Show simple item record

dc.coverage.spatialSite: New York, New York, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporal2006 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorBohlin, Cywinski, Jackson (Firm)en_US
dc.date2006en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-03T18:10:26Z
dc.date.available2013-10-03T18:10:26Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.identifier237358en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2646en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/145093
dc.descriptionView of the glass entrance cube from the front; General Motors Building behind; Apple has built several stand-alone "flagship" stores in high-profile locations. Apple has received numerous architectural awards for its store designs, particularly its midtown Manhattan location on Fifth Avenue, whose glass cube was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. Several Apple Stores feature glass staircases, including the Fifth Avenue spiral glass staircase. The New York Times wrote that these features were part of then-CEO Steve Jobs' extensive attention to detail. The first glass staircase received a design patent in 2002 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with Jobs' name first, followed by several others, while the staircase design itself received a design patent, and the complex glass and hardware system received a separate technical patent. Apple worked with architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and engineer Eckersley O'Callaghan Structural Design in designing the staircase. The store occupies the underground retail concourse of the General Motors Building, with the 32 ft. glass cube entry from the plaza level above. By day this functions as a skylight, at night the lighted cube is a sign. Source: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson [firm website]; http://www.bcj.com/ (accessed 7/11/2012)en_US
dc.format.mediummetal; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectadvertising and industrial designen_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectretail electronicsen_US
dc.subjectmarketingen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleApple Store, Fifth Avenueen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-US-NY-ASP-A7en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), metalworkingen_US
vra.worktypestoreen_US
dc.contributor.displayBohlin, Cywinski, Jackson (Firm) (American architectural firm, founded 1965)en_US


Files in this item

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record