A few months ago Apple announced their plans for their new headquarters in the Silicon Valley, and submitted plans to the Cupertino City Council. The late Steve Jobs claimed the spaceship-like structure would be “the best office building in the world”, and judging by these recently released documents, he wasn’t kidding.

Designed to house 13 000 employees, it will comprise 2,8 million square feet over four stories, and will be a fully integrated 21^stcentury campus. A senior arborist from Stanford has been hired to take care of the campus’s natural surroundings, and just like everything else, they’re going big. Over 6 000 trees of different species will scattered throughout the landscape, and some apricot orchards will be included as homage to the area’s agricultural background.

The newly released designs shed light on some previously unseen details, including a detached “research facilities” building sure to be the home of many top-secret iProducts. It also shows carefully designed vehicular and pedestrian circulation patterns.

Talking about the Apple 2 campus in his biography, Jobs had this to say,

I want to leave a signature campus that expresses the values of the company for generations.

If these designs are anything to go by, and they are most likely very close to the final product will be, I have no doubt that his wish will be fulfilled.

[Source: iPhoneinCanada]