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Bennetts Associates converts Art Deco cinema into cultural centre in northern England

May 17, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Bennetts Associates has renovated a 1930s cinema and added a brick, frosted-glass and copper extension to create this cultural centre in Chester, England. The British studio carried out the £37 million transformation for the listed Odeon cinema in Chester – a walled city in the northwest of England. A library, cinema, restaurant and cafe are set in the existing

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Small Projects, Wide Reach: Hilary Sample on the Benefits of Maintaining a Purposefully Small Office

May 17, 2017 AD Editorial Team 0

In the seventh episode of GSAPP Conversations Amale Andraos speaks with Hilary Sample, an academic and co-founder of MOS Architects alongside her partner Michael Meredith. They discuss the lasting influence of ORDOS 100—a collection of villas built in Inner Mongolia by emerging and renowned practices—on the firm’s thinking, the role of representation, and how Sample’s practice pursues an inclusive way of working and thinking – while maintaining a purposefully small office.

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Eco Moyo Education Centre / The Scarcity and Creativity Studio

May 17, 2017 Rayen Sagredo 0

Eco Moyo is an educational Community Based Organisation located in Ezamoyo in Kilifi county, Kenya, providing free Montessori based education to children from poor families. Eco Moyo have recently bought a 5 hectares site half an hour drive from Kilifi town center. The site has a house, and Eco Moyo is building the infrastructure necessary to make it usable as an education centre.