Inside Apple’s new store in London’s Covent Garden

Inside Apple's new store in London's Covent Garden
The new Apple Covent Garden store is the brand's largest in the world
(Image credit: Apple)
By Oliver Adamson
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Almost a decade has passed since Steve Jobs (Apple co-founder and CEO) unveiled to the world the first Apple retail store in Tysons Corner, Virginia. Since then, its operations have swept through Canada, Europe, Australia and China, but it is London that boasts the current largest store, on Regent Street. Come 10am on Saturday 7th August, however, Regent Street will lose its crown, handing it over begrudgingly to its nearby new brother, Apple Covent Garden.

Eighteen months of detailed restoration have insured the very fabric of the building, dating back to 1876, has been retained and developed to subtly house Apple's cutting edge gadgetry. Inside the three-tiered layout, a central ground floor courtyard houses a huge iron gate in one of the many elaborate archways. Bathed in natural light from the carefully installed skylight, the courtyard space has been earmarked to host daily workshops and free presentations.

Moving upwards, huge doors and beautifully restored windows adorn the second and third floors, providing dramatic backdrops to the numerous banks of English oak work benches sprinkled with iProduct.

It's clear after even a fleeting visit to Apple's newest space that subtle, considered attention to surroundings is as integral to the brand's success as the development of a cleanly designed, iconic, product portfolio.

Inside Apple's new store in London's Covent Garden

Eighteen months of detailed restoration have insured the very fabric of the building, dating back to 1876, has been retained and developed to subtly house Apple's cutting edge gadgetry

(Image credit: Apple)

Inside Apple's new store in London's Covent Garden

A large skylight bathes the courtyard on the ground floor in light

(Image credit: Apple)

Inside Apple's new store in London's Covent Garden

Brick walls are left raw and exposed

(Image credit: Apple)

Inside Apple's new store in London's Covent Garden

Moving upwards, huge doors and beautifully restored windows adorn the second and third floors, providing dramatic backdrops to the banks of English oak work benches sprinkled with iproduct

(Image credit: Apple)

Inside Apple's new store in London's Covent Garden

The store covers three floors

(Image credit: Apple)

Inside Apple's new store in London's Covent Garden

With so much space, Apple have had the luxury to dedicate individual zones to single products

(Image credit: Apple)

Inside Apple's new store in London's Covent Garden

Apple Covent Garden is the brand's 300th store worldwide

(Image credit: Apple)

ADDRESS

Apple Covent Garden
No 1 The Piazza
London WC2E

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