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Apple Architecture: The Top 10 Apple Stores
4:33 pm Friday Nov 13, 2009 by Stelios Phili

There are many, many Apple Stores. Over 200 in 10 different countries, to be more precise. Walking into these fabled buildings, you are reminded of why people love glass and the color white so much. You think of the dancing the Apple commercials, your secret desire for a Steve Jobs one night stand (okay, maybe that’s us), and the pangs of joy you get whenever you deliver the Apple taunt to your PC friends, “Once you go Mac, you never go back…” Only Apple architecture can command such emotions. After the jump, our Top 10 Apple Store favorites.

1. 5th Avenue, New York
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2. London, England
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3. Montréal, Quebec
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4. Carrousel du Louvre Paris, France
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5. Royal Hawaiian, Hawaii
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6. Upper West Side, New York
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7. Santa Barbara, California
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8. Boston, Massachusetts
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9. Sydney, Australia
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10. Sanlitun, China
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Which is your favorite?

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The Apple Store, Regent Street, London | Personalising Learning with the iPod Touch • November 13th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

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OS2Guy • November 13th, 2009 at 5:58 pm

They are all beautiful but I would have to go with the Fifth Avenue store. The Paris store second… just gorgeous.

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Cedric I • November 15th, 2009 at 4:59 am

For number 10: you probably mean “Sanlitun”.

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NYSTAN • November 15th, 2009 at 6:31 pm

what a bunch of commercial crap!
C’mon guys….stop being dweebs. You should be trying to think outside the box of corporate mentality. The apple stores are beautiful and a testament to corporate think and branding. Although I rely on the MacIntosh computer for my work, I resist buying into their rather regimented commercialism.
The most beautiful apple store?
It is the one you will build for yourself!

k • January 21st, 2010 at 7:59 pm

I like the one in Sanlitun (which, it should be noted for the non-China obsessed, is a trendy foreigner area of Beijing), if only because when all the other stores in the upscale mall where it’s located have closed, the white apple of consumerism still shines bright, reminding the gathered legions of foreign exchange students to check their iphones.

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