Global Shopper: The Best High-End Retail Projects
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RDAI project Hermès, New York. standout A bastion of tailored luxury unveils its first menswear-only outpost, a four-story town house boasting Belgian ceramic floor tile, European cherry woodwork, and glass panels sandblasted to mimic the Paris flagship’s cast-iron balustrade. photography Frank Oudeman. |
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Kinmonth Monfreda project Missoni, Los Angeles. standout A label known for knits gets a one-story home that takes weaving to the next level, with painted aluminum bands on the exterior. photography Sasha Eisenman. |
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Wonderwall project Nike, Tokyo. standout The race is on at this three-level flagship featuring a chandelier made from marathon tags and running tracks painted on the oak and concrete floors. photography Kozo Takayama. |
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Isay Weinfeld project Carina Duek, São Paulo, Brazil. standout A stairwell with a mixed-media mural links two sales floors and a top-level showroom, an ensemble outfitted with vintage wardrobes and adorned with chandeliers swathed in faux foliage. photography Leonardo Finotti. |
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Kengo Kuma & Associates project Lucien Pellat-Finet, Osaka, Japan. standout A honeycomb construction of recycled plywood wanders through all three levels of this cashmere-centric fashion and home-furnishings label’s freestanding shop, morphing from architecture to display fixture. photography Jimmy Cohrssen and Daichi Ano. |
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Teresa Sapey Estudio de Arquitectura project Aspesi, Madrid. standout At a two-level boutique for this men’s and women’s label, restrained distressed oak and concrete contrast with wild mix-and-match patterns and colorful murals. photography Ricardo Labougle. |
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Stephan Jaklitsch Architects project Marc Jacobs, New York. standout A corporate showroom’s industrial-chic 1907 steel columns meet the quiet refinement of Christian Liaigre sofas, tables, and chairs and custom mirrored vitrines with stainless-steel frames. photography Scott Frances. |