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D.S. & Durga Abbot Kinney

Woods Bagot

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JURY VOTES
Single-Brand Store
7.29
7.86
7.64
6.76
7.39
Mark Eric Magno
Mark Eric Magno Principal at Aedas Interiors
6
7.2
7.8
6.5
6.88
Arthur Guimarães
Arthur Guimarães Chief Executive Officer at Arthur Guimarães Architects
Loved the design conception. From m...
9.5
9
9.5
8
9
Xuechen Chen
Xuechen Chen Architectural Designer at X.C Studio
The ceiling design is certainly eye...
8.8
8
8.5
8
8.33
Jessica Adkins
Jessica Adkins Brand Experience Design Lead Europe at M Moser Associates
8
8
8.5
8
8.13
Josse Popma
Josse Popma Partner at Popma ter Steege Architects
Feels free. Well arranged shifting...
7
8
8
6
7.25
Katie Mitchell
Katie Mitchell Managing Director at Seen Studios
I love the rammed earth effect coun...
7
9
8
7
7.75
Serhii Makhno
Serhii Makhno Founder at MAKHNO Studio
8
9
8
9
8.5
Zizhao Li
Zizhao Li Cofounder and Chief Designer at DSC · Design
I love the design of the ceiling, v...
8
7.5
8.5
8
8
Burton Baldridge
Burton Baldridge Founder at Baldridge Architects
7
9
7
6
7.25
Suvi Saloniemi
Suvi Saloniemi Head of Exhibitions at Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design Museum
8
8
8
5
7.25
Wenqing Zhou
Wenqing Zhou Founder at Add Culture & Creative Development
6.5
7
7
7
6.88
Mike McGirr
Mike McGirr Managing Partner and Design Principal at red design
6.39
6.12
5.31
5
5.71
Pooja Shah-Mulani
Pooja Shah-Mulani Partner and Design Director at LW Design
7
7
7.5
6
6.88
Anna Gitelman
Anna Gitelman Associate Professor at Suffolk University
7
8
8
7
7.5
Harkaran Singh Boparai
Harkaran Singh Boparai Founder at Space 5
6
8
6
6
6.5
Yan Zhang
Yan Zhang Cofounder at say architects
7.33
7.33
7.33
7.44
7.36
Jianan Shan
Jianan Shan Cofounder at say architects
6.4
7.44
7.02
5
6.47
Designer
Client
D.S. & Durga
Floor area
97 ㎡
Completion
2023
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“Opening a store in Los Angeles is a homecoming for me as a designer. It is where I studied architecture and first experienced the work of the great California modernists - Neutra, Schindler, and especially Lautner, whose work inspired the sculptural ceiling you will see in the store. We used the same signature materials from our New York stores but added some warm woods and sandier tones to announce our arrival in Los Angeles,” says Kavi Moltz, co-founder of D.S. & DURGA.

Woods Bagot was tasked with designing the California location to contrast the urban palette and finishes found at the Brooklyn location, while still maintaining the fragrance house’s identity through similar aesthetics. This includes analogous uses of poured concrete that evoke rammed earth, as well as acrylic pyramid stud finishes that back the wall displays.

Influenced by Coachella Valley’s Elrod House by John Lautner, an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright, the design is in dialogue with the colors and textures found in Southern California. A Lautner-inspired monumental sculptural ceiling in a cementitious finish creates a feeling of volume and openness, while curved walls create distinct areas within the space and distinguish transactional areas like the POS area without cutting off the flow movement. Earth tone colors and textural elements such as troweled wall and ceiling finishes compliment the graphic grain found in Douglas Fir, a wood used in accents and shelving throughout the space. Together the design elements create a warm and inviting space that emphasizes D.S. & DURGA’s brand motto, “Perfume is Armchair Travel.”

“This latest project with D.S. & DURGA was a fun one,” said Krista Ninivaggi, Principal & Interior Design Leader at Woods Bagot. “We were careful to ensure that this first location in California had a personality of its own – bringing in unique design elements and subtle touches like display cases that transcend the physical store through scent and story-telling. In the same breath, we also wanted to pay homage to the East Coast Stores by adding in similar elements like the notable concrete floors. This expansion is such an exciting moment for D.S. & DURGA and we are honored to be part of it.”