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OMA revolutionises department store architecture with Galleria GwanggyoTrails of rugged glass disrupt the impressive stone façade of the Galleria department store designed by OMA to bring daylight and city views to shoppers. For South Korea, the design is a revolution in department store architecture, which usually tries to keep customers oblivious of passing time and fully absorbed in the retail experience
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OMA’s KaDeWe in Berlin rethinks shoppingOMA’s KaDeWe department store renovation in Berlin reveals its first phase and reimagines the world of retail
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Feast for the eyes: into the food halls of Rome’s Rinascente -
OMA designs a new retail system for Coach -
Kyoto soba confectioner launches store in wooden machiya townhouseA celebrated Kyoto soba confectioner and restaurant, Honke Owariya, offers a custom-built outlet for its sweet treats courtesy of Osaka-based designer Teruhiro Yanagihara
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Paris boutique L’Eclaireur arrives in West Hollywood with its first US outpost -
Plastic fantastic: Wallpaper* visits Seoul’s latest music hub, Vinyl & Plastic -
Selfridge's new Duke Street entrance by David Chipperfield Architects completes -
Golden rule: Zeller & Moye design Mexico City HQ for online retailer Troquer -
Small wonder: London’s new Design Museum opens its bijou boutique -
MoreySmith designs a global HQ for Dunhill that embodies the brand through the details -
Redesigning The Silver Room community space in ChicagoThis Chicago boutique and community space – which champions local artists, designers, and Black-owned businesses – undergoes a makeover courtesy of architects Future Firm and designer Norman Teague
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Minor Rose hair salon in NYC uses mirrors, minimalism and metalArchitecture studio Also Office creates a perfectly formed jewel-box interior for the new Minor Rose hair salon in Gramercy Park, New York
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L’Occitane’s new London store is a riot of beauty, botany and bonbons -
Escher GuneWardena designs Woven showroom in LAThe Wallpaper* Architects Directory has turned 20. Conceived in 2000 as our index of emerging architectural talent, this annual listing of promising practices, has, over the years, spanned styles and continents; yet always championing the best and most exciting young studios and showcasing inspiring work with an emphasis on the residential realm. To mark the occasion, this summer, we are looking back at some of our over-500 alumni, to catch up about life and work since their participation and exclusively launch some of their latest completions. 2000 Architects Directory alumnus Escher GuneWardena Architecture is now an established, prolific West Coast studio, and here we visit its latest offering, the showroom for rug brand Woven, in Los Angeles.
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Heatherwick Studio’s new retail hub Coal Drops Yard opens in London -
A 12th century crypt shop design is inspired by Jerusalem’s monastic architecture -
Henriquez Partners’ futuristic vision for Vancouver’s Oakridge shopping centre -
A new lifestyle emporium in Vancouver reads like a sleek, new world souk -
The sky’s the limit at Fredericia’s new Copenhagen flagship -
On the edge: Matteo Thun carves a new look for Zwilling’s Shanghai concept store
