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Lissoni Architecture creates expansion for Design Holding with "melting pot attitude"

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Local studio Lissoni Architecture has expanded the Design Holding flagship in New York City , creating an entirely new floor outfitted with light displays and curving metallic installations. We highlighted] their DNA and proposed a common ground that could host and enhance the design codes of each identity."

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FOG Architecture adds playful tailoring motifs to Xiaozhuo boutique in Shanghai

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Chinese architecture studio FOG Architecture has completed a shop for local fashion boutique Xiaozhuo on Julu Road in central Shanghai that features oversized buttons and zippers. FOG Architecture was founded by Zheng Yu and Zhan Di and has offices in London, Shanghai and Chongqing. The photography is by INSPACE.

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Glass blocks divide Eye Eye optical store by Best Practice Architecture

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Local studio Best Practice Architecture has used punchy colours, glass bricks and dichroic glass inside an optometry store in Seattle 's Leschi neighbourhood. For Eye Eye 's second location, founder Will Pentecost got back in touch with Best Practice Architecture , which had completed the brand's first brick-and-mortar store back in 2015.

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Liang Architecture Studio creates retrofuturistic boutique in Hangzhou

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Grand steel and micro-cement structures, celestial lighting and symmetrical layouts add a sense of ceremony to the shopping experience within this clothing boutique in Hangzhou , China by Liang Architecture Studio. The micro-cement structures form the walls, ceilings and displays, pairing graceful curves with sharp geometric elements.

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AIM Architecture takes cues from 1970s offices for Hangzhou cosmetics store

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Shanghai studio AIM Architecture has transformed the second floor of a business park in Hangzhou, China, into a store that resembles a 1970s office for cosmetics brand Harmay. AIM Architecture wanted the Hangzhou cosmetics store to look like an office. AIM Architecture wanted the Hangzhou cosmetics store to look like an office.

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Ten Chinese bookshops that display books in imaginative ways

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From shops that display books on tree trunk columns to stores that reflect books all over the walls, we've rounded up ten bookshops in China that exhibit books in non-traditional ways. Perforated aluminium and quartz stone were used for the bookshelves in this maze-like Shanghai bookstore by local architecture studio Wutopia Lab.

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Case-Real contrasts plaster and steel inside Aesop store in Shinjuku

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Coarse plaster walls offset glinting stainless-steel display fixtures in this restrained store that architecture studio Case-Real has designed for Aesop in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The locally based studio decided to use two contrasting materials that it felt reflected the dichotomy of natural and artificial – plaster and steel.