Apple Campus 2 Underground Auditorium Shown Off in New Aerial Video

Apple's second "spaceship" campus is scheduled to be completed in late 2016, giving the company just 12 months to wrap up construction to stay on schedule. Apple's construction crews have been hard at work over the past few months, making a lot of headway on the main ring-shaped building, the underground auditorium, and the parking structures.

Drone pilot Duncan Sinfield today shared another monthly campus update video with MacRumors, giving a close-up look at how construction has progressed since November.

Four levels of the main ring-shaped building have been completed, bringing Steve Jobs' original vision of the campus to life. With the walls in place, the special curved glass windows that will encircle the building will likely be going up soon.


This month's video also gives a clear look at the underground auditorium Apple is building, where it will host events to show off new products. Also depicted is the Tantau development, a set of additional buildings that will serve as research and development facilities.

When it's finished, the second Apple campus will feature the 2.8 million square foot ring-shaped main building, several parking structures, a 100,000 square foot fitness center, a 120,000 square foot auditorium, and a dedicated visitor's center with an observation deck, cafe, and Apple Store.

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Top Rated Comments

btrach144 Avatar
133 months ago
Auditorium looks small.
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
NachoGrande Avatar
133 months ago
I found my mute button on my mac.. so that's good news.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
bandalay Avatar
133 months ago
Theatre looks small until you look see the tiny little pickup truck nearby for scale. It's pretty darn big.

Speaking of big - what's "Mt. Apple" all about? Sound obstruction for the parkade? Water reservoir? Great big pile of dirt from the excavation?
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
576316 Avatar
133 months ago
The strangest thing about all this is to wonder about all the future products that might get unveiled in that auditorium. Things we can't even imagine right now.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
finnns2000 Avatar
133 months ago
The linked article to Steve's vision of the building, man that video... Too bad he won't get to see this thing completed. He looked so ill in that vid.
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JesperA Avatar
133 months ago
Speaking of big - what's "Mt. Apple" all about? Sound obstruction for the parkade? Water reservoir? Great big pile of dirt from the excavation?
Just a pile from the ground excavation and flattening, they will ship it away when there is no more use for it, they leave it there because they will need to use some of it for refilling some areas around the premise and some for shaping their landscape.
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