As much as this is a fantastic piece of architecture, and, as much as i applaud apple for its' green initiatives, I feel that the building and the other facilities are a huge waste of space being surrounded by bush. I have no doubt that they are doing this on expensive real estate and the whole development site resembles a forest a lot more then it does a state-of-the-art technology building....
If you look at what was here before, you's see it was mostly parking lots. At 12,000 employees, I imagine this site is on par or better, in terms of density, with the original buildings and with Infinite Loop. It's just better designed and designed with the surroundings taken into account. Contrary to your impression, this isn't a huge waste of space, more likely you've hardly ever seen architecture use space properly before.
WRT you worry about cost and waste, Oscar Wilde said, “Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
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As much as this is a fantastic piece of architecture, and, as much as i applaud apple for its' green initiatives, I feel that the building and the other facilities are a huge waste of space being surrounded by bush. I have no doubt that they are doing this on expensive real estate and the whole development site resembles a forest a lot more then it does a state-of-the-art technology building....
If you look at what was here before, you's see it was mostly parking lots. At 12,000 employees, I imagine this site is on par or better, in terms of density, with the original buildings and with Infinite Loop. It's just better designed and designed with the surroundings taken into account. Contrary to your impression, this isn't a huge waste of space, more likely you've hardly ever seen architecture use space properly before.
WRT you worry about cost and waste, Oscar Wilde said, “Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”