This store combined three businesses, formerly at separate locations in the mall: Riva Photo (photo finishing), A Portrait Studio (family portraits), and NY Hot Shots (glamour portraits). The design uses color and graphics to maintain their separate identities within one space, drastically cutting the owner’s costs while upgrading the store’s appearance. The geometry of diagonals gives the store a dynamic, playful image. A triangular projecting sign assertively announces its presence to the mall; the store adopted this graphic for their corporate identity. The photos in the display windows are mounted on triangular sheets of tempered glass suspended on steel wires between floor and ceiling, so as not to block shoppers’ views into the store. (Structural Engineer: Gilsanz Murray Steficek; Mechanical Engineer: Guth-DeConzo Consulting Engineers. Photos by Jeff Slotnick)

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