World Architectural News April 2008, Buildings across the Globe, Images

Global Architecture News April 2008

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Jesus College Cambridge
Design: Richard Murphy Architects, Edinburgh

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Jesus College Cambridge
Richard Murphy Architects to develop proposals before a formal appointment is made.
Outline by RMA: “The project is for, in a first phase, a 290 seat music auditorium, foyer, practice rooms, etc and a 70-bed boutique hotel. A second phase indicates a sports hall/studio theatre and third phase a Research Institute. For the time being the College has asked us not to publish the drawings.

Aarhus Concert Hall, Denmark : C. F. Møller Architects

Dingleton Boiler House, Scotland : Studio DuB

Multifaith Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Moriyama & Teshima

photo : Tom Arban
The design challenge of the Multi faith Centre was to create a uniquely versatile venue for the practice and discussion of religion and spirituality in which students and leaders of all faiths feel equally welcome and equally valued.
Avoiding icons and symbolism, ‘light’ (spiritual and metaphysical) emerged as a common theme to all faiths and became the central feature of the main facility hall. A dramatic ceiling and front wall of back lit translucent white Onyx panels illuminates the space. The onyx was panelized by using sacred numerology and geometries to create a ceiling mosaic that subtly references the religious structure of all faiths.