News MVRDV creates mall to look like “stack of boxes” Dutch architect MVRDV has unveiled the design for the LuLa Light Mall, a largely open air shopping centre in Chengdu, China, designed to resemble a “loose stack of boxes”. A…
News Heatherwick Studio helps design Seoul department store makeover UK designers Heatherwick Studio are working with South Korea’s Haeahn Architecture on a makeover of Hanwha Galleria, a twin-building department store in Seoul’s Gangnam ward of Apgujeong-dong, close to the…
News Netflix to open permanent entertainment venues in refurbished department stores Netflix has announced plans to refurbish two former department stores in Pennsylvania and Texas, creating “Netflix Houses”. Both the King of Prussia mall in Upper Merion Township and the Galleria…
News Tiffany & Co Shanghai branch contains “diamond” encrusted façade by MVRDV Dutch architect MVRDV has designed a façade for a Tiffany shop in a Shanghai retail development bejeweled by 6,988 handcrafted glass “diamonds”. The shop is located in Taikoo-Li Qiantan retail…
News Foster + Partners’ crowns first Malaysian Apple Store with illuminated dome Apple’s first retail location in Malaysia has opened to the public. The Foster + Partners store, located in Kuala Lumpur’s new Tun Razak Exchange development, is notable for the illuminated…
News University to turn 1980s LA shopping mall into cutting-edge labs The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has bought a disused shopping mall in West Los Angeles for $700m to turn it into a cutting edge research hub. With $500m…
News Skanska to build ‘Scandinavia’s biggest outlet mall’ Skanska has won a contract to build “Malmö Designer Village”, billed as Scandinavia’s biggest outlet mall, near Malmö in Skanska’s home country, Sweden. The village will be a 25-minute drive…
News Heatherwick Studio unveils ‘nesting tables’ mixed-used district for Chinese city UK architect Heatherwick Studio has designed a mixed-use district for Xi’an, a city of 12 million people in Shaanxi Province, central China. The 115,000 sq m project will contain shops,…
News Architect’s mind-bending bookshop opens in China Shanghai architect X+Living has published images of its newly completed bookstore in the city of Huai’an in Jiangsu Province. The architect describes its design for the Zhongshuge chain as “tearing…
News 3XN wins Baltimore retail development with swooping sail-shaped design Danish architect 3XN has won a competition to design 201 E Pratt Street, a building that will act as a bridge between the city of Baltimore and its port. The…
News Vietnam’s biggest shopping mall opens South Korea’s Lotte Group today conducted a limited opening of Westlake Hanoi Mall, the biggest in Vietnam, ahead of the official inauguration on 22 September, website Pulse News reports. The…
News Saudi Arabia to build Iraq’s biggest mall in $1bn development deal The government of Saudi Arabia has agreed to fund a $1bn mixed-use development in Baghdad. The Jadat Baghdad (Baghdad Avenue) scheme will be built in the Al-Rafil area of the…
