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Q&A: Talking with Chad Oppenheim
Article DetailsCatherine Osborne
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Article DetailsJanuary 2, 2012Tags: Personalities,Q&A
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Oppenheim gained international attention for his luxury Miami tower topped with wind turbines 6/8
A Q&A with the young Miami architect behind such jaw-dropping designs as Miami’s COR Tower and Desert Lodges, a resort carved into the hills of Wadi Rum, in Jordan.
A New Jersey native, Chad Oppenheim has transformed his adopted city’s skyline over the past decade with minimalist glass towers that incorporate green features as a visible part of the design. COR Tower, his most defining project yet, is sheathed in poured concrete perforated with swiss cheese–like holes to provide thermal mass insulation and natural shading. If completed, the 28-storey tower will be topped by an impressive array of wind turbines.
But Oppenheim has ventured beyond North America, and has dozens of projects underway in Europe and the Middle East. His proposed Desert Lodges resort in Wadi Rum, Jordan, will consist of 47 luxury rooms carved into the sandstone desert cliffs; rammed earth walls will be the main visible architectural intrusions. The captivating design has already won a World Architecture Festival award.
Azure met with Oppenheim while he was in Toronto for Concrete Canada last November, to discuss his practice and what makes an Oppenheim building stand out from the crowd.
/ Architecture / Q&A: Talking with Chad OppenheimQ&A: Talking with Chad OppenheimArticle DetailsCatherine OsborneSocial-FacebookSocial-TwitterSocial-PinterestArticle DetailsJanuary 2, 2012Tags: Personalities,Q&ASlide 1Oppenheim gained international attention for his luxury Miami tower topped with wind turbines 6/8A Q&A with the young Miami architect behind such jaw-dropping designs as Miami’s COR Tower and Desert Lodges, a resort carved into the hills of Wadi Rum, in Jordan.A New Jersey native, Chad Oppenheim has transformed his adopted city’s skyline over the past decade with minimalist glass towers that incorporate green features as a visible part of the design. COR Tower, his most defining project yet, is sheathed in poured concrete perforated with swiss cheese–like holes to provide thermal mass insulation and natural shading. If completed, the 28-storey tower will be topped by an impressive array of wind turbines.But Oppenheim has ventured beyond North America, and has dozens of projects underway in Europe and the Middle East. His proposed Desert Lodges resort in Wadi Rum, Jordan, will consist of 47 luxury rooms carved into the sandstone desert cliffs; rammed earth walls will be the main visible architectural intrusions. The captivating design has already won a World Architecture Festival award.Azure met with Oppenheim while he was in Toronto for Concrete Canada last November, to discuss his practice and what makes an Oppenheim building stand out from the crowd.
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