Apple unveils plans for new Cupertino headquarters
Apple CEO Steve Jobs appeared before the Cupertino City Council to share renderings of Apple's new headquarters.
The Apple slide show revealed an arena-like structure, four stories high, sprawled across 180 acres that Apple has acquired since 2006 just north of Interstate 280, with room for 12,000 employees -- and designed for maximum awe by star British architect Sir Norman Foster. The project timeline promises to be fast and furious: city officials expect preliminary plans from Apple within days, an environmental impact study completed by summer's end, then public hearings in fall 2012 followed immediately by final consideration by the City Council. Apple hopes to break ground late next year and move into the new headquarters in 2015. "There's no chance we'll say no," Mayor Gilbert Wong told a group of reporters and staff members gathered in the lobby of City Hall. "If Steve Jobs had his way, he'd probably love to have his new campus completed by tomorrow. This won't be overnight, but we're ready to do whatever it takes to bring in more staff to make sure everything is on track and on time. "After all," Mayor Wong said, "this will be one of the cleanest buildings in America and it'll surely become a destination building site for people the world over."
Apple unveils plans for new Cupertino headquarters Steve Jobs Presents to the Cupertino City Council (see Jobs' presentation) Steve Jobs Shows Off ‘Spaceship’ Design for New Apple Campus (Bloomberg)