Two years before Apple’s new spaceship-like campus lands, the 2.8-million-square-foot site in Cupertino, California, is still mostly a big pile of dirt. But that dirt pile is getting shapelier by the day, as the foundation is laid and preparations begin for constructing the building proper.
Since February, a local traffic reporter has been documenting the progress from the vantage point of his helicopter. His aerial photos give a taste of what’s to come as Apple gives shape to its retrofuturist dreams.
Coming soon: your new @apple Inc. world headquarters ift.tt/1bZwNJk http://t.co/j4niWdSoMb—
Ron (@Sky1Ron) February 18, 2014
Work progresses on #applesnewHQ
#sky1hightechtour (2of3) http://t.co/UbpsiqMZcg—
Ron (@Sky1Ron) June 02, 2014
Apple’s current HQ lower right. Apple’s future HQ upper left. #sky1hightechtour http://t.co/3kCX0VmrX2—
Ron (@Sky1Ron) June 12, 2014
Almost daily progress on Apple’s spaceship.
#applesnewhq
#sky1hightechtour ift.tt/1v4tM5a http://t.co/Lt8YZrmGS2—
Ron (@Sky1Ron) June 12, 2014
More foundation progress on Apple’s “spaceship” headquarters #applesnewhq ift.tt/1l8e5Hu http://t.co/x6efbbLryD—
Ron (@Sky1Ron) June 19, 2014
For some (speculative) context, there’s also a new 3-D flyover rendering of the Apple campus, made by an unaffiliated company, Technology Integration Services, based on publicly available designs.
See the construction of Apple’s new headquarters from the sky
