Sunday special: Retailers, architects team up again in London project

Labels: , , on , |
Regent Street Windows Project is an initiative of RIBA London and Regent Street, London W1. The project started in 2010 as part of the London Festival of Architecture and is now established as a stand-alone annual event. The Regent Street Windows Project: RIBA London runs from April 16 to May 6. For 2012, the retailer and architect pairings are:
  • Banana Republic: Ushida Findlay Architects and Visitor Studio
  • Ferrari: Feix & Merlin
  • Bose: Zero Zero
  • Reiss: De Matos Ryan
  • Folli Follie: Egret West
  • TM Lewin: Liddicoat & Goldhill
  • Anthropologie: Gort Scott
  • Moss Bros: Delvendahl Martin Architects
  • Quiksilver: Bradley van der Straeten 
Here is a video of the 2011 project.

      

    Following the success of the Regent Street Windows Project, RIBA London is collaborating with the Cultural and Education Section of the British Consulate and Shui On Development Limited to deliver a series of eye-catching architectural retail installations in Shanghai in as part of the UK Now festival, which celebrates British creative talent in China. The Shanghai windows project will partner 9 London architects with 9 prominent retailers to design and create eye-catching displays in the windows of the Shanghai Xintiandi and Xintiandi Style shopping center. The resulting displays will be on public display in September 2012.