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On behalf of USAID/American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA), Kerrin Goodspeed and Trisa Savoy visited the Mthunzi Centre and the Ngwerere Lubuto Library with us in November 2014, just before the final award of an ASHA grant to Lubuto to build the 4th Lubuto Library at Mthunzi. (Photo by Jason DeCrow for Lubuto Library Partners)
PARTNERS (Providing Advancement Resources to Nursing Education, Research and Students) recently held a Fall Coffee membership drive at Hotel Granduca. Chaired by Cathy Borlenghi, guest speakers included PARTNERS scholar Evelyn Compean; Assistant Professor Jing Wang, PhD, MPH, RN; and NICU nurse Lee Ann Badum, BSN, RNC-NIC. PARTNERS, the support organization for the School of Nursing, helps provide resources for nursing scholarships, faculty research grants and endowed professorships. With a current endowment of $1.6 million, PARTNERS has provided over 100 full-tuition scholarships to nursing students, more than 45 faculty research grants and four PARTNERS endowed professorships.
Celebrations in Gitega, Burundi for the AFSC-Burundi and Friends Women's Association's program on trauma healing and economic empowerment.
Photos by: Dedo Ndayishimiye
Michael poses with his business partner but I don't recall his name. I converted this one to monochrome.
Canon EOS 20D w/ EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 USM IS
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One of our best good friends at the Lakeshore Foundation here in Alabama has been Lori. She teaches the ladies about all sorts of cool adapted games that can be played by anyone.
All photos property of the U.S. Dept. of State. Photos must be attributed as: U.S. Dept. of State in cooperation with University of Tennessee Center for Sport, Peace, & Society with the Lakeshore Foundation as the key host/supporter for this exchange. Photographer: Jaron Johns
The Art Partners were among the first to explore the eighth annual Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show in an exclusive way! Upon arrival, guests enjoyed beverages and sweets before they were introduced to two wonderful docents, Debra Lynn Gold, a jeweler and teacher who organized the event, and Mindy Spritz, a past curator of the Spruill Center for the Arts. The group interacted privately with 30 presenting artists at the show. Besides being dazzled by the beautiful works of art, guests learned about materials and techniques. Spirits were up, conversation flowed, and smiles abounded.
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt, Germany / 2003-2014
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Wolf D. Prix, Helmut Swiczinsky, Wolfdieter Dreibholz ZT GmbH
Local Partner: AS&P Albert Speer & Partner GmbH, Frankfurt, Deutschland, Architektur Consult ZT GmbH, Structural Engineer: B+G Ingenieure, Bollinger und Grohmann GmbH, Frankfurt/M., Germany
At a height of around 185 meters, the double tower, with its polygonal shape and east-west orientation, has a striking profile that is visible from all important reference points in Frankfurt’s city center, as well as from the river Main. Thanks to its form and presence, the double tower will become a characteristic feature of the Frankfurt skyline. The imposing form of the Grossmarkthalle (wholesale market), which so strongly characterizes Frankfurt’s skyline and the north bank of the river Main, unites with the vertical profile of the towers to form a significant ensemble that considers both the local urban design environment and the general urban spatial context, thus creating a tension between Frankfurt’s banking district and the Ostend area. By concentrating the ECB’s functions in the Grossmarkthalle, the south side of the premises, facing the Main, can be largely kept free of construction. The prominent view of the south side of the hall from the Main embankment with the clearly visible profile of the high-rise emphasizes its special position.
The tower ensemble is the result of a design process inspired by the urban links with the city of Frankfurt. Owing to its clear orientation towards the important urban perspectives, the ensemble enters into a dialogue with the important urban reference points in Frankfurt. Starting with the economical typology of a double-slab high-rise, a second design step combines the urban planning specifications with the geometric transformation of the towers, in order to generate a multi-faceted building structure while preserving its urban significance. The atrium between the office towers becomes a “vertical city”. Through platforms we are creating spaces, plazas and pathways between the towers, just as they exist in a city. The connecting and transferring levels divide the atrium horizontally into three sections of different sizes, with heights ranging from around 45 to 60 meters.
These connecting platforms, bridges, ramps and stairs form a network of links between the office towers. They create short paths between the individual office floors in each tower and thus enable larger, interconnected usable office spaces on one or more floors in both towers, thereby also promoting informal communication. This new typology supports a dynamic development of form and enables differentiated office spaces with different panoramic perspectives.
The design reinforces the Grossmarkthalle’s existing potential as an “urban foyer” housing a conference and visitor center, as well as a library and restaurant, through the incorporation of a building for the press center which traverses the structure of the Grossmarkthalle. This so-called entrance building, in which ECB press conferences will be held, occupies a special position in content, form and space and thereby marks the entrance to the ECB. Since the western parts of the Grossmarkthalle were reconstructed after being destroyed during the Second World War and do not, therefore, represent part of the substance of the original building – even in the way they are constructed – we propose, as agreed with the historic preservation authority, that the incision for the new entrance to the ECB be in this part of the hall. We continued to develop the concept of integrating the extensive functional areas into the Grossmarkthalle, as suggested during the Optimisation Phase. As before, the required new facilities are being placed in the spacious interior of the hall as independent building structures (the “house within a house” concept). The building structures, which are at diagonal angles to the Grossmarkthalle, allow the hall to be experienced along dynamic spatial sequences – and this not only in the public areas of the hall’s ground floor, but also on the upper levels, which, with their conference and restaurant facilities, are largely reserved for employees of the ECB. The restaurant structure, as a visible sign of the new functional areas in the hall, generously orients the employee restaurant and terrace towards the Main in the south.
Project Data: Site area: 120,000 m², Gross floor area: 185,000 m²
Data high-rise
Height of high-rise: 185 m - North tower ( 45 floors incl. technical floors)
165 m - South tower (43 floors), 220 meters high incl. the communication mast
PARTNERS (Providing Advancement Resources to Nursing Education, Research and Students) recently held a Fall Coffee membership drive at Hotel Granduca. Chaired by Cathy Borlenghi, guest speakers included PARTNERS scholar Evelyn Compean; Assistant Professor Jing Wang, PhD, MPH, RN; and NICU nurse Lee Ann Badum, BSN, RNC-NIC. PARTNERS, the support organization for the School of Nursing, helps provide resources for nursing scholarships, faculty research grants and endowed professorships. With a current endowment of $1.6 million, PARTNERS has provided over 100 full-tuition scholarships to nursing students, more than 45 faculty research grants and four PARTNERS endowed professorships.
I did this as a proposal for our company's holiday card. The renderings are from the architects' artists, my montage was done in photoshop.