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CLADmag 2019 issue 3

On the Cover: Kengo Kuma

Unveils his timber-inspired museum in Turkey

5 Editor's letter: What lies beneath

The adaptive reuse of old quarries provides ideas for challenging brownfield sites
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12 CLAD people: Harry Handelsman

What the Chiltern Firehouse developer did next
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16 CLAD people: Kengo Kuma

Using timber to create warmth with his latest museum
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18 CLAD people: Stephen Proctor

The later living development with leisure and community at its heart
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20 CLAD products: CLADkit

Hot new design products from ZHD, Philippe Starck, Emmanuelle Moureaux and more
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The lowdown on Heatherwick’s first Japanese project, Todd Williams and Billie Tsien respond to winning the Praemium Imperiale Award, an Austrian stadium transformed into a forest and more
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38 Interview: Elizabeth de Portzamparc

The architect behind Nimes’ Musée de la Romanité on designing to counter loneliness and the need for more cultural buildings
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48 Hospitality: High standards

The Standard’s first London hotel is bold, fun and full of surprising touches
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56 Interview: Olga Polizzi

Following the highly anticipated launch of Rome’s Hotel de la Ville, Rocco Forte’s director of design reflects on a fascinating project
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66 Interview: John McElgunn and Stephen Barrett

As RSHP completes its latest cultural project, we speak to two of its partners about why Richard Rogers isn’t leaving his succession to chance
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76 Hospitality: A deep sleep

When Martin Jochman set out to transform an old quarry into a luxury hotel, he faced some serious challenges
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CLADmag 2019 issue 3

On the Cover: Kengo Kuma

Unveils his timber-inspired museum in Turkey

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82 Interview: José Alminaña

The Andropogon principal on pushing the boundaries of landscape design for the benefit of humans and nature
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88 Health & Fitness: Working it

Les Mills’ new studio spaces at its iconic Auckland City Gym showcase a trend away from masculine ‘grunty’ gyms to something altogether different
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92 Culture: Alexander Schwarz

The opening of the James-Simon- Galerie on Berlin’s Museum Island completes two decades of work for David Chipperfield Architects. The lead designer talks us through the building
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98 Heritage: Lucky dip

A renewed appreciation of the architectural merit of the UK’s historic pools are seeing many brought back to life. We take a look
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106 Hospitality & Wellness: Blurred lines

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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114 Last word: Elina Grigoriou

The London-based interior designer and wellness expert hopes her new book will help readers understand how to design with wellbeing in mind
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It took three months to install the capsules on to the mountainside. They offer amazing views

CLAD people: Ario Ferri on installing sleeping capsules on the side of a cliff

Mountain climbing guide Ario Ferri created the capsules

"Installing the sleeping capsules took ropes, pulleys, cables...and lots of guts"

Installing sleeping capsules on the side of a Peruvian cliff

In the spotlight: : Tadao Kamei, CEO of Nikken Sekkei, talks designing Barcelona FC's new Camp Nou stadium

The design features raised walkways to protect the jungle floor

Interview: Heather Henninger and Nathan Stevenson

Heather Henninger (left) and Nathan Stevenson (right)

"Our goal is to be one of the largest dedicated green wellness communities in the world"

A new green wellness community for Mexico

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Opinion: Magali Robathan celebrates the people working to create a more diverse architectural profession

Polizzi worked closely with architect and designer Tommaso Ziffer on Hotel de la Ville in Rome

Interview: Olga Polizzi

Olga Polizzi is director of design for Rocco Forte Hotels and also owns two of her own hotels

"On Via Sistina, everything breathes history. At the same time I wanted to reflect the modern hunger for the fantastical - Tommaso Ziffer"

Following the highly anticipated launch of Rome’s Hotel de la Ville, Rocco Forte’s director of design reflects on a fascinating project

The Serial Classic exhibit includes a collection of cars reworked by a variety of artists

Interview: Rem Koolhaas

"The complexity of the architecture will create a positive tension between the art and the architecture"

Architectural practice OMA have converted a former industrial complex in Milan, Italy, into a new home for designer Miuccia Prada’s Fondazione Prada. We speak to OMA's founder, Rem Koolhaas

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Interview: RCR Arquitectes

"Winning the Pritzker is a great joy and a great responsibility"

On winning the Pritzker Prize

The hotel’s historic Art Deco features were carefully restored

People: MKV Design founder Maria Vafiadis on the relaunch of The Sheraton Grand London Park Lane

Respecting the hotel’s heritage was key, says Maria Vafiadis

"We were very conscious of the heritage we were dealing with"

MKV completes the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane redesign

Minimalist design was used for the interiors, allowing the exhibits to take centre stage

CLAD people: Designing WAF's World Building of the Year

Konieczny studied at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. He launched KWK Promes in 1999

"Many buildings nowadays look interesting, but when you analyse deeper, there’s nothing more than the form"

On designing the World Building of the Year

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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...