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Photos via Architect Farshid Moussavi's Instagram feed: https://www.instagram.com/farshidmoussavi/
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Internal detail video via Hanif Kara's Instagram feed (Principal of AKT2): https://www.instagram.com/p/C5QZuDiLZlz/?e=37fdc872-66f7-4286-98f0-32fe84e204f7&g=5
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View of Houston from The Ismaili Center - photo via Farshid Moussavi's Instagram feed: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3Gh6SWL5C2/
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I'm glad they are cleaning up the roof of the building. The aerial view of the Aga Khan Garden in Edmonton Canada looks like a Persian carpet, and I'm thinking this building when all landscaping is complete, may give that type of vibe from the sky also.
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Updates from http://The.Ismaili December drone video: https://the.ismaili/ismaili-center-houston/ismaili-center-houston-construction-progress
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Also from the same Instagram post is this image of the main atrium. REF: https://www.instagram.com/p/C16q0WOoT0_/?img_index=1
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REF: https://the.ismaili/usa/november-2023-ismaili-center-construction-update
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This video on Hanif Kara's Instagram account, while 36 weeks old, has some spectacular close-up views of some of the impressive superstructure on this project. Hanif is I believe a co-founder of structural engineering firm AKT2. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqnul1lK8U_/ Nice close-up of the south end via Farshid Moussavi's Instagram feed: https://www.instagram.com/p/C05vOA4M6Ls/
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I'm loving that so much focus continues on the landscaping in parallel to the main structure, including plantings. This is somewhat of a hallmark with Ismaili and AKDN affiliated projects, and it allows for trees and other plantings to be in top form at the time of opening.
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Some recent images from Kinetica's Instagram feed (who are producing the unique blue concrete wall and ceiling treatments / tiles). REF: https://www.instagram.com/kinetica_/?img_index=1
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The construction page for the Houston Ismaili Centre on the.ismaili looks like it gets updated monthly with pictures and update videos: https://the.ismaili/ismaili-center-houston/ismaili-center-houston-construction-progress Wood wall panels: Mechanical / electrical starting to come in: And here are some images from Houston Council Member Abbie Kamin, including the area where they are testing out cladding, flooring, and so on. Ref: https://twitter.com/AbbieKamin/status/1709709628173402412 From a related FB post. REF: https://www.facebook.com/theismailiusa/posts/pfbid02dDTLywEXtytiJw3en2kGMbszGReUzn3qLQVWWVZMC88iPEtar8YgJbLobJexcnHyl And this one from Farshid Moussavi's Instagram feed gives some perspective on those massive beams we saw earlier in construction! REF: https://www.instagram.com/farshidmoussavi/
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The 2023 Rhythms of Canada festival held at the Ismaili Centre, Toronto, looks quite impressive in this recap. Would love to see something like this at the Houston Center in the (near) future! https://twitter.com/TheIsmailiCA/status/1677460452060839938
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With all the interest in the steel required for the Ismaili Center Houston, thought I'd share a pinch about novel elements requiring custom steel from Aga Khan / Ismaili community projects in Canada. The Ismaili Centre Toronto's prayer hall has a massive free-span multi-faceted glass roof. The steel forms required to do this (sandwiched between two layers of glass) were very custom, and are assembled within a massive ring beam around the perimeter. Photo of the inside during construction: Image via Canadian Architect from during late phases of construction: https://www.canadianarchitect.com/toronto-trio/ The Aga Khan Museum, co-located with the Ismaili Centre Toronto within one large landscaped site, has massive walls that lean outwards, and then are connected to a large square beam around the top perimeter of a square internal courtyard. Looks simple enough completed, but was I believe quite complex fabricating and putting up. https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/aga-khan-museum-ismaili-centre-toronto/ The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat on Sussex Drive in Ottawa (an ambassadorial building along a stretch similar in prominent to the Mall in DC), of smaller overall scale, has a large multi-layer translucent roof over a massive atrium that is also quite brilliant and required more custom steel: https://architizer.com/idea/369326/ Thank-you to the folks snapping pics of the Houston construction. Sure a treat for those interested who cannot see the project go up in person!
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The scale is hard to phathom!
