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Dubai Festival City

Location: Dubai Festival City is a world-class waterfront

project that encompasses the finest shopping,

Dubai, UAE dining, entertainment, homes, schools, hotels,

offices and leisure in one ideal location.

Designer: Spanning 1,300 acres and stretching three

kilometres along the Creek, Dubai Festival City

5+Design is formed by three distinctive districts; Marsa

Al Khor, Festival Centre and Al Badia which

Photographer: are connected by an impressive 30 kilometre

internal road network and a wide creekside

Irfann Naqi promenade.

Rising along the banks of the historic Dubai

Completion date: Creek, Festival Centre is Dubai’s unrivalled

waterfront destination for style and

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of prestigious retailers, an international gourmet

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retreat. Located at the heart of Dubai Festival

City, Festival Centre will total upon completion

2.8 million sq ft of leasable space, with over

600 shops including 25 flagship stores, over

100 restaurants, cafés and bistros, a 12-screen

Grand Cinemas complex, Bowling City and

a vast entertainment centre and parking for

13,000 cars. Guests can browse over 400 world-

leading brands offering a rich diversity of

fashion, jewelry, home accessories, toys and

gifts for every occasion.

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1.The exterior view of the entrance

2.The interior decoration applies an

antique flavour.

3.The delicate direction board

4.The top space can enjoy the

natural lighting.

5.The glass of the façade and rooftop

ensures an open view.

6.The communication core

7.The waterscape at the entrance

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SIAM Paragon

Location: Coined \"the Pride of Bangkok,\" SIAM Paragon

is the first mega shopping complex in

Bangkok, Thailand Thailand. Occupying one of the busiest transit

intersections in the city, Siam Paragon takes

Designer: advantage of its prominent location by serving

as a critical link to the surrounding retail district.

J+H Boiffils Strategically positioned adjacent to SIAM

Center, Mahboonkrong and SIAM Discovery,

Completion date: the new centre offers 1.5 million-square feet

of world-class shopping, entertainment, and

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The RTKL-designed building reflects the level of

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team. On the front façade, a dramatic glass

atrium serves as the centre's jewel attraction

and grand entrance. Magnificent water

displays and gardens accentuate an elevated

plaza, linking SIAM Paragon to SIAM Centre.

Inside, natural light as well as spacious corridors

create a comfortable shopping environment.

Perhaps the centre's greatest accomplishment

is the way it addresses issues of circulation and

layout. Strategic retail groupings and escalator

arrangements minimise pedestrian congestion

by circulating visitors and providing convenient

access throughout the space and to both

public transportation and parking facilities. With

more than 250 high-end retailers as well as an upscale

department store, modern gourmet supermarket,

international food court, seawater aquarium,

convention hall, bowling alley, cinema and IMAX

theater, SIAM Paragon has become a celebrated

landmark in Bangkok's diverse urban fabric.

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1.The open plaza leads to the brilliant

shopping mall.

2.The glass decoration at the

entrance shows the nobility.

3.The interior of the lobby

4.The shopping mall view from the

open plaza

5.The organisation of staircase in the

communication centre is special.

6.The shopping mall at night

7.The quiet corner of the waterfront

leisure area

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Kamppi Commercial Centre

Location: The department store is located towards

Mannerheimintie Street. The brick-copper-

Helsinki, Finland glass façades of the office buildings in Urho

Kekkosen katu Street mix nicely with the

Designer: façades of the Hämäläistentalo block. Thus the

centre gains a brick-dominated and active

Juhani Pallasmaa, Marja-Riitta Norri, stree. The commercial spaces complement the

Helin & Co, ARX service range of the city centre and improve

its competitiveness compared with other

Photographer: commercial centres nearby. This is important in

order to strengthen the vitality of the city centre

Michael Perlmutter, Titta Lumio and to avoid an urban decline syndrome,

where old centres fade into repulsive areas of

Completion date: no man’s land. The street level premises of the

new Kamppi are public, and the restaurants,

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intertwined.

The interior space represents the 21st century,

where the choice of materials is ruled by

a lifespan philosophy: they are aesthetic,

functional, technically durable and economical

also in the future. In the commercial spaces, a

functional content gains the main role through

the wide removable glass walls and the lighting,

utilising the latest technology.

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1.The entrance

2.The staircases in the atrium

3.The corridor of the mall

4.The kitchen for the staff

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Shoppers Stop Rajouri

Location: London based design consultancy JHP has been

working with the country’s biggest and most

Deli, India progressive department store group, Shoppers’

Stop, on store design projects since 2002. The

Designer: retailer always believed in the power of design

and its positive effect on its business and

JHP appointed JHP to evolve and radically update

its store concept at its latest store in Rajouri in

Completion date: New Delhi.

The challenge was to bring a “theatrical”

2007 experience to the worlds that JHP had created

previously for Shoppers’ Stop. Identifying and

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consumer and transporting them into an arena

of “lifestyle fashion” was key to the successful

outcome of this project. It had to reflect the

growing consumerism and aspiration of modern

India. JHP set out to create a retail journey

that expressed the different mood changing

environments and also reflected the breadth

of the retail offer within the new Shoppers’ Stop

format.

Behind the magnificent, double glazed

shopfront lies the Cosmetics Hall, evoking the

same emotion as when arriving at the lobby of a

grand hotel. The double height space, provides

the portal away from the busy life outside into

the calm sophistication of a department store.

The central atrium gives the building a heart and

enables customers to view all floors within the

building, creating a “sense of place”.

The central fashion area is surrounded by

coloured glass panels that appear to disappear

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1.The entrance into the ceiling above. Wrapped around one

2.The wall painting is rich in urban side of the store you see a seamless, stratified

sense. current form that creates the envelope for kids.

3.The retail space of different floors Nearby is a “Home” offer and on the ground

4.A clothes shop floor lie the café and an event space.

5.A shoes shop The refurbished Shoppers’ Stop in Rajouri has

6.Looking down from the second- been transformed into a truly original retail

floor corridor space and sets the standard in contemporary

7.The staircases in the atrium department store design in India, if not the

world.

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Riverstone

Location: The Shopping and Entertainment complex for

Riverstone is located in the Commercial and

New Songdo City, South Korea Retail “heart” of New Songdo city. Directly

adjacent to Central Park along Main Street and

Designer: Park Avenue, the location is easily accessible

for New Songdo residents and visitors. Like the

Studio Daniel Libeskind with Benoy Korean landscape, this project is inspired by

shimmering light and movement in which a

Photographer: rich series of activities is infused with a vigorous

and lively atmosphere. It shapes spaces which

Studio Daniel Libeskind with Benoy embrace their neighbours and seamlessly fuse

both the streetscape and perspective views.

Completion date: The name \"Riverstone\" expresses the dynamic

relationship between the movement of

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create a harmony of human scale and urban

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the riverbed, customers will circulate with

ease through the linked series of spaces at

Riverstone. The layout of \"Riverstone\" is inspired

by name, \"river + stone\", with the mall snaking

its way through the neighbouring structuring

and parkland (the Central Park, the Northeast

Asia Trade Tower, hotel, office building and

the Songdo Convensia Convention Centre),

defining the streetscape and perspective

views. \"Riverstone\" will become South Korea's

first international style shopping mall and as a

premier shopping venue in Korea. To achieve

this, Taubman Asia, fee developer for the

1,130,000 square feet (105,000 square metre)

retail and entertainment complex, is integrating

the essential ingredients of convenience

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1.The exterior of the building and superior store merchandising, making

2.The pedestrian flow winds like \"Riverstone\" a truly world-class destination.

stream. Riverstone will also feature an integrated dining

3.The building looks like a jewel. and entertainment destination anchored by a

4.The model shows the jewel form of unique ice rink and multiplex cinema. Thinkwell,

the main building. world-class entertainment expert, is developing

5.The model shows the building with the ice rink and entertainment concepts for this

its plaza. development. MBBD, international food hall

6.The model specialists, have also been appointed to assist

7.The aerial view of the model in the creation of a brilliant, 1,200 seat dining

concept for the centre. The ice rink will also

host major interactive entertainment events for

which the second floor festival food area will

provide a fantastic viewing platform.

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Forum Duisburg

Location: Forum Duisburg is an inner-city regeneration

project located in the heart of Duisburg. The

Duisburg, Germany design team worked with T+T Design to deliver

the new, successful retail environment. The

Designer: numerous pedestrian accesses linking the Forum

with the surrounding streets play an important

Chapman Taylor Architects part in integrating the development to the

existing urban grid. The malls are designed as

Photographer: individual buildings to create a continuation of

the urban fabric and specifically the pedestrian

Chapman Taylor Architects street – Koigstrasse.

The 106,000-squre-metre development offers

Completion date: 1,200 parking spaces, a direct underground

railway link, a children’s daycare centre and

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mobility. It also includes 57,000-square-metre

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and comprising 90 retailers, making it the

largest inner-city retail project in North Rhine-

Westphalia.

One of the principal anchor stores of Forum

Duisburg is a new five-level Karstadt department

store with an attractive landscaped roof

garden. Spacious voids at all levels allow

generous views between the four retail floors

and create an open environment with squares,

arcades and terraces. A harmonious, naturally-

lit interior combines brick and stone walls with

wood, brick and natural stone flooring.

As a part of the art programme, a specially

designed 65 metre-high sculpture, \"Goldene

Leiter\" (Golden Ladder) connects all levels of

the Forum and projects 54 metres above street

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1.The glass curtain wall and lighting level, protruding 35 metres through the glass

greet visitors at the entrance. roof to create a new, distinctive landmark on

2.Visitors come and go in the three- the city skyline. The ladder was made from 32

level-high corridors. tonnes of steel that were then covered with

3.The communication space of the 24-carat gold leaf.

atrium is dotted with plantscape. Forum Duisburg is the first retail project in

4.The central retail space mainland Europe to be awarded a BREEAM

5.The interior space with open view \"Very Good\" rating for its impressive sustainable

and bustling crowds features. The building materials used are

6.The staircases link the atrium and prevalent throughout the region.

lounge on the first floor A block heating unit allows power, heat and

7.The design of ample refrigeration to be generated on the spot,

communication and rest space is full reducing average total energy consumption

of humanity. by at least 25 percent compared to that of

similar shopping centres. The 10,000-square-

metre lawn roof above the department store

was installed to improve the microclimate of

the surrounding area.

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Sexta Avenida

Location : Situated 13 km from the centre of Madrid

in a prime location, Chapman Taylor has

Madrid, Spain refurbished this retail centre. Natural lighting

through a new ceiling arrangement creates a

Designer : brighter interior. Customer flows are improved

and vertical circulation is added around a new

Chapman Taylor Architects meeting area. Floors, balustrades and other

details are simple and contemporary, using

Photographer : good-quality materials.

Chapman Taylor Architects

Completion date:

2006

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Star Place

Location: What seems to be happening in Kaohsiung is

that the city has sought to find a focus for its

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China urban renewal in the residential experience;

that is to say, in what the city means in the

Designer: everyday life of its citizens. The overall goal is to

enhance the attractiveness and the comfort

UNStudio level of the city as a place to live. The SHE

concept (safe, healthy, ecological) is the driver

Photographer: behind the development plans.

Within this context, Star Place fulfills a role in the

Christian Richters lively and resident-orientated urban landscape

that is more on the urban than on the

Completion date: natural scale of the spectrum. As a shopping

centre, the project typifies a contemporary

2009 public-private form of architectural space.

In summary, while the project does not find

itself directly within the scope of the nature-

enhancing urban regeneration schemes, it

is still felt that there is a link with the overall

improvement goals of Kaohsiung, because

thoroughly urban facilities with mass-appeal

also form a contributing factor to the livability

of a city. Moreover, the project is completely

in synch with a resident-orientated approach

to urbanism, in which the experience of

everyday space by the citizen is the central

consideration.

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1.The building’s façade along the

street at night

2.The building is bright-lit at night.

3.The changing lighting

4.The interior curves seem to flow.

5.The central communication core

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Forum Mersin

Location: Forum Mersin is located in the Mediterranean

city of Mersin (Turkey), close to the seafront

Mersin, Turkey where the city´s population of 1.8 million triples

during the summer months. The 66,000 sqm

Designer: centrally-located site is divided by a boulevard,

requiring an innovative design concept to

Chapman Taylor join the two plots. They designed an open-air

bridge which offers views of the seafront whilst

Photographer: joining the two main elements of the scheme:

a covered shopping arçade and an outdoor

Cemal Emden mall.

Mersin’s unique history, maritime culture and

Completion date: beautiful boulevards inspired the centre’s

design. The combination of Mediterranean and

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modern elements has resulted in a one-of-a

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Forum Mersin was designed to be an

integral part of the city with strong links to its

surroundings. The new urban space is made up

of a variety of environments, each bringing a

different feel and experience to the visitor. The

architecture incorporates the existing historical

features with modern iconic elements, such as

the landscape, the cinemas and red lighted

tower in the outdoor mall. Every element of the

design mirrors the scheme’s seafront location,

from the water-like ripples in the pavement, to

the palm trees, the many water features, the

sails used for shading and the pier-like bridge.

Forum Mersin’s heating and cooling systems are

energy-efficient, and elements such as sensor

faucets reduce water consumption.

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1.The building’s form is romantic and The €200 million development comprises

fresh, which is the feature of the 200 commercial units with shops, restaurants

seaside city. and cinemas. The car park capacity is 2,000.

2.The interior design is natural and The centre is a distinctive project in terms of

comfortable. scale, investment and employment. It is the

3.The lively shopping scene largest retail project in the entire surrounding

4.The mall has adequate parking Mediterranean Region, providing 2,500 job

space. opportunities. Forum Mersin has been an

5.The aerial view of the building economic successful from the outset. It has

6.White is also the common colour been fully let out since its opening and retailers

usually used in the seaside city. have reported strong turnover and visitor

7.The waterscape and awnings in the figures.

plaza

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