Malls & department stores /

Uffelen, Chris van.

Malls & department stores / Chris van Uffelen ; [translation: Alice Bayandin]. - [Berlin] : Braun, c2008. - 421 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), plans 31 cm.

Includes index.

The author, Chris van Uffelen, presents the contemporary retail architecture. Apart from capturing the spectacular mega-malls detached from any city plan and innovative shopping malls located in the suburbia it looks at the process of long-term revitalization of the inner city. Essentially, it showcases the work of famous architects like Daniel Libeskind, Toyo Ito, Jean Nouvel and Richard Meier.

9783037680186


Architecture, Modern
Shopping malls
Stores, Retail

NA 6218 / .Uf3 2008