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Apple Cotai Central in Macau
Contemporary Retail Interior, China – design by Foster + Partners
2 Jul 2018
Apple Cotai Central
Architects: Foster + Partners
Location: Macau, China
Apple Cotai Central gives Macau a new oasis of calm

Apple Cotai Central offers a calm complement to the buzz and excitement of Macau, responding to the desire for an inviting, contemplative space, where technology, entertainment and arts come together to make a positive contribution to the city. Its timeless design reinvigorates a corner of Cotai with a distinctive addition ? a luminescent cube, whose pure geometry and warm ?beacon-like? glow draws passers-by closer, set within a quiet bamboo grove and an external plaza.
The design is the result of a close collaboration between the design team at Apple led by chief design officer, Sir Jonathan Ive and Angela Ahrendts, senior vice president of Retail and Online Stores and Foster + Partners.

Apple Cotai Central seeks to create more meaningful spaces for the community and providing an alternative urban model for Cotai. Strategically located at the heart of this gaming and entertainment capital, the design makes a humble civic gesture with a large new event plaza in the foreground of the cube. Carved out of a densely planted bamboo forest, the plaza forms an oasis of tranquility, an urban room that draws people into the site, creating pedestrian connections betwee...