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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

MUR ISLAND in Graz, Austria by Acconci Studio

January 4th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Acconci Studio

A bowl that morphs into a dome that morphs back into a bowl… The bowl is a theater — the dome a café, restaurant – the warping of dome into bowl & vice versa makes a playground. Light glows up fromthe bleachers & down from the dome; water pours down the shell of the dome.

Image Courtesy © Elvira Klamminger

Architects: Acconci Studio (V.A., Dario Nunez, Stephen Roe, Peter Dorsey, Thomas Siegl, Gia Wolff, Sergio Prego)
Project: MUR ISLAND
Location: Graz, Austria
Photography: Harry Schiffer, Elvira Klamminger, Vito Acconci.

Image Courtesy © Harry Schiffer

Image Courtesy © Vito Acconci

Image Courtesy © Klopf Architecture

: Image Courtesy © Klopf Architecture

: Image Courtesy © Elvira Klamminger

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Tags: Austria, Graz

Categories: Cafe, Mixed use, Restaurant, Theater

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