WEEK 01 / EIGHT-WEEK CURRICULUM

Origins & Architecture

Armani at Burj Khalifa to Aman New York's $180M record. Why brand became land.

LEARNING

What you'll cover.

  • 01

    Trace the lineage from the 2010 Armani Residences at Burj Khalifa to the 2022 Aman New York record sale.

  • 02

    Decode the architectural grammar a luxury brand brings to a tower: massing, façade language, lobby ritual.

  • 03

    Understand why developers stopped building anonymous towers and started renting narrative.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Voices in the room.

Riccardo Tedeschi
Former Development Director, Armani/Casa Interiors
Sara Lin
Principal, SOM — Branded Tall Buildings practice
HOMEWORK

Ship the work.

  1. 01

    Pick one pre-2015 branded tower and write a 600-word post-mortem on why the brand chose that city first.

  2. 02

    Photograph or sketch three lobbies in your city and rank them by 'narrative density.'