How an architect envisioned a modern interpretation of a 1920s department store

The original brief for Jewellery Box Chaowai was to design a high-end boutique. However, given the scale of the project (it is spread over three storeys and comprises 3200-sq-m of jewellery boutiques and 400 linear metres of jewellery counters for
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