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Sean Goodsell Architects, who designed the MPavilion in Melbourne, are one of two Australian firms still in contention. Photo: Earl Carter
The Art Gallery of New South Wales has narrowed the list of architecture firms vying for its ambitious $450 million Sydney Modern project from 12 to five, and there are no Sydney firms in the running.
Two Australian firms are still in contention for the prestigious project - Kerry Hill Architects, based in Singapore and Perth, and the Melbourne-based Sean Goodsell Architects - but Sydney firm Candalepas Associates failed to make the cut.
The two Australian firms join Tokyo and Paris-based Kengo Kuma and Associates, Mumbai and Boston-based RMA Architects and Tokyo's SANAA, which designed Manhattan's New Museum of Contemporary Art Building, in stage two of the competition.
Confident: Art Gallery of NSW director Michael Brand says the Sydney Modern should be ready by 2021. Photo: Brett Hemmings
Stage one of the selection process was anonymous: the jury - which includes AGNSW director Michael Brand, Sydney architect Glenn Murcutt, Hetti Perkins and others - assessed high-level concepts submitted by each firm, without knowing from whom the concepts came.
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"Only after we picked the five concepts were we able to reveal whose concepts they were," Dr Brand said.
He added that while no Sydney firms made the finalists lists, Sydney architects are represented in the jury and were involved in drawing up guidelines for the competition. There is also potential for local firms to work with the ultimate winner as the process moves forward.
LMW Corporate Headquarters, in Caoimbatore, India, designed by RMA Architects. Photo: Rajesh Vora
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Newsha Tavakolian for The New York Times Retail space at Palladium mall is reportedly $330 a square meter. The owner said, We cater to what people desire to do: spending money, buying stuff and enjoying themselves as they shop.
TEHRAN The low rumble of powerful engines reverberated against the high-rises of Zaferanieh, an upmarket neighborhood, as Porsches and Mercedes lined up to enter the multistory parking lot of a fancy new shopping mall, the Palladium, the latest addition to Tehrans shopping scene.
Iran may be facing a dangerous economic abyss, with an empty treasury, historically low oil prices and the continuing damage of Western economic sanctions, but one indicator is going through the roof: Developers have broken ground on a record 400 shopping malls across the country, 65 in Tehran alone.
In part, the malls are a lagging indicator, a testament to a not-so-distant past when Iran was raking in record oil profits, earning more than $700 billion in the last decade. Awash in money, with a relatively strong currency, Iranians developed a taste for luxury, setting off a boom in construction projects to host new shopping experiences.
But the mall-building boom also reflects other factors, as construction and investment companies affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards Corps and the police have led the way.
Under sanctions, with nowhere else to invest, building shopping malls is the only lucrative business in Iran, said Jamshid Edalatian, an economist. The Guards, the police and other institutions are the ones who have money, so it is logical for them to invest in what makes a profit.
Together with banks, wealthy individuals and powerful foundations, tax-exempt organizations that are supposed to care for the poor, Irans security forces are building malls with Western-sounding names such as Rose, Mega Mall and Atlas Plaza. Their bright neon letters stand in sharp contrast to the revolutionary slogans painted on murals in surrounding neighborhoods, labeling consumerism a Western illness and taboo under Irans rigid ideology.
Newsha Tavakolian for The New York Times Kouroosh mall in Tehran has several cinemas and Western shops.
Not so long ago, shopping in revolutionary Iran was a dull experience, with hole-in-the-wall stores offering the same clothes, electronics and furniture. Shopping was considered a necessary evil meant to support a life of religious piety. Commercials, once banned on state television and billboards, are now allowed, but only for Iranian products.
The new malls represent a departure from all this. Customers can stroll past Nike and Massimo Dutti stores, order freshly baked baguettes in the ground level supermarket or work out at the penthouse gym overlooking the city and its majestic Alborz mountain range.
A hotel, restaurant, skate park and glass-blowing studio all are part of a second life for Central Florida's retail destinations as malls remake themselves to attract shoppers.
The next 12 months will see the continued reinvention of Artegon Marketplace with new retailers. Orlando Fashion Square mall will add a hotel and restaurant, aiming to make the central Orange County destination a big draw once again.
The malls, in particular, are facing intense pressure in the retail world, experts say.
"The market is splitting into luxury goods at the high end to the high-value offerings at the lower end," said Steve Kirn, executive director of the University of Florida's David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research. "People in the middle are struggling, and malls are right in the middle of that."
Orlando Fashion Square is working to reestablish itself as the preferred shopping destination for the central part of the metropolitan area, said mall manager Brian Smalls.
The mall added a bowling alley and entertainment center in 2014 called Strikeouts. The business also includes a caf and arcade, which is part of the mall's plan to bring in customers with entertainment destinations to complement the retail stores.
This year, the mall plans to start major construction on a new Element by Westin hotel, to be built on the south side between Macy's and Panera Bread.
"It's really about making this the place to go for people that live immediately around the mall," he said. "We have great neighborhoods like College Park and Baldwin Park, and we have to show them that this is their mall."
A new T.G.I. Friday's restaurant is part of that plan and a new Noodles and Co. is also under construction on Fashion Square property on Colonial Drive.
Anchor department store Dillard's changed its strategy at the mall with a clearance center that sells discounted merchandise. High end retailers are trying to diversify their base of customers, pushing stores such as Dillards to follow the lead of Saks 5th Avenue and Nordstrom rack in opening centers that feature lower prices, Kirn said.
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Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch Exterior of Glenn's Sporting Goods at its new location in the Mack and Dave's building on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, in downtown Huntington.
Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch Jim Brumfield, President of Glenn's Sporting Goods, at the store's new location in the Mack and Dave's building on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, in downtown Huntington.
Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch Glenn's Sporting Goods at its new location in the Mack and Dave's building on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, in downtown Huntington.
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HUNTINGTON - Two of Huntington's largest and oldest downtown retail businesses are now operating under the same roof.
Glenn's Sporting Goods has moved one block from the corner of 4th Avenue and 11th Street to the east side of the Mack and Dave's building, on the corner of 3rd Avenue and 11th Street.
The move has allowed Glenn's to expand its retail showroom, consolidate its warehousing and other operations into one location, and grow all of its operations, which also includes providing athletic equipment, uniforms and logo apparel for teams, businesses and other organizations, as well as supplying clothing, shoes and other gear for 70 percent of the nation's federal prisons.
The move was made possible by Mack and Dave's compressing some of its operations into a smaller space and allowing Glenn's the convenience of being all in one spot and staying within the city limits, Glenn's President Jim Brumfield said. The retail portion of the stores are connected with an open doorway between the two businesses.
Glenn's has been operating for 45 years and Mack and Dave's for 65 years, making 110 years of retail experience in one building, Brumfield said.
"I think it's a great move, and the customers will benefit from having the two together, with the different things they sell," said Mack and Dave's owner David Cohen. "Both stores have credit accounts and layaways. We're looking forward to the future of both stores."
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Remodeling? Maybe that wood flooring or old door could find another home.
The Deconstruction and ReUse Network is a Newport Beach-based nonprofit that helps businesses and homeowners in the middle of a remodel to salvage materials that could be used again.
In a room with flooring from a remodeled Google facility in Santa Clara and a conference table straight out of a Clorox remodel project in Pleasanton, founder Lorenz Schilling said most business owners or homeowners are surprised by just how much can be reused.
Doors, lumber, flooring and lighting fixtures can all be saved from entering a landfill. Most homes, Schilling said, can have about 85 percent of their building material reused for another purpose.
He added that reuse of those building materials is another way of diverting building materials from the landfill during a remodeling project something mandated by the state and many municipalities.
Deconstruction of homes is well-established in the Bay Area and fairly well-known in areas like West Los Angeles, Schilling said. Its also slowly picking up in Orange County, especially in coastal communities or places like Anaheim Hills, he said.
Theres a growing awareness of the (deconstruction) process, Schilling said. Younger developers are looking for more progressive solutions or looking for competitive advantages.
The Deconstruction and ReUse Network has averaged 35 to 60 deconstruction projects per year since they started in 2007, Schilling said. The vast majority are residential projects, though commercial businesses have begun reaching out over the past three years.
Thats a trend we definitely hope continues. Thats where theres a great deal of waste, Schilling said.
The DRN is, in an ideal world, involved in a project from the very beginning.
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