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CLADmag 2015 issue 1

5 Editor’s Letter: Adding value

Leisure can add significantly to the value of residential and retail schemes says Liz Terry
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12 CLAD update:

CLAD news from around the globe
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26 CLAD people: Joyce Wang

The Hong Kong designer's latest project
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30 CLAD people: James Balfour, Giles Dean and Kevin Yates

The founders of new microgym 1Rebel
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32 CLAD people: Ray Winkler and Cristina Garcia

The Wuhan Movie Theme Park and Han Show Theatre
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34 CLAD people: Daan Roosegaarde

His Rainbow Station light installation
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36 CLAD people: Bill Hellmuth

HOK re-enters the sports market
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37 CLAD people: Heather Henninger and Nathan Stevenson

A new green wellness community for Mexico
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38 Profile: Dutch master: UNStudio’s Ben van Berkel

UNStudio’s Ben van Berkel shares what he’s learned from projects including the Mercedes- Benz Museum and the Theatre de Stoep
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50 Biomimicry: Learning from nature

Bionic leaves, breathable metals and selfgrowing bricks... Biomimicry in architecture has come a long way. Christopher DeWolf takes a look at the latest advances
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56 Profile: Michael Pawlyn, Exploration Architects, talks about biomimicry

From climate change to resource scarcity, Exploration Architecture uses biomimicry to address some of the world’s major challenges. Its founder tells us how
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62 Investor Profile: Rich Weissmann, KSL International

After becoming majority shareholders of US spa Miraval, KSL Capital Partners are preparing to roll out the brand. KSL partner Rich Weissman gives us the inside scoop
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70 Wild Places: 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
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CLADmag 2015 issue 1

76 Profile: 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
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82 Big Ambitions: 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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88 Design: Icy reception

As the original Icehotel near Kiruna celebrates its 25th birthday, we take a look at some of this year’s stunning rooms
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92 Co-create: Bombay Sapphire Distillery

With a long-standing relationship, Thomas Heatherwick and Bombay Sapphire had a shared vision for the gin maker’s new attraction. We find out how they worked together to create this unique project
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104 Investment: Going to the source

How Portugal’s biggest brewer enlisted the help of one of the country’s best known architects to turn two historic nature parks into thermal spa and nature destinations
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114 Investor: Steve and Marie Nygren

Eco community Serenbe was launched in the heart of the Giorgia countryside to provide an alternative to the traditional American suburb. As work starts on a new wellness hamlet, we speak to the founders
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122 Regeneration: West Kowloon Cultural District

It’s an ambitious experiment for Hong Kong, but will the West Kowloon Cultural District turn out to be a white elephant or a new model for development in the city?
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128 CLAD kit:

A revolutionary lift system and a product that makes curved rendering easy... a round up of exciting new products
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Despite being a single site in the middle of the Arizona desert “Miraval is a business that clearly punches above its weight” says Weissmann

Interview: Rich Weissmann, KSL International

Before KSL, Weissmann headed up the hospitality and gaming practice at Goldman Sachs

"We don’t leave design and development to chance as you can lose a lot of money doing bad renovation"

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

The original copper-covered hyperbolic paraboloid roof was restored and used as the focal point for the design

Feature: The team behind the Design Museum's new home

Gehl's work with Sao Paolo focused on reclaiming the city for pedestrians

Feature: Jan Gehl on 50 years of battling to make our cities more people-friendly

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Interview: Why Thom Mayne relishes the controversy surrounding his Swiss valley skyscraper plans

"Both good design & really bad design can be interesting"

On why he’s building a skyscraper next to Switzerland’s most famous thermal baths

In our cities, parks are one of the few places that the rich and the poor are side by side, and everybody is equal

Interview: Dan Pearson on cities, greenspace and the Garden Bridge

"It’s a public space that’s managed very beautifully and has a strong message of sustainability"

It’s a huge source of sadness that the Garden Bridge became as political as it did, says the project’s landscape designer

Mirrors gave the impression that the maze was larger than it actually was

Martha Schwartz: The landscape architect on bagels, climate change and upsetting the status quo

"No one is taking the issue of climate change seriously. Some bad things will have to happen before there is a change"

The outspoken landscape architect on climate change, bagels and being controversial

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People news: David Beckham's Miami stadium deal unveiled

Beckham has purchased the land he needs for a stadium

"Now’s the time for MLS to move forward in helping us deliver the soccer club that Miami has been waiting for"

Miami soccer stadium land sale gets approval

The Center for Sustainable Landscapes in Pittsburgh, US

Interview: José Alminaña

"We are committed to designing evocative landscapes informed by the best environmental science"

The Andropogon principal on pushing the boundaries of landscape design for the benefit of humans and nature

The Montreal Museum of Fine Art’s Bourgie Pavilion of Quebec and Canadian Art by Provencher Roy

Urban regeneration: From quirky art installations to major cultural centres - the changing face of Montreal

"A vast yet understated investment in cultural institutions and tourist infrastructure is taking place without lavish budgets, starchitects or international fanfare"

The amazing projects transforming Canada’s second city

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cladkit product news

The showerhead offers two modes; rainfall or waterfall

Alberto Apostoli and Newform collaborate to launch the A.Zeta showerhead

Megan Whitby

Italian architect Alberto Apostoli has renewed his partnership with Newform – an Italian wellness company – and designed A.Zeta. A.Zeta ...

Koto is known for crafting modular, energy-neutral cabins and homes

Koto Design introduces wood-fired hot tub

Katie Barnes

A striking wood-fired hot tub has been unveiled by Koto, an architecture and design studio which has a passion for ...

The new lock model allows facilities and building managers to create and manage access via an app or online portal

Codelocks develops new glass door smart lock

Megan Whitby

Codelocks has launched its first glass door smart lock to bring intelligent access control to modern spa, leisure, fitness and ...

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The Clematis design

Siminetti unveils iridescent decorative panelling range inspired by plants

Megan Whitby

The Botanicals is Siminetti’s newest Mother of Pearl decorative panelling collection, inspired by the distinctive patterns found in botany and ...

Eden project uses drones to spell out climate change warning

Magali Robathan

Almost 300 drones were used to signal an environmental message above the Eden Project’s biomes, during the UN Climate Change ...

Mather & Co has transformed the visitor centre into the ultimate haven for ardent Coronation Street viewers

Mather & Co and ITV unite to create Coronation Street Experience

Magali Robathan

Experience designers, Mather & Co, have orchestrated a remarkable collaboration with ITV to unveil the new Coronation Street Experience, a ...

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Jaffe Holden provided architectural acoustics for the Academy Museum

Jaffe Holden helps bring Academy Museum of Motion Pictures alive

Magali Robathan

Acoustical consulting firm Jaffe Holden provided architectural acoustics and audio/video design services for the recently opened Academy Museum of Motion ...