{"id":10617,"date":"2020-08-25T12:28:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T02:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=10552"},"modified":"2020-08-30T11:17:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T01:17:07","slug":"theres-a-floating-apple-store-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/theres-a-floating-apple-store-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a floating Apple store in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple are set to unveil the opening of a third Apple Store in Singapore with one very big difference from its predecessors. It&#8217;s on the water!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Referred to as <em>&#8220;The lantern on the bay&#8221;<\/em> the new store is a spherical pontoon anchored in Singapore&#8217;s prestigious bay district to be known officially as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/sg\/retail\/marinabaysands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Marina Bay Sands<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The rumours are indeed true! Apple Marina Bay Sands, the first Apple store in the world that floats on the water, is opening soon in Singapore.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AppleMarinaBaySands?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AppleMarinaBaySands<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Singapore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Singapore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SingapoRediscovers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SingapoRediscovers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cityscape?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cityscape<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/architecture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#architecture<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Apple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Apple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marinabaysands?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marinabaysands<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Magazine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AP_Magazine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GettyImages?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GettyImages<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Awbgzo2qtO\">pic.twitter.com\/Awbgzo2qtO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Javan Ng (@javanng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/javanng\/status\/1297916311142428674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite having no official opening date set the store is on full display in Singapore&#8217;s harbour with an equally dazzling lighting scheme to match Singapore&#8217;s majestic night skyline.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10555\" src=\"https:\/\/media.reckoner.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/27123723\/lantern_on_the_bay.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"787\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Apple Marina Bay Sands is a gleaming orb resting on the waters of Singapore\u2019s bayfront. During the day, the store\u2019s glass panels reflect the towering skyline of the Downtown Core and motion of the rippling water.<br \/>\nAt night, the sphere glows with a gentle warmth, evoking the design of traditional lanterns carried during Singapore\u2019s Mid-Autumn Festival.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple are set to unveil the opening of a third Apple Store in Singapore with one very big&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":10654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"It floats!!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[13,482],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"reckoner_social_message":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10644,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10617\/revisions\/10644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}