Présentation de l'éditeur :
Présente 20 espaces commerciaux parmi les plus innovants réalisés à travers le monde par des architectes renommés comme Frank Gehry, Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhas ou Renzo Piano. Traite une grande diversite de projets, notamment des boutiques luxueuses de créateurs de mode, des grands magasins, des centres commerciaux et des supermarchés. Chaque projet fait l'objet d'une description détaillée au moyen de vues extérieures et intérieures, de plans, de dessins et d'un texte de l'auteur, critique d'architecture reconnu. Inclut des bâtiments situés à Londres, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Prague, São Paulo, mais aussi en Autriche, en Allemagne et aux Pays-Bas.
Raul A. Barenche, rédacteur et critique établi à New-York, commente depuis plus de dix ans l'actualité de l'architecture et du design. Ancien rédacteur en chef d'Architecture, il collabore régulièrement au New York Times. Rédacteur indépendant pour Metropolitan Home, Travel + Leisure et Architectural Record, il a également rédigé des articles pour Dwell, House Beautiful, ID, ELLE Decor, Interior Design ou Wallpaper. Co-auteur de House : American Houses for the New Century (2001), Raul A. Barrenche est aussi l'auteur de Tropical Modern (2003).
In the decades since the advent of the shopping mall, shopping has become synonymous with entertainment and the retail store a key player in establishing brand identity. In a growing trend, high-profile architects are designing provocative storefronts and interiors that create an aura of exclusivity, draw in customers, and attract media attention rivaling the goods within.
New Retail examines this phenomenon with an overview of 24 of the most innovative retail spaces built around the world in recent years, designed by high-profile international architects as well as smaller cutting-edge firms. Projects in the book include the Carlos Miele store in New York (Asymptote), three stores for Louis Vuitton in New York and Tokyo (Jun Aoki), Selfridges in Birmingham, the UK (Future Systems), two clothing boutiques in São Paulo (Isay Weinfeld), the Mandarina Duck store in Paris (NL Architects), and the Mpries Supermarket in Austria (Dominique Perrault), among others. More than 250 color photographs as well as floor plans and site plans showcase the architectural and interior design, lighting, and often experimental materials that create these ultimate retail spaces. For the Selfridges department store, for example, Future Systems clad the building with 15,000 aluminum disks attached to a sprayed concrete surface. In New York, the interior of the Carlos Miele store by Asymptote features a sensual, sculptural white ceiling of molded high-gloss PVC-based material.
Each project is accompanied by a 500-to-700-word description that explains the design concept, site, program, and significant building technologies and materials. A general introduction discusses precedents to these projects and current issues in the architecture and design of retail spaces.
Raul A. Barreneche, a New York-based editor and critic, has been writing about architecture and design for more than ten years. A former executive editor at Architecture, he writes regularly for The New York Times. He is currently a contributing editor to Metropolitan Home, Travel + Leisure, and Architectural Record, and has written for Dwell, House Beautiful, ID, ELLE Décor, Interior Design, Wallpaper, and other publications. Barreneche is co-author of House: American Houses for the New Century, and author of Tropical Modern.
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