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awards
of merit
interiors
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5 gamsei cocktail bar
Location: Munich, Germany
Firm: Buero Wagner, Vienna, Austria
Team: Fabian A. Wagner with
Andreas Kreft
This intimate cocktail bar in the
fashionable Munich neighbourhood
of Glockenbach places its mix ol o­
gists front and centre. Framed by
amphitheatre-style bench seating
on either side of the central bar
and accessed by folding doors that
connect the interior to the sidewalk,
Gamsei evokes the open, communal
spirit of a Bavarian beer hall. Crafted
in natural oil-finished oak, the interior
emphasizes a grid-like aesthetic,
where the vertical slats of the cupboard
doors are complemented by a
meticulous horizontal arrangement
of white ceramic bottles on shelves.
The boldest move: a grid of black steel
mesh above the bar that suspends
an array of the same handsome bottles
filled with house-made liquors and
syrups. buero‐wagner. com
6 LAX – Immersive
multimedia architecture
Location: Los Angeles, California
Team: Digital Kitchen, Electrosonic,
Fentress Architects, Moment Factory,
MRA Inter national, Sardi Design,
Smart Monkeys
Moment Factory has transformed the
new Tom Bradley International Terminal
at Los Angeles International Airport into
a magical multimedia extravaganza.
Leading a team of more than 300 contributors,
the Montreal studio designed
seven architectural-scale digital media
features. Evoking a railway station clock
tower, the seven-storey, LED-animated
Time Tower in the main departure hall
presents a digital dance performance
to mark each hour. Several “portals”
display video and sound effects triggered
by passengers’ movements. The
studio also produced over four hours
of continuous video, with images from
the golden age of Hollywood, to keep
even long-haul travellers entertained.
momentfactory.com
76 jul ⁄ aug 2014 az awards annual azuremagazine.com