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Future Texas Apple Store to feature a glass roof

by Kelly Hodgkins Dec 6th 2011 at 11:30AM

Apple likes glass. Its iPhone 4/4S is encased in glass, its proposed office building will be largely faced with glass and its retail stores are increasingly constructed with glass. The latest example is the future Highland Village Retail Store in Houston, Texas. Texas resident Tracy Evans scoped out the soon-to-be-completed Highland Village store, and discovered it may be a smaller version of Apple's Upper West Side (UWS) store in New York City.

Similar to the UWS store, the Texas store will have an all-glass front, a curved glass roof and limestone walls. The store will even have an all-glass back because it doesn't have a basement or a rear stock room. All warehouse stock will be stored in an adjacent location which means the store's entire floor space will be used for retail.

This trend isn't unique to the Texas and New York locations. Apple is renovating two stores in California with the glass-centric design. Building documents submitted to city planning officials suggest the Palo Alto store in Northern California and the Third Street Promenade store in Southern California are also getting a glassy makeover.

[Via ifoapplestore]



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RustyShackelford

I like how some diehard fan downgraded all the comments that actually took the reality of Houston weather into account. Smooth move, Ex-lax.

December 07 2011 at 9:23 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Meredith McKay

I hope they understand that people who work in glass stores shouldn't throw phones.

December 06 2011 at 6:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hugeredbear

I know Apple is fluuuuuuush with the moolah but building a store with a glass roof in a city that recently experienced over 90 days with temperatures 100º+ is, uhm, an odd choice. Not very green apple.

December 06 2011 at 1:12 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
Mr. Brown

I wonder how well that glass holds up against Texas hail??

December 06 2011 at 1:10 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
RustyShackelford

A glass roof in Houston? Hope their a/c bill doesn't cripple profits. Yikes.

December 06 2011 at 1:09 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
Jeffrey

A GLASS ROOF! THAT WILL BE ... wait what the heck? A glass roof? HELLO REFLECTIONS! ... lcd displays look like bunk in direct sunlight. I hope they strapped Steve's body down, because I'm certain he's turning in his grave. Who's running this place?

December 06 2011 at 11:58 AM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
Jeffrey

Sure, let's show off the reflections on the screen and how well the iPads and iPhones display in direct sunlight. Who's running this place?

December 06 2011 at 11:56 AM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
Jeff

This will be a beautiful store. But the shopping center has snakebit parking. You can't find a space, ever.

Also, it will take an engineering miracle to cool that volume of air under the Texas sun. I actually hope they don't go with the glass roof. It will be nice, though.

December 06 2011 at 11:48 AM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
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