Structural Designer
Foster + Partners and Simpson Gumpertz and Heger
Client Name
Apple, Inc.
Location
Chicago, United States of America
PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR
Power Construction Company (PCC), Chicago
ARCHITECT
Foster + Partners
INTEGRATED DESIGN TEAM
Foster + Partners, London & New York
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER OF RECORD
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH), Chicago
FAÇ
ADE CONSULTANT
Eckersley O’Callaghan
CFRP ROOF FABRICATOR
Premier Composite Technology, Dubai
STRUCTURAL STEEL FABRICATOR
Zalk Josephs, Wisconsin
FAÇADE FABRICATOR
Frener Reifer, Augsburg, Germany
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS OF RECORD
Cosentini Associates, Chicago
CONCRETE SUBCONTRACTOR
Cerami Construction Company, Illinois
SITE IMPROVEMENTS ARCHITECT (OUTSIDE STORE FOOTPRINT)
Ross Barney Architects (RBA), Chicago
SITE IMPROVEMENTS STRUCTURAL ENGINEER OF RECORD (OUTSIDE STORE FOOTPRINT)
Thornton Tomasetti, Chicago
A new retail store featuring an exceptionally thin carbon fibre roof (1m deep x 33.7m x 29.8m in plan) supported on four columns. A structural steel roof frame supports the carbon fibre roof which together cantilever 8.3m to the south, 9.3m to the east and west, and 6.3m to the north. An interior tapering mezzanine balcony is flanked by grand stairs, creating a stunning central volume.