WAN AWARDS 2011 Healthcare Sector this modest yet considered approach was also favoured by our unbuilt panel, who chose Perkins+Will’s Kenyan Women and Children’s Wellness Centre in Nairobi as their winning scheme. Remote juror Mette Blicher Folmer was keen to express her opinion that the concept’s design team ‘have used shadowing, space size and texture of the materials in a very human and...
The Tripoli Congress Center a wooden and metalic designed by Tabanlioglu is located in Tripoli, Libya. Surrounded by the woods, the rectangular two-storey ‘block’ is nested in a semi-transparent metal envelop as a “shield” that opens up to the external landscape with a wide portico that defines the main entrance. Between the mesh and the inner glass walls a semi-open shady circulation...
Serena Hotel that located in Islamabad, Pakistan, was designed by NAYYAR ALI DADA & ASSOCIATES. The Serena hotel buildings in Asia and Africa have been able to reflect the sensibilities of their respective locations and have been sympathetic to historical and cultural aspects through their unique expressions. The hotel in Islamabad posed a tall challenge since the capital city is a fairly young...
Canadian design firm set for global prominence that located in Montreal, Canada, was designed by Saucier + Perrotte architectes. Saucier + Perrotte’s highly acclaimed buildings have been published the world over, reflecting the office’s status as one of Canada’s premier design firms. While continuing to add to its significant body of built work in Canada, the firm is expanding its...
Grand Museum of Egypt that located in Cairo, Egypt, was designed by heneghan peng architects. The museum which has been personally sponsored by the President of Egypt, Hosny Mubarak and his wife, will preserve the heritage of its extensive collection for future generations; it will house 50,000 exhibits including the whole of Carter’s Tutankhamen collection, with the total number of exhibits rising...