The store will take the place of an old Borders (RIP) store on the Third Street Promenade. If approved, the old Borders would be demolished and replaced by this glass 751sqm glass structure with a 23m glass façade:
The proposed one-story, 34-foot high commercial building will feature an expansive floor-to-ceiling height accentuated by a transparent glass ceiling. The front façade will consist entirely of transparent glass panels that will project five feet from stone paneled side walls.
Apple already has a store nearby, but this one is going to be a bigger one, so it may be a replacement.
EckyThump
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 8:15 AMSomebody hand me a rock…! #]
ozoneocean
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 3:40 PMAnd imagine the sound when all that glass crashes down:
“wank, wank, wank, wank…”
What baffles me is that they put so much effort into the look of their shops but not the employee outfits… Ugly coloured T-shirts with a print. At least it’s cheap I suppose.
Nate
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 8:58 AMThis’ll make it hard for the copy cat stores.
Que
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 9:05 AM“New Apple Store May Be Entirely Made Of Glass” – makes for a nice metaphor.
EckyThump
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 9:35 AMHah..+1 #]
chris
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 11:08 AMGood lord, you know when the media has sold out when even opening a store has them giving Apple free publicity.Very sad indeed.
Andrew
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 3:27 PMEnvironmental asshats!
ozoneocean
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 3:45 PMThat’s actually really crap environmentally. Glass is a horrible insulator and great for heating up a space in the sun, very fast. Granted you can double glaze against the cool, but there’s not much of that in Santa Monica so they’ll be running the air-conditioner more than most businesses.
Ben Thomas
Friday, August 19, 2011 at 8:23 AMSo they just need to limo-tint the glass…
Andrew
Friday, August 19, 2011 at 4:01 PMI agree completely, sorry if it was unclear.