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HOLY ROSARY CATHOLIC CHURCH, WASHINGTON D.C BEYER BLINDER BELLE
Beyer Blinder Belle has completed the restoration and expansion of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in the US capital. The restoration was co-ordinated with integral aspects to the construction of Capitol Crossing; a 2.2 million ft2
mixed-use development
comprising five new buildings in downtown Washington. Beyer Blinder Belle designed a five-story, 32,000 ft2
limestone and brick addition
to Holy Rosary Catholic Church that connects at multiple levels and locations. The new addition comprises a rectory, adult education classrooms, offices, and meetings spaces, and provides multiple new entrances into the church. Beyer Blinder Belle’s design restores the layout of the parish prior to the construction of the I-395 motorway, and is punctuated by a large outdoor terraced garden.
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE (PHASE II), BEIJING ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS
MISSION ROCK MIXED USE, SAN FRANCISCO MVRDV
of office space with a private lobby and ground-floor retail. Roof terraces complement internal amenities for the inhabitants, while the ‘canyon’ is shared with people working in offices on the lower floors.
Construction has started on MVRDV’s 23-storey mixed-use building at Mission Rock in San Francisco. The project is one of four buildings in Phase 1 of a multi-phase masterplan. It was designed as part of a collaborative design process, with four architecture firms designing their plot “in conversation” with the other three offices. Alongside MVRDV, the masterplan also includes designs by Studio Gang, Henning Larsen, and WORKac. MVRDV’s block, ‘Building A’, occupies a prime location adjoining the “handshake plaza” that will greet visitors entering Mission Rock via the 3rd Street Bridge. Its internal, canyon-like street is an “essential part of a sequence of public spaces, extending the landscape from China Basin Park through the building itself and into the heart of the Mission Rock masterplan, connecting the different plots,” said the architects. Undulating balconies extend up the tower’s western facades, and the many setbacks and overhangs on each level create terraces “that add to the vibrant atmosphere of the pedestrian space.” The 395,000 ft2 approximately 58,000 ft2
project includes a diverse collection of apartments and
Zaha Hadid Architects has won a design competition to build Phase II of the International Exhibition Centre in Beijing, China. The new 438,500 m2
phase will significantly
expand the centre’s exhibition space, “enhancing the city’s position as a leading centre of knowledge and international exchange.” The architects commented: “The integrated relationships between the exhibition halls, conference centre and hotel are echoed in the centre’s composition, arranged as a series of interconnecting lines and geometries that take inspiration from the textures of glazed tubular ceramic tile roofs within traditional Chinese architecture.” The design’s copper colour and large recessed windows “give further expression to the visually dynamic envelope.”
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