Aerial view at night of the Apple Store TRX in Kuala lumpur. The lighting inside the store illuminates the roof.

glass dome with integrated shading elements

glass pavilion for the first apple store in malaysia

In the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s central business district, Tun Razak Exchange (TRX), Apple opened its first store in Malaysia: Apple The Exchange TRX. The entrance to the store is formed by a modern pavilion that blends harmoniously into the surrounding TRX Central Park. The glass dome, realised by seele using glass, steel and mirror-polished surfaces, creates an architectural highlight in this urban oasis.

 

glass-and-steel architecture: the dome’s design

seele engineered and delivered the 31 x 31 m wide and 10 m high glass dome, consisting of four curved and 10 flat glass panels. Vertical loads are transferred through 8 mirror-polished stainless steel columns and 8 cladded steel columns. Horizontally layered aluminium louvres, wrapped around the perimeter, reduce solar radiation and emphasise the clean geometry of the glass dome. A glazed oculus at the centre of the roof structure brings daylight into the interior, while operable elements at the top provide natural ventilation.

Façade type
Structural glass
Contractor
Lendlease
Engineer
Eckersley O’Callaghan
Architect
Foster + Partners
Drone shot inside the Apple TRX store. View of the sales area, which is spanned by the louvred roof. Daylight enters the interior through the roof.
Close-up of the glass pavilion from the outside. The rounded shape of the glass outer shell of the pavilion can be seen.
Frontal view of the retail façade of the Apple Store inside the mall. The 10m high glass panes can be seen. Inside, the pavilion roof with louvres is clearly visible.

180 sqm of all-glass façade for the retail interior

The interior retail façade of the Apple Store was realised by seele as an all-glass construction with impressive dimensions: 18 m wide, 10 m high, and made from just 7 large-format glass units. It is complemented by a generously sized mall entrance door and two fully glazed side doors.

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Design, manufacture and installation of a glass dome with integrated shading elements — realisation of an all-glass retail façade inside the shopping mall

31 x 31 x 10 m
glass dome
16
steel columns
18 x 10 m
all-glass retail façade
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