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The Tudor House Liquor Store

CompanyGBL Architects

Lead DesignersAndrew Emmerson

Design TeamGBL Architects, RJC Engineers, Opal Engineering, Isidore Landscapes Inc, Fraser Valley Refrigeration

Project LocationEsquimalt, British Columbia, Canada

ClientTudor House Liquor Store

CreditsPhotos by Joshua Lawrence

Prize(s)Bronze in Architecture Categories / Retails, Shops, Department stores, Mall

Entry Description

The Tudor House Liquor Store is a new ‘high street’ commercial space that reinvents a stagnant retail building typology. The programmatic blend of wholesale, service and storage spaces have been carefully arranged within a compact sculptural form, shaped by a combination of unique contextual and functional constraints. Our client encouraged us to challenge the pre-conceived ideas of this retail design typology, to develop a unique building form that would function independently as a successful retail space within a neighbourhood devoid of significant commercial growth in recent years.