In the decades since the advent of the shopping mall, shopping has become synonymous with entertainment and the retail store a key player in establishing brand identity. In a growing trend, high-profile architects are designing provocative storefronts and interiors that create an aura of uniqueness, draw in customers, and attract media attention rivaling the goods within.

 In the decades since the advent of the shopping mall, shopping has become synonymous with entertainment and the retail store a key player in establishing brand identity. In a growing trend, high-profile architects are designing provocative storefronts and interiors that create an aura of uniqueness, draw in customers, and attract media attention rivaling the goods within.

 New Retail examines this phenomenon with an overview of 25 of the most innovative retail spaces built around the world in recent years, designed by such renowned architects as Frank Gehry, Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas, and Renzo Piano. Projects presented here range from flagship stores for luxury clothing designers to department stores and supermarkets. They include the Carlos Miele store in New York (Asymptote), four stores for Louis Vuitton in New York and Tokyo (Jun Aoki), Selfridges in Birmingham, UK (Future Systems), two clothing boutiques in Sao Paulo (Isay Weinfeld), and Y's Store in Tokyo (Ron Arad).

 With an extensive selection of photographs, floor plans, and site plans, New Retail showcases the architectural and interior design, lighting, and often experimental materials that create these exceptional retail spaces.

Introduction

Prada Epicenter

Herzog & de Meuron

Tokyo, Japan

2003

MPreis Supermarket

Rainer Koberl & Astrid

Tschapeller

Wenns, Austria

2001

Issey Miyake Tribeca

G Tects / Frank O. Gehry

and Associates

New York, USA

2003

Asprey Flagships

Foster and Partners

New York, USA and London, UK

2004

De Brink Center

Bolles + Wilson

Hengelo, Netherlands

1999

Selfridges

Future Systems

Birmingham, UK

2003

Louis Vuitton

Jun Aoki & Associates

Tokyo, Japan (3), and

New York, USA

2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2004

Forum and Clube Chocolate

Isay Weinfeld

Sao Paulo, Brazil

2001 / 2004

Undercover Lab

Klein Dytham architecture

Tokyo, Japan

2001

Novy Smichov Shopping

Center

D3A Fiala Prouza Zima

Prague, Czech Republic

2001

I.a. Eyeworks

Neil M. Denari Architects

Los Angeles, USA

2003

MPreis Supermarket

Dominique Perrault Architecte

Wattens, Austria

2003

Carlos Miele Flagship

Asymptote

New York, USA

2003

Funf Hofe (Five Courtyards)

Herzog & de Meuron

Munich, Germany

2003

Vitra

ROY

New York, USA

2004

Migros School &

Shopping Center

Diener + Diener Architekten

Lucerne, Switzerland

2000

Prada Epicenter

Rem Koolhaas / Office for

Metropolitan Architecture

Los Angeles, USA

2004

Maison Hermes

Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Tokyo, Japan

2001

Y's Store

Ron Arad Associates

Tokyo, Japan

2003

Mandarina Duck Embassy

NL Architects / Droog Design

Paris, France

2001

Project Credits

Further Reading

Index