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Global Shopper

Flagship, boutique, or showroom—the world is our marketplace

Meghan Edwards -- Interior Design, 4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

RDAI
project Hermès, New York.
standout A bastion of tailored luxury unveils its first menswear-only outpost, a four-story town house boasting Belgian ceramic floor tile, European cherry woodwork, and glass panels sandblasted to mimic the Paris flagship's cast-iron balustrade.
photography Frank Oudeman.

Kinmonth Monfreda
project Missoni, Los Angeles.
standout A label known for knits gets a one-story home that takes weaving to the next level, with painted aluminum bands on the exterior.
photography Sasha Eisenman.

Wonderwall
project Nike, Tokyo.
standout The race is on at this three-level flagship featuring a chandelier made from marathon tags and running tracks painted on the oak and concrete floors.
photography Kozo Takayama.

Isay Weinfeld
project Carina Duek, São Paulo, Brazil.
standout A stairwell with a mixed-media mural links two sales floors and a top-level showroom, an ensemble outfitted with vintage wardrobes and adorned with chandeliers swathed in faux foliage.
photography Leonardo Finotti.

Kengo Kuma & Associates
project Lucien Pellat-Finet, Osaka, Japan.
standout A honeycomb construction of recycled plywood wanders through all three levels of this cashmere-centric fashion and home-furnishings label's freestanding shop, morphing from architecture to display fixture.
photography Jimmy Cohrssen and Daichi Ano.

Teresa Sapey Estudio de Arquitectura
project Aspesi, Madrid.
standout At a two-level boutique for this men's and women's label, restrained distressed oak and concrete contrast with wild mix-and-match patterns and colorful murals.
photography Ricardo Labougle.

Stephan Jaklitsch Architects
project Marc Jacobs, New York.
standout A corporate showroom's industrial-chic 1907 steel columns meet the quiet refinement of Christian Liaigre sofas, tables, and chairs and custom mirrored vitrines with stainless-steel frames.
photography Scott Frances.