[citation][nom]snowpeak[/nom]I'm sorry but I am kind of sick of Apple b.s.. This building has everything to do with public perception and selling the "Apple" brand making people think Apple is "cool" and "forward thinking" and nothing to do with actual office space. Meanwhile in China FoxConn factory workers, work 12 hour days for Chinese minimum wage and are forced to live in squalid dormitory housing in order to work their. But that's not part of Apple's PR marketing scheme so Apple fanboys dont care that FoxConn doesnt have shiny glass buildings.[/citation]
I'm not an architect, but I would wager if you asked one, they'd tell you that a company who's based their livelihood on aesthetically pleasing devices were building a new office, they'd want it to increase their "public perception and selling the "Apple" brand".
Also, I'm sorry you feel wrongly about the working conditions of Foxconn, perhaps you should write them a letter? I'm guessing if you wrote Apple a letter, they'd forward it for you to them, though, given that Apple and Foxconn are entirely different companies.
Funny, you mentioning "Apple fanboys" (I own an Apple product, I must be part of a cult by your standards) and then randomly talk about something that has little to do with Apple as a company. Foxconn makes lots of items, kind've hard to distance yourself from such a major player in the IT game.