Category - Design

Imagine this: you walk into your local retail centre, aiming to pick out an evening gown and shoes, grab a...

Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is the fast-growing global trend adopted by cities aiming to create vibrant, liveable, well-connected and sustainable...

Looking back at 2016, it's wonderful to see the mix of the year's award-winning retail architecture and design projects, some...

I am currently undertaking research for several retail and mixed-use projects in order to gather precedent imagery...

Iain Stewart looks at the design philosophy behind the Level 2 redevelopment of Broadway Sydney...

Tony Quinn looks at how retail is being used to ‘revitalise’ neglected and unused spaces in large cities...

Floating markets, desert markets, street markets, night markets, hidden in the alleyways or sprawling indoors, everywhere you go or look...

As the saying goes, everything old is new again. In other words things move in cycles. I am going to...

This article sets out to sketch a possible future for shopping environments that is informed by theatre production – specifically...

Vision, Innovation and Value Achievement; great stuff when it comes to shopping centres. Tony Quinn takes us to Paris, Chengdu...

We all agree on the desirable attributes of 'place' – vibrant, beautiful, memorable, authentic, interesting, alive, safe, clean, inclusive, accessible,...

There is something magical about food markets. Spices, rustic breads, local delicacies, seasonal fruit and veg, cheese, fresh seafood and...

In this article I will review some of the ICSC’S recent award-winning projects from overseas.

The notion that a place can have a quantifiable value as...

In the past, traditional hospital campuses have never been places where...

Last year, I queried in SCN whether the food court is dead.

In the heyday of department stores, well-dressed, fashionable ladies draped in...

The notion that a place can have a quantifiable value as a consequence of its identity has...

What happens when a ‘starchitect’ gets to design a shopping centre?

“When the Gold Coast opens something, it does so in spectacular style...

Commercially valuing place continues to be a complex task.

The days of the 500-seat ‘beer hall barn’ appear to be over. People are becoming far savvier, and want a...

Imagine a store that was unable to stipulate what it sold because the type of merchandise changed every month!