: Okay okay, we’ll keep and put our dirty rakes in it.

[@thirdpartypariah6514]

@Sminto Antony [sÂm] 🇮🇳 *space grey 😂

[@nickhamilton5117]

That's what barns are for

[@dugowf766]

The new iBarn. Because form is temporary, function is non existent. Only from apple.

[@bcatypical]

Well it IS a barn...

[@venusvisions]

its literally a barn

[@armandalvero9279]

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Most people don't invest due to ignorance

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[@theworm7156]

2:41 introducing the Apple pizza box, starting at 999

[@emmgeevideo]

This was the former HP Cupertino site. I worked there in the late 80s and 90s. It had many of the same features - open courtyards, large theater, central employee restaurant. It was very square and linear. Everyone, including senior executives, worked in cubicles. When it was built, it incorporated many new design and workplace ideas that were novel at the time. As befit the HP corporate culture, it was much more modest in its materials than its Apple successor. I loved working there, especially having meetings outside in the large open courtyards. HP was a special company.

[@cmuboy]

HP Cupertino was my first job out of college back in 1997. Now I'm working at the Ring. I feel like I've come full circle.

[@kingsofthering1434]

I like how they explain Apple's eating area like its some brand new innovative concept that encourages interaction as opposed to just being a standard school/prison/mall food court/cafeteria which has been in place for a 100 years! epitomizes the self aggrandizing nature of Silicon Valley...

[@dawzavelithedon6882]

Relax bro it’s ok

[@the_manchovie1795]

bro chill we all know not everyone can afford apple products.

[@legionscrest143]

@@the_manchovie1795 I have nothing against apple but with that reply you're just the average apple user who thinks that iPhones are the most expensive phones

[@fabriziopugliese1058]

@@the_manchovie1795 and what does that have to do with the comment...?

[@the_manchovie1795]

@@legionscrest143 i own an android

[@rogelio1062]

Extremely astonishing!! 🤯

[@andrejbrieger7810]

The Ring reminds me of the particle accelerator of CERN, where Tim Benders Lee invented the WWW, and of CRS in the film "Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines".

[@kenbina]

That's an amazing presentation of the Incredible Apple Park. For some reason, the areal shots make the ring look like its enclosing a jungle in desperate need of landscaping. An impressive facility nonetheless.

[@miniroll32]

Friend: What city you work in? Me: Apple Park.

[@rip_city_and_ptfc_fan]

Lol

[@KeetonMob]

Honestly i like how much space there is

[@rekto5781]

the new design for ilmangos gold farm looks gorgeous

[@Rivs5117]

This by far is my favorite designed building on the planet. It looks so futuristic.

[@Feast_965]

Looks like a pretty fun Deathmatch map

[@zoeboi8562]

Deadass

[@en00001]

too big for death match, i’d say zombies map

[@guillermococofrito9196]

Death camp?

[@Roman24s]

@@en00001 Or bomb defuse

[@Nietabs]

@@Roman24s Or gun game

[@bamaboyburns8079]

The blueprint on this is nuts for something to take 4 years to build is just nuts that’s a lot of work

[@fernandotovar6921]

Come to thinkable all that started in a family home garage in the early 70s. Genius!

[@bluebay700]

"Open concept" and "glass walls" are more about micromanagement, employee policing than synergy. People normally need peace and quiet, privacy to think. When there are too many distractions and noise, it'll hamper productivity -- kinda like parents sushing their kids while talking on the phone. But then again, this thing is generational.

[@soul76can]

Yes, call me old skool or an OG but I miss the cubicles where designers had privacy and their own mini type of office where they could block out the clutter and background noise. Now every design office is open concept, open/all glass, no blinds, shared work spaces etc. Ask any graphic designer how they like working with the 2 o'clock sun beaming through the glass walls onto their display and the entire office being able to watch their every move...ugh.

[@Lousy_Bastard]

There is definitely more to the design that meets the eye.

[@pupiberto]

yes, open work places has been proven shit concepts many times by many different studies. This is the kind of smoke and mirrors people love because it make them feel part of something cool and futuristic

[@bezymjannaja]

Exactly! So many scientists already proved it is improves misanthropy! There is no team building or inspirational shit in it - just capitalism (because you can put more people in one place) and as you sad micromanagment...

[@Lousy_Bastard]

@Porcupine I wouldn't put it past them to have hidden cameras and hidden microphones, after all its Apple.

[@gibh4873]

So glad that historic barn was saved

[@slob5041]

It’s cool that they kept the barn

[@glyndiasummers9127]

Can I still get my job back with in knowing of this building before it was built since 1976 at a drive-in in Marion Illinois!?

[@jauipop]

An old high school friend of mine is a sound engineer for Apple and I’m jealous that he gets to work in this building everyday.

[@lolidk2674]

"c a f e m a x" lmao if that isn't the most apple thing I've ever heard i don't know what is

[@connerwine8257]

It makes sense thougj

[@YTYY]

iCafe + Pro Max

[@PepsT]

Yeah, it's styled "Caffè Macs".

[@SamJD1976]

I would give or do anything to be able to visit this place completely

[@user-jj3iw4wf1q]

I like this concept of building.

[@Dennis-lt3xj]

I was literally watching a video on this when he uploaded this video

[@AbdulAziz4CaNaDa]

lol

[@mk1st]

Both Apple and Google are pushing the boundaries of building tech which I think is fantastic. For architects and engineers they are akin to the royal patrons who supported artists in Renaissance Europe.

[@SilentEire]

In fact I think future generations will look back on them as exactly that. 21st century art patrons

[@mediocresunshine8160]

I really want to go here it seems peaceful

[@theaviator_7678]

Now I finally know why the Apple Map logo has I-280 on the logo, have been wondering that ever since Apple Maps released.

[@BacklogBattle]

I've always wanted a peek into Apple Park and, as always, you never disappoint! Thank you very much for the tour!

[@susanpratt3290]

I loved the video tour. I am so impressed with Apple partk.

[@leonardojacobo8411]

The economic hardship, recession, unempLoyment and the Loss of job caused by covid 19 pandemic is enough to push people into financial ventures.

[@kingalbart3407]

I have secured financial freedom by investing in bonds, equities, EFT's and some digital currencies.

[@igorben7323]

@@kingalbart3407 You again

[@vellmary6748]

Assets that can make you rich Cryptocurrency Real estate

[@kristinmorris4471]

Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers

[@abrahamlucas5138]

I wanted to invest more on Digital currency (Crypto) but the fluctuations in Crypto value discouraged me into dumping

[@nearoikthadorbadwagon1224]

I would love to visit this campus not just the visitor center

[@selwynjsilk5379]

"This is a HEALTHY year for APPLE" 🍎

[@AbdulAziz4CaNaDa]

Without a doubt

[@arnowisp6244]

No shit, everyone is stuck at home and so have to use apple services to entertain, work and pay for online with apple pay.

[@AbdulAziz4CaNaDa]

@@arnowisp6244 ur argument is weak. If COVID-19 benefited tech companies like Apple, then other tech companies like Huawei, Samsung etc... should’ve had a good year as well, BUT the facts states otherwise.

[@arnowisp6244]

@@AbdulAziz4CaNaDa Then show me your facts then. Besides it's no mystery Amazon benefited so much from Covid 19. Small businesses are closed and people can only buy from them. Don't know if Huawei and Samsung are fully equipped to take advantage of the pandemic but I do know Apple push for it's services like Apply pay will get a big boon from this.

[@kortan9993]

The designers and constructors of this masterpiece did such a great job

[@webdronez]

You won't hear much talk of the construction everyone signed a NDA except for the precast plant. They also took everyone's phone when you walked in the gate to do your construction work.

[@apang1831]

Yeah, Norman Foster himself doing a lot of works like this. Unconventional, yet had a lot of critique in the architecture community.

[@ezragonzalez8936]

Hideous fish bowl

[@ooDirtyMickoo]

It seems like the future because everything is wafer thin. The reality is it’s a mess to build and maintain. you have to hemorrhage 5 bil cash on cracked shipments of curved glass from Italy until it works. It’s a vain illusion. It’s all for looks. This is Venustas on crack totally ignoring utilitas and firmitas.

[@RollesHerwin]

2018 : that's amazing building, facility and great people :D

[@magdalenachipeta2394]

Wonderful! watching from Africa the country Malawi wish our country could just have one or even a very small one for our future generation to learn , why can't you employ some here to learn more.

[@pacifico4999]

Here in Brazil buildings are legally required to mark glass panels and doors so people don't run into them. This is usually done with a sandblasted horizontal strip. It actually looks good.

[@meissna6243]

A couple months after the building was opened to workers they decided to add something similar.

[@TheObso1337]

I've been there a few times since it opened. Took a while to work out some ergonomic kinks, for instance they added little black evenly spaced stickers to the glass walls so people don't crash into them as much. It's a very ambitious and pretty building, but I'm not sure it's the one I'd prefer to work in every day. Definitely the one I'd want to be in during a bad earthquake though.

[@Toolgdskli]

Surrounded by glass walls during earthquakes?

[@Sonoma_Coast]

the whole building is on giant isolators

[@Witherstorm-vv9zb]

What a beautiful HQ

[@ssdrs4962]

yo this is amazing

[@guuswolters4696]

This is why I love Apple so much, because the details

[@amodernpoet]

It is a beautiful building to work and spend time in

[@richardrich4320]

I'd love to know what's the average KPI for whoever works there.

[@susanphillips944]

You didn’t mention, does the wellness/gym facilities have a lap pool? How many lanes?

[@matthewmccarty6508]

This really is beautiful... but all I keep thinking of is that episode of Silicon Valley where the birds keep flying into That billionaires window

[@summersays]

🤣🤣🤣 I miss that show

[@monteronkristinejoice7684]

or The stork...

[@sirtimatbob]

I'm sure they have a roomba to push the dead birds over to the historic maintenance shack.

[@Williamb612]

aesthetically very advanced looking (like a flying saucer) this was the intent. I know many people that work there and they say it is nightmare to work in that building

[@Toolgdskli]

Interesting. Why?

[@Williamb612]

To get from point a. to b. you have to go way around…also since every part of the structure is surrounded by light Tim chose to have no cubicals and everyone must work standing up looking toward the curved windows…unless in conference rooms…

[@JAREDGRAF8181]

@@Williamb612 lol umm no. Stop lying dude.

[@Schindlabua]

I actually think it's kind of ugly. It's certainly impressive because of it's sheer scale, and I appreciate how the building puts itself into the background and lets nature talk. The building itself is rather dull though. I dislike modern architecture in general but 4 white circles stacked on top of each other is especially uninspiring, other modern buildings at least go all-out on the parametric design. With a 5 billion dollar budget I'm sure you could have done better. Though if you're driving past apple park you see almost nothing of the ring so I guess it doesn't really matter how a building looks like if you never have to look at it from up close. In the video they mentioned inspiration taken from oxford university--now that's a good looking compound. Not that I ever imagined apple building a historicist HQ and of course they have different constraints, like maximizing natural light coming in etc. Still, apple park is like, just another run-of-the-mill office building, I'm not sure what everyone is raving about. I'm sure it's nice on the inside and it has plenty of amenities but the building itself doesn't deserve the praise it's getting.

[@Williamb612]

@@Schindlabua SC…nice analysis…to add it is a nightmare to go from one office to another if the other is on the other side of the sphere…you have to weave in and out of things and go completely around…

[@reverbandsloweed]

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[@coreensawlivich7523]

When you stop learning , you get left behind . Never stop educating yourself

[@coreensawlivich7523]

Being successful don’t happen by magic Success is dependent on the action or steps you take to achieve it. Show me a man who doesn't have an investment and I will tell you how soon he'll go broke Investment is building a safe haven for the future: with the right choice of investment that has at least 1% minimum risk and with an Expert guidance, profit and interest should be 💯 guaranteed.

[@sabinaprodoehl4034]

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[@eduardomarquee551]

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[@jessicaallen6874]

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[@annienolen8175]

@@coreensawlivich7523 It is the planning you put into today that will yield the dividends of prosperity for you tomorrow.

[@vedantchaudhari5385]

I’m gonna work there someday as a software engineer

[@doseoftech3138]

Best of Luck 🤞

[@sixunity1171]

Nice, make sure to make it so that you can change the default browser on ios lol

[@sixunity1171]

@@vedantchaudhari5385 sick

[@vedantchaudhari5385]

@Yuvraj Sharma as a software engineer - unlike you

[@vedantchaudhari5385]

@@juanshaftpatel7488 stop talking weird crap

[@chizz1456]

I would be that one employee to turn up at Apple Park on my first day and have an android and a windows laptop.

[@connerwine8257]

Nah lol

[@dylanc2806]

i doubt youd be the only one

[@Lauren-bw2sj]

@@dylanc2806 definitely not considering that some of their services like apple music does have a windows and android port

[@TheMsr47gaming]

That would be me, and I would stare back and forward at Tim Cook while looking at my android and windows laptop.

[@connerwine8257]

@@TheMsr47gaming lol nah macs are better Intel is garbage amd is king

[@bluemoon5929]

4K version please 😀

[@aljnkute9x]

Looks like a big ass proton collider. 😍