ICSC Doles Out 2011 Design and Development Awards
The
International Council of Shopping Centers
(ICSC) has recognized the world’s best designed and developed shopping centers and retail stores with a series of awards since 1977. ICSC recently announced the 2011 U.S. Design and Development Awards, which determined what residents in Culver City, California, Las Vegas, New York and Washington, D.C. already knew: their cities have some amazing places to shop. See below for the 2011 Gold Award Winners:
Led by
Torti Gallas and Partners
and
Rounds Van Duzer Architects
, The Georgetown “Social”
Safeway
in Washington, D.C. was honored with the Gold Sustainable Design Award for Most Innovative Design and Development of a New Retail Project under 150,000 square feet.
Freeland and Kaufman
planned the landscape, while
MCLA
designed the lighting for the four stores within 77,813 square feet of retail space.
The Gold Sustainable Design Award for Most Innovative Design and Development of a New Retail Project between 150,0001 and 500,000 square feet went to
Crystals at CityCenter
in Las Vegas, which has 48 stores within 275,000 square feet of retail space.
Studio Daniel Libeskind
led the process, with
Rockwell Group
as interior architect.
The Gold Award for Renovation or Expansion of an Existing Retail Project over 500,001 Square Feet went to
Westfield Culver City
, in Culver City, California. Westfield Design and Omniplan acted as design architects and graphic designers.
LRM, Ltd.
planned the landscape, and
Candela
designed the lighting for the 147 stores within 1,056,000 square feet of retail space.
Sargenti Architects
and
GHA Design Studios
deserve the credit for the
Aéropostale
store in New York’s Times Square, which was given the Gold Award for Design for a Retail Store in excess of 10,001 square feet. “We gave some possible store space as a gift to New York City and visitors,” says Tim Anderson, Aéropostale’s vice president of construction, referring to the balcony overlooking Times Square. “We wanted all our passion for the city in our store.”
Images courtesy of the International Council of Shopping Centers.
