Striking Shopping Mall Designs

Morocco Mall
Morocco Mall in Casablanca is a shopping center that employing latest technologies and sustainable design techniques is set to introduce new green structures in the shopping center industry. Spreading in a 200,000 sq m area, is an extension of Casablanca’s waterfront promenade. It is due to open in late 2010.

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Venus Fort, Odaiba
The Shopping Mall with Fake Sky, in the style of Europe streets in the 17th and 18th century. There are also guides to be found in Venus Fort to take you around.

                               

Dubai Mall
The Dubai Mall is one of the world’s largest shopping malls located in Dubai. Built at the foot and an integral component of the Burj Dubai, the 20-billion-dollar project is the world’s largest in total area with 1,200
shops.

 A key centerpiece is Dubai Aquarium, one of the of the largest tanks in the world at 51m x 20m x 11m and featuring the world’s largest viewing panel at 32.8m wide and 8.3m high.
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Boston's Natick Collection challenges the conventions of the regional mall. The typical mall arcade is a straight corridor, but this one bends in a gentle curve.The typical mall has limited natural light, but Natick Collection has enormous skylights — diamond shaped in plan and curved in elevation — that make shoppers aware of the larger world around them.

The pattern of large skylights and clerestories on Natick's rooftop is designed to resemble the rolling hills of the surrounding countryside.

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Avenues Mall
Kuwait's largest mall it is designed to reflect the natural forms and elements of the desert,using the maximum natural light.

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Vulcano Buono Building in Nola, Italy
The Vulcano Buono, “good volcano” in Italian, was designed to merge with this Italian landscape, in homage to the once tragic nearby Mt. Vesuvius volcano just a few miles away. Vulcano Buono houses a shopping mall, an outdoor theater, restaurants and a hotel– all contained within a rolling green roof comprised of over 2,500 thriving plants.

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The Mall Athens
When you first see the Mall Athens from a distance, it gives the impression of a huge modern art installation. As you approach, you realize that it is indeed a place full of life that is certain to lift your spirits.

Plaza Angsana set new standards for shopping centre design in the southern Malaysian city of Johor Bahru. Strategic planning, interior design and graphics were incorporated in this 100,000sqm shopping centre.

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ION Orchard, Singapore
Some of the distinctive design features of the mall include wide shop fronts, spacious arcades and generous ceiling heights, allowing tenants to present their brands in inventive and visually captivating styles.

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West Edmonton Mall
The WEM developed over 4 phases, begun in 1981 and completed in 1998. It displays the standard architectural style for malls of the period: blank exterior walls of precast concrete facing large expanses of parking. The buildings are completely inward looking, with signage as the only expression on the exterior.