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Retail

We are architects, engineers, designers and urbanists.

We create dynamic and vibrant design solutions, integrating elements that reflect brand and identity while fostering wellbeing, inclusivity and sustainable practices.

BDP designs at every scale – from city masterplans, neighborhoods, parks, squares, streets and buildings to specialist light fittings – and at every stage in the process of placemaking; from visioning to briefing, design, delivery and operation.

BDP emerged in 1961 from a practice founded in the UK by Professor Sir George Grenfell Baines. Grenfell Baines championed a style of multiple locations, collaboration and multi-disciplinary working and this ethos continues today.

BDP remains firmly based on a strongly held and convincing philosophy established in teamwork.

Harnessing our collective ethos, the spirit of the practice is about making places. We believe that good design can meet the challenges posed by a dynamic and changing world.

We operate from a global network of city studios, all creative hubs connected to the cities and regions they serve.

As part of the Nippon Koei Group, we fuse a passion for placemaking and user-centered design with innovative infrastructure skills.

Integral to BDP’s design process is our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion in the built environment. We established our own consultancy, Human Space, which promotes wellness, accessibility and human-centered design in all of our projects. We care deeply about the environment and have established project goals for meeting net zero operational carbon and a 40% reduction in embodied carbon.

We look forward to collaborating with you.

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We Work With:

Our Global Practice

Professions

Ar Architecture

Ac Acoustics

BSE Building Services Engineering

C&S Civil and Structural Engineering

DM Design Management

GD Graphic Design

InD Inclusive Design

ID Interior Design

La Landscape Architecture

Li Lighting

Ma Masterplanning

Pl Planning

Su Sustainability

UD Urban Design

Effective retail spaces necessitate careful design that embodies brand identity, showcases products, and lays the foundation for a thriving marketplace. We collaborate with renowned international brands and developers to offer a comprehensive range of retail designs, including captivating interiors for experiential retail, cohesive brand representations, commercially integrated mixed-use developments, and highly desirable shopping centers. Each environment is strategically crafted to enhance value for both retailers and developers.

Whether it’s an individual flagship store or a widespread nationwide expansion, we boast extensive expertise in retail design and implementation. With the capability to deliver 200 stores annually, we possess the necessary skills and resources to create exceptional spaces that enhance the customer experience, drive sales, and foster loyalty.

Lululemon | Multiple Locations, Global

Retail Design

Captivating and immersive retail spaces require a comprehensive approach that combines aesthetics, commerce, technology, and a deep understanding of a client’s brand objectives. We work closely with you to envision a visually stunning and meticulously designed retail environment that aligns with the essence of your brand and creates a successful customer journey.

Due West

Ar InD

ID Li

Location Toronto, Canada

Client

DWND Clothing Completion 2015

A luxurious black and bronze aesthetic with a fully customizable module encompassing shelves, lights and fixtures re-established this 1973 retailer to its original status as a luxury clothing store. Respectful treatment of the store’s original appeal utilizing the studio’s knowledge of high-end retail design produced an award winning space that serves both the owner and customer in function and appearance.

J. Lindeberg

Ar InD

ID Li

Location Toronto, Canada

Client DWND Clothing

Completion 2015

The first Toronto location for the iconic Swedish fashion brand links the darker, urban aesthetic of the Due West store with its counterpoint of the bright, crisp and tailored character of J. Lindeberg through a golden portal, allowing customers to move from one store to the other. A bespoke retail design, the store focuses on active sportwear and is housed along Queen Street West’s fashion nexus at Spadina Avenue.

Location Toronto, Canada

Client Husk Inc

Completion 2014

A minimalist aesthetic reinforces this health and beauty boutique’s brand mantra of “no hidden ingredients”. Located in Toronto’s high end Yorkville shopping district, our Interiors team delivered a simple and functional design that exudes luxury and style.

ID Ar

Husk

Samsung Experience Store

Location

Ar ID

Toronto, Canada

Client

Samsung Electronics Canada Inc

Completion

2017

The Samsung Experience Store represents its sixth, largest and most immersive Samsung Experience Store in Canada to date, and ushers in a new era of retail excellence for Samsung’s Canadian operations. The two-storey, 21,000 sf store features a fluid, contemporary design created to enhance the retail experience and delight visitors through innovative, hands-on participation.

Overdose

Ar ID

Location

Toronto, Canada

Client BLT Construction

Completion 2019

The first brick and mortar store for an online reseller that specializes in exclusive and limited edition apparel, footwear and skateboards, The studio designed a retail-gallery hybrid in a three-storey Victorian storefront on Queen West in the heart of downtown Toronto. The store features a blackened steel mezzanine that overlooks a basketball court which shoppers pass through before reaching a glass floor revealing 36 illuminated bays of rare Supreme skateboards.

The Travel Center

Location

Ar ID

Toronto, Canada

Client Flight Center Travel Center

Completion 2017

Intended as a public window to Flight Center’s expanded brand offering, The Travel Center houses not only a new kind of retail store, but also the workplace for Flight Center’s customerfacing staff as well as a bespoke event space and intimate library. This experiential retail space redefines how we make travel choices, allowing individuals to interact with the brand in new and meaningful ways.

Wellwise (Shoppers Drug Mart)

Location

ID InD

Toronto, Canada

Client Shoppers Drug Mart

Inc.

Size 3,500 - 8,000 sf

Completion

2017

Our retail design and roll-out teams worked together to create unique retail stores for Wellwise, a new brand by Shoppers Drug Mart. Wellwise aims to empower elderly and injured Canadians to maintain an independent, active, and healthy lifestyle. To aid navigation within the stores, each product department is associated with a specific icon and vibrant color. The retail fixtures are designed to be flexible, allowing for versatile product displays.

Republic of Fritz Hansen

Location

Ar ID

London, UK

Client Republic of Fritz

Hansen

Completion 2011

The showroom design for Danish brand Republic of Fritz Hansen integrates a furniture and design accessories store operated by Scandinavian design emporium Skandium. It restores the open plan layout of the corner period building in London, with simple, high-quality finishes and exposed services that create an industrial minimalist feel. A new bespoke cantilevered staircase connects the showroom floors and serves as an impressive centerpiece.

[Image caption] Dyson | Multiple Locations, North America

Branded Environments

Well-established brands possess a distinct store ambiance that necessitates adaptation to suit the local context, all the while maintaining a consistent customer experience. Such projects come with demanding requirements, including budget constraints and the need for swift market implementation. We meticulously attend to every detail, ensuring that our clients have our studio as their trusted partner in achieving success.

Nike

Ar ID

Location

Multiple Locations, Global Completion

Ongoing

Our studio worked closely with the Nike brand and their store operator to execute the designs for several Nike stores and provided services that included pre-design, construction documentation and administration services. The modern, dynamic storefront at this location in Toronto articulates the Nike brand while drawing shoppers into the sales area.

Sephora

Ar ID

Location

Multiple Locations, North America

Client Sephora Beauty Canada Inc

Completion 2004 to present

Starting in Toronto’s Eaton Center, Sephora retained our studio to roll out its uniquely European retail cosmetics outlets across Canada and the United States in a variety of shopping environments. Tailoring the Sephora experience originated in France to North American sensibilities, we incorporated many unique design elements that have been adopted by its European outlets.

Ar ID

Location

Multiple Locations, Canada

Client

Uniqlo Canada Inc

Completion

2017 to present

Uniqlo, a modern Japanese clothing company that offers high-quality basics, is one of the fastest growing retailers in the world. Now expanding throughout the Canadian market, their brick and mortar stores draw upon the brand’s aesthetic established in Japan and are additionally imbued with local flair.

Uniqlo

Lululemon

Ar ID

Location Multiple Locations, Global Client

Lululemon Athletica Inc

Completion

2012 to present

These stores exemplify how a brand’s identity can be both reinforced and reinvented through inspired design. Embodying the spirit of experiential retail, a few locations our studio designed incorporate retail, yoga studio, meeting space for clientele and a juice/coffee bar. Responding to consumer demands for stores that cater to individual experience, this unique location provides more than just a place to shop, encompassing a multi-faceted brand experience.

Arc’teryx

Ar ID

Location Multiple Locations, Global Client Amer Sports Canada Inc Completion

2016 to present

This store location was added to the Yorkdale Shopping Center as part of the mall’s expansion in 2016. The interiors are in keeping with the brand’s intuitive, minimalist and human-centric designs that emphasize modern function and simplicity. The storefront’s aesthetic is an abstract reference to the forests and mountain peaks where their technically precise products excel in nature’s most unforgiving environments.

Christian Louboutin

Ar ID

Location Toronto, Canada

Client Christian Louboutin

Completion 2016

The first free-standing Canadian boutique for this iconic brand required the full restoration and transformation of an 1840s era historic building into a one-of-a-kind, luxury customer experience.

Saje Natural Wellness

Location

Ar ID

Multiple Locations, Canada

Client

Saje Natural Wellness

Completion

2017 to present

Saje Natural Wellness is a growing west coast Canadian retailer best known for promoting healing through plant-based sources with their essential oils. The store designs reflect the value they place on biophilia, incorporating a living wall in every location as well as light finishes in natural materials like oak wood to further support the company’s plant-based focus.

Caudalie

Ar ID

Location

Toronto, Canada

Client

Caudalie Canada

Completion 2021

The renowned French beauty retailer approached the studio to convert a heritage property into their first Canadian spa and retail destination. Located in the upscale Yorkville neighborhood of Toronto, Caudalie Hazelton House, includes a retail boutique as well as a spa providing facial and body treatments.

Kate Spade

Location Various Locations, Canada

Client Kate Spade & Company

Completion

Ongoing

When the iconic Kate Spade New York brand looked to grow its global presence with its first corporately owned store in Canada, they turned to our retail team, which was entrusted to execute the project on time and in keeping with the brand’s inspirations and standards. We have worked with the client team to complete all of the Kate Spade New York and Kate Spade Outlet locations across Canada.

Ar ID

Crate&Barrel Location Toronto, Canada

Client Crate & Barrel

Completion 2009

The studio introduced the Crate & Barrel brand into two major shopping malls in Canada. To meet Crate & Barrel’s requirements, intensive modifications to the malls’ floor plates were necessary. Our creative solutions gave physical form to this established US retailer’s strong brand in Canada.

Intermix and Hermès at 130 Bloor

Ar ID

Location Toronto, Canada

Completion 2009, 2011

Residences built atop an existing commercial tower and retail podium on the busiest and most desirable stretch of Toronto’s “Mink Mile”, including luxury brands Hermès, Gucci and the high-end boutique Intermix. An innovative approach to heritage and intensification of urban structures in Toronto’s core.

Ar ID

Location

Multiple Locations, Canada

Client Rogers Communication Size Varies

We executed a nationwide rebranding and modernization initiative for Rogers wireless, internet, and TV retail stores. We closely collaborated with Rogers and their concept designers from the UK to successfully complete numerous stores throughout Canada. This includes a prominent flagship store located at Yonge and Bloor Streets in Toronto.

Fido

Ar ID

Location

Multiple Locations, Canada

Client Rogers Communications Canada Inc.

Size

900 - 1,500 sf

Completion

Ongoing

In 2011, Fido enlisted our help to support the launch of their revamped customer-oriented retail brand experience centers throughout Canada. Their objective was to relocate numerous existing locations from mall kiosks to inline stores and street-based sites. Since then, our team has successfully managed the continuous development of Fido’s corporateowned store environment branding strategy. We have consistently provided meticulously detailed drawings within the often demanding project timeliness.

Poltrona Frau

Ar ID

Location London, UK

Completion 2015

Flagship showroom for prestige Italian furniture brand Poltrona Frau. Designed to a blueprint by leading French designer Jean-Marie Massaud the showroom is arranged over two floors on London’s Fulham Road. We worked closely with Poltrona Frau’s in-house design team to deliver a luxurious new home for the brand.

Automotive

Automotive retail spaces require thoughtful design that embodies brand identity, highlights the range of vehicles, and establishes a thriving marketplace that adds value to the dealer group. We incorporate strategic planning, dealer objectives, and design expertise to seamlessly integrate the intricate technical requirements of automotive service areas at every location.

VW (Volkswagen)

Ar ID

Location Multiple Locations, Canada

Client Volkswagen

Volkswagen’s outlets radiate modernity and innovation, characterized by glazing and white accents that create a transparent and bright space akin to high-fashion displays. These outlets serve as illuminated showcases, featuring white framed entrances, clerestory windows, and strip skylights that flood the space with natural light. BDP closely collaborates with Volkswagen’s design team and dealer groups to preserve and execute the design intent while meeting the operational needs of the facility and local operators. This approach, implemented at multiple locations, captures Volkswagen’s sleek aesthetic and provides visually appealing environments for visitors.

GM Mobility Campus

Location

Toronto, Canada

Client General Motors of Canada Company

Size

882,000 sf

Completion

Ongoing

This concept project proposes a stretch along Lake Shore Boulevard East, the southern portion of the seven-acre property will accommodate a 160,000 square foot building. This structure consists of a lower level podium that ascends to five stories, featuring three wings that provide sweeping vistas of Lake Ontario and downtown Toronto. Towering above the remaining sections of the old Gardiner Express way, the innovation center and showroom will generate substantial job prospects in Toronto’s eastern region. It will also establish GM Canada’s presence in the heart of downtown Toronto.

Porsche

Ar ID

Location

Multiple Locations, Canada

Client Pfaff Motors Inc.

Size

97,000 sf

Completion

2017

BDP collaborates closely with Porsche dealers and OEMs, creating impressive dealerships in various cities. We excel at translating Porsche’s brand identity into architectural marvels that showcase high performance and luxury. Our studio designs sleek exteriors with stylish metal bands, making a bold statement. Glazed corners creatively enhance the building’s geometry, offering tantalizing glimpses of the high-performance cars within double-height showrooms. We adapt branded environments to provide an immersive and personalized experience for customers

BMW

Ar ID

Location

Multiple Locations,

Canada

Client

BMW Canada Inc.

Size 15,000 sf

Completion

Various dates

BDP is a trusted partner for automotive dealer groups and OEMs, creating BMW dealerships in various regions. Our expertise lies in integrating billboards, showrooms, and service facilities, crafting exceptional branded environments. We adapt these spaces to ensure an immersive and tailored experience, reflecting the brand’s commitment to design excellence. By capturing the essence of BMW and translating it into captivating architectural spaces, we create remarkable landmarks that leave a lasting impression. Our dedication aligns with BMW’s values, resulting in dealerships that embody the brand’s essence.

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Ar ID

Location Multiple Locations, Canada

Client

Bramgate Properties Inc.

Size 63,000 sf

Audi impresses with its striking luxurious elegance and meticulous engineering. Their buildings features a distinctive corrugated honeycomb aluminium façade that instantly captures attention. Its corner design incorporates large, angled windows, providing glimpses into the double-height showroom on the ground level. Moreover, an elevated showcase window offers captivating views of the nearby highways.

Audi

Lexus

Ar ID

Location

Dubai, UAE

Client

Dubai Festival City / Al Futtaim Group

Size

19,000 sf

Completion

2006

Standing out in the scenery, the Lexus dealership showcases the identity of the luxury brand with its eye-catching design and the high-quality, luxurious finishes. Taking full advantage of its central location, the site was elevated above the surrounding area. A wide, gently sloping pathway leads to the entrance, creating the illusion that visitors can drive straight out of the showroom.

Food & Beverage

We collaborate with our clients to infuse creativity, technical excellence, and stunning designs into their hospitality and fast food establishments.

Whether the spaces belong to a national chain or a local culinary gem, our team’s design prowess and technical expertise combine to guarantee satisfaction with every project.

Mad Radish

Ar ID

Location

Ottawa, Canada

Client Mad Radish Inc.

Size 2,150 sf

Completion 2018

Mad Radish, a fast-casual eatery founded by the creator of David’s Tea, is renowned for its nutritious and delectable salads, soups, and bowls crafted with top-notch ingredients. With a focus on serving take-out and delivery customers, the design seamlessly incorporates pickup counters for online orders and an assembly line for assembling personalized salads and sides for walk-in patrons. Additionally, there is a limited amount of seating available for dine-in guests.

Restoration Hardware Courtyard Cafe

Ar ID

Location Toronto, Canada

Client

Restoration Hardware

Size 69,000 sf

Completion 2017

This brand-new gallery store, built from scratch and connected to an existing mall, showcases fully furnished and decorated rooms that create an intimate atmosphere despite the grand scale of the building. As the first of its kind in Canada, this RH location boasts four floors of opulent home decor, a glass conservatory, a landscaped outdoor rooftop area, a coffee bar, and a full-service restaurant, all presented in a gallery-style setting.

Ar ID

Location Multiple Locations, Canada

Client

Starbucks Size

Various

We collaborated with Starbucks throughout Canada on multiple projects of different sizes. While the majority of their work has involved traditional storefronts, they have also opened locations within historic buildings and implemented unique and customized concepts like Starbucks Express outlets. BDP has demonstrated their versatility as a partner, successfully executing these diverse builds while maintaining the brand’s style and design guidelines.

Brown Hart Gardens

Ar BSE

Location London, UK

Client

Grosvenor

Cost £4.8M

Completion 2013

The rejuvenation of Brown Hart Gardens provides a new public garden in the heart of London’s Mayfair on an elevated public square over a Grade II listed substation immediately adjacent to Oxford Street. Built in 1905, it reopened to the public in 2007 after years of neglect. BDP’s interventions and landscaping bring it back into an exciting use for local people and visitors. The raised gardens include a small café with associated preparation facilities and toilets.

ONroute Service Centers

Ar ID

InD Su

Location Multiple Locations, Ontario

Client Host Kilmer Service Centres

Size

8,800 - 21,500 sf

Completion

2010 - 2014

The twenty new ONroute Service Centers are vibrant, welcoming, and iconic landmarks along the highways of Ontario. They were awarded the Dr. Veronica Vaughan Most Accessible Business Award in 2012 for their commitment to accessibility. Designed to reflect a unique identity, these service centers are built to last for 50 years, while being universally accessible and environmentally sustainable, catering to the needs of all visitors and promoting eco-friendly practices.

Westgate Oxford

Location

Ar GD ID Li

London, UK

Client

Westgate Oxford Alliance (Land Securities and The Crown State)

Completion

2017

A major retail led mixed use development on 5.6 hectares to the south west of Oxford city center. The scheme has redeveloped and extended an existing shopping center with improved retail space including a new department store, over 100 retail units, 30 cafes and restaurants, as well as new housing and improved parking facilities, seamlessly stitched into the historic fabric of the city.

Paddington Box

Location

London, UK

Client

British Land

Completion

Ongoing

As a component of the Paddington Central Development at 5 Kingdom Street, the masterplan for this former goods yard, situated near Paddington Station, encompasses a versatile food and beverage destination. It features a street food market that can be converted into a community sports hall. Known as Paddington Box, it provides a dynamic leisure and cultural space with newly established restaurants, cafes, and public areas, contributing to the vitality of this sustainable mixed-use neighborhood and destination.

Singen City Center

Ar ID Li

Location Singen, Germany

Client

ECE

Completion

Ongoing

In honor of the local town’s robust industrial heritage, we have crafted a new food destination located at the core of a sizable retail project in the city center. To captivate the imagination of both local residents and tourists, we incorporated a diverse range of materials, colors, and culinary offerings. Visitors will relish the numerous views of the town’s industrial backdrop while exploring an enticing array of food options at our inaugural “Industrial Kitchen.”

Amadeus Patisserie

Location

Toronto, Canada

Client

Amadeus Patisserie

Size 1,500 sf

Completion 2019

A new upscale bakery brand called Amadeus enlisted BDP to create a design for their new store in the Food Market at Upper Canada Mall. The design seamlessly blends with the overall look of the building while incorporating unique finishes and branded elements. One notable feature is a custom pastry case imported from France, adding a touch of elegance to the space and highlighting Amadeus’ commitment to luxury.

BreuningerLand

Ar ID

Location Ludwigsburg, Germany

Client Breuninger

Completion

Ongoing

Creating a new food hall destination within an existing shopping center north of Stuttgart called BreuningerLand. Key aspects include flexibility, strong visual connections to the existing center and the department store. Targeting different customer groups and seamless integration of digital technology.

Earl’s Kitchen & Bar

Location

Ar ID

Toronto, Canada

Client Earl’s Restaurants Ltd.

Cost 9,000 sf

Completion 2021

Earl’s Restaurants creates a welcoming space for friends and families to gather. Inspired by local farmers, they prioritize high-quality ingredients and exceptional service, making them one of North America’s successful family-owned restaurant groups. In 2018, we collaborated on their newest Toronto location near Sherway Gardens Shopping Center. Despite challenges like a complex site and the pandemic, we successfully managed the project, resulting in a community-embraced restaurant.

Base Building + Mixed-Use

We possess comprehensive knowledge of retail environments, ensuring successful design for shopping centers and base building retail spaces that benefit both landlords and tenants. Acting as a bridge, we connect the diverse building and design needs that drive traffic to your retail spaces.

Retail design is shifting towards strategic mixed-use regeneration, incorporating various sectors such as retail, leisure, restaurants, residential, offices, and community-focused uses. This approach requires urban masterplan-driven strategies that address social needs.

Yonge Sheppard Center | Toronto, Canada

The Well

Location Toronto, Ontario

Client RioCan, Allied Properties & Diamond Corp.

Completion 2023

A mixed-use development in downtown Toronto, which consists of seven individual towers, all of which are linked by a central retail spine on the first three levels. The towers, up to 46 storeys, form a high density residential and office schematic. BDP was commissioned for the retail masterplan component and the overall masterplan reset. The masterplan creates a robust retail mix, dynamic amenities, premium office space, entertainment and cultural events.

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Location

Various locations, UK

Client BOXPARK

Built on an inactive site earmarked for future development, BOXPARK is a meanwhile use scheme that turned a vacant plot into a dynamic and welcoming pop-up food and entertainment venue for a diversity of users, crossing generations and communities.

Constructed of up-cycled shipping containers, it includes 96 low-cost flexible units arranged around a covered courtyard space. The modern-day piazza has become the town’s focal point for people to come together and enjoy a wild and ever-changing variety of food, drink and free events programme.

IKEA Oxford Circus

Location

London, UK

Client

INGKA Investments

Completion

TBD

Initially working with Ingka Investments to assess the opportunity of acquiring the former flagship Topshop store on Oxford Circus, We are now working with a BDP multi team to reconfigure and reinvent the landmark building for a variety of uses. The investment marks the next step in Ingka’s long-term plan to create a more accessible, affordable and sustainable IKEA. This will be the second London-citycenter destination as we work with them to redefine the retail experience.

Westgate Center

Location

London, UK

Client Westgate Oxford Alliance LP

Completion 2017

A major retail led mixed use development, seamlessly stitched into the historic fabric of the city. The masterplan responds to Oxford’s key characteristics, its heritage and street grid. It is based on a group of individually designed blocks which define the public streets and spaces. Covered streets provide a protected route from the existing high street to a new department store. Shopping and leisure are arranged over two public levels with a roof terrace on the third level overlooking the city’s towers and spires. The masterplan includes the existing public library, residential apartments, and underground parking.

Meadowhall

Ar Li ID

Location Sheffield, UK

Client British Land

Completion 2017

The UK’s fourth largest shopping center has been transformed into a contemporary destination. Embracing Sheffield’s steel legacy, our design is inspired by the process of making steel, which is interpreted in abstract ways. The original center was cluttered with impeded sightlines, having four zones that lacked distinction, poor legibility and orientation. We therefore designed distinct districts with different mall finishes and environments.

Jeff Hardy

Principal, Toronto + NYC

jeff.hardy@bdp.com

Rosalind Tsang

Studio Director, NYC

rosalind.tsang@bdp.com

Greg Livingstone

Principal, Toronto + NYC

greg.livingstone@bdp.com

Marcella Au

Associate, Toronto + NYC

marcella.au@bdp.com

Key to professions:

Ar Architecture

Ac Acoustics

BSE Building Services Engineering

C&S Civil and Structural Engineering

DM Design Management

GD Graphic Design

InD Inclusive Design

ID Interior Design

La Landscape Architecture

Li Lighting

Ma Masterplanning

Pl Planning

Su Sustainability

UD Urban Design

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“ We work with major international brands and developers to design the full spectrum of retail typologies including experiential retail interiors, consistent brand expressions, commercial mixed-use developments and destination shopping centers. Each environment is strategically designed to build value for retailers and developers.”

Jeff Hardy Head of Retail

We are architects, engineers, designers and urbanists.