Just a day after delivering his keynote at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference, CEO Steve Jobs went onstage again. Only this time, he wasn't in front of fawning tech geeks but the Cupertino City Council, to whom he unveiled the company's proposed new campus, a massive mothership able to house 12,000 people.

Jobs pitched the council—who turned out to be fanboys and girls themselves—with his company’s plans to build the futuristic office building on the plot of land formerly belonging to Hewlett-Packard.

"Apple is growing like a weed," he told the council. "It's clear we need to build a new campus."

Referring to the structure as “a little like a spaceship landed”, Jobs said the building will be able to hold 12,000 people over four floors. Apple’s current campus fits only 2,800 employees.

Jobs said Apple will use its experience in building its retail outlets to design the new campus, he added doesn't have a single straight piece of glass in it.

“I really do think architecture students will come here to see this,” he added. “I think it could be that good.”

Apple plans to break ground next year and to move in by 2015.









[via TechCrunch; Patch]


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