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Dec 2009
Uploaded by David Basulto — Filed under: Hotels and Restaurants ,Selected , Nelson Garrido, Portugal, VHM
Architectural photographer Nelson Garrido shared with us an amazing set of photos for the Axis Viana Hotel by VHM in Viana do Castelo. This Business & Spa Hotel is an ode to cantilevering, as you can see on the section shown below.
© Nelson Garrido
The overlapping stacked volumes generate a series of different perspectives, ranging from a full box in a frontal view, to a complex column when seen from the sides. The 2 lower levels have a concrete structure, with the rest of the boxes resolved in a steel structure sitting on top of it.
More photos and the section after the break.
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