The 11 Most Beautiful Apple Stores In The World
The recently opened store in Istanbul is the first location designed by Norman Foster. It's recessed into the ground and looks a lot like a MacBook from above.
Apple opened its first store in the southern hemisphere in 2008, a three-story shop located in the middle of Sydney's shopping district. The story has Apple's trademark glass front, and light spills out onto the street.
In 2010, the company opened a store in what used to be a bank, just across the street from Paris' famous opera house. Apple kept all of the original architectural details, from the marble columns to the mosaic tile floors.
In Beijing's Sanlitun district, a large stainless-steel structure makes an imposing impression.
The store on New York's Fifth Avenue consists of a 32-foot glass cube that's entirely self-supporting. A glass staircase leads into the store below.
In Berlin, Apple installed a store in an opera house that dates back to 1913. The walls are made of limestone from a local quarry, and thick German oak tables display the latest products.
Apple opened a location in London's popular Covent Garden district in 2010. At three stories tall, it's one of the biggest Apple stores in the world, and it employs 300 people.
The Apple store in Shanghai's Pudong district is one of its most stunning. A glass cylinder leads to the main part of the store, situated underneath the courtyard. Apple was granted a patent for the glass design, which had to be curved very carefully in order to achieve its shape.
Apple opened a location in Hong Kong's IFC Shopping Center in 2011. The store is suspended over the street, situated between two giant skyscrapers.
In 2012, Apple opened a store in another historic European location: the Hirsch Building in Amsterdam's Leidseplein Square.
Apple reportedly paid $2.5 million to renovate space in New York's iconic Grand Central Terminal, in addition to the $5 million it reportedly paid to buy out the previous tenant.
Now take a closer look at the Istanbul store.
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