Department Stores

Harrods, Designer Studio

Knightsbridge, London

Published

19 years ago

February 1, 2005

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New Shop in Shop Within an Existing Full-Line or Specialty Department Store
Award of Merit
This project also won a Special Award for innovative store planning
TPG Architecture LLP, New York

At the redesigned 10,000-square-foot Designer Studio at Harrods' landmark Knightsbridge store, fashionistas now enter through pink glass tunnels and meander through smoked-glass merchandising fixtures that connect such high-end collections as Marc Jacobs, Cacharel and Sonia Rykiel. Existing windows dressed in metal-bead and chain curtains allow natural light in while infusing a distinct '70s style to the space.

Client: Harrods, London
Mohamed Al Fayed, owner
Rik Dattani, store planning controller
Robert Flemming, retail development manager
John Akroyd
Averyl Oates

Design: TPG Architecture LLP, New York
Louis Trudel, associate principal, project director
Inga Kruliene, associate principal, design director
Neal Kido, project architect
Marek Mastaj, senior associate, project manager London
Cesar Cordero, associate, project manager, New York

General Contractor: Davies, London
Outside Design Consultants: Gary Campbell Lighting Design, London (lighting)
Anthony Jay Partnership, London (engineers)
Logical Things Inc., New York (art direction/graphics/illustration)

Video: Wow Factor, London

Fixtures: Dula, Chertsey, U.K.

Photography: Harrods, London

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