For communities that reject the generic Wal-Mart Supercenter, the company is experimenting with contextualism, as in an Art Deco design for Los Angeles. More from Metropolis Mag
Hmmm... Home Depot just built a "contextual†store in Providence that looks like an old mill building – similar to all the buildings that surround it.
The only thing is they ripped down a “real†mill building in order to build their “fake†mill building…
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Hmmm... Home Depot just built a "contextual†store in Providence that looks like an old mill building – similar to all the buildings that surround it.
The only thing is they ripped down a “real†mill building in order to build their “fake†mill building…
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