Rising from the forest floor like a dense thicket of golden bamboo, the proposed Sleuk Rith Institute in Cambodia marks a new chapter for Zaha Hadid Architects.
It is to be the firm’s first major structure constructed in the region, and their first proposal to consist almost entirely of timber — it also constitutes a notable shift in style, away from the tidal waves of curvaceous concrete and steel that have emanated from this firm over the last decade.