With more than 3,200 hotels around the world, InterContinental Hotel Group's Holiday Inn is the most recognized and most popular hotel brand in the world--every second, three people check into a Holiday Inn property. This year, the hotel embarked upon a massive global relaunch, the largest in hospitality history. And after conducting extensive research to find out what was important to their guests, Holiday Inn focused on several physical changes in the hotels and rooms.
In the spring of 2009, the architectural team at Astorino unveiled the new design, thoughtful and creative for the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Featuring the most advanced technology, the iconographic building sits on a hilltop site, visible from far distances in many directions. The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh journey begins when a child leaves home, and this building tells her, from miles away, that this is a place for kids.
In Gestalten's upcoming book Architecture of Change 2, editors Kristen and Lukas Feireiss take a look at architecture projects around the world that combine creativity, technical knowledge, and scientific expertise to take on environmental challenges. Here, we take a look at some of our favorites.
