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The Embrace

Studio Cooke John, formed-brass sculpture

The Embrace shows 618 Design's abilities with hot work, creating swooping curves to exacting specifications. There was no luck involved in forming the brass ribbons, the jigs are pieces of art in themselves. There was also artistry in imparting a directional sanded finish to a Möbius-style shape.

Project information

Design
Nina Cooke John / Studio Cooke John
Design engineer
Quill Hyde
Client
Marriott International
Fabrication
618 Design
Selected finished photographs
Tony Turner
Architect
Studio Cooke John
Location
Bethesda, Maryland
618 Design scope
Fabrication

Photographs

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Drawings & studies

Registered design study

The Embrace in the Marriott courtyard.

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Structure study

The curves and the structure beneath them.

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