seele: Apple Retail Store 5th Avenue

Gleaming stainless steel spiral staircase with glass balustrade at the Apple Retail Store on 5th Avenue in New York

Apple and seele share a long-standing partnership with numerous joint projects. Among these is the flagship store in New York, featuring an enormous glass cube at the entrance and a sophisticated interior design, including a reflective staircase with a curved glass balustrade.

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This was the third time seele had been tasked with building Apple’s iconic glass cube. The glass cube itself was constructed exactly as before, consisting of 15 glass panels, 8 glass fins and 4 glass beams at the ceiling. However, the spiral staircase with its glass balustrade was completely redesigned because the basement floor was lowered to increase the ceiling height in the underground retail spaces.

نوع الواجهة

Structural glass

عميل

Apple, Inc.

مهندس

Eckersley O’Callaghan

مهندس معماري

Foster + Partners

Spiral staircase with glass balustrade and mirror-polished stainless steel steps connects the floors of the Apple Store in New York

Detail of the steps of the spiral staircase with glass balustrade in the Apple Retail Store on 5th Avenue

A new highlight of the interior design is a stainless steel and glass spiral staircase inspired by an aircraft turbine. The spiral staircase, with its glass balustrade, winds around a load-bearing steel elevator shaft clad in mirror-polished stainless steel panels, with a glass elevator car at its center.

engineered glass balustrade

The stair treads cantilever out from the elevator shaft. The treads are supported by 130 mm thick, high-strength stainless steel rods, and the undersides of the steps are crafted from mirror-polished stainless steel sheets. Each tread is secured to the glass stringer with a single point support. The balustrade consists of multiple 3 x 12 mm laminated glass panels joined along the handrail for added stability.

Awards for the retail project

NYCxDESIGN Awards – Winner, Iconic Project, Retail 2024
ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards – Retail Project of the Year 2021
Prix Versailles – Shops & Stores, North America 2020
SARA NY Awards of Excellence 2020
New York Design Award Silver – Commercial, Constructed 2019

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