Canadian club.Part London club An informal group of private creditors on the international stage. Similar to the Paris Club of public lenders. London Club is not the only informal group of private creditors. Its first meeting took place in 1976 in response to Zaire's payment problems. , part gallery, part forest clearing, this new executive lounge for Air Canada is a tranquil airport refuge. Created for the airport elite who fly frequently and buy expensive tickets, executive lounges are exclusive havens. Located off the beaten track, watched over by receptionists and open only to card carrying members, they provide many of the same services as a city club with space, privacy and quiet. With more frequent flyers frequent flyer Hospital practice A popular term for a Pt who is regularly admitted to a particular ER or health care facility, for various reasons the airport lounge An airport lounge is a lounge owned by a particular airline (or jointly operated by several carriers). Many offer private meeting rooms, phone, fax, wireless and internet access and other business services, along with provisions to enhance comfort such as free drinks and snacks. has become an increasingly popular and inevitably generalized place of tasteful taste·ful adj. 1. Having, showing, or being in keeping with good taste. 2. Pleasing in flavor; tasty. taste finishes and elegant furniture yet it is one which also embodies the identity for an airline and a country. The new lounge designed by Patkau Architects at the recently completed airport in Vancouver represents a significant act of patronage on the part of Air Canada. The client is a national airline that, albeit part of a global alliance, serves a country preoccupied with identity. For this project the client set aside interior decor typical of many other airline lounges in favour of a considered and specific architectural response. The Patkaus have spoken frequently of the importance of site and the value of 'found potential' as inspirations in their work. This 'site' of newly built space - windowless, stranded beneath haphazard hap·haz·ard adj. Dependent upon or characterized by mere chance. See Synonyms at chance. n. Mere chance; fortuity. adv. By chance; casually. service runs and within the confining shell of the new airport- held little obvious promise. However further study and consideration of its use revealed potential. This particular lounge, the second of its type, has been designed for first class passengers. Modelled on a similar one at Heathrow, it provides an alternative to a hotel for long distance travellers arriving in the city for short visits. It is a place to take a shower, change clothes, check the news, eat and gather your senses before meetings or after flights. Within the lounge a series of ribs of natural maple, which lean from one wall and across the ceiling, create an undulating canopy. It is a profile devised to negotiate existing services - the seemingly random networks of overhead conveyors, pipes, wires and ductwork duct·work n. A group or system of ducts: installed new ductwork in the building. that help to make buildings work. Set between the wood framing ribs, a series of delicate infills of subsets of timber battens and opaque glass panels create a filigree filigree (fĭl`ĭgrē), ornamental work of fine gold or silver wire, often wrought into an openwork design and joined with matching solder and borax under the flame of the blowpipe. with a sense of lightness and the opportunity to integrate lighting systems. Designed to be filtered and tuned, the system evokes a sense of changing light and weather. The space of the main room recalls the forest clearing or the camp - a place of calm that is sheltered and set aside. Yet it achieves this without reverting to kitsch kitsch [Ger.,=trash], term most frequently applied since the early 20th cent. to works considered pretentious and tasteless. Exploitative commercial objects such as Mona Lisa scarves and abominable plaster reproductions of sculptural masterpieces are described as . Conscious of the issue of identity, the client - in discussion with the architects - sought to explore the potential of the country and the nature of the Canadian Pacific Northwest. With their interest in local aboriginal traditions and considerations of First Nation concerns derived from experience designing Seabird Island School (AR May 1993), the Patkaus made a place for historic artefacts at the centre of the lounge. Collaboration with the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver initiated loans and a wall of cabinets has become an exhibit. It is a move which recognizes identity and capitalizes on the potential of a supervised space without daylight, planned for people with curiosity and time to redefine the lounge not only as club but also as gallery. The design of a lounge in an airport is a modest commission. Working together, these architects and their client have sought out potential in a small and seemingly dull space. By patiently listening, carefully looking, and with thoughtful survey, they have discovered ways to make a quiet place to settle within the inevitably chaotic landscapes of travel. Architect Patkau Architects, Vancouver http://www.patkau.ca/ Design Team Timothy Newton, John Newton, John, 1725–1807, English clergyman and hymn writer, b. London. Until 1755, his life was spent chiefly at sea, where he eventually became the captain of a slave ship plying the waters between Liverpool and Sierra Leone. Patkau, Patricia Patkau, David Shone Mechanical engineers MCW Consultants MCW Consultants is a Canadian mechanical and electrical consulting engineering firm which opened its first office in 1964 in Winnipeg. Soon after it expanded to Toronto and Vancouver. Ltd/YVR Office Richard Yam P.Eng Electrical engineers This is a list of electrical engineers, people who made contributions to electrical engineering or computer engineering.
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