{"id":349202,"date":"2017-06-23T04:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/06\/22\/apple-store-chicago-macbook-design\/"},"modified":"2017-06-23T04:00:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T20:00:09","slug":"upcoming-apple-store-in-chicago-features-macbook-roof-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/upcoming-apple-store-in-chicago-features-macbook-roof-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Apple Store in Chicago Features MacBook Roof Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is building a new flagship retail location in Chicago, which features glass walls and a thin, carbon fiber roof. Photos of the store&#8217;s roof were shared today by Chicago news site <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnainfo.com\/chicago\/20170622\/downtown\/apple-store-looks-like-laptop-macbook\">DNAinfo<\/a><\/em>, and as it turns out, Apple has added a white Apple logo that wasn&#8217;t in the original plans, making the top of the structure look a lot like an Apple notebook.<center><\/p>\n<div id=\"video-wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BmzPr106E7U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><br \/>The roof is made from a material that resembles the silver aluminum of the MacBook and MacBook Pro, with rounded edges and the same rectangular shape. When complete, it will sit atop all-glass walls, making for a unique floating MacBook-style design that&#8217;s not quite like any other Apple Store.<\/p>\n<p>The new store, which is located near the historic Michigan Avenue Bridge alongside the Chicago River, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2015\/11\/18\/apple-store-renderings-chicago-river-store\/\">been designed<\/a> by longtime Apple partner Foster+Partners in homage of Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/flwright.org\/researchexplore\/prairiestyle\">Prairie Style<\/a> homes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/06\/chicagomacbookstore.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-572805\"\/><\/p>\n<p><center><em>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnainfo.com\/chicago\/20170622\/downtown\/apple-store-looks-like-laptop-macbook\">DNAinfo<\/a><\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>Based on plans from 2015, the building spans 20,000 square feet and replaces a vacant food court. It features two floors, with a flight of stairs that go from street level to a walkway next to the north bank of the river.<\/p>\n<p>There is no word yet on when the new store will be opening, but construction is nearing completion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple is building a new flagship retail location in Chicago, which features glass walls and a thin, carbon fiber roof. Photos of the store&#8217;s roof were shared today by Chicago news site DNAinfo, and as it turns out, Apple has added a white Apple logo that wasn&#8217;t in the original plans, making the top of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":349203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-349202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}