Planning Needed For Mall Boom In India

"With the city firmly in the grip of ‘mall-eria’ and new arcades and ‘gallerias’ mushrooming right, left and centre, the need to get the planning, design and management of shopping centres right was never more imperative."

"A three-day national seminar on shopping centres — The City Bubble — Bazaar and Built Environment, organised by think-tank body Centre for Built Environment (CBE), attempted to provide critical inputs on sustainable retail design, with senior architecture students and developers the core target audience."

"From energy-saving and right illumination, to indoor air quality and building management systems, vehicular and pedestrian traffic outside and inside the mall as a major element in design — myriad issues were discussed at the conclave."