riyadh gallery
Typology
Retail & Hospitality
Place
Riyadh, KSA
Date
2018 - 2019
Size
54,000 sqm
Client
Sub-Consultant to Meinhardt
Status
Not Completed
Role
*Design Architect
*Under Prior Association with DLR Group
as Lead Designer and Studio Director 2017-2025
The development was planned as a new extension to the original mall ‘Riyadh Gallery,’ known commonly as the third most successful mall in Riyadh. It currently trades as a three-level mall with a combined area of 1.3 million square feet. The scheme comprises of 60,000 SM including a complimentary range of retail, cinema, entertainment, hotel and a new IKEA Store connected off the busy King Fahad highway.
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The ambition of the design was to create a series of celebrated uses around a world-class fountain. The project is the first of its kind to be a truly outdoor lifestyle experience, something distinctly new for the Kingdom. IKEA has been a fundamental part of the design. The IKEA brand store is part of a larger roll out of destination anchors across the Kingdom.
