Apple Park #1

Steve Jobs started planning for a new Apple headquarters in 2009. He died in 2011 without seeing it come to life, but it has now opened its impressive doors for business.

The building is ring-shaped and set on 175 acres on the former Hewlett Packard campus in Cupertino CA. Officially named Apple Park, some have called it Apple Spaceship. By the end of this year, all 12,000 employees will be moved into this circular building surrounding an outdoor park.

With Steve Jobs as its original designer, you know that it had to be innovative. He had strong opinions that ran from air conditioning to the kind of wood in the offices. 

Current CEO Tim Cook says, "Steve's vision for Apple stretched far beyond his time with us. He intended Apple Park to be the home of innovation for generations to come. The workspaces and parklands are designed to inspire our team as well as benefit the environment. We've achieved one of the most energy-efficient buildings in the world, and the campus will run entirely on renewable energy."

(cont'd tomorrow)