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CLADmag 2016 issue 1

On the cover: Francine Houben

Designing for unpredictable change

5 Editor’s letter: Seen and heard

Cities in Japan have adopted the UNESCO Child Friendly Cities initiative – conceived as a way of implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Liz Terry looks at how it involves children in the design and planning of their communities
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12 CLAD people: James Biber

On the launch of a new design award by the James Beard Foundation
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14 CLAD people: Ai Weiwei

The challenges of creating his Paris installation
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16 CLAD people: Kenzo Takada

Designing interiors for a new Cambodian wellness retreat
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20 CLAD people: David Manica

Rethinking the stadia legacy challenge
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24 CLAD update: News

A round-up of the top news from around the globe in the CLAD market sectors
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42 Interview: Francine Houben

As she works on the renovation of the New York Public Library, Mecanoo’s creative director talks inspiration, idealism and the advantages of getting older
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50 Regeneration: High ideals

In Utah, a bunch of hip entrepreneurs are creating a crowdfunded ski resort with art and creativity at its heart
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56 Sports: Good sports

Sport offers a powerful platform for communicating the importance of sustainable construction, argues HOK’s sustainable design leader Chris DeVolder
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66 Super grass: Ibuku

Bali-based design firm Ibuku has been making headlines with its beautiful bamboo structures and now has its sights set on the resort market. We speak to the team
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76 Materials: Bamboo style

It’s fast-growing, strong and environmentally sustainable – bamboo could just be the perfect building material. We look at some incredible bamboo projects
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86 Green Building: The invisible architect

Working with Zaha Hadid, Heatherwick and more, Atelier Ten helps create sustainable buildings. Patrick Bellew speaks out
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CLADmag 2016 issue 1

On the cover: Francine Houben

Designing for unpredictable change

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92 Attractions: Inspiring a new future

Kath Hudson takes a look at the many challenges of designing and building the Palestinian Museum on the West Bank ahead of its summer opening
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100 Health & Fitness: Fit for purpose

No more boring gyms...a look at the designers and architects creating inspiring and original spaces to work out in
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106 Wild places: Messner Mountain Museum

A year on from the opening of Zaha Hadid’s Messner Mountain Museum, project architect Peter Irmscher talks us through the highs and lows of the development
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114 Interview:Chad Oppenheim: Balancing act

From a youth centre for Pharrell Williams to a Six Senses resort, Miami architect Chad Oppenheim’s aim is to find the balance between fantasy and functionality
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120 Sauna projects: Hot stuff

Giant, curved, recycled, floating and tiny...we check out some of the world’s most dramatic sauna designs
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128 CLADkit: Product design

Architectural photovoltaic panels, smart wallpaper inspired by moths and a flexible building system aiming to reduce waste...what’s new in product design
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The Newspaper Cafe in Jinhua Architecture Park, China

Profile: Toshiko Mori

Born in Kobe, Japan and later growing up in New York, Mori has become a trailblazer for women in architecture around the world

"Every decision you make, you should think seven generations ahead"

From a compressed earth cultural centre in Senegal to the sleek Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Mori’s work shares a clarity of purpose

OMA restored old factory buildings and warehouses to create the Fondazione Prada.

Interview: Rem Koolhaas

"The complexity of the architecture will create a positive tension between the art and the architecture"

Architectural practice OMA have converted a former industrial complex in Milan, Italy, into a new home for designer Miuccia Prada’s Fondazione Prada. We speak to OMA's founder, Rem Koolhaas

Shawn Hausman and SHD principal Jessica Kimberley created the interiors

Hospitality: High standards

"We tried to take over in a friendly way"

The Standard’s first London hotel is bold, fun and full of surprising touches

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Large windows and folding doors provide views of the terraces and forest outside

Hospitality: Modernising the Japanese ryokan

"The difference between a hotel and a ryokan is that a hotel is more public and a ryokan is less intense and more intimate"

Across Japan, architects are giving traditional ryokans a modern makeover with surprising results. We take a look

International Quarter London is one of the city’s largest new mixed use projects

Interview: Mary Bowman

Mary Bowman studied at the University of Virginia and the Architectural Association

"Marina One was quite special in the degree of integration between the landscaping and architecture "

The Gustafson Porter + Bowman partner on the landscape projects changing the face of our cities

The interstitial space is an important part of the design. Moreau and Kusunoki picture local people organising their own events and activities outside the museum

Interview: Moreau Kusunoki on winning the Guggenheim Helsinki competition

"With big projects like this one, there’s always going to be controversy. Of course people are concerned"

The shock winners of the competition to design the Guggenheim Helsinki have kept a low profile – until now. Magali Robathan goes to Paris to meet them

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Interview: Francis Kere on how his home country inspired his Serpentine Pavilion

Kéré told CLAD that the value of great public spaces ‘cannot be measured by money’

"Well designed public spaces are the foundation of a healthy society"

How he designed this year's Serpentine Pavilion

The building is situated in the hills and terraces of Birzeit, around 16 miles north of Jerusalem.

Inspiring a new future

"This museum is not about being stuck in the past. It’s about inspiring the younger generation"

Kath Hudson takes a look at the many challenges of designing and building the Palestinian Museum on the West Bank ahead of its summer opening

Hidden pathways carved into the outside of the building allow people to ascend to the rooftop

Method in the MADness: Ma Yansong on battling conservatism

"We as humans can learn from nature and then move beyond it"

The founder of MAD on nature and urbanism, the Harbin Opera House and battling conservatism

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Eden project uses drones to spell out climate change warning

Magali Robathan

Almost 300 drones were used to signal an environmental message above the Eden Project’s biomes, during the UN Climate Change ...

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Alberto Apostoli designs tech-forward Wellness Therapy furniture collection for Varaschin

Megan Whitby

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Koto Design introduces wood-fired hot tub

Katie Barnes

A striking wood-fired hot tub has been unveiled by Koto, an architecture and design studio which has a passion for ...

Mather & Co has transformed the visitor centre into the ultimate haven for ardent Coronation Street viewers

Mather & Co and ITV unite to create Coronation Street Experience

Magali Robathan

Experience designers, Mather & Co, have orchestrated a remarkable collaboration with ITV to unveil the new Coronation Street Experience, a ...

Jaffe Holden provided architectural acoustics for the Academy Museum

Jaffe Holden helps bring Academy Museum of Motion Pictures alive

Magali Robathan

Acoustical consulting firm Jaffe Holden provided architectural acoustics and audio/video design services for the recently opened Academy Museum of Motion ...

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