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Design Feature

The centre is conceived of as a unification of art, landscape and architecture
to replenish and invigorate the spirit.

Windhover Contemplative Center
selected as Architizer A+ Finalist
Aidlin Darling Design’s combination of art, landscape and architecture
in its design for Windhover wows judges. Photo credit: Matthew Millman

View from the Oak Grove during daylight hours. The paintings are washed
in daylight within the darker interior contemplative spaces.
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THE WINDHOVER Contemplative Center
was named a finalist in the 4th Annual
Architizer A+ Awards in the Cultural:
Religious Buildings & Memorials category.
This year’s awards, honouring the best
architecture, spaces, and products from across
the globe, received thousands of entries from
more than 95 countries.
The Windhover Contemplative Center,
designed by Aidlin Darling Design, is a
spiritual retreat on the Stanford University
campus (outside San Francisco) to promote
and inspire personal renewal.
Using Nathan Oliveira’s meditative
Windhover paintings as a vehicle, the center
provides a refuge from the intensity of
daily life. It is intended for quiet reflection
throughout the day for any Stanford student,
faculty, or staff member, as well as for
members of the larger community.