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Our buildings are much more than simply a place to house our collections. They’re part of the COS experience. Whether it’s a flagship store or a small pop-up, our team of in-house architects consider every detail to bring you destinations of great design.
Since our first store opened in London, we’ve taken COS to many places around the world. Our iconic buildings can now be seen in the likes of New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Tokyo, Seoul and Paris – just to name a few.
But as we broaden our horizons, we must think beyond walls to reinvent the definition of our spaces and the positive impact they can make. This means looking at ways we can make every aspect of our stores more sustainable, from the materials we use in our interiors and designing for circularity to extending the life of our interior concepts and reducing our use of resources.
We ensure that from the very initial design stage, we create our spaces using responsible materials, according to circular design principles and with end of life in mind. Our aim? To reduce and optimise our resource use with the overall goal of reducing our carbon footprint.
In 2022, we launched our new concept interior in Stockholm and Taipei, followed by our first ever store in Mexico City and a new store in Bangkok. Our new concept represents a positive step towards our goal for a fully circular interior. It uses a higher percentage of recycled content materials than our previous designs and removes and replaces high carbon materials such as fiberglass and concrete. The stores have been designed for disassembly to ensure we can easily maintain, repair and reuse as much of our interiors as possible.
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Recycled seashell tile
Our façade tiles are made using 60% crushed seashells from the food industry in South Korea where shells are a large source of food waste.
As featured in COS Busan, South Korea.
Recycled stone flooring
Our floor tile is made from 90% recycled waste stone from our suppliers' own production. We have worked with our supplier to reduce the thickness of the tile to further reduce our CO2 emissions.
As featured in COS Bangkok, Thailand and Seoul, South Korea.
Crab shell food waste table
In our Bangkok store we worked with a local Thai design studio to make a lounge table using recycled crab shell material. The crab shell is sourced locally from seafood processing plants and restaurants.
As featured in COS Bangkok, Thailand.
Recycled fabric boards by REALLY
Strong, sturdy and made from shredded recycled fabrics.
As featured in COS Antwerp, Belgium.
Recycled ceramic waste tiles
Each year China produces 18 million tonnes of ceramic waste. Yi tiles turns this waste into recycled tiles and bricks, which we use on our façades.
As featured in COS Shanghai and Hangzhou, China.
Recycled concrete plinths
As part of our commitment to lower carbon materials and take control of our waste stream we have committed to no new concrete plinths in our stores. Instead, we have worked with our supplier to turn our damaged concrete from stores into new plinths.
As featured in COS Seoul, South Korea and Hangzhou, China.
Natural clay plaster
This rustic plaster finish is made in Italy using natural clays and minerals with no added pigment with the colours dictated by the region the soil was sourced from.
As featured in COS Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Waste fabric rug by Kasthall
We partnered with Kasthall to create a new rug made using 33% of our own waste fabrics.
As featured in COS Athens, Greece.
Recycled mannequins
All our mannequins feature 100% recycled polystyrene and are manufactured with 100% renewable energy. They’re either sourced from our stores or from other post-consumer sources, with each composed of at least 40% recycled materials.
If you would like to see these in person, you can find the addresses for all our stores in our store locator.