Aedas has emerged the winner of an international design competition inviting suggestions for the new HQ of Abu Dhabi Investment Council. The Council wanted two “landmark towers” that would provide dining, meeting, and conference spaces for council’s 2000 employees. It seems that Aedas entry has the right mix of architectural integrity and freshness to fulfill all the parameters. The two towers will be located near Al Qurum beach, on the periphery of Eastern Ring Road, acting as city’s gateways. The buildings derive several of characteristic features from a mathematically pre-rationalized form, which in turn was derived from Islamic Principals. Here’s what Peter Oborn, Aedas Joint Managing Director, says about the concept:
The new development of Tate Modern will create the world’s first museum designed to show the full breadth of contemporary art in the 21st century.
An explosion of architectural little magazines in the 1960s and 1970s instigated a radical transformation in architectural culture with the architecture of the magazines acting as the site of innovation and debate. Clip/Stamp/Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X – 197X takes stock of seventy little magazines from this period, which were published in over a dozen cities.
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