UNStudio, in collaboration with Nihon Sekkei, has recently completed a brand new shopping center in Shanghai. Called the Shanghai Jiuguang Center, the project merges an advanced commercial ecosystem with a human-centric, customer-friendly destination. Nihon Sekkei was tasked with developing the... View full entry

Bulgari is getting a timely makeover this holiday thanks to a green facelift from MVRDV. Using recycled champagne bottles, the Dutch firm was able to produce a dazzling new jade-like facade for the luxury retailer’s new Shanghai flagship. Image: © Bulgari/Xia Zhi A nod to the Art Deco style... View full entry

Retail design has gone through plenty of changes over the years. From exciting storefronts to immersive experiential designs, architects and designers have helped reshape design possibilities for retail. But, beyond the looming fear of the retail apocalypse, the pandemic has added... View full entry

The important first section of OMA’s redesigned master plan for the famed Berlin department store Kaufhaus des Westens (or KaDeWe) has officially opened to the public this week after a five-year renovation effort. Organized into quadrants, the reorganized mass introduces a smaller area plan with... View full entry

KPF has released details of the studio’s first mass timber tower, situated in Vancouver, Canada. At 16 stories tall, the Burrard Exchange tower is expected to be one of the tallest hybrid mass timber buildings in North America, providing 450,000 square feet of office and retail space within the... View full entry

In the retail and commercial sectors, the architect’s brief is often driven by a need to offer flexible layouts to suit a variety of potential tenants. This emphasis on flexibility is for good reason, allowing a single unit to accommodate a wide portfolio of businesses without the need for... View full entry

Even before the pandemic, brands like Nike were pushing for innovative ways to engage with customers and reinvigorate their retail stores. With destinations like the Nike Shanghai House of Innovation and Nike Soho storefront, fans of the beloved brand went for the shoes and stayed for the... View full entry

A new collaboration between OMA/AMO and design icon Virgil Abloh has opened in Paris this past weekend, giving the 9-year-old Off-White brand a flagship location in the couture capital’s 1st arrondissement. The store is the second project from AMO and the famed designer after opening a Miami... View full entry

The overhauled La Samaritaine department store is now open in Paris after an $894 million restoration that has kept the building closed since 2005. The new Samaritaine features a rippling glass veiled facade, covered patios, repaired skylights, and an updated 1907 roof that gives the shopping... View full entry

Brooklyn-based architectural firm Almost Studio has designed the 1,500-square-foot flagship boutique for the popular emerging fashion designer Sandy Liang. It is due to open in December of this year. The space sits on the ground level of a five-story brick building built in 1900 and... View full entry

The findings come from the Dodge Data & Analytics 2021 Construction Outlook, as reported by Construction Dive. According to the report, the retailers' reduced spending comes from a "move away from brick-and-mortar retail that has been ongoing for years but accelerated br the pandemic." View full entry

MVRDV has completed a new flagship store in Paris for French lingerie brand Etam, renovating a 19th-century Haussmann building by removing its internal barriers and adding a glass floor to allow light to fill the interior. The project sits at a corner site on Boulevard Haussmann, in one of the... View full entry

Singapore's third Apple store to date, located at the Marina Bay Sands, has caught the public's eyes and has already made its presence on Instagram.  The floating, spherical structure sits near the iconic Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore, designed by Safdie Architects. Designed by... View full entry

As the far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 crisis continue to reverberate nationwide, California lawmakers are attempting to reorient the state's housing policies in an effort to continue making progress in addressing the housing crisis gripping the region. Previously on Archinect: "California's... View full entry

After being commissioned in 2016, OMA recently completed the sixth and largest location for upscale South Korean department store Galleria in Gwanggyo, a new town just south of Seoul. The building features multi-faceted glass protruding from a textured mosaic stone facade, which echoes the... View full entry