New Retail - Couverture rigide

Barreneche, Raul A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0714844993 ISBN 13 : 9780714844992

Editeur : Phaidon Press, 2005

Synopsis

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 exclusivity, draw in customers, and attract media attention rivaling the goods within. innovative retail spaces built around the world in recent years, designed by high-profile international architects as well as smaller cutting-edge firms. Projects in the book include the Carlos Miele store in New York (Asymptote), three stores for Louis Vuitton in New York and Tokyo (Jun Aoki), Selfridges in Birmingham, the UK (Future Systems), two clothing boutiques in Sao Paulo (Isay Weinfeld), the Mandarina Duck store in Paris (NL Architects), and the Mpries Supermarket in Austria (Dominique Perrault), among others. More than 250 color photographs as well as floor plans and site plans showcase the architectural and interior design, lighting, and often experimental materials that create these ultimate retail spaces. For the Selfridges department store, for example, Future Systems clad the building with 15,000 aluminum disks attached to a sprayed concrete surface. In New York, the interior of the Carlos Miele store by Asymptote features a sensual, sculptural white ceiling of molded high-gloss PVC-based material. the design concept, site, program, and significant building technologies and materials. A general introduction discusses precedents to these projects and current issues in the architecture and design of retail spaces.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Raul A. Barreneche, a New York-based editor and critic, has been writing about architecture and design for more than a decade. A former Executive Editor at Architecture, he writes regularly for The New York Times. He is currently Contributing Editor to Metropolitan Home, Travel + Leisure, and Architectural Record. He has written for Dwell, House Beautiful, i-D, ELLE Decor, Interior Design, Wallpaper, and other publications. Barreneche is co-author of House: American Houses for the New Century, and author of Tropical Modern.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Phaidon Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0714844993
• ISBN 13: 9780714844992
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible