Retail architecture
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Community is at the heart of Melbourne’s transformed Eastland shopping centre
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Apple re-opens London flagship with a new look by Foster + Partners
By Nick Compton Last updated
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AIM designs steely cosmetics boutique in Hong Kong
By Emi Eleode Last updated
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Sybarite designs a 2.7 million-sq-ft luxury retail destination in China’s oldest city
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Zaha Hadid Architects’ CityLife Shopping District opens in Milan
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Apple converts 1920s downtown LA theatre into show-stopping store
Apple Tower Theater in downtown Los Angeles brings the roaring 20s into the 2020s
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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The new mall: 21st century iterations of retail architecture
As Hudson Yards launches its shops and restaurants complex, we explore how architecture and design are shaping global retail experiences, and how the ‘mall’ has taken on a whole new identity
By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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Chinese history inspires a bookstore design by Tomoko Ikegai
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Palazzo Avino’s fashion boutique in Ravello is pretty in pink
At luxury hotel Palazzo Avino, a serene and sumptuous spot on the Amalfi Coast, The Pink Closet boutique offers guests an insight into Italian fashion, in an intimate space designed by Cristina Celestino
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Apple Brompton Road arrives at Knightsbridge Estate
The new Apple Brompton Road store, designed by Foster + Partners at The Knightsbridge Estate, is revealed
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Adrian Cheng’s art-meets-retail K11 Musea in Hong Kong embraces the digital world
A galaxy of architects, artists and designers have joined forces to create an out-of-this-world art and retail complex with millennial appeal in Hong Kong. The immersive ‘phygital’ shopping experience rethinks the city's ubiquitous, inward-looking megablock malls, aspiring to become a ‘cultural Silicon valley’.
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Nike's chief design officer John Hoke on the future of retail design
Nike's new Paris flagship points towards the future of physical retail, with a digitally-integrated approach
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Issey Miyake opens a Kyoto boutique in a timber townhouse
By Danielle Demetriou Last updated
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The homely mid-century stylings of Nanushka's new London boutique
The Hungarian label opens a home-inspired townhouse flagship in Mayfair, designed by Paris-based Festen Architecture
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Celine New Bond Street: a carnival of materials, furniture and art
The French maison opens Celine New Bond Street, an art-filled flagship store in central London. Commissioned artworks by Nika Neelova and Leilah Babirye and a distinctively contemporary material palette contrast with the listed Edwardian building, reflecting artistic director Hedi Slimane’s vision of exacting opulence
By Dal Chodha Last updated
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Esrawe Studio designs conceptual retail space for Grupo Arca
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Legendary Paris department store La Samaritaine reopens
Following an extensive redesign by a team of international architects and designers, legendary Paris department store La Samaritaine reopens its doors
By Amy Serafin Last updated
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Vancouver clinic interior design is inspired by quarries
A new cosmetic dermatology clinic's architecture in Vancouver, designed by Leckie Studio, is inspired by geological formations
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Perfect pop-up: Plinth opens a store-cum-gallery in Bloomsbury
By Tom Howells Last updated
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New era: Apple unveils futuristic new store in San Francisco’s Union Square
By Chaney Kwak Last updated
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Borough Yards revives industrial part of south London as retail hub
We tour the newly launched Borough Yards by SPPARC, south London’s latest shopping and dining destination
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Turner Contemporary shop gets minimalist revamp
Spending is distinctly soothing at Turner Contemporary shop in Margate, with its elegant, minimalist new look by London studio Daytrip
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Centre Point’s new public square and retail space on London’s New Oxford Street designed by MICA
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Retail therapy: Acme Architects design Leeds’ newest shopping haven
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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Movie night: Kings Cross’ leisure scene gets a new addition
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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OMA revolutionises department store architecture with Galleria Gwanggyo
Trails of rugged glass disrupt the impressive stone façade of the Galleria department store designed by OMA to bring daylight and city views to shoppers. For South Korea, the design is a revolution in department store architecture, which usually tries to keep customers oblivious of passing time and fully absorbed in the retail experience
By SuhYoung Yun Last updated
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OMA’s KaDeWe in Berlin rethinks shopping
OMA’s KaDeWe department store renovation in Berlin reveals its first phase and reimagines the world of retail
By Yoko Choy Last updated