PRIMEDIA’S
SHOPPING CENTER WORLD HONORS RETAIL INDUSTRY’S TOP DESIGNS AND
ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS
13TH
Annual Superior Achievement in Design and Imaging (SADI) Awards Recognizes the
2002 Leaders in Retail Innovation
Atlanta,
Georgia – April 18, 2002 – PRIMEDIA’s
Shopping Center World magazine, the source of information for retail
real estate executives, announced the winners of the 13th Annual
Superior Achievement in Design and Imaging (SADI) awards, which recognize the
retail industry’s leaders in design and architectural innovation.
The 2002 award winners were honored last night with a special
presentation at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago.
“The
winners for this year are true leaders in the field of architectural design, and
they all exemplify some of the most unique and exciting trends emerging from the
retail industry,” said Ben Johnson, editor-in-chief of PRIMEDIA’s Shopping
Center World. “And, to
better reflect the SADI mantra, we limited this year’s panel of judges to
architects only. We feel this gives
us the purest design competition possible, with architects judging the best
designs from around the world on their truest merits.”
Eligible
entrants for the SADI Awards included any architectural or design firm, retailer
or developer responsible for the design of a new or renovated retail store,
shopping center or restaurant. Entries
were judged and scored based on construction problem-solving, general
aesthetics, image building and implementation. A
listing of this year’s categories, SADI winners and their respective projects
includes the following:
- ‘New
Retail Store’ (less than 5,000 sq. ft.) – Eight Inc. of San Francisco,
CA for Apple Computer
- ‘New
Retail Store’ (5,000 sq. ft or more) – Callison Architecture of Seattle,
WA for NIKE Goddess
- ‘New
Centers’ (less than 400,000 sq. ft.) – Tie Between - Elkus/Manfredi
Architects of Boston, MA for Downtown Disney; Callison Architecture of
Seattle, WA for Flatiron Village
- ‘New
Centers’ (400,000 sq. ft. – 1 million sq. ft.) – RTKL of Baltimore, MD
for the Printworks
- ‘New
Centers’ (more than 1 million sq. ft.) – Elkus/Manfredi Architects of
Boston, MA for CityPlace
- ‘New
Restaurants’- Engstrom Design Group of San Rafael, CA for Nordstrom Cafe
- ‘Renovated
Retail Stores’ – Little & Associates Architects of Charlotte, NC for
Harris Teeter
- ‘Renovated Centers’ – Callison Architecture of Seattle, WA for Beverly Center
In
addition, for the first time, one SADI winner was selected to receive the Grand
SADI, a special award recognizing the best overall design in the 2002
competition.
“We
introduced the Grand SADI Award this year to recognize the one project receiving
the most total votes from our esteemed panel of judges,” said Johnson. “On
that score, NIKE Goddess by Callison Architecture, was far and away the most
impressive project entered this year.”
Coverage
of the SADI awards will be published in the May issue of PRIMEDIA’s Shopping
Center World and posted to its Web site, www.scwonline.com,
on May 15, 2002.
About PRIMEDIA’s Shopping
Center World magazine
Shopping
Center World is a business publication written for retail real estate
executives. Readers include shopping center developers, owners and managers,
retail chain store executives, finance and investment professionals,
construction personnel, marketing professionals, leasing agents, brokers,
architects and designers. Each month, the staff combs the retail and shopping
center landscape and talks to experts to ensure that Shopping Center World
is the authoritative link to the people, companies, products and news that drive
the industry. Daily web news and monthly features, profiles, columns and trends,
as well as original research, are designed to make
Shopping Center World informative, timely and a must for dedicated
professionals. Shopping Center World is part of PRIMEDIA’s Financial
Services Group which also includes National Real Estate Investor, Registered
Rep and Trusts & Estates.
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