Apple Park
Exterior
General Commercial
Interior
LEED
Office Buildings
Western
Apple Park
Cupertino, California
Foster + Partners
San Francisco, California
Apple Inc.
Cupertino, California
The purveyor of the iPhone, iPad and Mac expanded its footprint in 2017 with a building dubbed the "Spacecraft." This campus includes four levels of circular office space totaling 2,800,000 sq. ft. and two below-grade levels mostly for parking totaling 1,500,000 sq. ft. The project achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification as an environmentally friendly project. The circle’s interior and exterior is mostly constructed of glass and polished concrete, and solar panels that sit atop the circle.
In an interview with Architectural Record, Norman Foster, Foster + Partners founder and chairman, explains that in the original plans, there was no circular ‘spaceship’ structure. “It didn’t start as a circular building, it really grew into that. So the idea of one building with a great park was really borne out of a very intensive process,” he says. And in keeping with Apple products, Steve Jobs wanted no seam, gap or paintbrush stroke showing.
Products Used
Improved moisture resistance
Gold Bond® XP® Fire-Shield® Gypsum Board
Protect against abuse & abrasion
Gold Bond® XP® Hi-Abuse® Gypsum Board
Extra protection against mold and mildew
Gold Bond® Shaftliner XP®
Increased resistance to incidental moisture
Gold Bond® eXP® Interior Extreme® Gypsum Panel
Code compliant tile backer application
Gold Bond® eXP® Fire-Shield® Tile Backer
Built-in weather and fire protection
Gold Bond® eXP® Fire-Shield® Sheathing
Single layer multi-hour assemblies