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Apple Stores in Australia and Boston

Boston.com reports on an upcoming Apple "flagship" store design due to be built in Boston at 815 Boylston Street later this year:



Mark Maloney, who stepped down as Boston Redevelopment Authority director last month, says: This building is going to have a wow factor. People will come to see this bright, shiny jewel box within a traditional neighborhood.


Meanwhile, ifoAppleStore and AppleInsider have posted images from a proposal by Apple to build an Apple Store in Melbourne, Australia at 625 Chapel Street, South Yarra:


The Apple store appears to be a 3-story design similar to Shinsaibashi (Osaka, Japan), but with a fourth floor enclosed in glass. The design uses the classic stainless steel design with back-lit Apple logo.


Two Apple stores were recently ranked in a list of the top 150 American Architecture.

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65 months ago
I like the idea of a glass encased top floor. A solarium would be neat. Even better would be an atrium.
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65 months ago
Both stores look great, and it's good to have Apple moving over to Australia at last, they could do with choosing a few other cities too though, like Sydney and Brisbane.

As for the Boston store impression, wow..!!
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65 months ago
Those proposals do look very impressive; I wish that the Apple Stores here in Minnesota looked like that!
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65 months ago
the boston store looks great. you can just peer into the whole store.
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65 months ago
What is the difference between an Apple store and the Apple centres we already have in Australia such as the one at Bondi Junction.
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65 months ago
These buildings definitely beat Microsoft's "Wow" factor.
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65 months ago

What is the difference between an Apple store and the Apple centres we already have in Australia such as the one at Bondi Junction.


i think the "apple centre" you named is only a reseller store, isn't it?
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65 months ago
Has to be said that the big bad Apple corp has big styles. I think the Apple Stores are one of the best concepts Apple came up with.

The whole, come in and use our macs, without any pressure to buy works so well for me. You don't get annoying assistants who don't know anything pestering you on the net, which works so well in real life too.
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65 months ago

Mark Maloney, who stepped down as Boston Redevelopment Authority director last month, says: “This building is going to have a wow factor. People will come to see this bright, shiny jewel box within a traditional neighborhood.”

This is the old Copy Cop across the street from the Pru, right? What's "traditional" about that? :confused:
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65 months ago
there'll be one in sydney too...

http://ifostore.cachefly.net/sydney_plans/index.html

:p :D
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