INHABITAT: Abu Dhabi's Spiraling Helix Hotel →

The Helix Hotel in Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Bay doesn’t have floors like we’re used to – instead it spirals in sections of a corkscrew from top to bottom with no clear breaks, flowing from retail to residential, and hotel suites to saunas. The hollow center keeps foot traffic flowing while infusing interior spaces with coastal air and natural light, while on the outside GROW panels are fast at work harnessing solar and wind energy. Because of its unique design, every room has a slighly different view — perfect for watching over the contruction of Zaha Hadid‘s Sheikh Zayed Bridge just next door...read more at INHABITAT >>

METROPOLIS MAGAZINE: The Other Guggenheim Abu Dhabi? →

Architecture buffs who missed the opportunity to spend a night in the Guggenheim last fall may soon get a second chance—well, sort of. The winning design for Abu Dhabi's five-star Helix Hotel, by Leeser Architecture, includes a spiraling floor plate that looks like a cousin of Frank Lloyd Wright's famous snail-shell structure...read more at Metropolis >>

DESIGN BOOM: LEESER Architecture wins first prize for 'helix hotel' in abu dhabi →

American firm LEESER Architecture has won first prize in a competition for a five-star luxury hotel in the Zayed Bay in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Called the Helix Hotel for its staggered floor plates, it rests in the bay, partially floating in the water and adjacent to the serpentine sheik zayed bridge currently under construction by Zaha Hadid...read more at Design Boom >>

WORLD ARCHITECTURE NEWS: Leeser Architecture wins competition for World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum in Siberia →

Leeser Architecture has won the international competition for the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum in the city of Yakutsk in the Republic of Sakha-Yakutia in the center of Siberia. The Museum and Scientific Research Center and Laboratory study Siberian mammoths and permafrost, the natural habitat where their remains have been found...read more at WAN >>

ARCHITECTURAL RECORD: LEESER Wins Mammoth Museum Competition →

While the distant location of Siberia might seem surprising, given that it attracted such international talent, the museum’s name explains a lot about its focus: the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum. Located roughly 280 miles from the Arctic Circle, in the city of Yakutsk in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),it will be dedicated to the study and display of ancient mammoth remains as well as fragile permafrost landscapes...read more at Architectural Record >>