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Hotel Indigo / Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects
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Architects: Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects
- Area: 94000 ft²
- Year: 2014
Villa C / Gal Marom Architects
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Architects: Gal Marom Architects
- Area: 510 m²
- Year: 2012
Nevsehir Bus Terminal / Bahadir Kul Architects
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Architects: Bahadir Kul Architects
- Area: 8000 m²
- Year: 2010
Lantern Hotel / ZLGdesign
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Architects: ZLGdesign
- Area: 2850 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: KNK Consult Sdn Bhd, BSD Consult, Turfgrass Sdn bhd, ZLG, Jeman Light, +1
Facing East: Chinese Urbanism in Africa
Storefront for Art and Architecture hosts Facing East: Chinese Urbanism in Africa, an exhibition by journalist Michiel Hulshof (Tertium, Amsterdam) and architect Daan Roggeveen (MORE Architecture, Shanghai). Facing East investigates the impact of Chinese development on fast-growing African cities, and is built around personal stories of individuals involved in the urbanization process.
Willow Grove / Finnis Architects
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Architects: Finnis Architects
- Year: 2014
Matter Design's "Helix" Stair Takes Concrete to the Next Level
Exhibited at the BSA Space as part of the Boston Design Biennial in 2013, Matter Design's Helix is a concrete spiral staircase that is full of surprises. Chief among these is its size - the stair was built at half-size to address the practical issues of weight, liability and access - but more important are the details of its assembly. While the steps of most spiral staircases are supported from either the stair's perimeter or a central column, Helix transfers loads directly through the steps below to its base which, rather than resting on the floor as it appears, is in fact suspended from a beam in the ceiling.
Kathleen Kilgour Centre / Wingate + Farquhar Architects
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Architects: Wingate + Farquhar Architects
- Area: 3000 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: RODECA GMBH
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Professionals: Beca, Fletcher Construction, Redco, The Building Intelligence Group, Innerscape, +1
Community Center in Groningen / Kwint Architecten
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Architects: Kwint Architecten
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Professionals: Adviesbureau Klijnstra, Ingenieursbureau Boeve
Steven Holl Breaks Ground on Maggie's Centre Barts in London
Steven Holl Architects (SHA) has broken ground on London's newest Maggie's Centre across from the large courtyard of St. Bartholomew’s (Barts) Hospital, the city's oldest hospital. The structure, a branching concrete frame lined with perforated bamboo and matte white glass, was inspired by its historic site, which also neighbors the St. Bartholomew the Great Church. It was envisioned as a "vessel within a vessel within a vessel" embellished with colored glass fragments that recall "neume notation" of Medieval music in the 13th century.
"The word neume originates from the Greek pnevma, which means 'vital force.' It suggests a 'breath of life' that fills oneself with inspiration like a stream of air, the blowing of the wind. The outer glass layer is organized in horizontal bands like a musical staff while the concrete structure branches like the hand," describes SHA.
A video of Steven Holl detailing the center's design, after the break.
House on the Hillside / Benavides & Watmough arquitectos
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Architects: Benavides & Watmough arquitectos
- Area: 1192 m²
- Year: 2011
Carsten Höller's "Decision" (Including the 4-Story-High "Isometric Slides") Opens at London's Hayward Gallery
Today, London's Hayward Gallery at the Southbank Centre has opened a major exhibition of the work of Carsten Höller, the artist who is best-known for playfully inserting his slide installations into major galleries worldwide. Titled Carsten Höller Decision, the exhibition features works from throughout Höller's career, as well as a number of new works created especially for the show - not least Isometric Slides, his latest slide installation that gives gallery visitors the option of leaving the exhibition at speed from the Hayward Gallery's pyramidal roof lights.
Alpine Barn Apartment / OFIS Architects
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Architects: OFIS Architects
- Area: 120 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Arcadia lightwear, ES, MM-term, Permiz, Projecta
Espacios de Paz 2015: 5 Cities, 5 Communities, 20 Architecture Collectives
Between Sunday, May 17 and Monday, May 18 projects developed under the second phase of Espacios de Paz (Spaces of Peace) were inaugurated in five cities across Venezuela. A genuine exercise in participative design, 20 Latin American architecture groups worked for five weeks with communities in neighborhoods dominated by violence, high dropout rates and crime to convert deteriorated and abandoned spaces into public places of peace.
For each project, four groups of young architects worked together to carry out a process of dialogue, research, design, and ultimately the construction of either an athletic, social or educational facility to be administrated by the local community. Espacios de Paz is coordinated by the local office of PICO Estudio, with guidance from public institutions and under the leadership of Isis Ochoa, the High Presidential Commissioner for Peace and Life.
ArchDaily en Español Editors, Nicolás Valencia M. and José Tomás Franco, were invited by PICO Estudio to document and view the five projects in their final phase of construction and speak with the architects and community representatives about the development of the projects and some of the challenges faced in the process.
Learn more about each of the five projects after the break.
Thomas Heatherwick Unveils Design for Maggie's Centre in Leeds
Maggie's, the UK charity famed for its cancer care centers designed by world-renowned architects, has released a proposal for a new building designed by Heatherwick Studio. The new center is planned to be built on the grounds of the St James' University Hospital in Leeds, and was submitted for planning permission this morning.
The design consists of a series of stepped "planters" which aim to harness the therapeutic effect of plants for the benefit of the center's users. The building's public and private interior spaces are woven both in between these elements, and into the interior space of the planters themselves.
Chinmaya Mission Austin / Miró Rivera Architects
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Architects: Miró Rivera Architects
- Area: 4185 ft²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Ceco Door, Contrast Lighting, Lighting Services, Mermet, Moderco, +1
Metropolis Magazine Collects Tributes to Michael Graves
In some exceptional cases, an architect can be just as monumental as the buildings they design. Michael Graves, who passed away in March, certainly had a huge influence over the architecture of the late 20th century, with works ranging from the geometric icons of early post-modernism such as the Portland Building, to the slightly more staid Denver Central Library, to the outlandish kitsch of his Swan and Dolphin resorts for Disney. Though his death brought well-deserved attention to his work, it's just as important to remember Graves as a person, and the influence he had on people throughout his lifetime. As such, Metropolis Magazine has brought together a group of Graves' friends, colleagues and collaborators to remember Michael Graves.
Open Call: GARS-NEPAL.TIBET Earthquake Emergency Reconstruction Competition
In response to the devastating earthquake in Nepal this past April, GCRS Global-Building Love Disaster-aid Material Trade Center is calling on architects around the world to design reconstruction projects as a part of their GARS-NEPAL.TIBET Earthquake Emergency competition.