mag 2015 ISSUE 1


CONTENTS


Biomimicry: Neri Oxman helped develop the Silk Pavilion p50


The challenges of building the Refuge du Gouter on Mount Blanc p70


5 Editor’s Letter Leisure can add signifi cantly to the value of residential and retail schemes says Liz Terry


12 CLAD update CLAD news from around the globe


26 CLAD people Designer Joyce Wang, HOK buys 360 Architecture, 1Rebel launches, Daan Roosegaarde’s rainbows, Stufi sh and an eco resort for Mexico


38 Dutch master UNStudio’s Ben van Berkel shares what he’s learned from projects including the Mercedes- Benz Museum and the Theatre de Stoep


6 CLADGLOBAL.COM


The fi rst Virgin Hotel opens in Chicago, with design by Rockwell p16


50 Learning from nature Bionic leaves, breathable metals and self- growing bricks... Biomimicry in architecture has come a long way. Christopher DeWolf takes a look at the latest advances


56 Michael Pawlyn From climate change to resource scarcity, Exploration Architecture uses biomimicry to address some of the world’s major challenges. Its founder tells us how


62 Rich Weissmann After becoming majority shareholders of US spa Miraval, KSL Capital Partners are preparing to roll out the brand. KSL partner Rich Weissmann gives us the inside scoop


70 Aiming high Designing a climbers’ refuge on Mont Blanc was anything but straightforward, but for Groupe H’s Nikolai Bersenev the challenges were what made the project so memorable


76 Earl Santee A well-designed sports stadium can completely transform a community, but it’s vital to ensure it feels authentic, says Populous principal Earl Santee


82 Moving Kiruna


White Arkitekter’s Monica von Schmalensee on how culture and leisure are central to plans to move the Swedish town of Kiruna to stop it being swallowed by its mine


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