Category - Design

Floating markets, desert markets, street markets, night markets, hidden in the alleyways or sprawling indoors, everywhere you go or look in Asia you can find...

As the saying goes, everything old is new again. In other words things move in cycles. I am going to focus on retail as the tool to reinvigorate our towns and...

This article sets out to sketch a possible future for shopping environments that is informed by theatre production – specifically modern theatre’s...

Vision, Innovation and Value Achievement; great stuff when it comes to shopping centres. Tony Quinn takes us to Paris, Chengdu and Santiago...

We all agree on the desirable attributes of 'place' – vibrant, beautiful, memorable, authentic, interesting, alive, safe, clean, inclusive, accessible, human...

There is something magical about food markets. Spices, rustic breads, local delicacies, seasonal fruit and veg, cheese, fresh seafood and vintage wines...

In this article I will review some of the ICSC’S recent award-winning projects from overseas.

The notion that a place can have a quantifiable value as...

In the past, traditional hospital campuses have never been places where...

Last year, I queried in SCN whether the food court is dead.

In the heyday of department stores, well-dressed, fashionable ladies draped in...

The notion that a place can have a quantifiable value as a consequence of its identity has...

What happens when a ‘starchitect’ gets to design a shopping centre?

Commercially valuing place continues to be a complex task.

The days of the 500-seat ‘beer hall barn’ appear to be over. People are becoming far savvier, and want a more...

Imagine a store that was unable to stipulate what it sold because the type of merchandise changed every month!