Technicalities: A Prague stairwell's DNA structure revealed

Technicalities: A Prague stairwell's DNA structure revealed

When commissioned to design the facade and interior of the Institute of Molecular Genetics for the Czech Academy of Science, the Prague-based firm Studio P-H-A decided to add some bling to biomedicine. Responding to the standard-issue rectilinear volume designed by fellow Czech firm Atelier Ypsilon,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Architectural record 2007-09, Vol.195 (9), p.164
1. Verfasser: Sokol, David
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
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Architecture
Biomedical research
Deyl, Marek
Facilities
Sestak, Jan
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Zusammenfassung:When commissioned to design the facade and interior of the Institute of Molecular Genetics for the Czech Academy of Science, the Prague-based firm Studio P-H-A decided to add some bling to biomedicine. Responding to the standard-issue rectilinear volume designed by fellow Czech firm Atelier Ypsilon, architects Jan Sestak and Marek Deyl appended a glittering steel staircase that takes the form of DNA's double helix.
ISSN:0003-858X
2470-1513