Aldo Rossi was an Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four distinct areas: architectural theory, drawing and design and also product design. He was one of the leading proponents of the postmodern movement.
Daniel Libeskind is a Polish–American architect, artist, professor and set designer. Libeskind founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its principal design architect.
A shopping center in American English, shopping centre in Commonwealth English, shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza, or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof.
The Galeries Lafayette is an upmarket French department store chain, the biggest in Europe. Its flagship store is on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris but it now operates a number of locations in France and other countries. In 2019, Galeries Lafayette recorded earnings of over five billion euros. It is a part of the company Groupe Galeries Lafayette and has been a member of the International Association of department stores since 1960.
Mall of the Emirates is a shopping mall in Dubai. Developed and owned by Majid Al Futtaim Group, it opened in November 2005 and is located at interchange four on Sheikh Zayed Road.
Massimiliano Fuksas is an Italian architect. He is the head of Studio Fuksas in partnership with his wife, Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas, with offices in Rome, Paris and Shenzhen.
Chris Bosse is an architect born in Stuttgart, Germany. Notable work of his includes being the designer of the Beijing National Aquatics Centre, which was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is currently director of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) Asia Pacific based in Sydney, Australia.
Arthur Max is an American production designer.
Eric Robert Kuhne was an American-born British architect based in London. With major projects around the world, Kuhne's assignments included the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent completed in 1999 and the Titanic Belfast visitor attraction in Northern Ireland which opened to the public in 2012.
F+A Architects is an architectural firm based in Pasadena, California, and was founded in 1973. It works primarily in the planning and design development of retail stores and shopping malls. Many of the firm's projects are designed and built in North America, but F+A has also worked on large international projects, most notably in Dubai UAE, Qatar, and Jordan.
The Avenues Mall is the second largest shopping mall in the Persian Gulf region. The mall is located in the Rai area extending from Fifth Ring Road from the south and Al Ghazali Highway from the east. It opened in April 2007, under the patronage of the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah. It was the winner of the ICSC Gold Award, under the Expansion and Design Category in the Middle East & North Africa. With a total area of 1,200,000 m2, it is considered to be one of the largest shopping malls in the world It features 1,400+ stores and parking for 17,000 cars.
Benoy is an international firm of architects, master planners, interior architects, and graphic designers working from design studios in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and Montréal. The company is primarily known for its global retail architecture. Notable projects include the Westfield London building in the UK, Elements shopping mall in Hong Kong, and ION mall in Singapore.
Xavier Vilalta is a Spanish architect and professor. He studied architecture in Barcelona, London, and the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
Sir Terence Farrell, known as Terry Farrell, is a British architect and urban designer. In 1980, after working for 15 years in partnership with Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Farrell founded his own firm, Farrells. He established his reputation with three completed projects in London in the late 1980s: Embankment Place, 125 London Wall aka Alban Gate and SIS Building aka Vauxhall Cross.
Morocco Mall is the largest shopping mall in Africa with 590000m² of floor space in Casablanca, Morocco. Morocco Mall, which opened on December 1, 2011, was designed by architect Davide Padoa of Design International, a global architecture boutique with its headquarters in London. Kuncara Wicaksana under the principal of Davide Padoa developed the Architectural Concept until the Design Development stage. The project site coordination was led by Miguel Fernandes and Catia Zizzi
Design International is an international architectural firm, which was founded in Toronto in 1965. It was founded by Micaiah DJAN. mainly in the North American market but has since developed into a major international player and was one of the first architecture companies that truly worked on a global scale. The company headquarters are in London, with subsidiary offices in Shanghai, Milan and Dubai.
The Manufaktura is an arts centre, shopping mall, and leisure complex in Łódź, Poland. A major tourist attraction of the city, it includes the largest public square in Łódź, which acts as a venue for cultural and sports events.
C Concept Design is an international architecture firm based in The Hague, Netherlands founded by American architect Matthew VanderBorgh in 2002. C Concept Design focuses on sustainable practices, master-planning and concept design. Matthew VanderBorgh earned his bachelor's degree from Hope College in 1984. He would later receive a Masters Diploma of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. C Concept Design has focused on providing urban and architectural visions for the programming, concept and design development of new buildings. Prior to C Concept Design, VanderBorgh worked as an architectural designer on the prize winning Gateway Transit Center in Los Angeles in 1997.
Paweł Wiktor Graliński is a Polish architect who specializes in planning and design of mixed-use developments and commercial and entertainment centres in Poland and Europe.
Dariush Borbor, is an Iranian-French architect, urban planner, designer, sculptor, painter, researcher, and writer. In 1963, Borbor established his own firm under the name of Borbor Consulting Architects, Engineers, City Planners. In 1976, he set up Sphere Iran, a consortium of four specialist consulting firms, and proposed a comprehensive National Environmental Master plan for Iran. In 1992, he created the Research Institute and Library of Iranian Studies (RILIS) where he is the director.
