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CLADmag 2018 issue 2
On the cover: Ole Scheeren
Ole Scheeren telling stories with his buildings
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Editor’s letter: Reforesting the world
Liz Terry shares her thoughts
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CLAD people: Elizabeth de Portzamparc
On her futuristic new museum
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CLAD people: Frida Escobedo
Creating the Serpentine Pavilion
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CLAD people: Snarkitecture
Reimagining the traditional home
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CLAD people: Ben van Berkel
On the launch of his tech startup
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Products: Salone del Mobile
A look at some of the most exciting products launched in Milan
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CLAD news:
The latest design and architecture news from around the world
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Opinion: The good news on diversity
Things are beginning to change at last, with more architects and the bodies that represent them working to encourage and support a more diverse industry, argues Magali Robathan
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Interview: Ole Scheeren
The architect behind Beijing’s CCTV Headquarters and the Taipei Performing Arts Center talks form, fiction and fantasy with Kim Megson
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Interview: Gabrielle Bullock
Architects must reflect the world they design for, says Perkins+Will’s director of global diversity
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CLAD news: Kuwait’s cultural district
A look at Kuwait’s mammoth new museum district
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Interview: Dan Meis
The Everton and AS Roma stadium architect talks through the challenges and rewards of sports facility design
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Interview: Martha Schwartz
The outspoken landscape architect on climate change, bagels and being controversial
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CLADmag 2018 issue 2
On the cover: Ole Scheeren
Ole Scheeren telling stories with his buildings

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Culture: EuropaCity
The key cultural buildings for Paris’s controversial new leisure destination
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Interview: David Collins Studio
David Collins was behind the design of many of London’s hottest destinations Today his legacy lives on via the studio’s glamorous international projects
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Wellness: Labour of love
The desire to save a threatened forest and historic buildings in China led to a truly unique resort, We speak to the people that made it happen
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Tourism: Transforming Istria
The intriguing design-led hotels changing the face of Croatia’s Istria region
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Research: Living with wellness
Research by the Global Wellness Institute valued wellness real estate at US$134bn in 2017 and growing. The research authors outline the implications
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Profile: Matteo Thun
Simplicity and sustainability should be at the heart of all design argues the Italian architect
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Tribute: Will Alsop
In an interview that took place several months before his death the British architect talked about his art creating public space and the role of fun
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David Chipperfield studied at Kingston School of Art and the AA in London

Interview: David Chipperfield doesn't hold back on Brexit, the media and the problem with planning

"It’s not controversy, it’s dialogue. It’s very healthy"

The UK should take a leaf out of Germany’s book when it comes to designing and planning cities, argues the Neues Museum architect

The midcentury modern Whiting Residence

Landscape design: Back to nature
Alan Metcalfe
"When people are a bit scared, they gather together"

Featuring a vibrating glass platform and one of the US’s longest tree canopy walks, Whiting Forest has been designed to bring visitors closer to nature and to one another

AL_A’s design concept for the project was to ‘make visible the invisible through large moves and small details alike’

People news: Amanda Levete explains the aim of the bold V&A Exhibition Road expansion
AL_A’s design concept for the project was to ‘make visible the invisible through large moves and small details alike’
"There is no other institution that would be quite so audacious in its commission"

Pulls off the V&A's new £55m courtyard

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The Berkeley recently unveiled its new RSHP-designed façade, which is part of a wider redesign of the hotel

CLAD people: Richard Rogers on his latest projects and the importance of defending public space
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"Leisure space is at the very root of democracy. We have to defend our public spaces"

On defending our public spaces

The Fake Hills residential development in Beihai, China, features public spaces on the roof

Method in the MADness: Ma Yansong on battling conservatism
Chinese architect Ma Yansong
"We as humans can learn from nature and then move beyond it"

The founder of MAD on nature and urbanism, the Harbin Opera House and battling conservatism

The Icebar was designed by Wouter Biegelaar, Viktor Tsarski and Maurizio Perron.

Icy reception
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People are looking for neighbourhoods that support a healthy lifestyle

Research: The wellness living concepts set to push the design of healthy living environments to the next level
"Wellness real estate makes up about 1.5% of the total annual global construction market"

Research by the Global Wellness Institute valued wellness real estate at US$134bn in 2017 and growing. The research authors outline the implications

The museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition houses an art gallery and meeting and exhibition space

People news: Coop Himmelb(l)au's Wolf Prix on how architecture competitions are damaging the industry
Wolf Prix, the CEO of Coop Himmelb(l)au, has criticised design competitions
"I don't want to work for nothing. It's a diminishing of the value of our thinking"

The case against design competitions

Ritz-Carlton Reserve Dorado Beach

Interview: Blurred lines
Scott Lee became president of SB Architects in 2000. Tracy Lee founded TLee Spas in 2015
"We design to connect the guest to the place, positioning people at the centre of the design"

Architect Scott Lee and spa consultant Tracey Lee on marrying the worlds of design and wellness in a series of interesting projects

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Alberto Apostoli designs tech-forward Wellness Therapy furniture collection for Varaschin
The furniture collection draws on absolute geometries, pure lines, neutral colours and strong references to nature
Alberto Apostoli designs tech-forward Wellness Therapy furniture collection for Varaschin
Megan Whitby
Furniture manufacturer Varaschin has unveiled the new Wellness Therapy range, designed by Italian spa and wellness architect and designer Alberto ...
Siminetti unveils iridescent decorative panelling range inspired by plants
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 ...
Mather & Co and ITV unite to create Coronation Street Experience
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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Alberto Apostoli and Newform collaborate to launch the A.Zeta showerhead
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 ...
Jaffe Holden helps bring Academy Museum of Motion Pictures alive
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 ...
Eco Resort Network conference to convene in Mauritius this May
The event will be hosted in the Mauritius in 2024
Eco Resort Network conference to convene in Mauritius this May
Megan Whitby
Hospitality industry event Eco Resort Network is set to take place at the Ravenala Attitude Hotel, Turtle Bay, Mauritius, from ...
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Koto Design introduces wood-fired hot tub
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 ...
Eden project uses drones to spell out climate change warning
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 ...
Codelocks develops new glass door smart lock
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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