Kanyon was completed in 2006, and the architecture firm was The Jerde Partnership, the designers of Horton Plaza (San Diego), Mall of America (Minnesota), Universal CityWalk (Los Angeles), and the Bellagio (Las Vegas).
An inverted hemisphere dominates the main area of the mall, lending a distinctly sci-fi feeling to the space.
The sinous curves of the smaller open space seems to come from the tradition of Oscar Niemeyer. The fact that each level is closed off by glass makes the structure seem like it's bound for outer space, and not open to the "natural" elements in the middle.
Perhaps too new and flashy to be dystopian, Kanyon was the least popular of the malls visited, and downright deserted in most places at noon on a Saturday, signalling that its vision of an "alternative urban life centre" was over before it started.
An inverted hemisphere dominates the main area of the mall, lending a distinctly sci-fi feeling to the space.
The sinous curves of the smaller open space seems to come from the tradition of Oscar Niemeyer. The fact that each level is closed off by glass makes the structure seem like it's bound for outer space, and not open to the "natural" elements in the middle.
Perhaps too new and flashy to be dystopian, Kanyon was the least popular of the malls visited, and downright deserted in most places at noon on a Saturday, signalling that its vision of an "alternative urban life centre" was over before it started.
