Kunming Flagship Store
Retail + Mix-Use
Location
Kunming, China
Year
2017
Area
1,300 sqm
Client
Confidential
Collaborators
FaƧade / Glass Engineer: EOC
Structure: PCT
MEP: FCP
LDI: BIAD
Awards
UK Institute of Structural Engineers - Structural Artistry Award
Engineer News - Record - Global Best Project (Retail / Mixed Use Development)
Design Team
Winston SHU, Ed PETER, Peter HORAN, Honglin Fan, Shaolin LI, Zhiwei LIAO, Arnd MANZEWSKI, Tao WANG, Leonard Wong and Mung Fei YIM

IDA was commissioned to design the iconic flagship store in Kunming in 2015. With most part of the store buried underground, the main feature of the store is its iconic entrance above ground. The entrance is a free-standing cylindrical pavilion with 20-meter diameter canopy, supported only by glass panels, parts of which can be used as door panels. The project was completed in 2017.

*All images courtesy of Apple Inc.