#retailarchitecture

New Balance, the iconic Boston-based sports footwear and apparel manufacturer founded in 1906, has long championed sport and craftsmanship to create positive change in communities around the world. This ethos is embodied in their newly renovated flagship store, located in the heart of their hometown. The location serves as a destination that deepens engagement with the Boston sports community through a space that celebrates New Balance's rich heritage and continued innovation in sports. Jane Messinger Jane Messinger This flagship experience brings all dimensions of the brand's identity to life, from lifestyle flair to top-level athlete-focused gear, within a single holistic retail environment. Jane Messinger Jane Messinge... More

In the heart of Lithuania, The Serpent, a new E-commerce hub designed by Entropic, reimagines the standard big-box typology of conventional warehouse/retail programming, to create a continuous street of programs, with plazas, green spaces, and public functions.  The project consisting of 70.000 Sqm of spaces dedicated for digital shopping, pick-up zones, and new forms of retail experience.  Entropic The challenge was to rethink the suburban shopping typology, to an experience-oriented retail typology. How can we match user experience, complex logistic movement, environmental response, and optimized retail design into a single cohesive project? Entropic The project splits the site into two, with the public program to th... More

Montreal based Studio MHA, has converted the former restaurant Etna, into the pasta shop Etna Pasticio.  The pasta shop, formerly in a nearby location, was relocated to the 700 sq.ft. space of the owners’ former restaurant, on a main street of the Villeray neighborhood in Montreal.  For the design, the clients turned to Michael Hall of Studio MHA, who had worked with them previously on the restaurant Etna. Phil Bernard The young owners of the pasta shop, wanted a simple space, bathed in natural light, where clients would happily shop and dine; while in the open kitchen space, it would be a delight for the employees to make pasta.  In response, rather than pushing the kitchen to the back of the space, the designer... More

This store is part of a wider re-thinking of Luca Faloni’s boutiques worldwide. Alongside this store, our office worked on other openings such as Stockholm, Miami, Munich, London and Milan. All of the stores are equipped with the same display system customized according to the client’s needs. Each store is characterized by finishes, colors and details inspired by their locations while maintaining some signature features that make these spaces a natural extension of the brand’s identity. Lorenzo Zandri In keeping with the design concept of using locally inspired materials, this boutique incorporates elements that pay homage to Zurich's natural and architectural beauty. The columns are clad in green onyx, reflecting th... More

The project connects the existing space on street level to the intimate and domestic atmospheres of the upper floor. The sequence ofrooms reveals a common underlying matrix, without however affecting the well-defined character of each one of them. Omar Golli The new space, accessible both by elevator and spiral staircase, is identified by the typical atmosphere of the old town residencies,with high ceilings and casement windows. From the very beginning, the client’s brief was to maintain the residential feel, exploring theexpressive potential of the "apartment" type vs the contemporary idea of retail.Starting from this premise, the concept seeks to shift spaces, objects and furnishings from their traditional domestic vocation, o... More