Apple to Build Nearly Transparent Store in France

Apple is preparing to construct a nearly all glass store in Aix en Provence, France, reports ifoAppleStore.

According to AixEnProvence.fr magazine, the current tired-looking tourism office on the south side of Place du General de Gaulle will be demolished and the Apple store will be constructed at the site. A rendering posted by the magazine shows a one-level structure set back on a broad stone plaza, with a tan-colored rear wall, and all other encompassing walls made of glass. A second rendering shows the store is an extension of a design roughly based on the Upper West Side (NYC) store.

The store will have to be built to new earthquake standards and fit in with its surroundings. It's expected to open late this year or early next.


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