Stunning Photo of Glass Staircase at Amsterdam Retail Store

The overseas stores are making the state-side stores look like dumps.

The photographer must have breached some contract. Though it is good to know that Apple hires locals photographers on these assignments.

Actually: Apple didn't hire me. Worse: Apple refused to host me at the press opening, for unknown reasons. Happily they uncovered the windows the day before the opening, that's how I could make this shot :-)

I imagine everyone using those stairs will be wearing pants?

I dunno, I admire the technology and engineering required to create stairs like this, but I also find it pretty gaudy.

In terms of safety, longevity, and maintenance, glass is really not a good material for things that people walk on or constantly stay in close proximity to.

What are you basing this observation on, the panes of glass in your house, the windshield in your car? Modern architectural glass couldn't be more different.

I dunno, I admire the technology and engineering required to create stairs like this, but I also find it pretty gaudy.

In terms of safety, longevity, and maintenance, glass is really not a good material for things that people walk on or constantly stay in close proximity to.

I'd like to know the basis for your research or data on glass, this specific glass if you have it, that confirms it is not good for "safety, longevity and maintenance" and even more, "things people walk on or constantly stay in close proximity to." Have you actually read background on the development of this glass? It was published some time ago.
Everybody is entitled to their opinion on the webs., like "it's gaudy"...just like sitting around a bar and having beers and everybody spouts their likes and dislikes...but the glass info? improving that?

and this is what the Apple haters just don't get. Apple put effort into their **** :P

I imagine everyone using those stairs will be wearing pants?

Or very confident.

Send me to Holland.

It's nice to see such sensitive architecture in such a beautiful building.

I'm actually an architect with 20 years experience and have done my share of high-end retail and restaurants, thanks.

I'm not an architect and know nothing at all about making glass staircases, but I know there are lots of different ways of making glass, with varying properties.

So do you actually know the type of glass which is being used in this Apple staircase and the strength/durability properties of it, or does it not matter really because your experience is wide enough to have a full understanding of the different options?

Are you saying, perhaps, that it is impossible to make glass tough enough for something like that staircase to be durable, or is it that you could theoretically make glass that tough but it would be far too expensive?