College Design | Bornhuetter Hall | The College of Wooster | Ohio | LTL Architects

The design for Bornhuetter Hall enriches the academic experience of this liberal arts college by providing a balance between private spaces for study and public gathering areas for communal discussion. In order to ensure that each hall fosters a sense of community (25-30 students per hall), the building is made of two separate wings linked by an outdoor courtyard. The courtyard, complete with cantilevered study nooks, is the heart of the building, providing a social center, a place of gathering and a means to pass through the building to the park behind. While producing a contemporary environment for students, the building engages through its material and forms the existing campus architecture...........more

Campfire Site | Randers Fjord Centre | Denmark | GPP

New campfire site and accommodation facilities to the existing Southern Center for Randers Fjord.
The new campfire site "design, as an inclusive figure around a" courtyard "is one unit, which symbolizes the new Southern Center: The central and unifying element - the open courtyard is a symbol of Fjordcentret, instead offering a range of services and attractions.

Campfire site is highly visible to Fjordcentret. Campfire site being viewed by everyone who comes to Fjordentret, and with the building's unique and characteristic shape becomes bonfire lodge as a common reference for Fjordcentret.......more

Homeless Hostel | Cedars Road Annex | Clapham | London | Peter Barber Architects

Cedars Road Annex is a "stepping stone" facility located to the rear of an existing homeless hostel in Clapham. It provides dayrooms, a kitchen, counselling rooms and studio flats all with south views across the beautiful lawned gardens.

The new building is an expressive sculptural form made from a single ribbon of structure which folds back on itself to create the floors and primary spaces......more

Hostel Design | Boarding house in Pärnu,Estonia | JVR Architects

address: Seedri tn 4, Pärnu
project: 2005
completed: 2007
architects: Kalle Vellevoog
assisted by: Margus Tamm
area: 4565 m²
Co-authors: Tiiu Truus, Margus Tamm, Small Parker

Data and images from:JVR Architects

Cedar Road Hostel,Clapham,UK | Peter Barber Architects Ltd

Cedars Road

(For St Mungo's Association)

Cedars Road Annex is a "stepping stone" facility located to the rear of an existing homeless hostel in Clapham. It provides dayrooms, a kitchen, counselling rooms and studio flats all with south views across the beautiful lawned gardens.

The new building is an expressive sculptural form made from a single ribbon of structure which folds back on itself to create the floors and primary spaces.

“Gazing out from the front deck into the sunshine, and with a wild overgrown garden laid out before you – drugs or no drugs, there are probably few places you’d rather be.”Jan-Carlos Kucharek, The Riba Journal, August 2007.

Text and images:Peter Barber Architects Ltd