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• Architects: FaulknerBrowns Architects
• Location: South Shields, United Kingdom
• Architect In Charge: Stephen McIntyre, Nick Heyward, Steve Dickson
• Area: 4115.0 m2
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: Hufton+Crow

• Structural Engineers: Curtins Consulting
• M+E Engineers: Desco
• Main Contractor: Bowmer and Kirkland

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From the architect. In a modern society in which we all enjoy immediate access to information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, then what should a library for the 21st century look like and what should it offer to the public? This was the simple question which The Word, National Centre for the Written Word seeks to answer. 

It was clear to us that to respond to this challenge would require a reinterpretation of the building typology. 

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The site for The Word is an extremely prominent gateway to the town centre. It provides a strong link between the Ferry Terminal and South Shields town centre and serves to link the riverside character area with the town centre and historically important market place in South Shields. 

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The building concept adopts a simple circular form to reinforce the pedestrian link and views between the Harton Quays Riverside Park and market place. The building’s appearance is inspired by the fanning out of the pages of a book, and includes the introduction of two large glass walls providing superb views of the River Tyne and creating a natural place for the building’s entrance, responding to the public realm of the market place. 

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The central atrium forms the entrance gateway into the building, expressed externally as a modern portico with full height glazing, creating a strong and contextual relationship with the market place, The Old Town Hall and St Hilda’s Church.

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The Word provides a rich array of volumes ranging from the grand social forum in the central atrium to the most private and individually concentrated reader spaces at the perimeter of the building. An array of interactive activities are positioned close to the inner circle of the building providing easy and quick access to these attractions. The Word is not a temple for silence, but a place for sharing knowledge, where the young can learn from the old and the old can learn from the young.   

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The Word’s design is truly transformative in every sense. It not only helps to transform the character of the site and context, but also helps to transform a visitor’s perception of what a library can be and how it can form part of a larger cultural venue of regional and national significance. It recognises the crucial importance of people, books, traditional media and interactive technologies, and the dynamic relationship and complex interactions between them. 

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The human-centric design approach places the individual at the heart of the building and celebrates the opportunity to inform, delight and interact. Libraries are of vital importance – they allow us to engage with stories. This in turn allows us to see the world through someone else’s eyes, to see their point of view – enabling us to be more understanding, more tolerant and more human, helping to create a more cohesive and inclusive community and society.  The design of The Word empowers this strategy by creating a significant and civilised building which points to the future and underlines the importance of the library within our modern society.

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Product Description. – The Word – National Centre for the Written builds upon the long tradition of a circular building form to accommodate a library function. There is a fine architectural tradition of the synonymous relationship such as the Bodleian Library in Oxford or Manchester’s Central Library. To achieve the circular building form and to respond to the site’s sensitive context a 140mm wide vertical terracotta baguette was selected as the building’s main external cladding. Three colour tones of terracotta panels were adopted to respond to the colour of the stone used in the construction of the listed buildings which surround the site. The vertical module enabled the circular form of the building to be achieved without the use of curved panels – this combined with a structurally insulated panel (SIPs) helped to create an elegant and economic envelope solution.

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From Oscar Niemeyer’s iconic Edifício Copan to Lina Bo Bardi’s influential glass house, Brazil has long been notable for its residential architecture. Part of that success has been driven by the strength of Brazilian interiors, as many of the country’s designers have an astute understanding of and appreciation for materials. Many designs sensitively fuse both rough, raw elements with luxurious details—an approach that is can be cleverly adjusted to suit a wide variety of clients and budgets. Here we showcase ten projects, published on both ArchDaily and ArchDaily Brasil, that respond to the needs of different clients and different ways of living to provide a cross-section of interior architecture in Brazil.

Below are the 10 selected projects. 

Maria Carolina / Flavia Torres + Pedro Freire + Sub Estúdio

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Apartamento Jardins / Tavares Duayer Arquitetura

© Bruno Cardi // João Duayer

Copan Apartment / Felipe Hess & Renata Pedrosa

© Fran Parente

Apartamento Rua Pirapetinga / Piratininga Arquitetos Associados + JPG.ARQ

© Jomar Bragança

Apartamento GW / AMBIDESTRO

© André Nery

GN Apartment / Studio Arthur Casas

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Riachuelo Apartment / 0E1 Arquitetos

© Marcelo Donadussi

AM Apartment / SuperLimão Studio

© Maira Acayaba

Apartamento Apêrol / vapor324

© Leonardo Finotti

Paulista Apartment / Triptyque

© Roberto Wagner

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Designing and building a project is a challenge in itself. However, once the project is complete there are also challenges in expressing the project so that it can be understood by a new audience. This is especially true in digital media, where online readers don’t necessarily spend the same time reading an article as in print media. This way, drawings and all visual representation and it’s new forms -such as the animated Gifs- play an important role in the project’s understanding 

At ArchDaily we push ourselves as editors, as well as the architects in our network, to get the best out of the projects we receive and share with the world so that we can deliver knowledge and inspiration to millions of people. The drawings we chose are not only visually entertaining but they serve as a way of educating and learning on particular issues where architectural representation is fundamental.

Regardless if they are digital or hand-drawn, all the architectural drawings we have selected this year have a sensitive expression, whether it be artistic, technical or conceptual, they all aim to express and explain the project using simplicity, detail, textures, 3D and color as main tools. 

This year we want to highlight a selection of 90 drawings arranged under eight categories: Architectural Drawings, Axonometrics, Context, Diagrams, Sketches, Animated Gifs, Details and Other Techniques. 

Architectural Drawings

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Courtesy of People's Architecture Office

Courtesy of MOATTI-RIVIERE

Courtesy of Ambrosi I Etchegaray

Courtesy of ARCHSTUDIO

Courtesy of AD+studio

Courtesy of Fernando Menis

Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

Courtesy of Valerio Olgiati

Courtesy of Ludwig Schoenle

Courtesy of MRDA Architects

Courtesy of Boundaries architects

Courtesy of Héctor Fernández Elorza + Manuel Fernández Ramírez

Courtesy of CURE & PENABAD

Courtesy of Coop Himmelb(l)au

Courtesy of Fabienne Bulle architecte & associés

Axonometric and Isometric

Courtesy of Vázquez Consuegra

Courtesy of Logical Process in Architectural Design

Courtesy of Kazuyuki Takeda

Courtesy of República Portátil

Courtesy of CarverHaggard

Courtesy of NUDES

Courtesy of DATA

Courtesy of NUA Arquitectures

Courtesy of Bajet Giramé

Courtesy of Héctor Fernández Elorza + Manuel Fernández Ramírez

Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects

Courtesy of West Line Studio

Context Drawings

Courtesy of ARCHSTUDIO

Courtesy of Studioninedots

Courtesy of AZC

Courtesy of feld72

Courtesy of B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio

Courtesy of IAPA Design Consultants

Courtesy of Fabienne Bulle architecte & associés

Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

Diagrams

Courtesy of Wülser Bechtel Architekten

Courtesy of People's Architecture Office

Courtesy of Yushang Zhang

Courtesy of SUP Atelier + School of Architecture Tsinghua University

Courtesy of Ludwig Schoenle

Courtesy of Logical Process in Architectural Design

Courtesy of Studio A dvaita

Courtesy of Supermachine Studio

Courtesy of NUDES

Courtesy of ArchSD

Courtesy of Supermachine Studio

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Courtesy of MAT Office

Courtesy of Gijs Van Vaerenbergh

Sketches

Courtesy of CEBRA

Courtesy of Peter Salter

Courtesy of António Costa Lima Arquitectos

Courtesy of BCHO Architects

Courtesy of BCHO Architects

Courtesy of Héctor Fernández Elorza + Manuel Fernández Ramírez

Courtesy of CEBRA

Courtesy of Alberto Campo Baeza + Gilberto L. Rodríguez

Courtesy of ArchSD

Courtesy of Coop Himmelb(l)au

Courtesy of TEN Arquitectos

Animated Gifs

Details

Courtesy of Atelier Alter

Courtesy of MESURA

Courtesy of SUP Atelier + School of Architecture Tsinghua University

Other Techniques

Courtesy of Nuno Brandão Costa

Courtesy of Studio Fuksas

Courtesy of CURE & PENABAD

Courtesy of Studio Fuksas

Courtesy of Fala Atelier

Courtesy of Pezo von Ellrichshausen

Courtesy of Studio A dvaita

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