Boutiques and Other Retail Spaces: The Architecture of Seduction (repost)
David Vernet, "Boutiques and Other Retail Spaces: The Architecture of Seduction"
1 edition | English | 2007-10-31 | ISBN: 0415363217 | 184 pages | PDF | 9 mb
1 edition | English | 2007-10-31 | ISBN: 0415363217 | 184 pages | PDF | 9 mb
Presenting a critical and theoretical dimension to retail design, Boutiques and Other Retail Spaces links the ideas behind it to real practice in this innovative and important contribution to architectural/interior theory literature.
Retail structure has been subject to a dramatic and ongoing transformation over the past thirty years, materializing in the emergence of large-scale out-of-town shopping centres and new specialized shops in city centres. These specialized boutiques are highly designed, involving well-known architectural firms such as OMA/Rem Koolhaas, David Chipperfield, Herzog + de Meuron amongst others. With case studies and over 100 black and white images, Vernet and de Wit set forth original and well-grounded theory to accompany this popular and lucrative area of work.