It’s all about how you look at a centre; how you perceive it. Is a centre an isolated component of the world in which we live; or is it a part of the whole? An...
Category - Design
What’s new in retail design? Who is leading the pack and where? Tony Quinn looks at some new and innovative designs, scanning the globe from Leiden in the...
In an age of flying cars, food sold in restaurants grown on site, micro-chips implanted in our eyes so we can pay with retina scans, will shopping centres even...
If you thought going to the movies was about sitting in an auditorium and watching a film, think again! That’s old hat; it’s what cinemas used to be. Now it’s...
We see countless examples of old buildings being given a new life as old industrial structures are transformed into modern venues. More often than not...
There are massive programs underway in many Australian centres to minimise power usage and move towards sustainable structures. Passivhaus is a globally...
Forget the Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, even Gen Z – the next shapers of our shopping centres are the Alphas – those born between 2010 and 2025...
We are all aware of ‘creating spaces’. For many years now, we have been creating them in our centres. However, there’s a new trend emerging – ‘Creating...
An interesting and intellectual piece on ‘place making’ and what it entails. What constitutes a ‘place’? What are its elements? Are they material or abstract;...
Could a retail-led mix provide the perfect next generation use for important light industrial sites, which through gentrification and proximity to the city now...
QICGRE’s Eastland shopping centre in Melbourne has been awarded one of the world’s most prestigious architecture prizes for its open-air Town Square precinct...
‘Biophilic Design’ seems like a mouthful but it has real and significant influence on the way we behave. How we connect with nature influences our mood, well...
We reported recently on our e-newsletter that GPT’s Highpoint in Melbourne hosted a Coachella inspired ‘Kidchella’ festival. Savvy brands, as Susanne...
“We often refer to human civilisations by the principal materials they employ, such as the Bronze Age, Iron Age etc. In this vein, the 20th century can be very...
Increasingly, design of our shopping centres moves away from the ‘box’ and replicates the shopping strips of the past. ‘Main Street architecture’ has much to...
Fast-food is getting slower! Even the signage such as the McDonald’s arches or the KFC logos are turning into architectural forms. Alternatively, they are...
Slow down and smell the roses. That’s Tony Quinn’s advice if you want to achieve a well-designed centre. The new buzzword is ‘Biophillic Design’ –...
There was a time, not too long ago, when the major debate in our industry was all about the ‘boxes’ we’d created, with the entire action being on the inside...
Biophilic Design has entered the shopping centre world! It’s all about connecting with nature and when we do (in a shopping centre), it increases dwell-time...
Now here’s an article to set some retail development managers running to the arena of Public Private Partnerships. The redevelopment of railway stations...
If you’ve got a department store that looks like it could be on the way out, don’t worry about filling the space! Tony Quinn has lots of options – after...
Ian Ringrose recently joined the Large Format Retail Association Study Tour of Osaka and Tokyo in Japan. Are there lessons to be learned from a different type...
From demand for plant-based foods and flower power to the growth of innovative concept restaurants and all the ‘Instagram worthy’ meals in between, these are...
With retail sales somewhat stagnant, major department stores posting poor figures and other majors downsizing, one could be forgiven for thinking it’s all...
Suppose you could produce a hologram image of a handbag in mid-air, reach out to it and turn it around to examine it whole! The technology, according to Harold...
The transformation of Stockland Wetherill Park received two wins at the 2018 PCA / Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation & Excellence awards, with the centre...
Shopping Centres of the future will switch their very fundamentals from tangible to abstract. Their very core will no longer be shops, merchandise and ‘stuff’...
According to Joanna Russell, increased design expectations have given rise to a new sub-sector in retail assets: the super-neighbourhood centre. Typically...
In my previous article in the March Big Guns issue, I covered retailers moving into the food and beverage game. In this issue, I’m exploring those that have...
We ponder deeply about the future of retail – what will a shop be like, will it contain stock or just imagery, holograms, samples? How will the internet and...
Suppose the ‘retail experience’ was separated from the actual ‘purchase’. It happens now when you catch an Uber. You experience the service, but the purchase...
If you were asked what LVMH, Prada, Dolce and Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Roberto Cavalli, Tiffany’s and Prada all do to make a crust, how would you...
