Winter weather has exposed a potentially dangerous design flaw at the Chicago Apple Store: icicles. The store features an ultra-thin carbon fiber roof that has invited the build-up of ice, despite Apple’s claim that the roof is heated. Additionally, the lack of gutters could mean falling snow.



Apple had to rope off their outside community area, so nobody will get killed by the fancy sloping roof of their Town Square store. Sorry! This area of the town is off limits — too dangerous! Maybe next time Apple will consider the actual community where their stores are built. Y’know, basic things like in Chicago, the weather gets cold. It snows.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Design Flaw in Apple Flagship Store Results in Dangling Icicles, Falling Snow Chunks