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John F. Kennedy Center: Global Involvment in Culture

(Issue of a magazine 1/2015, page 56)

The Kennedy Center, with the largest performing arts education initiative in the country, contains no dedicated classrooms, a limited number of rehearsal rooms, and no dedicated event space. The purpose of the proposed project is to expand the facilities of the Kennedy Center by adding spaces in a dedicated area. Additionally, the Kennedy Center envisions improving greater multimodal access to and from the Kennedy Center, NAMA, the Rock Creek Paved Recreation Trail, the Potomac River waterfront, and surrounding vicinity.

Packard Foundation: Better Life through Eco-Design

(Issue of a magazine 1/2015, page 70)

The headquarters for The David and Lucile Packard Foundation in Los Altos, California brings staff, grantees and partners together to solve the world’s most intractable problems. Passive, bioclimatic design strategies support the core philanthropic mission while serving as the basis of the net zero energy (NZE) and LEED Platinum building performance.

Vibeeng School: in Touch with Nature

(Issue of a magazine 1/2015, page 78)

The Vibeeng School in Haslev, Denmark designed by Arkitema Architects is a primary school that integrates sustainability and pedagogy in a low energy class 1 school. The school is characterized by its playful red facade, external educational zones and a roof that creates ideal opportunities for both the installation of solar panels and north-facing skylights – elements that contribute to the school’s low energy status.

The Curtain: Draw the Curtain for Air and Light

(Issue of a magazine 1/2015, page 82)

The Curtain by Tony Owen Partners is a unique and exciting new apartment building which has recently been approved in Sydney. The 15 storey building with an undulating facade contains 200 units, retail and commercial space. All apartments face north towards the view. This ensures all units have wide frontages and all rooms have balconies to take advantage of the site. The site is located in Wolli Creek near Sydney Airport in the city’s South. This site fronts onto a large park with the waterfront beyond. The 200-apartment building is located at the waterfront and has panoramic views of Sydney’s skyline.

Fuensanta House: Dwelling with Firewalls

(Issue of a magazine 1/2015, page 86)

On an urban context, in the center of a rowhouse type block, Muka Arquitectura was commissioned to build a single house. The plot was located in the southern area of Ciudad Real, in the last growth ring of the city that has not been developed due to the economic crisis of recent years. The architects’ proposal is primary to emerge in this area from an urban void without any context. There are not surrounding houses, typological references or architectural legacy that could serve at some point as an architectural tool in the design of the house.

Bombay Arts Society: Cultural Center as an Art Object

(Issue of a magazine 1/2015, page 92)

Bombay arts society is a carefully planned, organic building, designed for artistic & cultural exposition, in the city of Mumbai. The sculptural profile of the building generates 2 discrete spaces that inhabit different programs & users. The design ensures that the public and private spaces flow effortlessly into one another. Approaching the Lilavati Hospital in Bandra, Mumbai from the Bandra-Worli Sealink, one is soon met by a brown-hued, asymmetrical and softly curved new building. Ingeniously simple and persuasive in its presence, this is Sanjay Puri Architects’ Bombay Arts Society, housed right opposite Rang Sharda.

Columbia Building: Functional Design

(Issue of a magazine 1/2015, page 96)

The Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant was constructed in 1950 as an industrial site to treat the combined wastewater and stormwater now serving 600,000 residents in Portland, Oregon. In recent times, this municipal project has become increasingly public through efforts to highlight the importance of sustainable infrastructure.

Everyman Theatre - for All and Everyone

(Issue of a magazine 4/2014, page 36)

The new Everyman Theatre in Liverpool by Haworth Tompkins has won the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize 2014 for the best building of the year. Now in its 19th year, the RIBA Stirling Prize is the UK’s most prestigious architecture prize.

Origami in the Neon Light

(Issue of a magazine 4/2014, page 44)

Located at Place de la République, the Galeries Lafayette building has undergone a real transformation, symbol of the city center’s metamorphosis in Metz and realized by architect Manuelle Gautrand. Reflecting the economic and social changes of the 19th century, the Department Stores, through their commercial and architectural boldness, are a part of the history of a city. In Metz, the Galeries Lafayette has then been a vector of the city’s image, contributing to its touristic and commercial dynamic and successively reflecting its different times.

Market Hall in Rotterdam: Horseshoe for Luck

(Issue of a magazine 4/2014, page 48)

The Market Hall is a sustainable combination of food, leisure, living and parking, fully integrated to celebrate and enhance the synergetic possibilities of the different functions. A secure, covered square emerges beneath an arc, conceived as an inversion of a typical market square and its surrounding buildings. During the day it serves as central market hall, after hours the hall becomes an enormous, covered, well lit public space.