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BLUE Architecture Studio inserts rustic cabin into Hangzhou furniture store

Dezeen

Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has erected washed stone partition walls and an entire wooden cabin with a pitched roof inside this store in Hangzhou , China. A wall of reclaimed poplar planks acts as a focal point for the store. The natural texture of the wood imparts a sense of warmth and tenderness to the space.".

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IVY: an architectural lighting solution designed by Vittorio Massimo

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Designed with single and double cables (IVY I and IVY V respectively), IVY responds to the need for flexibility, an increasingly contemporary theme in architectural practice and restoration, allowing the luminaire to be released from its ceiling derivation. Space is dissolved by darkness. Light and space are inseparable.’

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Al-Jawad Pike creates marble "immersive experience" for APL's Soho flagship in NYC

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British architecture studio Al-Jawad Pike has used colourful marble for the interiors of trainer brand Athletic Propulsion Labs’ second flagship store in Soho, New York City. Ensuring that the trainers on display were the focal point was a main objective for the architects.

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Creating an effective retail space

Design Middleeast

So, how can a retail space be called successful in given so many factors? Highlight the focal point. Hasan and Husain Roomi, founders of H2R Design, have a vast experience of delivering retail projects. The post Creating an effective retail space appeared first on Design Middle East.

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Theory opens layered flagship store on Regent Street

Retail Focus

Architecture studio Sybarite have created a retail concept for the new Theory flagship store located on 101-113 Regent Street. This will be part of a ‘connected retail space’ with Uniqlo, also owned by Fast Retailing. Seamless form and transition exist between the plaster of the walls and the ceilings.

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Ten outlandish shop interiors that reimagine the retail experience

Dezeen

Below are 10 unusual retail spaces recently covered on Dezeen: Photo courtesy of Balenciaga. Brooklyn-based Ringo Studio designed this retail space in New York City for fitness brand Bala as a pastel-coloured "playground" containing giant replicas of its products. Harmay Hangzhou, China, by AIM Architecture.

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Gridded steel facade evokes bamboo forest at Hermès store in Tokyo

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Floors throughout the retail space are made from green stone in two shades, which is laid in a pattern resembling Japanese tatami mats. A dramatic staircase provides one of the boutique's most striking architectural features and also allows light to penetrate between the two levels. A dramatic staircase is a focal point.