Messa House boutique recalls traditional Kazakh yurt

Design studio Up2date Architects has revealed the minimalist Messa House store in Almaty, Kazakhstan, which reimagines the form of a Kazakh yurt.

Commissioned for womenswear brand Messa, the 350-square-metre store was designed with breakout areas and an on-site cafe to encourage "a quieter alternative to typical fast-paced retail environments".

The interior was designed for boutique womenswear brand Messa

A truncated domed partition, which evokes the rounded architecture of a yurt...