"The best suburban malls were meccas with superb qualities"
As America's suburban shopping malls are becoming ghost towns, Aaron Betsky argues that their complex architecture character means that they deserve more serious consideration. More
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Thomas Heatherwick hopes Coal Drops Yard will be "new heart" for King's Cross
Thomas Heatherwick explains his desire to create a new public space for London in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at the recently opened Coal Drops Yard shopping centre in King's Cross. More
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Heatherwick Studio joins roofs of two warehouses at Coal Drops Yard shopping centre
Thomas Heatherwick's studio has completed a shopping centre at London's King's Cross, formed of two converted 19th-century coal warehouses that reach out and touch one another. More
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MVRDV builds Beijing shopping centre covered in shimmering ceramic tiles
The KWG M Cube shopping centre in Beijing, designed by MVRDV, is covered in hand-glazed iridescent ceramic tiles that change colour in different lights. More
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Chile's Guggenheim-inspired "caracoles" captured in photos by Cristobal Palma
Architectural photographer Cristobal Palma has taken a series of photos revealing the 46 spiralling shopping centres built across Chile in the 1970s and 80s. More
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Coal Drops Yard designed to be "particular to here" says Thomas Heatherwick
Thomas Heatherwick explains his thinking behind the design of the soon-to-open Coal Drops Yard shopping centre, in this video filmed in King's Cross, London. More
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Construction of golden cube building by Stefano Boeri Architetti begins in Tirana
Blloku Cube – a mixed-use block with a facade of aluminium triangles, designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti – is now under construction in the Albanian capital. More
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Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei completes "landmark tower and human-scale podium" in Taipei
Japanese firm Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei has completed a 272-metre high office skyscraper in Taipei, which is adjoined to a retail building clad in a delicate metal lattice. More
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Huge obelisk marks entrance to Torino Outlet Fashion Village by Claudio Silvestrin Architects
Claudio Silvestrin Architects has completed a shopping outlet in Turin, Italy, that features a 111-metre-high "modern medieval spire". More
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Will Alsop's only African project to be fun-filled shopping centre in Nairobi
The late Will Alsop's studio All Design, has designed a shopping centre in Nairobi, Kenya, will feature a monorail with "jellybean" carriages and a "piano staircase". More
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UNStudio completes Shanghai shopping centre covered in diamond shapes
Tessellating diamonds create an intricate grid of solid and void across the facade of this shopping centre that Dutch firm UNStudio has completed in Shanghai. More
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Sledding path to loop around roof garden of Beijing civic centre by Andrew Bromberg
An undulating path will curve around the roof garden of this Beijing shopping centre by American architect Andrew Bromberg, and be covered in a layer of fake snow for sledding in winter. More
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OMA completes trio of buildings for Miami Beach cultural district
The New York office of Dutch firm OMA, headed by Shohei Shigematsu, has completed a further two buildings at a new cultural district in Miami Beach to join the Faena Forum cultural centre. More
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Diamond-shaped latticework covers Victoria Gate shopping centre by Acme
London firm Acme has completed a shopping centre in Leeds, England, featuring a white latticed concrete facade and an interior modelled on old-fashioned arcades. More
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Awadh Shilpgram is a crafts hub influenced by traditional Indian architecture
Architecture studio Archohm has completed a campus for promoting crafts in the Indian city of Lucknow, featuring a cluster of grass-roofed workshops and a spiralling shopping arcade (+ slideshow). More
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Calatrava's Oculus at the World Trade Center photographed by Hufton + Crow
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's vast ribbed structure that soars over the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York is captured in these images by British photography duo Hufton + Crow (+ slideshow). More
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Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville propose Manchester skyscrapers designed by Make
Former footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs have teamed up with architects office Make to design a luxury shopping and hotel complex on the site of a 1950s synagogue in Manchester. More
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Siam Discovery shopping centre in Bangkok is Nendo's biggest ever project
Movie: Oki Sato of Nendo explains the concept behind the Japanese studio's redesign of a 40,000-square-metre shopping mall, in this video Dezeen filmed in Bangkok for retail development company Siam Piwat. More
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Nendo reimagines Bangkok department store as a new concept for retail
Japanese studio Nendo has completed its biggest-ever project: the exterior and interior renovation of a department store in Bangkok that founder Oki Sato believes represents a new way of shopping (+ slideshow). More
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MVRDV to transform La Part Dieu shopping centre in Lyon
Rotterdam firm MVRDV has unveiled its plans to overhaul La Part Dieu retail complex in Lyon, which feature an "evaporating" facade and a rooftop park. More
