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features on page 24.
January 2010
Scanning back through last years’ Wing and central atrium will be moving forward, acre built environment, comprising four separate
news topics within AC, I spotted the however, further stages will have to be voted on once hotels, retails areas, an entertainment district and
various articles revolving around the more as the final stage of the plan draws closer. The residential towers and is apparently the world’s
Prince of Wales and his interception second stage will take the design team until 2011 to largest LEED gold-certified development, proving
of architectural design, stories from complete, making this a lengthy project as the plans that big and bling can still win in the energy stakes.
afar as well as those closer to home were originally drawn up in 2000. In this issue we focus on security and safety
and the emergence of design on our In news on developing cities, Dubai’s roots have along with the creation of the BaleHaus, a fantastic
very buildings that were built to house art itself. continued to flourish with saplings of design beau- hemp and straw creation, as well as some informa-
Galleries and museums, libraries and pavilions are in a ties, rising from the foundations to reveal dominant tion on sustainable signage that combines style as
league of their own when it comes to popular design. towers of architectural firsts and man-made won- well as eco substance.
Too outlandish and they are vilified for going too far, ders. This garden of structural giants has drawn
too subtle and they are criticised for their drab and millions of travellers to the Emirates and will continue Until next month…
unimaginative use of design tools. One such project in its dominance for some time; a haven for the su-
we touched upon was the Cleveland Museum of Art, per-rich and an aspiration to the young travellers of
which has now reached approval for the second stage today. Las Vegas has recently had the ribbon snipped
of renovation. The trustee’s involved in the $350 mil- on its CityCenter complex in the heart of the strip. Jade Tilley,
lion expansion project have given the work the Gensler was appointed to select seven design archi-
thumbs up. The raw interior structure of the West tects to the project for MGM Mirage, which is a 67 Editor
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