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Alexandra Palace Theatre restoration makes a feature of decades of decay
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has refurbished the long-abandoned east wing and theatre at Alexandra Palace in London, leaving its original surfaces visible in a state of "arrested decay".
The architecture studio has revived the Victorian theatre space, along with the east court exhibition hall and adjoining spaces, conserving them while also upgrading them to meet modern requirements.
The project has been longlisted for a 2019 Dezeen Award.
To maintain as much of the building's history as possible, damaged surfaces have been made safe and conserved, but missing pieces have not been replaced so areas of damage and decay remain.
A series of barely-visibly engineering works have replaced both the theatre's floor and its roof structure, which now provides 64 rigging points. Above the circle stalls an entirely new balcony structure has been inserted.
"Eventful history is legible on the surfaces and in the fabric of the building" said Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios.
"A short period of grandeur overlaid with decades of alteration, damage and slow decay. All of this is integral to the atmosphere, the character and the story of this space."
Alexandra Palace originally opened in 1875 and the vast entertainment venue in London ? known as the people's palace ? had numerous venue spaces.
The theatre, while initially successful, closed soon after opening. It was subsequently used as a cinema, wartime hospital and prop store, before being left abandoned and...
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So let's start with the basic specs of the 4-tec.
-The nitro 4-tec is a 1/10th scale, gas-powered touring car.
-It takes 200mm size bodies. 190mm size bodies will also fit, but the tires WILL stick out a little bit, and there will be a good chance that the
body's wheel wells will rub against the tires.
-The 4-tec can take any 1/10th scale wheel. All from the standard size rims to super-size rims, any brand also.
-The tire width the 4-tec takes is 24mm-26mm for rubber
tires on 26mm rims. For foams, you can fit from 26mm-32mm.
-The 4-tec can accept any engine ranging from .12-.18 size without modifications.
-The 4-tec can take any electronic setup made for cars. Every
combination ranging from 3-channel fm to 2-channel am. You can use any servo for any reciever, just make sure that you've got the rightconnector for the reciever.
-The 4-tec takes a centrifugal clutch, and all clutches will not fit. If youare looking to put buy a new clutch, make sure it is made for the 4-tec and not any other car. The only other car that might take the same clutch are other traxxas cars such as the nitro rustler or maybethe T-Maxx.
-The nitro 4-tec's fuel tank is 75cc's large. It is possible to put a largerfuel tank, i've seen someone put in a 100cc tank. But it is not worth it, it will probably mess up the car's center of gravity and won't be a big improvement.
-The 4-tec can take any fuel made for CAR engines. As long as the fuel has at least 18% oil content and 10% nitro, the fuel will work fine.Remember, this is only for trx racing engines.
-The intake is a basic part and IMPORTANT part of the 4-tec. Any
intake will fit the trx racing engine, just make sure it's made for yourengine's size.(ie .12, .15)
-The nitro 4-tec has a 2-speed clutch type transmission. Look in yourowner's manual to figure out how to adjust this.
-The drivetrain of the nitro 4-tec rtr is 4WD belt drive. It has 2 gear diffs front and back.
-You can adjust camber,toe-in,shock positions, change swaybar
positions, and differentiate between shock oils and springs.
Now that we have covered the basics of the 4-tec, it's time to learn how to maintain this beast..:D
-After your done running your car for the day, you must put after run oil in your engine so it does not rust from the leftover fuel, which will
attract moisture and create water, which will rust the innards of the
engine. You should put 3-8 drops of after run oil into the carb.'s
opening or take out the glow plug and drop it oil right into the engine.
After you have put the after run oil, rotate the engine a couple of timesto spread the after run oil all throughout the engine.
-Diffs, if you have a rtr 4-tec, you have gear diffs, which need
absolubtely NO maintenance at all. If you have a nitro 4-tec PRO, youhave pro ball differentials(basically limited slip differentials), you mustclean take these apart and regrease them as soon as they start
becoming gritty when turning. Use the grease that came with your pro kit.
-Cleaning, it's good to clean your car after anyday you run it. It will keep everything shiny (:D) and keep the car rolling smoothly. It will help the car's rotating parts work better and more freely. You can use many different types of cleaners on your car. Just make sure they won't harm the car. Most people use air compressors, denatured alcohol, and specially made r/c car cleaners.
That's pretty much the basic maintenance this car needs.Now, let's talk about how to tune the engine and all the rights and wrong for this car.
-The basics of tuning: There are 3 tuning needles on your carb. Thehigh-speed needle(hsn), the low-speed needle(lsn), and
the idle speed needle(isn).To tune the engine for performance, you only adjust the hsn, and lsn. Once you have adjusted the isn to idleyour car perfectly, you never touch that again. To richen the engine, you turn the needle counter-clockwise, the lean it, turn it clockwise.These is how you tune for both hsn and lsn needles.
-To check temperature, you can use a temperature gun, but if you donot have one, you can do the "spit test." You basically spit on the cooling head, if the spit boils away in less than 3 seconds, than yourrunning too hot.
-Some symptoms of a lean engine are: Engine cutting off at high
speeds, smoke coming from the cooling head, engine makes a
"detonation" sound when de-accelerating, and no smoke coming from the exhaust at highspeeds.
-Some symptoms of a rich engine are: Stalling when accelerating off the line, excess fuel and smoke coming from the exhaust,engine shutting off when shifting into second gear, and engine constantly getting flooded when trying to start.
-When you start to tune your engine, turn in very small amounts.
These needles are sensitive. You should turn in 1/16th turns. Very slowly until the engine is running good.
-There is a way to tell if your engine is running to rich or too lean
besides the way i stated above. You can "read" the glow plug.
Basically, you take out the glow plug, and look at the bottom of it. If itis wet and a dark color, then it's too rich. If it's brown and dry, it's toolean, and if it's tuned good, it will be the natural color of the glow plug. You can only read silver or any other light-colored glow plugs. Some
glow plugs are black and you cannot tell how your engine is running.
Those are the basics of engine tuning. Now, were going to figure out how this beast of a car works, inside to out.:)
-The car is powered by the engine, so let's figure out how that works. Theengine has many parts. The crankshaft,piston,sleeve,connecting rod,
carburator, backplate, bearings, cooling head, crankcase, and the glowplug. Those are the parts of a two-stroke engine, this is how it works.
-Fuel comes into the carb and the carb adjusts the fuel/air mixture going into the engine. After the fuel has gone into the carb, it heads downinto the crankshaft, directly from the crankshaft, it goes into the
crankcase. Then, the crankcase has fuel in it, so as the piston goes down,
the fuel goes into the top of the crankcase, the explosion chamber,so when the piston goes up, the glow plug will ignite the fuel and pushthe piston back down, causing the crankshaft to turn, this rotation happens many times per second. After the piston goes down after theexplosion, the exhaust will go into the header then the pipe, if any un-burned fuel goes into the pipe, the pipe's backpressure will take thatfuel and put it back into the engine. This is why 2-stroke engines aren't
very fuel efficient. 4-stroke engines have more of a complicated process,4-stroke will be alot more efficient, but im not going to get into 4-stroke.
That's how an engine works, so let's figure out how the drivetrain and transmission works...
-Let's start at what engages the car to move. The clutch. The nitro 4-tecuses a centrifugal type clutch. The clutch is held together by extremelystiff springs, so as the engine rotates, the spring will expand and let the clutch hit the inside clutch bell, causing the car to move. It's a very simple design.(NOTE: Clutch's should be replaced once a year or so)
-So after the clutch engages the clutch bell, it will turn the transmission.
The 2-speed mechanism works just like the clutch. As the spring expands,it'll hit the 2nd gear, then engage the 2nd gear and leave the 1st gear alone. (NOTE: When you adjust the shifting point, you are basicallyadjusting the stiffness of the spring, so anytime you forget which way you turn to make it shift later, remember this, if i turn it clockwise, i am screwing the spring IN, so i am making the spring stiffer, thus makingthe 2-speed shift later)
-We got through the 2-speed, now, the power evenly spreads to the frontand rear of the car thanks to the 4wd belt drive. After the belts spin, it hits the differentials, this is an important part on the handling of the car.
-There are two types of differentials, gear differentials and limited slip differentials. I will explain the gear differentials first.
-When you get power to the gear diffs, it will adjust the power to the leftor right wheel. Say you are making a left turn and pushing the gas, the gear diff will give more power to the wheel that's spinning more, which will be the inside of the wheel. So the inside wheel(the left side when making a left turn) will be spinning more than the outside.
-A pro ball differential(or limited slip differential(lsd)) will make the car handle MUCH better. Let's say were making a left turn again, once again, the inside will tires will be spinning more than the outside, so what the lsd does is give all the power that's being lost by tire spin on the inside tire, to the outside tire. Causing the car to have much greater traction and be more direct.(NOTE: Look in the manual of your nitro 4-tec PRO to see to adjust a lsd)
-After it goes to the diff it hit's the driveshaft, which will directly go to thewheels and make the car move.
Now you get how the nitro 4-tec works MECHANICALLY. Now, we will learn
about what the parts of the 4-tec are made up of.
-There are 3 types of parts available for the 4-tec. Aluminum, plastic, and graphite.
-PLASTIC: This is what the car comes with. Plastic is heavier than graphitebut lighter than aluminum. Plastic has pretty good strength, strength levelis in the middle, aluminum being stronger, graphite weaker. Plus, plasticcan bend to a certain point without breaking, and of course will bend back to it's original shape. Plus plastic is very cheap, there usually won't be a part over 5 bucks that's made out of plastic.
-ALUMINUM: The shiny stuff.:D Aluminum has it's pro's and con's.
Aluminum is the strongest of the three but also the most weight and money. ALuminum parts usually range around $22. Once aluminum bends, you cannot bend it back, unless the part is flat(ie rear shock tower) and you have a vice. People usually buy aluminum for strength and show.
-Graphite: These are what the racers use for chassis flex and saving weight. Graphite is the most brittle but has very little flex. It is the lightestof the three and the cost range is between plastic and aluminum. Graphite parts usually won't break because they're used for parts that usually do not hit curbs or anything. They are used for flat parts such as the rear shocktower, upper chassis, front tie-bar, brake disc, and rear brace. This will
take almost all chassis flex out, a stock 4-tec barely has chassis flex, graphite nearly eliminates ALL chassis flex. Chassis flex is how the car will bend left and right or up and down but bend back to shape. You want tohave the least possible amount of chassis flex to have a more controlled car.
In my opinion: Graphite and plastic. Aluminum is way too expensive, and once you bend a part, you lose 11 bucks. Plastic is the way to go for me.
It's cheap, strong enough(for me at least) and it's light. I use all the graphite parts since i have a nitro 4-tec PRO. So basically, my advice, stick with plastic parts and get all the graphite parts.
There are titanium parts and some "graphite" parts(losi's graphite editions), but those are not available for the 4-tec.
Weve almost covered the entire car, now for the good stuff, what YOUneed to know for racing.;D(my favorite part :chuckle:)
-CAMBER: Camber is the angle positioned on the wheels. You want negative camber all around on road, if you run oval, then it's a different story. You want 2 degrees negative in the rear, and 1 degree in the front.The whole point of camber is to get all the tire on the ground during a turn. So when your turning in the sweeper after going 40mph on the straight, when you turn, the tire will shift, so all the outside tires will be on the track getting the maximum traction.
-TOE-IN: Toe-in is the angle on the front of the tires turning in. The rear is not adjustble(by turnbuckle) you can change the stub axle carriers foreither 1.5 degree's toe-in, or 0 toe. You can have toe-in or toe-out. For the front, it matters on your driving style.(I like to have no toe at all in the front, 1.5 in the rear)
-Chassis Height: If your racing, and your track is fairly smooth, you want to be riding around 3-5mm high max. If your track is bumpy, it's ok to ride at 8mm or so. Basically, you want to go as low as you can without hitting the ground. To adjust chassis height, you put spacers in the shocks to lift the car. You can also adjust shocks positions for height.
There are more adjustments, such as length, width,ackerman, and such but those are not adjustable on the 4-tec. RPM sells tools for adjusting allthe things i stated above^^.
-SHOCKS: Shocks are the main part of your car. Without them the car can't stand. Shocks need lot's of maintenance if you want them to run smooth and perform at their max. You should clean your shocks and re-oil them anytime they sound like they have air in them.(if they have air in them, they should make a "squishy" sound when compressing them) When you re-do your shocks, you want to make sure there is no air in them, and they all rebound at the same rate. There are 3 things you can adjust on
your shocks, the shock oil weight, spring stiffness, and shock piston. Most people use around 50wt oil all around, 3-hole in the back, and 2-hole in the front. You can buy spring sets for your shocks. (My setup is 50wt in the rear, 60wt. in front,3-hole in the rear, 2-hole in the front, 25lb springs in the rear, and 30lb springs in the front)


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Marijuana is weighed and packaged for sale at the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle earlier this month.
LOS ANGELES - A top Justice Department official has said in a television interview that the federal government is ready to combat any "dangers" of state-sanctioned recreational pot, amid criticism of the Obama administration for its relative silence on legalization drives in three states.
Voters in Colorado, Washington state and Oregon are set to vote Nov. 6 on whether to legalize and tax marijuana sales, raising the possibility of a showdown with the federal government, which views pot as an illegal narcotic.
Deputy Attorney General James Cole, in comments to "60 Minutes" posted on Saturday to the website of CBS affiliate KCNC-TV in Denver, said his office's stance on pot would be "the same as it's always been" if voters approved legalization.
"We're going to take a look at whether or not there are dangers to the community from the sale of marijuana and we're going to go after those dangers," Cole told "60 Minutes" in an outtake from a report on Colorado's medical marijuana industry due to air Sunday, according to the CBS affiliate.
Cole's statement is an indication the federal government, which has raided medical pot dispensaries in several of the 17 states that allow cannabis as medicine, could also take aim at state-sanctioned recreational marijuana.
It also represents a break with the Obama administration's relative silence about the pot referendums, which has led to uncertainty about whether federal officials would stop states from taxing and regulating sales of pot in special stores to those 21 and older, as proposed under each of the three state initiatives before voters.
Representatives for the Justice Department did not return calls or emails seeking comment on Cole's remarks.
A top legalization backer, however, dismissed them as "innocuous," unlike the stance Attorney General Eric Holder took in 2010 just weeks before a failed California referendum to legalize pot.
Voters in three states will decide next month on whether to become the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational use and doing so would put Colorado, Washington and Oregon in direct conflict with the federal law. The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim discusses.
'Wait and see'
In 2010, Holder issued a toughly worded letter that said his office "strongly" opposed the California proposal and would "vigorously enforce" drug laws against participants in the recreational pot trade, even if state law permitted it.
Holder's statement is credited with helping to persuade some California voters to reject the proposal.
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"Compared to what they did two years ago in California, to have their federal posture be essentially a wait-and-see approach is encouraging," said Ethan Nadelmann, head of the Drug Policy Alliance, which through affiliates has funded marijuana legalization campaigns.
Polls show the American public is increasingly leaning toward legalizing pot, but no state has taken that step.
Nadelmann said pot legalization is popular with young people and independents, two groups of voters crucial to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, and that his administration is "being smart in basically not weighing in at this time."
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. Pot activists say prohibition fails to prevent its use and enriches criminal cartels, but opponents of legalization say it would endanger health and public safety.
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Former heads of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in September sent a letter to Holder urging him to publicly oppose the legalization referendums. On Monday, a former federal official expressed dismay at the Obama administration's silence.
"It's shocking, because all you have to do is say things that this administration's already said," John Walters, who served as "drug czar" to former President George W. Bush, told reporters on a conference call.
Cole's remarks to "60 Minutes" were in response to a question about the possibility of recreational pot being allowed in Colorado, according to the station, which posted a video with the outtake on its website.
"I think it is pretty clear from this video that the Obama administration won't take any legalization measure lying down," Kevin Sabet, a former adviser to Gil Kerlikowske, the Obama administration's drug policy director, said in an email.
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Trial to start next week of five Indian men accused of horrific gang rape
FIVE men accused of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old student in New Delhi in December will be formally charged this weekend, setting the stage for the start of their trial, a defence lawyer said.
The case brought thousands of protesters onto the streets and ignited intense public debate over the failure of the police and the government to stem rampant violence against women in India.
A strictly enforced media blackout on the court proceedings means there will likely be few details about the trial, leaving many with unanswered questions about an attack that was shocking in its brutality.
The student was tortured with an iron rod and raped on a moving bus in the capital on December 16. She was then thrown bleeding onto the street along with a male friend who was also beaten. She died of organ failure in a Singapore hospital two weeks later.
Prosecutors say they have a large file of evidence, including DNA from blood-stained clothing recovered by police.
The five accused will plead not guilty to rape and murder, one of the defence lawyers said. Defence counsel say they will argue that the DNA evidence was fabricated and at least two of the accused will say they made confessions after they were tortured in custody.
The five, who police say range in age from 19 to 34, have been appearing in court almost daily for pre-trial hearings on the framing of the charges. They arrived at court today wearing scarves to conceal their faces.
Defence lawyer AP Singh, who represents two of the accused, said the court would begin formally charging the five men on Saturday. The prosecution wants the men tried for rape, kidnapping, murder and robbery, among other charges.
The court may not complete the process on Saturday and could continue on Monday, Singh said. The trial would begin immediately afterwards.
The trial will be conducted in a special fast-track court that was set up after the attack. The court is across the street from a cinema where the victim watched the movie "Life of Pi" before boarding the bus with her friend.
The proceedings will take place behind closed doors to protect the identity of the victim. The judge has also issued gag orders on defence lawyers and the media, warning them not to repeat anything said in court.
A sixth accused will be tried as a juvenile in a separate court, a special panel ruled this week after it accepted school records showing him to be 17 years old. If convicted the teenager would receive a maximum of three years in jail.


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Private Business Fearing the 'Fiscal Cliff'
Private business owners say the national debt and the threat posed by the Fiscal Cliff is making it less likely that businesses will increase hiring and boost other investments. Sageworks CEO Brian Hamilton joins the News Hub to discuss. Photo: REUTERS.
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Welcome to the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Hotel in Chestertown, Maryland near Washington College.
Our hotel provides comfortable hotel rooms in Chestertown, Maryland.
Our Chestertown hotel is located near several Chestertown attractions including the Hopkins Game Farm, Goose Valley Farms, Crimson Stables, Crumpton Auctions, and the Sultana Project. Guests can further enjoy their Chestertown vacation by taking advantage of the one-of-a-kind shopping experience historic downtown Chestertown offers. Downtown Chestertown, just minutes from our hotel, houses several locally owned and operated stores.
Conveniently located near the Chester River, guests of our hotel in Chestertown, Maryland, can enjoy Maryland's picturesque Mid-Atlantic scenery while paddling or riding down the Chester River. Visitors can also take walking tours of historic Chestertown, MD, discover Chestertown's rich maritime history or take daytime or sunset sailing tours.
Unlike other Chestertown hotels, the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Hotel in Chestertown, Maryland, offers comfortable rooms and is conveniently located near Washington College. During your Chestertown visit, enjoy our hotel's signature Express Start hot breakfast bar along with other amenities such as high-speed and wireless Internet access. Make your reservations at our hotel today.
- Black-out Shades
- Pillow Menu
- Crib Available
- Iron/Ironing Board
- Separate Hanging Closet
- In-Room Heating and A/C Controls
Bathroom/Personal Care
- Private Bathroom
- Bathroom Amenities Available
- Hair Dryer
- Bathtub
In-Room Features
- Mini Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Coffee Maker
- Flat-screen TV
- Work Desk with Lamp
- Desk-level Electrical Outlet
- Free Local Calls
- Cable/Satellite
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- Phone with Voicemail
- Complimentary Morning Newspaper
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- Complimentary Coffee/Tea Supplies
- Full Breakfast Included
- Breakfast Buffet Included
- Continental Breakfast Included
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- Printer
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Complimentary Fitness Center
Tread Mill, Stationary Bike, Elyptical Machine
Fitness Center Type: LIMITED
Fitness Center Equipment:
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150 Scheeler Rd
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United States
Check In: 3:00 PM
Check Out: 11:00 AM
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- Number of Accessible Meeting Rooms: 1
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- Business Center
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Hotel Areas with Accessible Routes from Accessible Public Entrance
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- Pets Allowed
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- Pet Deposit per Stay: 0 USD
- Pet Fee per Night: 50 USD
- Pet friendly hotel, a 50 USD non refundable pet cleaning fee will be assessed per stay.
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- Number of Floors: 3
- Total Number of Rooms: 81
- Number of Suites: 20
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Hotel "Centar" is segment of awarded (I prize) competition design for conceptual architectural and urban design of the IM "Matijevic" commercial building and public garage in Novi Sad. Competition task required with three different facilities: commercial building - later Hotel - for IM Matijevic, smaller business building and public multi-level garage. Idea was to design the fragments and organize the functions in one compact and harmonious unity. The basic principle in designig space in the central area of Novi Sad was to keep the unity of the entire building area, and to design structures perceived as a single mass, which will correspond to the surrounding buildings and area. Hotel is the first of these tree buildings, which is built. The public garage and smaller business buildnig are expected in the future.
Hotel is located across the beginning of the main pedestrian zone in Novi Sad and across of the Serbian National Theatre, as a dominant point in space. It was conceived as a cubic form, and follows years of research on the topic: "surface depth", "layers of membranes" and cubic design of Branislav Mitrović and MITarh team. Location of the hotel is very exposed and has dominate role in the city boulevard. The desire to make a distinctive, but unobtrusive and simple form in space, led us to balance the gap in the area by providing counterpart and counterweight to the power of geometry of the Serbian National Theatre. Medium to achieve a unified form, or a single volume is the envelope - the building facade, both homogeneous and transparent.
This ambivalence is achieved by fine-structuring of material, in this case the vertical metal strips with periodic interruptions, that let the light inside and filter the outside surroundings. This transparent and gossamer cubic form loses the prerogative of ordinary elements on the facade. Maximum transparency is achieved by the membrane, but also the strenght of the compact cube. The user who is located in the inner space has no sense of confinement or claustrophobia, as he essentially has a very clear view, while the passer from the outside perceives the object as a hermetic form, and only can peer into the privacy of the interior only in certain direct views. This design is a new purport of the relation between the inner and outer space. With its volume building shapes urban public space, and adjusts object to urban and investors' high dencity requirements. It fits into the context, which was one of the goals of the authors.
Height and composition of new structure is determined in relation to the form of the traditional urban core. Difference to conventional understanding of the urban block is treating it as a unity, without taking into account the traditional elements - interpolation and the inner courtyard. Chosen facade makes possible that three objects, built hotel, and future business building and garage, act as a unified and compact form. Also, facade composed like this makes this house a sign and landmark in the surroundings. This year, on 33rd Salon of Archtecture, Hotel "Centar" was awarded Grand Prix award for the best realised object in Serbia in 2010.