Morocco Mall ( ar, مول المغرب) is the largest

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with 190 000m² of floor space in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

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. Morocco Mall, which opened on December 1, 2011, was designed by Architect Davide Padoa of

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, a global architecture boutique with its headquarters in London. The project site coordination was led by Miguel Fernandes and Catia Zizzi

Architecture

Morocco Mall was designed by CEO and principal architect of architecture firm,

Aquadream

The mall features a massive aquarium that contains over 40 different species of fish. The aquarium is called "Aquadream" and was designed and built by International Concept Management (ICM). Visitors have the opportunity to take a ride through the centre of the cylinder shaped aquarium with a 360-degree view of the sea life. Visitors can also go scuba diving with a professional instructor inside the aquarium.

Awards

Morocco Mall has won the following awards: * 2012 ICSC- Design & Development (Gold) * 2012

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- Best Shopping Centre * 2012 MAPIC- Best Retail & Leisure Development * 2012 Global RLI Awards- Most Innovative Retail & Leisure Concept * "The largest in-store shop facade"-

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The year though, is unknown to all. * 2011 Africa Property Awards- Best Retail Development Morocco * 2011 African Property Awards- Best Retail Development in Africa

References

External links

Official website
* https://web.archive.org/web/20111203010631/http://www.moroccomall.net/play/aquadream
www.designinternational.com
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