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Rajeunir Black Caviar, Houston,  | International Design Awards Winners
Rajeunir Black Caviar, Houston,  | International Design Awards Winners
Rajeunir Black Caviar, Houston,  | International Design Awards Winners
Rajeunir Black Caviar, Houston,  | International Design Awards Winners
Rajeunir Black Caviar, Houston,  | International Design Awards Winners
Rajeunir Black Caviar, Houston,  | International Design Awards Winners
Rajeunir Black Caviar, Houston,  | International Design Awards Winners
Rajeunir Black Caviar, Houston,  | International Design Awards Winners
Rajeunir Black Caviar, Houston,  | International Design Awards Winners
Rajeunir Black Caviar, Houston,  | International Design Awards Winners
Rajeunir Black Caviar, Houston,  | International Design Awards Winners

Rajeunir Black Caviar, Houston

Lead DesignersChandler Ahrens
Prize(s)Honorable Mention
Project LinkView
Entry Description

Rajeunir Black Caviar is a prototype retail store for a start-up luxury dermatological products company that has had a successful online business and wants to expand to brick-and-mortar locations. The owners are seeking to develop brand identity through a unique environment in their store by creating individualized spaces carved out of the walls for each customer and smaller spaces are carved out for product placement. The smooth continuous surface that defines the retail space, when cut into, reveals that the surface has depth which also defines a space to frame customers and products. The deep continuous surface forms the walls and ceiling with millwork. The ceiling and wall surface reveals its thickness in the shelving system where gaps between the horizontal shelves allow view into the depth of the system and provide the opportunity to cut deeply into the shelves to create individual spaces for people to receive product demonstrations.

Bio

Open Source Architecture, LLC (OSA) is an international architecture practice with locations in St. Louis and Tel Aviv. OSA has expertise in designing institutional, commercial, residential and retail buildings as well as masterplanning. The work has received numerous design awards, has been published widely and is part of the permanent collection at the Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC) in Orleans, France.
The leadership at OSA consists of Chandler Ahrens (St. Louis) and Aaron Sprecher (Tel Aviv).

Awards and Prize

2022 Architizer A+ Award Finalist
2022 Muse Design Award / Gold
2020 Architects Newspaper Best of Award Winner (Arch. Lighting – Indoors)
2020 Chicago Athenaeum Good Green Award
2020 Chicago Athenaeum New American Architecture Award
2020 Architizer A+ Award Finalist
2019 AIA St. Louis Distinction Design Award
2019 AIA St. Louis Drawing Award
2019 AIA St. Louis Drawing Award
2017 AIA St. Louis Distinction Design Award
2017 AIA St. Louis Merit Design Award
2017 AIA Los Angeles Merit Design Award
2016 Chicago Athenaeum New American Architecture Award
2016 AIA Los Angeles Merit Design Award
2005 Permanent Collection FRAC Centre Architecture Collection, Orléans, France