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Most of Apple Store Fifth Avenue is submerged, occupying a sunken plaza in front of the General Motors Building. The only part above ground is a stunning 32-foot glass cube. The cube contains no structural steel and instead relies on a system of glass beams and stainless-steel fittings. The store received a Business Week / Architectural Record Award in 2006.
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Comments (12)
I think this very recent piece of architecture is a prime example of where our country is headed in terms of art and style in realtion to architecture. This simple cubice structure demands one's eye to stare
Posted by Alec Vanderboom | February 8, 2007 11:49 PM
Posted on February 8, 2007 23:49
I find this is not a design, just a box for apes. But maybe the humans like to be seen as apes.
Posted by Anonymous | February 10, 2007 11:42 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 23:42
"I find this is not a design, just a box for apes. But maybe the humans like to be seen as apes."
A Box for Apes?
I think it's a pretty striking design - I like it's simplicity, and think it, like all good architecture, will continue to be striking to those that view it for years to come.
I might try and lower myself by trash talking the beautifully designed Microsoft storefronts dotted about all the highest profile shopping areas all over the planet, but, oh yeah - their aren't any.
(sorry)
Posted by Max Izod | February 11, 2007 1:32 PM
Posted on February 11, 2007 13:32
Look, i can't be expected to dislike mac stuff. I love macs. The store rocks too. Cool design
Posted by YouNoNO | February 13, 2007 2:52 PM
Posted on February 13, 2007 14:52
For more than twenty years the leader in user-friendly technology, Apple has also been a leader in aesthetic design. This applies to all its products, its advertising, and now its architecture. Wow! There should be a special award for this remarkable dual achievement.
Posted by Ronald G. Havelock | February 13, 2007 5:32 PM
Posted on February 13, 2007 17:32
The beauty of Apple's product designs is that they work in mass production. This store is a pretty cool one-time design in this location, but it is not practical or useful as a store or building in general.
Posted by Rob Steuteville | February 14, 2007 4:17 PM
Posted on February 14, 2007 16:17
Rob, I couldn't agree with you more. It is more great sculpture than a practical store. I applaud it for being built, but hate the store when I'm waiting 2 hours in the cold to be funneled through a too cumbersome entrance.
Posted by Jamie Williamson | February 15, 2007 8:20 AM
Posted on February 15, 2007 08:20
What does it say when 2 Apple stores make this list but not Royce Hall at UCLA?
Posted by Lisa | March 15, 2007 3:54 PM
Posted on March 15, 2007 15:54
Come on! It's cool looking and all, but come on! Put this down where the other Apple store on the list is, chuck the other one, and put a building that is something more than a curiosity on the list.
American Institute of Apple.
Posted by Craig Johnson | March 16, 2007 2:35 PM
Posted on March 16, 2007 14:35
Sorry, about the bitterness of my previous post. I do not object to this being on the list. Its ranking is what upsets me.
It's a cool building (or lack thereof--that's what makes it cool), but you hold it up for ridicule when you put it ahead of more substantial works. Not just classics like the Rockefeller Center or the Robie House, but new innovations like the Hearst Building or the Calatrava.
Posted by Craig Johnson | March 16, 2007 2:45 PM
Posted on March 16, 2007 14:45
Don't think this belongs. Once you actually make it through the entrance and down the stairs, its rather bland. If we're going to celebrate minimalist glass slabs in NYC, why don't we throw the Lever House and Seagram's on this list where they belong.
Posted by d. | March 17, 2007 1:38 AM
Posted on March 17, 2007 01:38
Nice than most storefronts, ok, but does it belong on this list? No way. It's nothing but a glass box.
Posted by A | March 26, 2007 8:12 PM
Posted on March 26, 2007 20:12