Dyer was retained by the Eurasian Development and Management Company to assist with the redevelopment of the Astana Mall. One of the challenges was what to do with the underutilised below ground car park immediately beneath the shopping centre and was it possible to create a revenue generating use for this large unattractive space.

The concept that evolved was the Astana GT Park a 24 hour a day space totally given over to the motorist – Kazak men love playing with their cars if they are not driving them they like to clean or fix them.

To make the concept successful it was important to get the atmosphere right. The atmosphere would be generated by the activities undertaken within. The brand was important together the professional team came up with ‘GT Park’. Continue reading →

New Lecture Theatre for the Royal Society of Medicine

The recently completed Wimpole Lecture Theatre, designed and delivered by Dyer, is the latest addition to the Royal Society of Medicine’s (RSM) suite of conferencing facilities. The lecture theatre follows in the long standing tradition at One Wimpole Street as being an industry leader for advanced in-built meeting technologies.

This ‘state of the art’ lecture theatre has been cleverly inserted into the existing Wimpole Room whilst retaining all the existing historic features of the room. This revolutionary design incorporates the large existing windows, allowing for a unique natural daylight theatre experience.

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The OZ Mall project in Krasnodar has been awarded the prestigious award for best ‘very large retail centre’ at the Commercial Real Estate Moscow Awards 2013. Dyer’s 227,000 sq. m. shopping centre and entertainment centre, for AIM Property Development constructed by Turkish contractor Renaissance Construction, the largest multi-functional centre in Southern Russia scooped three prestigious awards at the CRE Moscow Awards 2013:

• “The Best Extra Large Shopping Centre”
• “Deal of the Year – rent – commercial real estate” for the debut flagship store “Anna Potapova”
• And Dyer were voted “Best Retail Architect of the Year”

The awards were presented on April 18 in Moscow at the 10^th time gala dinner of the Commercial Real Estate Moscow Awards 2013. The grand event attracted more than 800 participants from all areas of the Russian design and construction industry.

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