Inani leevenkile ezikhoyo iApple kwihlabathi liphela mkhulu kune-500, inani, njengoko sinokubona, lonyuka minyaka le kwaye okomzuzwana kuphela kuncipha okwethutyana, xa ukulungiswa kuqhutywa ezivenkileni ebezivuliwe ixesha elide.
Kodwa kule minyaka idlulileyo, inkampani esekwe kwiCupertino ayizinikeli ekuvuleni iiVenkile ezintsha zeApple, kodwa ikhetha ukwenza iivenkile ezintsha zeflegi kubo bonke abalandeli benkampani. Abokugqibela kubo, Simfumene eChicago, ngakumlambo iMichigan.
Ngokwengxelo yeABC 15, abafana baseCupertino baceba ukuvula iVenkile entsha yeApple eseScottsdale, eArizona. LeVenkile intsha yeApple izakubakhona kwiziko lokuthenga leFashion Square, nalapho kuye kwavela khona iinkonzo zokuqala ezibonisa ukuba imbonakalo yokugqibela yaleVenkile intsha ye-Apple izakuba njani. Amaxwebhu afakwe kwiholo yesixeko saseScottsdale, kwaye avuza nguVenkile, kubandakanya uyilo lwesikim, iimvume zokwakha kunye nemifanekiso emithathu emitsha yeVenkile yeApple. Njengoko kuxeliwe ngu-ABC 15, Ivenkile igubungela indawo phakathi kwe-1.400 kunye ne-1.600 yeemitha zesikwere semigangatho kwimigangatho emibini. Umhla omiselweyo wokuqalwa kwemisebenzi awusetwanga okwangoku.
Ngokungafaniyo neeprojekthi zangaphambili, ngeli xesha istudiyo sokwakha engakhokelwa nguNorman FosterEndaweni yoko, yi-Ennead Architects, inkampani esekwe eNew York. Uyilo lusibonisa umphezulu weglasi ongaphandle ongama-intshi ezingama-27, zombini ngaphandle nangaphakathi kweendonga zamatye, imigangatho yegranite kunye nendawo yokupaka ephantsi komhlaba. Iglasi yolungelelwaniso iya kuba ngumda kwivenkile yonke kunye nomhlaba wentlango ngaphambili kwivenkile. Ngaphandle, sifumana iintlobo ezininzi zemithi yesundu kunye nezityalo zeyucca.
Kodwa eyona nto ibalulekileyo, siyifumana eluphahleni, kuba endaweni yokuba ibe yindawo yecantilever ethe tyaba, umphezulu igqunywe yipateni echokoziweyo yemingxunya esetyhula, Ukuvumela ukukhanya kukhanye ezantsi. Uyilo lukhumbuza ubugcisa bokwakha emva kwempi kwiminyaka yama-XNUMX. Gcina ukhumbula ukuba ezi zoyilo zinjalo, uyilo lokuqala. Uyilo lokugqibela lunokutshintsha kakhulu xa ulwakhiwo luqala.
