The Best of Store Design

Six Gensler-designed retail formats scooped honors at the Retail Design Institute’s 44th International Store Design Awards in New York Jan. 12.

Held to celebrate the winners of “the industry’s only totally peer-reviewed competition,” the annual awards gala gathers the retail industry’s top designers, retailers, editors and vendors to recognize the best in store design and execution from the last year. The following Gensler-designed projects won acclaim in a field of more than 200 competition entrants.

A couple of people in a large room with a large staircase. — **Holly Hunt Showroom, Dallas**
First Place, Brand Spaces

A group of people in a room. — **Harman International Flagship, New York**
Digital Integration Innovation Award and Award of Merit, Hard Lines Specialty Stores

A couple of women in a clothing store. — **Timbuk2, Chicago**
Sustainability Innovation Award

A large room with a table and chairs and a large ceiling with many objects. — **Back 40 Mercantile, Old Greenwich, Conn.**
Award of Merit, Hard Lines Specialty Stores

A room with a desk and bookshelves. — **Hartmann International Flagship, New York**
Award of Merit, Hard Lines Specialty Stores

Engineering drawing. — **El Palacio de Hierro, Querétaro, Mexico**
Award of Merit, New or Completely Renovated Full-Line Department Store

See the full list of Retail Design Institute award winners.