Case Studies

Heatherwick Studio and Foster & Partners’ mixed use development The Bund has been Shanghai’s most prestigious stretch of waterfront since the nineteenth century and the design of the Shanghai Bund Financial Center has been created as a symbolic connection between the old part of Shanghai and the new financial district. Shanghai’s most famous street is…

The Grand Lisboa Casino hotel, located at the northern-end of the Macau-Taipa Bridge, was designed by Hong Kong architects Dennis Lau and Ng Chun Man. The hotel, opened in 2008, is 856 feet high, has 430 hotel rooms over 47 floors and is owned by Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau. The Grand Lisboa…

The City of Dreams The Christian Dior boutique is located in The City of Dreams, a luxurious Mall in Macau housing over 100 stores. The interior of the Dior store continues the design theme created within the Parisian store by architect Peter Marino. The use of Black is Black PVD adds drama and depth without…

Roberto Cavalli Roberto Cavalli is an Italian fashion designer, born 15th November 1940 in Florence, Italy. Cavalli is renowned for his “wild prints” and daring use of pattern and colour. His fashion house sells luxurious clothing, perfume and leather goods and is responsible for the fashion of “weathered” jeans. The Avenues, Kuwait The design for…

Harvey Nichols’ gold PVD clad store The design of the store façade can be probably best described by saying that it looks like lots and lots of towering organ pipes. Convoluted rivulets of gold piping run from floor to ceiling on the main area of the façade and are echoed again on the first floor…

Prada, IFC Mall, Shanghai The Prada store in Shanghai made quite an impact with its unusual façade. Its location, the IFC Mall International Finance Centre Mall, is located in Lujiazui in Pudong, Shanghai and is built by Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. The shopping mall is six storeys high and is of more than 110,000…

Miu Miu is the aristocratic brand owned anc created by Prada, led by Miuccia Prada with its headquarters in Paris and stores all around the world. Miu Miu is a diminutive of Miuccia, a nickname for the iconic designer from her family. The Bejing store follows a precedent as the first Miu Miu store opened…