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Hotel Santa Fe, EuroDisney
Paris, France

Beyond the entry and the check-in area, the Hotel is organized as a series of Western Trails, each of which draws its form from the essential aspects of a theme. The design of the Trails eschews conceptual and visual stereotypes in favor of atmospheres which encourage multiple interpretations. Guests and the visiting public are drawn into the project as readers and translators, applying their biases and notions of the American West to these suggestive images.

Tampa Museum of Science and Industry
Tampa, Florida

The site for the museum is adjacent to an active natural wetland. A causeway-like arm of the building engages the immediate environment while simultaneously guiding the way from the busy northern entrance street to parking areas. Cars drive through this arm between the sphere of the theater and the gallery spaces to engage the lobby on one side and the ritual observatory below the theater on the other. The unraveling skin of the blue sphere is of highly reflective stainless steel to mirror the blue of the sky and the waters of Tampa Bay.

http://www.mosi.org

In association with Executive Architect Robbins Bell Kreher Architects, Tampa, Florida.

Ventana Vista Elementary School
Tucson, Arizona

This "city for children" is organized around linked courtyards that suggest ageless ruins. One courtyard celebrates the dismantling of warplanes: the vertical tail section of a B-52 bomber emerges from the ground like a shark fin. The scale and character of the "neighborhoods" within this "city" vary with the age of the child. The second third graders have the "sorcerer's terrace"; it has a wall of apertures that align with celestial events. At a distance, this city for children nestles into the landforms of the site. Emerging from its low-lying silhouette is a tent-like white canvas structure that recalls the nomadic occupation of the desert.

http://www.cfsd.k12.az.us/~vvwww

In association with Burns and Wald-Hopkins Architects.

Center for Integrated Systems
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Stanford's Center for Integrated Systems, sited on a prominent pedestrian mall that is defined by one of the Universityís major axes, acts as a mediator for the diverse academic and architectural conditions that exist at one of the world's preeminent universities. The building provides working spaces for individual research that are interspersed with informal meeting areas that encourage group interaction. The entrance is marked with a copper-clad concrete vault that immediately provides a clear view to an open courtyard beyond. A knife edge copper roof floats above the excavated stone monolith.
http://www-cis.stanford.edu/newindex.html

Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Rice University, Houston, Texas
Situated at one of the busiest entrances to the campus, the Rice University Nanotechnology Building embodies the interaction between the traditional, architectural context of the Rice campus, and the forward-looking, dynamic goals of the Rice Nanotechnology Initiative. The "exterior" of the building respects the unique historical and physical context of the campus, while the "interior" courtyard expresses the multi-disciplinary nature and esoteric investigations which take place within the building. The inner courtyard, the private domain of the building, results from the spiraling form of the structure directing light and views into all of the spaces.

http://www.rice.edu/maps/space/59/
In association with Executive Architect Brooks/Collier.

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	Hotel Santa Fe, EuroDisney Paris, France Beyond the entry and the check-in area, the Hotel is organized as a series of Western Trails, each of which draws its form from the essential aspects of a theme. The design of the Trails eschews conceptual and visual stereotypes in favor of atmospheres which encourage multiple interpretations. Guests and the visiting public are drawn into the project as readers and translators, applying their biases and notions of the American West to these suggestive images.
	Tampa Museum of Science and Industry Tampa, Florida The site for the museum is adjacent to an active natural wetland. A causeway-like arm of the building engages the immediate environment while simultaneously guiding the way from the busy northern entrance street to parking areas. Cars drive through this arm between the sphere of the theater and the gallery spaces to engage the lobby on one side and the ritual observatory below the theater on the other. The unraveling skin of the blue sphere is of highly reflective stainless steel to mirror the blue of the sky and the waters of Tampa Bay. http://www.mosi.org In association with Executive Architect Robbins Bell Kreher Architects, Tampa, Florida.
	Ventana Vista Elementary School Tucson, Arizona This "city for children" is organized around linked courtyards that suggest ageless ruins. One courtyard celebrates the dismantling of warplanes: the vertical tail section of a B-52 bomber emerges from the ground like a shark fin. The scale and character of the "neighborhoods" within this "city" vary with the age of the child. The second third graders have the "sorcerer's terrace"; it has a wall of apertures that align with celestial events. At a distance, this city for children nestles into the landforms of the site. Emerging from its low-lying silhouette is a tent-like white canvas structure that recalls the nomadic occupation of the desert. http://www.cfsd.k12.az.us/~vvwww In association with Burns and Wald-Hopkins Architects.
	Center for Integrated Systems Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Stanford's Center for Integrated Systems, sited on a prominent pedestrian mall that is defined by one of the Universityís major axes, acts as a mediator for the diverse academic and architectural conditions that exist at one of the world's preeminent universities. The building provides working spaces for individual research that are interspersed with informal meeting areas that encourage group interaction. The entrance is marked with a copper-clad concrete vault that immediately provides a clear view to an open courtyard beyond. A knife edge copper roof floats above the excavated stone monolith. http://www-cis.stanford.edu/newindex.html
	Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology Rice University, Houston, Texas Situated at one of the busiest entrances to the campus, the Rice University Nanotechnology Building embodies the interaction between the traditional, architectural context of the Rice campus, and the forward-looking, dynamic goals of the Rice Nanotechnology Initiative. The "exterior" of the building respects the unique historical and physical context of the campus, while the "interior" courtyard expresses the multi-disciplinary nature and esoteric investigations which take place within the building. The inner courtyard, the private domain of the building, results from the spiraling form of the structure directing light and views into all of the spaces. http://www.rice.edu/maps/space/59/ In association with Executive Architect Brooks/Collier.