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Hourglass Cosmetics opens world-exclusive beauty experience in Selfridges new Beauty Hall

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Artistically balancing a singular, high-contrast marble, the architectural form of the new cosmetics counter design combines unexpected angles and cantilevered intersections with interplays of light. Visually arresting, and designed to standout.

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Reality bites: how composable architecture is a make-or-break strategy for retailers looking to thrive

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But the beauty of composable architecture is that it can be built in parallel with the existing IT set-up – only cutting ties with the latter when the incoming system has proved its worth. By contrast, composable architecture is relatively inexpensive because of its modular design.

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Balenciaga designs concrete Berlin store to reference the city's modernist architecture

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Fashion brand Balenciaga has opened its first retail location in Berlin , which continues the brand's Raw Architecture aesthetic and boasts monolithic concrete slabs and distressed surfaces. Balenciaga decorated the store with a concept it describes as Raw Architecture. The store is blanketed in concrete.

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AIM Architecture takes cues from 1970s offices for Hangzhou cosmetics store

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Shanghai studio AIM Architecture has transformed the second floor of a business park in Hangzhou, China, into a store that resembles a 1970s office for cosmetics brand Harmay. AIM Architecture wanted the Hangzhou cosmetics store to look like an office. AIM Architecture wanted the Hangzhou cosmetics store to look like an office.

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Balenciaga debuts "raw architecture" store aesthetic at Sloane Street flagship

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Located on Sloane Street, a luxury shopping destination in West London, the flagship store debuts Balenciaga 's new concept for its retail locations. Above: the store was renovated with a "raw architecture" concept. It introduces a new concept we are calling Raw Architecture," a Balenciaga spokesperson told Dezeen. "It

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Ferrari unveils glossy lifestyle concept store designed by Sybarite

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London architectural studio Sybarite has paid tribute to Ferrari 's legacy in the car brand's lifestyle concept store, which features a scarlet glass wall that recalls a racetrack and a terracotta facade that nods to its Italian heritage. A glass wall divides the space. Cylindrical columns act as backlit display cases.

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Mesura constructs Barcelona Aesop store from 19th-century building fragments

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Architecture studio Mesura collected 78 pieces of stone from a defunct quarry nearby, where local family-run stonemason Barbany keeps remnants of demolished 19th-century structures. We adhered strictly to the concept of stacking stone upon stone," said Iborra. A duo of mirrored shelving units hangs from the walls.