Grain elevator reuse

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Seth
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Grain elevator reuse

Postby Seth » March 8th, 2018, 9:46 am

Thought this was amazing. Would love to see something like this done to one of the A-mill elevators.

Thomas Heatherwick on designing Africa’s first major contemporary art museum

https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/26- ... rt-museum/

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KML_1981
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Re: Grain elevator reuse

Postby KML_1981 » March 8th, 2018, 9:50 am

amazing! thanks for sharing.
LakeCharles
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Re: Grain elevator reuse

Postby LakeCharles » March 8th, 2018, 10:13 am

He's been getting lots of buzz lately:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018 ... es-showman

And yes, I agree that reuse is beautiful.
Seth
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Re: Grain elevator reuse

Postby Seth » March 8th, 2018, 12:17 pm

He's been getting lots of buzz lately:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018 ... es-showman

And yes, I agree that reuse is beautiful.
Oh yeah! I can't wait to check out The Vessel in person soon.
tmart
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Re: Grain elevator reuse

Postby tmart » March 8th, 2018, 12:24 pm

Montreal has a super-cool climbing gym built on the inside and outside of a grain elevator and adjoining warehouse:

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