Shopping Nord Graz, Austrian Retail Building Development, Architect, Architecture Images
Shopping Nord Graz
Retail Building Interior in Austria – design by BEHF Corporate Architects
1 Feb 2017
Shopping Nord Graz in Austria
Design: BEHF Corporate Architects
Location: Graz, Austria
Shopping Nord Graz
BEHF Corporate Architects awarded at 2016 AAP American Architecture Prize

The architects won this in the category Architectural Design /Commercial Architecture for their project “Shopping Nord Graz?.

Design architect and principal BEHF Corporate Achitects Armin Ebner:

“Our project tells a story, as architecture should do, it is about location development, refurbishment and sustainability and it is about the upgrade to a smart shopping center, which maximizes shopping, gastronomic, work and leisure experiences.?
The largest shopping centre north of Graz/Austria, owned by the Austrian Kovac corporate group, has been converted and extended by the architects to meet actual and anticipated evolving, future standards. It also boasts state-of-the-art technical refurbishment.

Significant architectural highlights of Shopping Nord Graz are two new transparent pavilions housing retail and gastronomy outlets and restaurants connected to the main building by a single, free-standing roof to create a unique ? almost ten meter high ? canopy. This is built on reinforced concrete stilts that appear randomly arranged to create a lively and bright space. The effect is accent...