OMA’s High-Drama Galleria Adds an Anchor to Gwanggyo
Looking like a meteor that has fallen to earth, the 18-floor structure features a craggy, nearly geological facade.
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At This Bookstore in Wuhan, China, Light Represents Knowledge and Emotion
The first of nine case studies on lighting strategies across global interiors, the Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore considers light's symbolic nature.
Nordstrom's Manhattan Flagship Unites Historic Landmarks and Contemporary Forms
James Carpenter Design Associates and CallisonRTKL integrate a progressive new build and waveform facade within two landmarked buildings in Nordstrom's Manhattan flagship.
At Casa Perfect, Retail Gets a Big Dose of the Hospitality Factor
Casa Perfect, an experimental retailer with outlets in New York, San Francisco, and L.A., emphasizes high design and domestic comforts over transaction.
How Strip Malls Reflect the Diversity of Los Angeles’s Neighborhoods
A new book traces the development of this typology, whose ubiquity is unique to the West Coast metropolis.
In Chicago, the Luxe Boutique Notre Shakes Up the Retail Typology
Designed by Abigail Chang, Ben Gott, Isabelle Reford, and architecture firm Norman Kelley, the West Loop store features an entryway that doubles as a performance and lecture venue.
Cool Customer: With Restrained Finishes and Custom Craftsmanship, This Bermuda Boutique Cultivates a Relaxed Atmosphere
Design firms inc_a and Tri-Lox focused on using color, texture, and lighting to evoke the island's atmosphere and architecture.
In Denver, "Free Market" Is Trying to Reinvigorate Brick-and-Mortar Retail
By leveraging a street-front locale, chic design, and multiple small, hip shops, this 11,000-square-foot venture is returning to retail's roots in bazaars and marketplaces.
L.A.'s Milla Chocolates Pairs Its Luxurious Sweets with a Restrained Jewel Box Interior
Custom-blended dark teal walls and tubular motifs repeated throughout Milla Chocolates incorporate the boutique founders' love of Swedish design and 1920s Bauhaus styling.
In Pittsburgh, Schoolhouse Electric Reimagines an Abandoned Midcentury Modern Building
The Detective Building, which hosts a Schoolhouse Electric store, co-working space, and coffee shop, will help fund improvements to the fast-developing East Liberty neighborhood.
Nike’s House of Innovation Flagship Is a Temple to Shopping in the Digital Age
The Manhattan flagship, the first of its kind in the United States, is not only a shrine to sportswear but an homage to Nike’s unique design process—past and future.
Heatherwick Studio Transforms Derelict London Rail Sheds Into Retail Destination
Dubbed Coal Drops Yard, the project required adapting industrial buildings—intended for trains, horses, and carts—for people. The design team employed outdoor stairs, elevators, and walkways throughout the site's three levels.
Take a Look Inside Hem's Second Ever Pop-Up, Now Open in L.A.
The temporary store for the cult Stockholm-based furniture e-tailer, located in a warehouse in Downtown L.A., showcases a mix of staple pieces and new offerings.
Zaha Hadid Architects Designs Pop-Up for “Maximalist” Beauty Line Il Makiage
The dramatic, geometric store, located in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood, is a prototype for the makeup brand's future brick-and-mortar stores in the U.S.
David Chipperfield Designs a Stark, Minimalist Store for SSENSE in Montreal
Thanks to its diverse programming, the new store is as much a much a cultural venue as it is a commercial space.
Vincent Van Duysen’s Molteni Group Flagship Store Brings a Strong Dose of Italian Design to Madison Avenue
Vincent Van Duysen is not an architect who believes in the hierarchy of design disciplines. For the Belgian designer, interiors and furniture belong to…
Knoll’s New West Hollywood Location Reflects History in the Making
A new residential-focused Knoll store, designed by Johnston Marklee, looks forward while taking cues from the furniture manufacturer’s vibrant past.
Superkül Reveals How It Designed Two Nature-Inspired Aesop Stores
The Toronto firm, headed by Meg Graham, designed two stores for the skincare brand in Canada and Hawaii with the goal of connecting customers to their natural surroundings.
Everlane’s New Soho Flagship Goes Back to Basics—Radically
The e-tailer's first brick-and-mortar store, designed by New York firm Leong Long, embraces its ethos of "radical transparency."
This Firm Designed 26 Design Within Reach Stores—Here's What They've Learned
With a book examining his six-year collaboration with Design Within Reach, DFA founder Laith Sayigh talks about building a narrative through design and keeping a local perspective.
