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Material truth.
Materials · June 2026
The 2025-26 material-architecture reset is concentrated in APAC — specifically Beijing's Sanlitun corridor and Shanghai's Jing'an district — in a way the UK and European retail press has not yet fully reckoned with. Six case studies making the case, with UK evidence grounding it.
- Hermès wraps its Beijing flagship in rose-pink and terracotta ceramic tiles.
- Casa LOEWE Shanghai and the commitment to 35,536 ceramic tiles.
- Tiffany Sanlitun and the case for demountable luxury.
- Kith Regent Street reads the building before adding anything to it.
- Ferrari's London flagship and the return of the gallery-grade retail interior.
- APL SoHo: does the amphitheatre hold as architecture?