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Sharjah’s new lagoon-side bookstore weaves literary references into its interior design -
Retail heaven: Amanda Levete to reimagine the Galeries Lafayette in Paris -
RIBA’s Regent Street Windows 2018 winner is revealed -
Studio Arthur Casas’ enthralling biophilic retail space for +55designStudio Arthur Casas creates a São Paulo store inspired by Brazilian modernism for brand +55design
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Window shopping: the RIBA unveils its 2016 Regent Street project -
11 high-concept stores around the globe worth travelling forWith online shopping increasingly the norm, bricks and mortar stores need to deliver more than just the goods. They must be experiential, beautifully designed ‘mastershops’, enticing visitors off their apps and through their doors. Enter the Instagrammable concept store: minimalist marvels in German squares, architecturally impressive fashion boutiques in Los Angeles, welcoming apartments on the banks of Copenhagen’s canals.
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The best-looking new beauty spots from London to Los AngelesBeauty stores are flipping the design script. Thanks to the rise of the three I’s – interactivity, installation and immersion – designers like Snøhetta and UXUS are putting artwork, interior architecture and customer interaction front and centre, making a trip to the drugstore a holistic, spa-like experience. Here’s our pick of the world’s most successful new beauty-spots that are pleasing (and cleansing) design doyennes everywhere...
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Born and bread: a former London post office finds a new lease of life as a bakery -
The history of Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice and its transformation by OMA -
Acme’s Victoria Gate retail complex is a modern take on historic Leeds arcades -
Chemical reaction: a modern holistic haven in Taiwan reinvents the pharmacy -
Que sera, Serra: a sophisticated cannabis dispensary opens in Portland -
Persian rug company Golran’s first Milan flagship is a serene oasis of calm -
Hall the rage: Harrods makes a grand entrance to remember -
Frida Escobedo designs Aesop store in Park Slope New York -
Apple store Macau by Foster + Partners is a mindful tech haven -
Claus Porto opens its first global boutique in NYC -
Antwerp retail and dining destination Graanmarkt 13 opens The Apartment -
Snøhetta channels James Bond for Aesop’s new Sloane Square store -
Running brand On fixes the ‘broken experience' of shoe shoppingIn a year that pressed pause on the world, high-tech running brand On only gained momentum
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Film director Luca Guadagnino collaborates with Aesop on new Rome store -
Farshid Moussavi’s new Harrods Toy Department is a joyful exercise in colour theory -
The Campana brothers put a humble Brazilian brick centre stage at Aesop’s latest store -
Kengo Kuma designs a pavilion of floating roofs for Aman’s new retail conceptAt the Amanpuri in Phuket, Aman has enlisted Japanese architect Kengo Kuma to design a holistic pavilion to house a new retail concept. Reflecting Aman’s philosophy, the structure fuses traditional principles of Asian architecture with modern design with its rhythmic formation of floating roofs acheived through progressive engineering by Kengo Kuma and Associates
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Louis Vuitton taps Peter Marino for its Place Vendôme homecoming -
Discover niche beauty brands at this Berlin concept storeBerlin concept store MDC Next Door offers expert beauty advice alongside under-the-radar brands and forgotten historic labels
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Browns Brook Street looks to the future of retail in Grade II*-listed London buildingBrowns Brook Street opens its doors in London's Mayfair in a historic, 18th-century location
