The amended draft Store Apple Store in San Francisco, added huge sliding doors

This week will decide the fate of the new 

store Apple Store in San Francisco. Retail space in Union Square claims to be the flagship of Apple retail outlets in the United States. On Wednesday, an updated draft in detail Urban planning commission will consider San Francisco. 

Documents describing the plans and projects prepared by lawyers from store Foster + Partners and Page & Turnbull. The project, which we have heard, has undergone some changes: the building will be equipped with giant glass doors are leaving in two floors, or 13.5 m in height. Each of them will be framed by a steel frame and a closed facade shall consist of six large panels, which becomes four, when the doors are leaving. 

Steel frame with powder-coated full-height doors will be split between a six glass panels located on the front facade of the building from the Post Street. 

Central panels planned as sliding doors that open in a full height in the middle of the facade. 

Extract from the project 

Thumbnail images first published SocketSite, and they are part of the document provided for the consideration of the Town Planning Commission in San Francisco.The entire document contains not much, not enough, and 258 pages of information describing not only buildings, but also the areas around it, until the trees that will be planted next to the new Apple Store. 

In addition to changes in the appearance of the facade of innovations in terms of shop no. Structure as described in the project from December 2013 to be a cantilever, with transparent facades of glass and steel. From the rear will be located a real urban oasis with a fountain and waterfall. Changes made to the project more than once since its publication in early 2013. I recall that in the courtyard behind the store Apple is going to issue an open area with tables and a water wall. There will also be located and famous fountain "San Francisco", created by sculptor Ruth cankers in 1973. This is a composition of 41 bronze plates depicting scenes from the history of the city. 

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