San Francisco Chronicle archicritic John King theorizes that Apple's upcoming Norman Foster-designed mothership could have been influenced by San Fran's donut-shaped Villa Roma motor hotel. The strongest bit of evidence underpinning this "wild speculative leap" about Cupertino's tizzy-causing tech stronghold is the fact that Foster had a brief stint at Anshen + Allen, the firm that designed the motel. [SFGate via Gizmodo; previously]
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