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AEW ARCHITECTS PROMOTES ANDY RAINFORD AEW has promoted Andy Rainford to Director. Andy joined AEW in 1999, and became an associate director in 2008. At AEW he has developed specialist knowledge leading the technical delivery of schemes and has led the tender and construction stages of many successful projects. He has specialist knowledge in the accommodation, commercial and industrial sectors. He manages a large team of architects and technicians who have delivered some of the practice’s most notable schemes.
ASSAEL AWARDS PROMOTION Assael Architecture, has made a significant promotion within its senior team, promoting Pete Ladhams to Director. Pete’s expertise lies in designing complicated mixed-use schemes in urban areas. He has worked on a number of significant projects since joining Assael in 2001, including the Great West Quarter Tower for Barratt West London. He has, more recently, gained consent to redevelop Young Street car park, a luxury residential development in Kensington.
A NEW IDENTITY LSM has launched a new brand identity and website following collaboration with leading brand agency, Six. LSM and Six worked closely together to ensure LSM’s two decades of best-in- class work is showcased in a truly fresh way. In addition to the website, a new brand identity, which comprises a new logo and colour palette, further consolidates LSM’s visual alignment across the business, constructing a stronger and bolder brand.
6 Architects Choice July 2014 CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
A NEW AL JALILA MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH FACILITY HELPS TO PROMOTE DUBAI AS CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST
GHD, IBI Nightingale and Al Jalila Foundation have unveiled the concept design for Al Jalila Foundation Research Centre in Dubai.
This will be the first standalone medical research centre in the UAE and will focus on five regional health challenges: diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and mental health. Once established, the new AED 100m centre will undertake medical research programmes in purpose built facilities. The new 10-storey building is to be co-located with a major new academic health science centre within Dubai Healthcare City. It will have three floors of research laboratories, as well as clinic spaces, administration and spaces for other partner organisations. IBI Nightingale has been assisting Dr Abdulkareem Sultan Al Olama, CEO of Al Jalila Foundation and his team establish the vision for the project, and will shortly be progressing with a fast track programme of design development as
part of a multi-disciplinary team headed by GHD. “This is an exciting opportunity for us to develop a high quality landmark project, designed to embody the vision and values of Al Jalila Foundation. The curved form and elegant external treatment of the new Medical Research Centre is intended to give a focus to the Heart of the Dubai Healthcare City Masterplan and complement the massing that will complete the campus,” said Tony Burley, Project Director at IBI Nightingale. Dr Abdulkareem Sultan Al Olama, Al Jalila Foundation CEO, commented: “We are very pleased with the designs, which present Al Jalila Foundation Research Centre as the world-class institution it will be. As the UAE’s first independent multi-disciplinary medical research centre, we hope that it will inspire local youths to study biomedical science, and provide a solid foundation for cutting-edge medical findings that will address the region’s most pressing health challenges. We thank GHD and IBI Nightingale for helping us transform this vision into a reality.”
THE
WISH LIST
Architects and designers brought together by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and Benchmark Furniture are collaborating to create a compelling installation, The Wish List, which will be exhibited at the V&A during the 2014 London Design
Festival (13-21 September). Terence Conran, co- founder of Benchmark, instigated the project asking his friends, “What have you always wanted in your home, but never been able to find?” Paul Smith, Norman Foster, Amanda Levete, John Pawson, Alison Brooks, Zaha Hadid, Alex de Rijke, Richard and Ab Rogers, and Allen Jones have all indicated what
product they long for. Under the mentorship of these ‘greats’, up-and- coming names are now designing the desired items for The Wish List. Part of the challenge is to produce each project in a single material – American hardwood, in celebration of the versatility of timber and the enormous variety that can be achieved with one material.
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