After costing Apple an estimated cost of over $ 5 billion, Apple Park’s “dream” headquarters that, according to Steve Jobs …
With construction costs of up to $ 5 billion nearly 4 years, headquarters “flying saucers “Apple has almost completed and opened for visitors to visit. This is considered a legacy that legendary CEO Steve Jobs left for Apple before his death.
Apple Park is considered the “last legacy” that Steve Jobs left for Apple, when the legendary CEO played the leading role in the final design of Apple Park. He was involved in the idea and design process for this headquarters during the fight against pancreatic cancer.
Even while not in the best health condition, Steve Jobs himself was present at the hearing at Cupertino City Council (California state) to get a building permit for the headquarters. CEO Steve Jobs personally invited the famous British architect Norman Foster to design for Apple’s headquarters. Steve Jobs was confident that this was the “best office in the world”.
The total cost of building Apple Park was originally estimated to be about $ 500 million, some of which may be insignificant compared to the “enormous fortune” that Apple currently has, and is expected to be completed by 2015. However, in 2013, the investment cost of the building was 10 times higher than that of the building, up to 5 billion USD, because of the changes to supplement the structure of greenery around the headquarters, research and develop the energy system solar and many other changes in structure, construction materials …