AZURE_2014_07_08.pdf

4
awards
of merit
ARCHITECTURE
5
3
3 Elena Garro Cultural
CEnter
Location: Mexico City, Mexico Firms:
Fernanda Canales and Arquitectura
911sc, Mexico City Team: Fernanda
Canales, Jose Castillo and Saidee
Springall
A balustraded mezzanine seen through
triple-height glazing hints at this striking
cultural centre’s former life as an early
20th-century home. Once inside the
concrete volume, visitors are surrounded
by soaring bookcases that establish the
modern identity of the must-visit bookstore,
just one of the new volumes
that local firms Fernanda Canales and
Arquitectura 911sc wrapped around the
old residence in the southern Coyoacán
district. fernandacanales. com,
arq911. com
4 WMS BoathouSE
at Clark Park
Location: Chicago, Illinois Firm: Studio
Gang Architects, Chicago Team: Jeanne
Gang with William Emmick, Jay Hoffman,
Mark Schendel and Christopher Vant Hoff
Capturing the rhythm of rowing in its
exuberant roofline, this boathouse by
Studio Gang symbolizes the Chicago
River’s evolution into the city’s next
recreational frontier. The 2,100-squaremetre
facility’s zinc-clad volumes are
dually oriented, toward each other and
toward the river, and their slate-shingled
peaks incorporate glazed clerestories.
In the interior, finished in warm Douglas
fir plywood and black locust wood,
one room is entirely devoted to indoor
training tanks. Yet this new Chicago icon,
with its 4,043-metre-long launch dock,
is for everyone, as seen in its generous
camp and community programming.
studiogang. net
5 CoMMunity Rowing
BoathouSE
Location: Boston, Massachusetts Firm:
Anmahian Winton Architects, Cambridge,
Massachusetts Team: Alex Anmahian
and Nick Winton with Joel Lamere,
Sydney Schremser and Todd Thiel
56 jul ⁄ aug 2014 az awards annual azuremagazine.com