Spaceship-Like Apple headquaters meets Delays

Apple has said that the construction of the new spaceship-like headquarters with a circular design in Cupertino, California, won’t be completed until mid-2016 as the company revises its plans.

In a statement before the Cupertino City Council last year, Jobs said that the building,  would be “a bit like a spaceship landed,” and would not have a single “straight piece of glass…it’s all curved.”

“They could conceivably break ground in 2013, but only if everything goes smoothly,” said David Brandt, Cupertino’s city manager. And also added that , “The project is running a little bit slow.”

Amy Bessette, a spokeswoman for Apple said , “The new site, dubbed Apple Campus 2, will be a new home for our company and an important part of the lives of more than 12,000 Apple employees. With that in mind, we have approached this project with the same care and attention to detail we pay when designing any Apple product. We look forward to moving the project forward with the city and beginning construction.”

 The new document includes no major changes from the ambitious plan that Steve Jobs presented to the city council in June 2011. “There’s nothing super-significant,” said Brandt. And added that the city didn’t request any of the changes but constantly trying to improve the project.

Update : Reports from five sources close to the project state that the budget for the new campus has increased from $3 billion to $5 billion!

Update Oct 13th, 2013: Checkout the awesome pictures of Apple’s spaceship campus model.