2004 Retail Design
Award Winners Specialty
Store Over 25,000 Sq. Ft.
GRAND PRIZE
Bass Pro Shops/Worldwide
Sportsman
Destin, Fla. Architecture
Butler
Rosenbury & Partners, Springfield, Mo. Design Bass Pro Shops Inc. Architects,
Springfield, Mo. Fixtures Bass Pro Fabrication Shop,
Nixa, Mo. Fixtures Classic Displays, Grand
Rapids, Mich. FixturesLozier
Corp.,
Omaha, Neb. FixturesReeve
Store Equipment Co.,
Pico Rivera, Calif. Fixtures Rocky Creek Ltd., Stephenville,
Texas Fixtures White Oak Displays, Manheim,
Pa. Fixtures Wood Systems, Tulsa, Okla. General Contracting Centex-Rooney
Construction Co., Plantation, Fla. Photgraphy Douglas Hill Photgraphy,
Snellville, Ga. Retailer Bass Pro Shops Inc., Springfield,
Mo.
Aesthetics and functionality are
wed with fixtures whose design resembles their products’
usage, such as boat-shaped displays and posts topped
with animal carvings. A saltwater aquarium filled
with local marine life is complemented by taxidermy
mounts of local fish, native sea oats and shark
fins, walls finished with local coral stone, ship
mooring posts as bollards, nautilus shells carved
in the floor, marine-life sculptures in the metal
railing, a seashell wall sconce, and the nautical
character of steel frame trusses.
OUTSTANDING MERIT
Sears Grand
West Jordan, Utah Design
Pavlik Design Team, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. FixturesAmstore
Corp.,
Coopersville, Mich. Fixtures Borroughs, Kalamazoo,
Mich. FixturesCAP
& Associates Inc.,
Columbus, Ohio FixturesHarbor
Industries Inc.,
Grand Haven, Mich. FixturesLozier
Corp.,
Omaha, Neb. FixturesPan-Oston
Co.,
Glasgow, Ky. FixturesReady
Metal Mfg.,
Chicago Photgraphy Dan Sjostrom, Hoffman
Estates, Ill. Retailer Sears, Roebuck & Co.,
Hoffman Estates, Ill.
The 210,000-sq.-ft. space is elongated
for maximum storefront exposure with a shallow footprint
making the back of the store approachable. Central
pads are anchored by three pavilions providing architectural
volume, hierarchy, and layering of merchandise stories.
The three aisle systems of the home fashions, apparel,
and home improvements departments are connected
by a main boulevard. Architectural prosceniums bridging
the boulevard convey brand messages and draw the
eye to the back of the store.
OUTSTANDING MERIT
Summit Racing
Tallmadge, Ohio Architecture
Herschman Architects, Cleveland Design Herschman Architects, Cleveland Fixtures Hattenbach Co., Youngstown,
Ohio General Contracting R.P. Carbone
Construction Co., Cleveland Photgraphy Hedge Xtreme Media,
Akron, Ohio Retailer Summit Racing Equipment,
Tallmadge, Ohio
Two Summit customer cars on cordoned-off
turntables flank the entrance of this performance
auto parts and accessories store. Angled racks display
parts for easy recognition, and strategically located
sales/service pods facilitate good customer relations.
The dusky-sky-colored ceiling and directional lighting
create intimacy in the big-box space. The theme
is carried through with an elevated NASCAR racetrack,
video monitors, a checkered flag customer circulation
path, glass curtain walls with neon signs, and a
sparkling wheel wall.
,
Omaha, Neb. 
