Apple’s head of retail Angela Ahrendts to step down

February 7, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Apple's head of retail Angela Ahrendts

Angela Ahrendts, the “transformative force” behind Apple Store designs, will leave her position at the tech company this spring. Ahrendts will leave her role as Apple’s senior vice president of retail in April 2019 to undertake “new personal and professional pursuits”, the company announced on 5 February 2019. She will be succeeded by Deirdre O’Brien – an

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Foster + Partners use trees as partitions inside Thailand’s first Apple store

December 13, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

Indigenous trees and wooden workbenches line the inside of Apple Iconsiam in Bangkok, the first Apple Store to open in Thailand, designed by Foster + Partners. The store forms part of the new Iconsiam shopping complex that opened in November. Fronted by two expansive glass facades, it is designed as an extension of the plant-filled plaza it

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Foster + Partners use trees as partitions inside Thailand’s first Apple store

December 13, 2018 Lizzie Crook 0

Indigenous trees and wooden workbenches line the inside of Apple Iconsiam in Bangkok, the first Apple Store to open in Thailand, designed by Foster + Partners. The store forms part of the new Iconsiam shopping complex that opened in November. Fronted by two expansive glass facades, it is designed as an extension of the plant-filled plaza it

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Foster + Partners releases photos of Apple’s Steve Jobs Theater Pavilion

November 21, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

The “largest carbon-fibre roof in the world” tops the Steve Jobs Theater Pavilion at the Foster + Partners-designed Apple Park campus, which is revealed in these new images. The photographs show the exterior and interiors of the auditorium and events venue, which is dedicated to Apple’s late founder, over one year after the building officially

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Lego Apple Park took its builder two years to complete

October 1, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

This mini version of Apple’s Cupertino campus is made entirely of Lego, and was modelled on drone footage taken during construction. The Lego Apple Park depicts the 175-acre (71-hectare) expanse of California’s Santa Clara Valley at 1/650th of its real size. The model includes Apple’s Foster + Partners-designed ring-shaped headquarters, ancillary buildings, and large areas

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Fountains jet water over entrance to Foster + Partners’ sunken Apple store in Milan

July 26, 2018 India Block 0

In Milan the latest Foster + Partners-designed Apple Store features a dramatic water feature in an update on the traditional Italian piazza. Sunk into the square, the steps down to the store form an amphitheatre with the curtain of water providing a backdrop. The eight-metre high glass walls contain a water feature that was, according

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Foster + Partners plans new Federation Square Apple Store to replace “Pizza Hut pagoda” design

July 25, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Foster + Partners has completely overhauled its plans for an Apple Store in Melbourne’s Federation Square, but critics claim it has “simply swapped a Pizza Hut pagoda for an oversized iPad”. The London-based firm has developed a more streamlined form for the shop, which Apple wants to build on the south side of the publicly owned city plaza.

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