Is architecture an important factor in the success of shopping centres?

There are many opinions about what makes good architecture, different tastes and different likes. Naturally, it is difficult to reach any consensus about this. However, let’s take a look at a few examples of shopping centres that have been opened in Poland over the last few years. I have never been a fan of the architecture of Złote Tarasy in Warsaw. However, the functional solutions in the building are excellent – the layout of the mall, the planning out of the stores, the granting of equal rights to the tenants, and how the substantial challenge of the multi-level structure of the centre is coped with – all this has been excellently designed. It is an example of one of the best planned shopping centres I have ever seen in this respect. The only weak element of the mall in this regard is the connection with the central railway station, where the lack of a convenient pedestrian passageway is somewhat surprising. Perhaps it is deliberate; perhaps the creators of the d