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Project • By Metcalfe Architecture & Design • Hospitals
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Buerger Center
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia looked to Metcalfe to design innovative and playful interactive experiences within the new Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care.
Metcalfe brought the idea of “Children in Motion” to life through environmental graphics, including over two hundred larger-than-life photographs placed in elevator lobbies, at check-in desks, and in exam rooms.
The graphics are visually appealing, provide essential wayfinding assistance, and enhance comfort and healing — purposefully distracting from intimidating exam room machinery. Each exam room identifier contains a unique photograph to help parents find their child. Exam rooms were renumbered to improve patient flow.
Interactive pieces scattered througho... More
Project • By Alumil S.A • Hotels
Ibis Alger Aeroport
Hotel Ibis Alger provides 261 rooms and consists of a 910 m2 basement floor, 1,495 m2 ground floor, 8 regular floors, 1 technical terrace floor, 2 open air terraces, underground and outdoor parking with a total area of 12,450 m2. Bilyap Construction, the subsidiary of KAYI Construction in Algeria, undertook the building, architectural works, infrastructure and landscaping of Hotel Ibis Alger. The construction system was reinforced concrete and the hotel project was completed in February 2009. More
Project • By Alumil S.A • Hotels
Mardan Palace Hotel
The Mardan Palace is a luxury hotel in Lara, Antalya, Turkey. It is considered Europe's and the Mediterranean's most expensive luxury resort.
It opened on May 2009 and attended by Mariah Carey, Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Monica Bellucci, Paris Hilton, Seal, Tom Jones and the Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Some well-known football clubs like Shakhtar Donetsk and Steaua Bucharest, 2011 and respectively 2012, were guests of honor.
Mardan Palace cost $1.4 billion. It has the Mediterranean's largest swimming pool within which is a sunken aquarium containing 2,400 fishes.
The hotel has 560 rooms, a 12,000 sq ft spa, and its own beach containing 9,000 tons of sand imported from Egypt. 10,000 m² of gold, 500,000 crystals, 23,000... More