tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27398943561407650272024-12-19T05:19:53.059+02:00Design, Urban planning, working, interior designs, town planning, landscape, history, Theories, Books, Project&#39;s Discussion &amp; Analyzing, Modern Building technology, Regional Planning and Housing......Mahmoud El-Nahashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847686736079482539noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739894356140765027.post-3930577041670800522010-10-31T11:25:00.000+02:002010-10-31T11:25:18.099+02:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"></span></span></span><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /> </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /> </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/news2/green_mosque_2.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Green Mosque`" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Green Mosque" border="0" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/green_mosque_2-530x330.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; cursor: move; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="530" /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /> </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Three winners and three honorable mentions have recently been announced for the international ideas competition The Building: Problem or Solution?, sponsored by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.faithinplace.org/" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Faith in Place</a>, a Chicago nonprofit organization. The primary mission of the contest is the development of an array of ideas that will assist congregations in the future when they contemplate significant remodeling or new building programs, hoping to create buildings that are active and full of life at all times of the week, that use their spaces well and serve their communities well.&nbsp;</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;">We just published the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/the_building_problem_or_solution_awards_new_thoughts_on_religious_architect/" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">winners</a>&nbsp;of the 'The Building: Problem or Solution?' competition, sponsored by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.faithinplace.org/" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Faith in Place</a>. Here is the winner in the category Freestanding Religious Structure, Green Mosque, which incorporates traditional architectural elements in a modern urban context, featuring several sustainable elements. The design team comprised Onat Oktem, Ziya Imren, Zeynep Oktem, Uri Tzarnotzky from Pasadena, CA.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;">This international ideas competition called for the development of an array of ideas that will assist congregations in the future when they contemplate significant remodeling or new building programs, hoping to create buildings that are active and full of life at all times of the week, that use their spaces well and serve their communities well.</div><div class="TextBodyRelated" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-left-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; display: block; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 20px; 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border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: dimgrey; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">The Building: Problem or Solution</a></li> </ul><div style="font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><strong style="text-transform: uppercase;">RELATED NEWS:</strong></div><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;"><li style="display: block; line-height: 12px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/the_building_problem_or_solution_awards_new_thoughts_on_religious_architect" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: dimgrey; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;">‘The Building: Problem or Solution?’ Awards New Thoughts on Religious Architecture</a></li> </ul><div style="font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/news2/green_mosque_1.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Green Mosque`" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Green Mosque" border="0" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/green_mosque_1-530x364.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="530" /></a></div><div class="cap" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Click above image to view slideshow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Green Mosque</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Project Description:</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;">Since the Ottoman tradition the mosques incorporate many different functions besides being only a place for prayer. The project team thus decided to design not only a mosque but a religious complex for various social activities and mutual aid.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/news2/green_mosque_2.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Green Mosque`" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Green Mosque" border="0" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/green_mosque_2-530x330.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="530" /></a></div><div class="cap" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Click above image to view slideshow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Green Mosque</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;">The mosque complex, composed of the main mosque building, a library, education and lecture halls, accompanied with a "soup kitchen", strengthens the idea of getting together and socializing as a community, with social and cultural activities. Similarly the structure of the dome represents the gathering function of the mosque with its structural units coming together to compose the dome shape.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/news2/green_mosque_3.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Green Mosque`" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Green Mosque" border="0" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/green_mosque_3-530x379.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="530" /></a></div><div class="cap" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Click above image to view slideshow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Green Mosque</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;">The complex not only acts as a continuous interaction space but also respects its user’s privacy. The ablution space and the prayer area are separated from the rest of the complex by different levels of entrance. The level difference also enables the gradual transition from public to semi-public and finally to private spaces of the complex.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/news2/green_mosque_4.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Green Mosque`" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Green Mosque" border="0" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/green_mosque_4-530x395.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="530" /></a></div><div class="cap" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Click above image to view slideshow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Green Mosque</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;">The double-hull system in the mosque creates a thermal buffer zone between the main mass and outside. This system which also helps to keep the calm environment in the prayer area, facilitates internal heating in winter and also protects the interior zone from rain, snow and wind. In summer the thermal buffer zone creates a cooler zone for the main mass. Additionally the vertical glass surfaces create a spiritual atmosphere for the prayer area.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/news2/green_mosque_5.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Green Mosque`" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Green Mosque" border="0" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/green_mosque_5-530x364.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="530" /></a></div><div class="cap" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Click above image to view slideshow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Green Mosque</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;">As the mosque is situated in a humid continental climate it is appropriate to benefit from the rain water and solar properties of the area for a more sustainable usage. Solar thermal cells disposed on the units composing the dome of the mosque, serve as an additional medium for water heating. Green roofs of the library, soup kitchen and lecture rooms contribute to the insulation of the building, and to the improved air quality, helping to lower urban air temperatures and combat the heat island effect.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/news2/green_mosque_6.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Green Mosque`" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Green Mosque" border="0" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/green_mosque_6-530x392.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="530" /></a></div><div class="cap" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Click above image to view slideshow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Green Mosque</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;">A mosque necessitates more water than any other religious building because of the ablution ritual before the prayer. In order to reduce the water consumption the project embodies several energyefficient strategies. The rain water and waste water from ablution is collected so that the purified water can be re-used for watering the vegetable garden with a high-efficiency drip irrigation system. For the vegetable garden which aims to support the community, corn, onions and potatoes were selected since they are easy to cultivate in this climate and in this geography and also they require less water to grow. The products from the garden can be used to prepare meals for those who are in need, in the community and can be dispatched in the “soup kitchen” which is integrated to the mosque complex.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/news2/green_mosque_7.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Green Mosque`" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Green Mosque" border="0" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/green_mosque_7-530x417.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="530" /></a></div><div class="cap" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Click above image to view slideshow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Green Mosque</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;">Another feature that the mosque incorporates to reduce water consumption is low-flow toilets. Again waterless urinals, low-flow faucets and water-efficient plumbing fixtures all contribute to water savings. The water collected from the rain water and ablution water is also used for the toilet flushes.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/news2/green_mosque_8.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Green Mosque`" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Green Mosque" border="0" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/green_mosque_8-530x509.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="530" /></a></div><div class="cap" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Click above image to view slideshow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Green Mosque</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">As for the materials chosen for construction, the project team suggests using materials with recycled content. According to the Wisconsin DNR "approximately 28% of waste, entering the municipal solid waste stream is construction and demolition waste much of which is recyclable or reusable” (<a href="http://recyclemorewisconsin.org/constructionmaterials.php" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">source</a>). Together with the reused materials, the project team considers the importance of using paints, adhesives, and sealants that feature low chemical emissions for the sake of the environment. The use of local materials for the construction and the interior design minimizes the energy spent for transportation thus contributes to the sustainability goal of the project while also favoring the</div><div style="text-align: center;">development of the local industry.</div><br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/news2/green_mosque_9.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Green Mosque`" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Green Mosque" border="0" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/green_mosque_9-530x94.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="530" /></a></div><div class="cap" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Click above image to view slideshow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Green Mosque</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;"><a class="floatbox" href="http://www.bustler.net/images/news2/green_mosque_10.jpg" rev="group:myGallery caption:`Green Mosque`" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; color: red; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Green Mosque" border="0" src="http://www.bustler.net/images/sized/images/news2/green_mosque_10-530x79.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="530" /></a></div><div class="cap" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Click above image to view slideshow</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Green Mosque</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> source : <a href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/a_green_mosque_for_the_american_midwest/">Bustler</a></div></div></span></span></span><br /> <div id="fb-root"></div>Mahmoud El-Nahashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847686736079482539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739894356140765027.post-61111480810703923472010-09-06T03:51:00.001+02:002010-09-06T03:56:00.356+02:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /> </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/tmpD7B6.tmp_tcm20-283703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="236" src="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/tmpD7B6.tmp_tcm20-283703.jpg" width="320" /></span></i></span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></i></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"></span></span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The Langelinie and Marmormolen towers form the LM Harbor Gateway, which serves as the new entry point to Copenhagen Harbor. The office towers are connected by a cable-stay bridge suspended 213 feet above the water’s surface.<br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></i></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span></span></i></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></i></span></div></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/tmpD7B9.tmp_tcm20-283742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="226" src="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/tmpD7B9.tmp_tcm20-283742.jpg" width="320" /></span></i></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><i><br /> </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></span></i></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"></span></span></i></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>The tinted areas on this building section identify the spaces that are accessible to the public. Escalators rise from the ground level to elevators, which access the connecting bridge; a public observation deck tops each tower.</i></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><br /> </i></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> </div></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/tmpD7B4.tmp_tcm20-283689.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/tmpD7B4.tmp_tcm20-283689.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></i></span></div></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></i></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><br /> </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></i></span><br /> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></i><br /> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: left;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Because of the orientation of the two harbor piers and the massing of the buildings, the bridge meets at an angle, a move that the architects liken to a handshake.</span></i></span></div></div></span></i><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></i></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> </div></span></i></span><br /> <div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /> </i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/tmpD7B5.tmp_tcm20-283696.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/tmpD7B5.tmp_tcm20-283696.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></i></span></div></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></i></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></i></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></i></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></i></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Each side of the bridge is identified by a color (yellow for Marmormolen, orange for Langelinie) on both the ceiling and the underside of the bridge. This color system indicates when visitors pass from one building to the next. At night, the bridge is lit from below, and its colors reflect onto the water.</span></span></i></span></span></span></div></span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></div></span></div></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /> <a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/tmpD7B8.tmp_tcm20-283725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/tmpD7B8.tmp_tcm20-283725.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></i></span></div></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></i></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> <i>This watercolor sketch highlights the Gateway’s bridging of land and sea. The observation deck on each building is oriented toward the representative vista—the open water for orange Langelinie, the city skyline for yellow Marmormolen.</i></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> </span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /> </span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span>source :</span></i></span><a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/office-and-business/lm-harbor-gateway.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Architect magazine</span></i></span></a></span></div></span></div>Mahmoud El-Nahashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847686736079482539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739894356140765027.post-22107305692524189082010-08-15T16:06:00.001+02:002010-08-15T16:08:23.000+02:00<h1 style="clear: right; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCM_SFrances_100512_7488_A_9_tcm20-454958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><img border="0" height="219" src="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCM_SFrances_100512_7488_A_9_tcm20-454958.jpg" width="320" /></span></span></span></a></i></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Since he became the North Carolina Museum of Art’s director in 1994, Lawrence Wheeler has lobbied for an expansion to the Raleigh, N.C., institution’s 1983 Edward Durell Stone–designed building (completed after his death). This year—after an fundraising campaign to get more than $70 million from state, county, and city funds, as well as from private donors—his vision was finally realized with the opening of a new 127,000-square-foot building by New York–based Thomas Phifer and Partners.</span></span></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></i></div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></i><br /> <i><a name='more'></a></i><br /> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></i></span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></i></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><i><div style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Wheeler’s vision called for a light-filled building open to the surrounding landscape and free to the public, in which art would be presented in a less constricted environment than the existing building allowed; it would also be a destination for anyone seeking a place of beauty and serenity. This became partner-in-charge Thomas Phifer’s mandate. The once rural site is now a museum park, veined with hiking and bike trails leading to site-specific art installations.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">A Southerner himself, Phifer sought to acknowledge the region’s historic attachment to the land, designing a museum that would be an iconic landmark for the state without overwhelming the site’s established identity. “The goal from the beginning was to create a beautiful environment for experiencing the museum’s diverse collection of art, both in galleries and out in the landscape,” Phifer says</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Phifer’s parti is a large rectangle penetrated by smaller rectangles that represent the park’s infiltration of the building. These penetrations evolved into sculpture courtyards with reflecting pools and a garden with granite boulders from western North Carolina that are placed as sculptural pieces. Low-E–glazed window walls allow clear, untinted views from the interior galleries to art installations outside. At these points, unlike most museums, the building allows liberal access in and out, contributing to an experience that is of the land. This is reinforced by the fact that the museum is a single story: No visitor is ever isolated from the landscape.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Elsewhere, the perimeter of the one-story structure is windowless, clad with a vertical array of anodized-aluminum panels with a matte-gray finish. Each of these panels measures 5 feet 2 inches by 24 feet, which qualifies them as among the largest aluminum panels fabricated in the U.S. to date. Each panel overlaps the next at an angle, and in the resulting gap, a highly polished, stainless-steel insert reflects the sun’s rays back onto the adjacent panel. Without this detail, the solid façades would seem monolithic and impenetrable; instead, the walls seem to dematerialize as reflections of clouds and trees float across the surfaces.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">What is not perceptible is that these walls are 2 feet thick. Rigid insulation occupies the exterior space behind the cladding. Conditioned air is pumped through a cavity, dispersed at the ceiling, and returned at the floor.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">In addition to the window walls, 362 skylights admit natural light into the building. Waves of louvers on the roof allow only indirect northern light to enter the insulated skylights, set into deep molded coffers forming oval oculi, which are in turn covered by protective fabric scrims. The gently curving coffers prevent shadows, causing the art to seemingly emerge from the walls and pedestals into high relief.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.7em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Phifer cites Louis Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, as a key inspiration. Kahn’s concrete barrel vaults direct daylight downward into the galleries, articulating the spaces with gently dispersed light. Phifer’s design invites comparison from which neither architect suffers. The spatial articulation and detailing of each museum has been described as austere, but both were borne of steadfast logic and disciplined execution, which translates complexity into sublime simplicity.</span></span></span></div></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></i></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCM_SFrances_100512_7488_A_9_tcm20-454958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><img border="0" height="219" src="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCM_SFrances_100512_7488_A_9_tcm20-454958.jpg" width="320" /></span></span></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The new building at the North Carolina Museum of Art provides more than 65,000 square feet of exhibition space, in addition to public areas such as a store and a café. The entry plaza is delineated by a tree-lined path that leads to a 2-1/2-acre environmental art installation (completed in 1997), which includes an amphitheater by New York architects Smith-Miller + Hawkinson, a sprawling environmental work by conceptual artist Barbara Kruger, and landscaping by Nicholas Quennell.</span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCM_SFrances_100512_7394_A_8_tcm20-454955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCM_SFrances_100512_7394_A_8_tcm20-454955.jpg" width="320" /></span></span></span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Although the perimeter is clad in anodized-aluminum panels, which protect the artwork from harsh southern and western sunlight, the façades around inset sculpture areas are lined with fritted glass, giving the gallery spaces a connection to the outdoors without allowing copious sunlight to compromise the safety of the artwork.</span></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><img border="0" height="197" src="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCM_SFrances_100512_1278_A_6_tcm20-454952.jpg" width="320" /></span></span></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i></span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Outside (and reflected by) the entry canopy is an informal seating area for visitors. Covered by porous gravel pavement that admits rainwater into filtration beds, the area is part of a larger water-management strategy that includes collecting roof and roadway runoff into a 90,000-gallon cistern, which is used for irrigation and maintaining water levels in the site's reflecting pools.</span></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCM_SFrances_100512_2739_A_7_tcm20-456597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCM_SFrances_100512_2739_A_7_tcm20-456597.jpg" width="320" /></span></span></span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"></span></span></span></i></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The canopy creates a shaded indoor-outdoor entry sequence into the new building, with glass walls that allow views out to one of the five courtyards inset into the floorplan and a stainless steel ceiling that reflects the patrons entering or leaving the building. The canopy ends at tall glass entry doors that lead into the main sculpture hall, the central space around which the other 40 galleries are organized.</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></div></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i></span><a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCMA_FloorPlan_LABELS_1_tcm20-456598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCMA_FloorPlan_LABELS_1_tcm20-456598.jpg" width="320" /></span></span></span></i></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i><a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCM_SFrances_100512_0889_A_5_tcm20-456601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://www.architectmagazine.com/Images/0710C_AR_NCM_SFrances_100512_0889_A_5_tcm20-456601.jpg" width="320" /></span></span></span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The museum features skylights with an interlayer for UV protection. The skylights have louvered domes oriented to allow only indirect north light into the galleries, and the oculi are covered in lightweight, interchangeable fabric scrims calibrated to complete the filtering process.</span></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br /> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Burj Khalifa</strong>, formerly known as Burj Dubai, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the&nbsp;<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">tallest man-made structure ever built</strong>, at 828 m.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The design incorporates ideas from traditional Islamic architecture, while the open petals of a desert flower were the inspiration for the tower’s base.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Burj Khalifa will be home to<em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;1,044 luxury apartments</em>,&nbsp;<em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">49 floors of offices</em>&nbsp;and eventually a<em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">160-room Armani-branded hotel</em>. Around 12,000 people are expected to live and work in the tower, which is part of a 500-acre development.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here are some of the Inside Views of this great architecture.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a 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src="http://www.digsdigs.com/photos/ikea-2011-living-room-design-ideas-5-554x377.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: silver;"><br /> </span></i></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: silver;">We already showed you a preview of IKEA 2011 catalog and now it’s time for a full version. It’s already can be found </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://onlinecatalog.ikea-usa.com/2011/ikea_catalog/US/" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: silver;">online</span></i></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: silver;"> but we are going to show you some interesting ideas that could be found there</span></i></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: silver;"> <br /> </span></i><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: silver;">Read more</span></i></span></span></div><div><br /> </div><a href="http://www.digsdigs.com/ikea-living-room-design-ideas-2011/">IKEA Living Room Design Ideas 2011 | DigsDigs</a>Mahmoud El-Nahashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847686736079482539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739894356140765027.post-83252935027969286952010-08-11T17:18:00.006+02:002010-08-15T14:22:16.531+02:00<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/07/dzn_Herzog-de-Meuron-Beirut-Terraces-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/07/dzn_Herzog-de-Meuron-Beirut-Terraces-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', TimesNR, Times, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', TimesNR, Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><i><br /> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', TimesNR, Times, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><i><br /> </i></span></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', TimesNR, Times, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', TimesNR, Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><i>Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron have designed this apartment tower with overhanging floor plates and terraces for&nbsp;Beirut, Lebanon.</i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #231f20; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', TimesNR, Times, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #231f20; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', TimesNR, Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #231f20; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', TimesNR, Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">reed more &gt;&gt;</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #231f20; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', TimesNR, Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2010/07/27/beirut-terraces-by-herzog-de-meuron/"> Beirut Terraces by Herzog &amp; de Meuron</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #231f20; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', TimesNR, Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /> </span></div>Mahmoud El-Nahashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847686736079482539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739894356140765027.post-30425117454934545792010-08-11T17:05:00.007+02:002010-08-15T14:56:44.295+02:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://news.architecture.sk/uploaded_images/2010/08/glass-house-03.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://news.architecture.sk/uploaded_images/2010/08/glass-house-03.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><i><br /> </i></span></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><i>A building with a characteristic name “Glass House” has grown directly in the centre of the Port Macquarie city in Australia. It is a centre for arts and culture which includes an art gallery, a theatre and a community workshop place. The project was executed by the group Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects or TZG Architects for short. The whole exterior façade is made out of glass and steel construction so that the building can communicate with its surroundings. The interior is very cozy and quiet. The way the acoustics was worked in the theatre and the conference room seems to be fantastic and over-elaborated.</i></span></span><br /> <br /> <br /> See more<br /> <a href="http://news.architecture.sk/2010/08/glass-house.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Glass House</span></span></span></a>Mahmoud El-Nahashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847686736079482539noreply@blogger.com0