Shopping is good for you. This title features the most fabulous recent retail spaces around the world by architectures most talented. Shops are the one place where the stars of the world of architecture from David Adjaye to Rem Koolhaas & Zaha Hadid encounter the people who make the world of design turn from Jurgen Bey to Tom Dixon Ingo Maurer or Philippe Starck. This book is full of the most recent retail spaces in the world ranging from astonishing shopping centers by Daniel Libeskind or the young Swiss firm HHF to interactive store windows or a tiny jewel-like chocolate store in the heart of Paris. A pop-up store for Dr. Martens shoes a unique newsstand designed for London by Thomas Heatherwick or flagship stores for the likes of Armani Balenciaga or Joseph are all part of what makes Retail Architecture one of the most exciting & dynamic areas of contemporary creativity. Apple computers Uniqlo clothes or Nike shoes can all be found here in a spirit of perfect harmony with the best that todays architecture & design can offer. Books jewelry fine foods & handbags are glorified & amplified by glass steel & the latest most sophisticated techniques in design & branding. This is where Peter Marino meets Karl Lagerfeld & where Yoshioka Tokujin breaths life into Hermes scarves. Ephemeral by design in many cases Shopping Architecture Now!" is also the place where the makers of dreams finally find a solid home. It
Includes:: David Adjaye APA Christian Biecher BCJ Campaign Arthur Casas Colli + Galliano Concrete Tom Dixon Edith Edition Carlos Ferrater FOA Massimiliano Fuksas Gonzalez-Foerster Zaha Hadid Heatherwick HHF Sophie Hicks Junya Ishigami Lok Jansen Jouin Manku Klein Dytham Kengo Kuma Olivier Lempereur Leong Leong Daniel Libeskind Liganova Makkink & Bey Mapt Associates Peter Marino Ingo Maurer Richard Meier Moatti & Riviere OMA PARA-Project Puresang Arne Quinze Francesc Rife SANAA Chikaro Ohno Sinato Philippe Starck Suppose Design Office Tacklebox Threefoldarchitects Matteo Thun Yoshioka Tokujin UNStudio Vaillo Irigary Galar Marcel Wanders Isay Weinfeld Wonderwall Armani Apple Balenciaga Hugo Boss Camper Chanel Patrick Cox Diesel Droog Dr. Martens Fauchon Fendi Hermes Derek Lam Phillip Lim Stella Mc Cartney Issey Miyake Nike Prada Uniqlo Van Cleff & Arpels Vertu Vodaphone Yohji Yamamoto YSL Ermenegildo Zegna & many more."