Navid Maqami details designing Empire Stores to be resilient and accessible.
“Rather than being elevated, the ground floor was actually lowered several inches to better connect the spaces inside with the park outside, said Navid Maqami, the co-founding partner of S9 Architecture, which succeeded Studio V. Both firms are credited with the design.”
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