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13 Nov Wisdom Hall Facades

The triangular inclined cable-net and adjacent fin walls form the focal point of a proposed Museum of Thai Culture, located above the Icon Siam, a large mixed-use development – allowing unobstructed views along the banks of the Chao Phraya River in central Bangkok. The central…

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12 Dec Sana Al-Nour

Sana Al-Nour was commissioned by the Abu Dhabi state airport authority (ADAC) as an integrated artwork to direct light and air between the departures and arrivals levels of the new Midfield Terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport, currently scheduled to be opened in 2019. It is…

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12 Dec Orientation

‘Orientation – maquette for a monument to the honeybee’ is a small-scale art project initially designed for Agrikultura- a temporary outdoor exhibition run in Malmö, Sweden in summer 2017. The work – presented as a full-scale maquette – can be seen as a warning from…

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23 Nov Folded Light

’Folded Light’ is a 40-metre high integrated artwork across ten storeys, specifically designed for a slender void space in the new office development, where it serves as a strong visual connection between the lower ground floor and roof. The artwork exploits the almost vertical angle…

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23 May Apple Light Ceiling

The Light Ceiling evokes the effect of arriving under a day-lit canopy and complements the visual impact of the glass stairs, creating a dynamic entrance into the store and its upper level. In 2004, Apple opened its first European high-profile store in London‘s Regent Street,…

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24 Feb Glass Stair + Skylight

The ‘Glass Stair + Skylight’ is for a private apartment and provides the vertical axis which the apartment revolves around. It is a unifying element within the design, guiding daylight into the central spaces. The large, openable Skylight and apparent weightlessness of the Glass Stair…

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23 Feb Prismatic Fabric Façade – Shanghai

A sense of depth, reflectivity and light within the façade design is produced by the interaction of daylight, artifical light and a sense of materiality. C | L proposed using linear prismatic grooves within the glass of the façade. Daylight, and artificial light refract between…

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23 Feb Salvation Army Chapel

The Salvation Army Chapel could be seen as a beacon but paradoxically it must also function as a calm space for reflection within the administration of this busy international organisation. The headquarters of the Salvation Army is on one of the most significant public routes…

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23 Feb Glass Lens

The Glass Lens is a public artwork that acts as a subtle flickering screen between the main entrance lobby and street of Park House, which is a mixed-use building in the west end of Oxford Street. The sculpture defines the entrance without obstructing the view…

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23 Feb Sky Reflector Net

The Sky Reflector Net – an integrated artwork for the Fulton Center, is an artist, architect and engineer collaboration between JCDA, Grimshaw Architects and Arup, commissioned by MTA Downtown Transit Center. The Sky Reflector Net builds upon Grimshaw Architects’ fundamental intent for the central atrium…

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23 Feb World Trade Center 7

World Trade Center 7 was the third building to collapse in 2001 and the first to be rebuilt. JCDA collaborated with SOM on the design of the building’s façade, the external podium lightwall and the building’s lobby, integrating the lower concrete podium with the new…

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23 Feb Transition Screens

The Transition Screens are used at the two boundaries between the landsideand airside areas in Terminal 5 at Heathrow International Airport. On either side of the landside boundary passage and waiting area these screens mask concealed security staff who can monitor passengers without being seen…

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