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Barbie Flagship Store
Shanghai, China
This award-winning retail design for Barbie creates an immersive, playful, PINK brand experience, and features couture, jewelry, clothes, toys, books, and housewares. It even has a Barbie doll café, a doll museum and a cocktail bar where Barbie meets Ken. This project won Store of the Year, Best of Year from Interior Design Magazine, and a host of other design awards.
Smile Direct Club Flagship
New York, NY
Our NYC flagship store design translates the digital brand to their first ever in-person brick and mortar retail store. The light, bright and open design for this health and wellness retailer uses perforated metal screens to offer sensitive privacy for visitors.
Flight Club LA
Los Angeles, CA
Flight club has been called “sneaker mecca”, “the coolest sneaker store” and “heaven for sneaker heads” since 2005. Our design for the Los Angeles sneaker retailer is a balance of minimalist, modern and industrial chic.
Dalki Theme Park & Shop
Heyri, South Korea
This green, planted experiential flagship in Seoul, South Korea incorporates play, fashion, animation and education into one seamless arena. Spaces are sculpted to evoke the landscape of childhood. Creative playspaces are formed above, below and throughout the store which blurs the lines of flagship retail and theme park.
Flight Club NY
New York, NY
FCNY was the first physical store for the iconic online sneaker retailer. Our design translates the open community aspect of the online platform into a physical space using raw building materials and street ball elements.
Martine Sitbon Designer Shop
Seoul, South Korea
This storefront blurs the lines of exhibit and retail in the designer store for Martine Sitbon in Seoul, Korea. The custom interior fixtures are created to display clothing like art in a minimal, sensual environment.
Barbie Chocolate Cafe
Shanghai, China
The Barbie café in Shanghai features an immersive, sweet interior. The entirely custom designed furniture and furnishings suggest a real life Barbie tea party.
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery
St. Louis, MO
This adaptive reuse renovation converts a parking garage into a three story art gallery in St Louis Missouri. We created a new skylight with a curvaceous sculptural aperture. The private offices have a reflective ceiling which doubles the window view.
Flight Club Greene St
New York, NY
This retail design in SoHo New York uses only blackened steel sheet metal and pipe fittings to create a stylish hip consignment store for the sneaker head. Items are suspended with magnets to create a floating, industrial retail display.
Mimi & Mo
Long Island City, NY
Mimi & Mo is a women’s and children’s clothing store which features a cool, distinct industrial style retail interior. The original graphics and fixtures we designed refer to local iconic Long Island City signage.
Van Doren Waxter Gallery
New York, NY
Gallery design, gallery in a brownstone, art gallery design, adaptive reuse art gallery, New York City art gallery, modern art
Aventura Mall Concierge
Aventura, FL
A concept design for the Aventura Mall Expansion, the Aventura Concierge is a luxurious home away from home for select patrons
Retail Architecture
Top-Ranked Retail Architects
Slade Architecture has been recognized as a leading retail architecture firm in numerous publications, known for designing spaces that resonate with brand values and create meaningful customer connections. As expert retail architects, we specialize in crafting environments that reflect a brand’s unique identity in an intuitive and tangible way, from luxury boutiques to flagship stores. We achieve this through meticulously designed customer journeys that reveal the brand’s identity, creating spaces that are both engaging and memorable.
Retail architecture services that we offer
We design retail spaces that invite curiosity, encouraging visitors to explore and discover the brand’s essence from the moment they arrive. Our architectural designs subtly reveal key brand qualities, creating an engaging experience that begins at first glance.
Barbie Flagship Store, Shanghai
For the Barbie Flagship store in Shanghai, we transformed the facade with a wash of signature Barbie Pink, casting a distinctive glow that acts as a beacon in the bustling shopping district. This vibrant light spills onto the street, drawing in passersby from afar. Before even noticing the signage, visitors are intrigued by the playful atmosphere, eager to explore further. Inside, the design fosters a deep appreciation for the brand by focusing on every detail—from the building’s scale to the smallest fixture—creating a cohesive and immersive environment.
As New York retail architects, we bring the city’s energy into every project. At Flight Club, one of New York’s premier sneaker stores, we infused the space with the bold attitude of the city while ensuring the spotlight remained on the product. The design captures the excitement and culture of sneaker enthusiasts, creating a dynamic space that balances edge with playfulness. Every element was crafted to celebrate the sneaker culture while embracing the fast-paced, authentic spirit of New York.
In Seoul, at the Martin Sitbon Boutique, we integrated sensory-rich materials into every aspect of the design. From a “squishy” rubber cash wrap to sleek plaster and mirror fixtures, each element invites touch and interaction, highlighting the innovative craftsmanship and materiality in the designer’s clothing. These tactile details elevate the shopping experience, encouraging customers to explore every corner of the store, turning curiosity into connection.
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As retail architects, we create immersive interiors, using every element to tell compelling brand stories.
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