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Hotel Zenden Designer: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Maastricht, The Netherlands
Image Credits: Jan Bitter and Joao Morgado
The Hotel and Sport School Zenden is located within three monumental town houses near the river Maas in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The hotel’s history begins in the late sixties, and originally contained only a pool for swimming lessons. Over the years other functions such as hotel rooms and a Judo school were implemented into the program. Upon the facilities reaching spatial limits, a renovation and reorganisation of the program was needed. www.contemporist.com Posted: 01/25/2010 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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Heart of Africa Biodome at Chester Zoo Designer: Proctor and Matthews Architects
Location: Chester, near Liverpool, UK
Proctor and Matthews Architects designed a gigantic biodome for the Chester Zoo in Northern England to house the zoological visitor attraction. Working with AECOM and Barton Willmore, the scheme forms part of the 'Natural Vision' redevelopment plan, an enormous project that will occur over the next 15 years and is expected to establish the zoo as Europe's largest conservation, animal and leisure attraction. archinect.com Posted: 01/25/2010 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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Food Landscapes Designer: Carl Warner
Location: n/a
Image Credits: Carl Warner
Whats crazy is the guy actually made a model of this! :shock: www.archinect.com Posted: 01/22/2010 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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Canoes Landscape Designer: Julio Barreno Arquitecto
Location: Zahara de la Sierra, Spain
Image Credits: Julio Barreno Arquitecto
This building for storing canoes is built as another white point in the landscape. archinect.com Posted: 01/21/2010 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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Haiti: Inflatable Hospital Designer: MSF
Location: Haiti
Image Credits: Benoit Finck
MSF is currently installing an inflatable hospital of 100 beds in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. More than 700 MSF staff are working to provide emergency medical assistance to survivors of the earthquake in and outside of the city. www.boingboing.net Posted: 01/21/2010 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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