https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2766 en-us An unlikely collaboration between a Lebanese architect and his Japanese counterpart yields inventive creations.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13448 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 08:25:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13448-design-vanguard-2018-ibda-design Hai D3 Photo © Sadao Hotta Al Warqa'a Mosque Three entryways instead of one lead to a courtyard, through which the indoor prayer hall is accessible behind a glass wall. The result, when the mosque’s wooden doors are left open, is multiple sight lines from outside the building into the sacred space. Photo © Sadao Hotta Beirut Museum of Art This conceptual design uses a double-skinned ETFE facade to filter light into a museum containing indoor gardens; the scheme was driven by the Japanese word komorebi, which is the dappled effect of the sun shining through the leaves of a tree. Photo © ibda design Hai D3 Photo © Sadao Hotta Hai D3 For a mixed-use office complex, the architects offer a contemporary spin on traditional elements. Here, they fashioned hollow vertical structures out of shipping containers to funnel strong desert winds downward into landscaped meeting areas and walkways, like the wind towers that once dominated Dubai’s skyline. Photo © Sadao Hotta