10 of the most appealing Apple Stores designed by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners has designed a succession of Apple Stores that implement the tech giant's retail vision. From Paris to Istanbul, here are 10 of its best designs. More
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Apple's head of retail Angela Ahrendts to step down
Angela Ahrendts, the "transformative force" behind Apple Store designs, will leave her position at the tech company this spring. More
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Foster + Partners models Apple Store in Kyoto on traditional Japanese houses
Foster + Partners has completed the first Apple Store in Kyoto, Japan, which has a translucent facade informed by the materiality of traditional Japanese houses and lanterns. More
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Foster + Partners use trees as partitions inside Thailand’s first Apple store
Indigenous trees and wooden workbenches line the inside of Apple Iconsiam in Bangkok, the first Apple Store to open in Thailand, designed by Foster + Partners. More
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Foster + Partners unveils Apple Store in Parisian apartment on Champs-Élysées
A kaleidoscopic solar roof tops the courtyard of Foster + Partners' latest Apple Store, which opened on the Champs-Élysées in Paris over the weekend. More
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Fountains jet water over entrance to Foster + Partners' sunken Apple Store in Milan
In Milan the latest Foster + Partners-designed Apple Store features a dramatic water feature in an update on the traditional Italian piazza. More
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Foster + Partners plans new Federation Square Apple Store to replace "Pizza Hut pagoda" design
Foster + Partners has completely overhauled its plans for an Apple Store in Melbourne's Federation Square, but critics claim it has "simply swapped a Pizza Hut pagoda for an oversized iPad". More
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Foster + Partners unveils Apple Store in Macau with translucent stone walls and bamboo
Tall shoots of bamboo rise through the central atrium of a new Apple Store completed by Foster + Partners in Macau, China. More
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"Apple may be the lesser of all evils for Federation Square"
Building an Apple Store may be the best way to safeguard the civic character of Melbourne's Federation Square, argues Michelle Tabet. More
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Macbook-shaped roof tops Foster + Partners' glazed Apple Store in Chicago
Foster + Partners has designed its "most ambitious" Apple Store for Chicago, with huge glass walls and a slender roof that looks like a scaled-up version of the company's laptop computer. More
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Foster + Partners opens "one of our greenest Apple spaces yet" in Singapore
Foster + Partners has built yet another tree-filled Apple Store, but this one also features hand-carved stone staircases. More
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Foster + Partners completes Dubai Apple Store with carbon-fibre "solar wings"
Filigreed carbon-fibre shutters fold around the oriel window of Foster + Partners' Apple Store in Dubai, shading the shop floor during the day but opening at night to views of the Burj Khalifa. More
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Slender roof covers Apple Store Stanford by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
A+Awards: a dramatically thin roof soars over the glass front of the Apple Store at Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto – another of this year's winners at the Architizer A+Awards. More
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Apple Store by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson opens in Calatrava's Oculus
Apple has opened a store inside the Santiago Calatrava-designed transport hub at New York's World Trade Center site. More
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Apple unveils tree-filled Regent Street store by Foster + Partners
Apple's central London store has reopened following a major renovation by Foster + Partners that incorporates the tech giant's new approach to retail. More
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Apple Store Williamsburg by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson features exposed brick walls
US firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has looked to Williamsburg's industrial past to inform its interior for the first Apple Store in Brooklyn. More
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Foster + Partners unveils Apple Union Square store in San Francisco
Apple has rethought its approach to retail and debuted a series of new interior features at its latest store on San Francisco's Union Square, designed with UK architecture firm Foster + Partners (+ slideshow). More
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First Apple Store under Jonathan Ive unveiled in Brussels
Apple has lifted the veil on the first of its store interiors since Jonathan Ive became chief design officer, at the tech giant's new outpost in the Belgian capital designed by Foster & Partners. More
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Foster + Partners completes Apple store in Hangzhou, China
News: Foster + Partners has released photographs of its new Apple store in Hangzhou – one of five new shops that the company is opening in China ahead of Chinese New Year (+ slideshow). More
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Apple opens first Foster-designed store in Istanbul
News: Foster + Partners has completed its first Apple Store at a shopping centre in Istanbul, Turkey. More
