*️⃣Hotel Puerta América

Architects
#Newson #MarcNewson (1st picture)
#Findlay #KathrynFindlay (2nd, 5th)
#Hadid #ZahaHadid #ZHA (3rd)
#Plasma (4th)

City #Madrid
Country #Spain #EU

🔤The Hotel Puerta América is a space that invites people to dream. A project that has brought together nineteen of the best architect and designer studios most popular of which are Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel and David Chipperfield.

An idea of freedom come true, a gathering space merging different cultures and ways of interpreting architecture and design. A masterpiece that awakens guests’ senses, that breaks the mould by using different colours, materials and shapes.

Just pressing the button in the elevator transports you to completely different worlds and ways of perceiving architecture.
All selected received the same area with precise room dimensions, the same amount of money, and complete freedom.

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Colour #mixed
Function #hospitality #hotel
Feature #interior
Address: Av. de América, 41, Chamartín, 28002 Madrid, Spain
Zaha Hadid room GS
Plasma hall GS
Marc Newson hall GS
Kathryn Findlay hall GS
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*️⃣Kilden Performing Arts Centre

Architect #ALA
City #Kristiansand
Country #Norway #EU

🔤The monumental abstract form of the front wall made of local oak separates reality from fantasy. Passing through, the audience will move from natural landscape to the realm of performing arts.

This wall made of wedged CNC milled solid planks is not only a disguised theatrical effect but also improves the acoustics of the foyer. The infinite blackness of the other three facades emphasizes the spectacle of the foyer.

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Material #wood
Function #entertainment #venue
Address: Sjølystveien 2, 4610 Kristiansand, Norway
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*️⃣Lotus temple

Architect #Sahba #FariborzSahba
City #NewDelhi
Country #India #AP

🔤While designing the Baha’i House of Worship for India — a Temple dedicated to the Oneness of Religions, in which peoples of all backgrounds are welcome – architect Fariborz Sahba was inspired to use the lotus flower as the basis for his creation.

He chose it as a symbol for the Bahá’í belief in the potential purity of the human spirit; he chose it as a metaphor for the truth that out of the “murky waters” of our collective history of ignorance and violence we will arise to create a new age of peace and universal brotherhood.

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Colour #white
Material #stone
Function #religious
Feature #retro
Address: Lotus Temple Rd Bahapur, Kalkaji, New Delhi, Delhi 110019, India
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*️⃣Azabudai hills

Architect #ThomasHeatherwick #Heatherwick
City #Tokyo
Country #Japan #AP

🔤Echoing the natural forms of the project’s valley setting, the undulating structure rises like a gently sloping hillside before puncturing the ground to allow natural light to pour deep into the basement retail zones.

The team devised a pergola-like system scaled up to district proportions to organise and unify many different elements of various sizes. In this way, the design allows for significant green space both at ground level and climbing up the podium buildings, without sacrificing connectivity to the ground. #greenery@simoderna

It is a new kind of district in the city, made for people and filled with greenery – “a place,” says Thomas Heatherwick “to be cherished.”

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Colour #tan
Material #stone
Function #retail #mall
Feature #adminvisited
Address: 9 番 1, 5 Chome Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan
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*️⃣Basilica Santuario Madonna delle Lacrime

Architect #ANPAR or #Andrault #MichelAndrault and #Parat #PierreParat
City #Syracuse
Country #Italy #EU

🔤In the architects' intention, the shape is meant to symbolize the elevation of humanity towards God. Nonetheless, in time, the morphology of the building was infused with additional religious meaning, being read as a lighthouse guiding devotees towards divinity, or a teardrop, in connection to the sacred event that led to the erection of the church.

Pierre Parat would say many years later:

"I like the architecture that reveals itself, that is honest, I don't like gimmicks and ornament".

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The concrete structure reaches a height of 94,3m and a statue reproducing the image of the crying effigy sits at the top of the Sanctuary. The dome's structure is made of an array of 22 #rawconcrete ribs horizontally connected through eight pre-tensed rings.

Vertical window strips alternate the structure's rhythm, giving the impression of light beams coming down towards the sitting area of the Sanctuary.

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Function #religious
Feature #retro #interior
Address: Via del Santuario, 33, 96100 Siracusa SR, Italy
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