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« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

The Center is conceived of as a unification of art, landscape and architecture to replenish and invigorate the spirit. 

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Matthew Millman

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

Nathan Oliveira’s “Big Red” greets visitors upon entering the building. The rammed earth wall extends from the entry to the reflecting pool beyond, blurring the line between interior and exterior.

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Matthew Millman

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

Nathan Oliveira’s “The Windhover I A and I B” diptych. The mix design and texture of the rammed earth were carefully calibrated to complement the paintings. 

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Matthew Millman

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

Finish materials and lighting are kept intentionally dark to focus the visitor’s attention on the paintings.

Crédit photo :
Matthew Millman

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

The courtyard provides visitors the ability to experience the adjacent oak grove within the protection of the three-sided courtyard.

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Matthew Millman

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

A glass enclosed bridge leads visitors to the northernmost gallery space while providing intimacy to the east facing courtyard. 

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Matthew Millman

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

The space opens to the oak glade beyond, extending the visitor’s experience into the landscape. 

Crédit photo :
Matthew MIllman

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

Lifted two feet from the ground with strategically placed benches along its length, the courtyard provides visitors the ability to experience the adjacent oak grove within the protection of the three-sided courtyard.

Crédit photo :
Matthew Millman

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

A stone bench salvaged from Stanford’s “bone yard” provides a private spot for reflection.

Crédit photo :
Matthew Millman

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

Water, in conjunction with landscape, is used throughout as an aid for contemplation; fountains within the main gallery and the courtyard provide ambient sound while a still reflecting pool to the south reflects the surrounding trees. 

Crédit photo :
Matthew Millman

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

A fountain provides ambient sound to support contemplation while the fully glazed wall beyond allows views in the North Gallery.

Crédit photo :
Matthew Millman

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

View from the Oak Grove at dusk. The paintings are lit through the evening hours allowing visitors to access them visually at any time.

Crédit photo :
Matthew Millman

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

Conceptual elevational study. 

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Aidlin Darling Design

« Windhover Contemplative Center », lauréat aux Architizer A+ Awards 
Aidlin Darling Design

Floor Plan

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Aidlin Darling Design

Les finalistes 2016 du « FAD to Architecture and Interior Design Awards »
FAD - Fostering Arts and Design

Category: Architecture National Museum dos Coches  Avenida da Índia, 136  Lisbon (Portugal) Authors:           Paulo Mendes da Rocha, architect Ricardo Bak Gordon, architect (Bak Gordon Arquitectos)              Fernando Mello Franco,  Marta Moreira, Milton Braga, architect (MMBB Arquitectos)           Rui Furtado, engineer (AFA Consult)   

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Fernando Guerra

Les finalistes 2016 du « FAD to Architecture and Interior Design Awards »
FAD - Fostering Arts and Design

Category: Architecture Municipal Market in Abrantes           Rua Nª Srª da Conceição           Abrantes (Portugal)                                                                                    Authors:            José Mateus, NunoMateus, architect (ARX Portugal Arquitectos) Building engineer: CIP Construções, S.A., Sociedade de Construções  José Coutinho, S.A.  Engineer: Safre, Energia Técnica

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FG+SG - Fotografia de Arquitectura, Fernando Guerra

Les finalistes 2016 du « FAD to Architecture and Interior Design Awards »
FAD - Fostering Arts and Design

Category: Architecture Theater - Auditorium of Llinars del Vallès           Ronda Sant Antoni, s/n           Llinars del Vallès Barcelone (Spain)                                                                     Authors:          Álvaro Siza Vieira, architect Building engineer: ARESTA Arquitectura + Urbanisme S.L.P           Engineer: GOP, Gabinete de Obras e ProjectosLda. (Direcció: Jorge Nunes da Silva)

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Fernando Guerra, João Morgado

Les finalistes 2016 du « FAD to Architecture and Interior Design Awards »
FAD - Fostering Arts and Design

Category: Architecture Encants School Consell de Cent, 558-560           Barcelone (Spain)                                                                                                Authors:    Roger Méndez i Badias, architect (AMB)  Building engineer: Olga Méliz Soriano (AMB) 

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MarcelaGrassi

Les finalistes 2016 du « FAD to Architecture and Interior Design Awards »
FAD - Fostering Arts and Design

Category: Architecture Casal Balaguer Cultural Center Unió, 3    Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands (Spain)                             Authors:             Eva Prats, Ricardo Flores, architects (Flores & Prats)           Sé Duch, Xisco Pizá, architects (Duch-Pizà) Building engineer: Anastasio de la Peña           Engineer: Fernando Purroy

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Adrià Goula

Les finalistes 2016 du « FAD to Architecture and Interior Design Awards »
FAD - Fostering Arts and Design

Category: Architecture Higher Technical School of Architecture at the Ancient Military Hospital    Campo del Príncipe, s/n    Granada (Spain)                                                                                            Authors:    Víctor López Cotelo, architect Building engineer: José Antonio Valdés Moreno           Engineer: Proyectos de Ingeniería y Arquitectura S.L., J.G. Ingenieros

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Lluís Casals, Estudio Victor López Cotelo