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Building: Zenith Music Hall
Location: Strasbourg, France
Completion: 2008
Architect: Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
General Contractor: PERTUY Construction
Structural and Mechanical Engineers: BETOM-Ingenierie and Z&M Zwahlen & Mayr
Scenography: A& T
Acustical: ALTIA

AE Interests: an orange autonomous façade created by dynamic layering and rotating, impeccable acoustics, light effects created
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Building: Samitaur
Location: 3457 S. La Cienega Blvd., Culver City, California
Completion: 1996
Architect: Eric Owen Moss Architects
Structural Engineer: Antieri & Associates

AE Interests: raised structure, use of shade and natural light
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Building: California Academy of Sciences
Location: 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California
Completed: 2008
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Stantec Architecture
Engineering and Sustainability Consulting: Arup
Civil Engineering: Rutherford & Chekene
Living Roof: Rana Creek
Landscape Architecture: SWA Group
General Contractor: Webcor Builders

AE Interests: sustainability, living roof, natural ventilation, natural lighting
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Building: Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church
Location: San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
Completed: July 2004
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Structural: Favero & Milan Ingegneria
Consulting engineers: Arup
Wood construction: Merk Holzbau
Acoustics: Helmut Müller, Germany

AE Interests: structure, form, technical complexity, stone arches, wood structure
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Building: San Nicola Stadium
Location: Bari, Italy
Completed: 1990
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Structural: Arup, M. Milan, Studio Vitone & Associati

AE Interests: structure, “petal” design, safety conditions, concrete
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Building: Church of Light
Location: Osaka, Japan
Completion: 1989
Architect: Tadao Ando

AE Interests: reinforced concrete, light enters from behind the altar from a cross cut in the concrete wall that extends to the edges vertically and horizontally, emptiness and spiritual feeling

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Building: Burj Khalifa (formerly Burj Dubai)
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)
Completed: 2009
Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM)
Stuctural Engineer: SOM (Bill Baker and Ahmad Abdelrazaq)
MEP: SOM
Interior Design: SOM
General Contractor: Samsung Corporation / Dubai Contracting Company LLC
Construction Manager: Turner International
Acoustical / Audio Visual / Telecommunications: Pelton Marsh Kinsella
Facade Maintenance: Lerch, Bates & Associates Inc., Facade Access Consulting, Citadel Consulting
Geotechnical: Hyder International
Landscape: Cracknell Landscape Design LLC
Lighting: Fisher Marantz Stone
Wind Engineering: RWDI Inc.

AE Interests: skyscraper, currently (2020) the world’s tallest building at 2,717 feet (818 meters). Conceptually designed as a giant cantilever. Concrete core, 3 primary concrete flanges, with stepping masses around the core (spiraling toward the top).  `

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Building: South East Coastal Park
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Completed: 2004
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Structural Engineer: Obiol, Moya y Asociados SL
Project Manager: Europrincipia
Constructor: Corsan-Corviam
Landscape Architect: Teresa Gail

AE Interests: Designed to control the view, certain areas protected from the prevailing south wind.
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Building: D38 Zona Franca
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Completed: 2011
Building 1 Architect: Arata Isozaki architects
Building 2 Architects: Foreign Office Architects
Structural Engineer: BOMA S.L.(Brufau, Obiol, Moya y Asociados)
Landscape Engineer: Arquitectura Agronomia, Teresa Gali
Contractor: Edifica SL

AE Interests: Structural design allows building to be suspended like a cantilever in areas
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Building: University of Phoenix Stadium
Location: Glendale, Arizona
Completed: 2006
Architect: Peter Eisenman and HOK Sport
Project Architects: Richard Rosson and Jeff Spear
Project Designers: Marta Caldeira, Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa
Project Manager: Jack Boyle
Roof Engineer: Walter P. Moore
Structural Engineer: TLCP Structural
Civil Engineers: Evans, Kuhn and Associates, and MX Sports Engineers, Inc.

AE Interests: moveable football field, exterior shape modeled after a barrel cactus, fully retractable roof.
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Building: Aronoff Center for Design and Art
Location: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Completed: 1996
Architect: Peter Eisenman
Structural Engineer: Lorenz & Williams

AE Interests: excellent use of geometric forms, interesting shape caused structural challenges.
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Building: Columbus Convention Center
Location: 400 N High Street, Columbus, OH 43215
Completed: 1993
Architect: Peter Eisenman
Construction manager: Turner/Smoot/Zunt
Structural Engineer: Lorenz & Williams
Civil Engineer: Moody/Nolan
Lighting Engineer: Jules Fisher & Paul Marantz
Acoustical Engineer: Jaffe Acoustics

AE Interests: angled façade, overhead view resembles trains in a train yard.
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Building: 3555 Hayden
Location: 3555 Hayden Ave., Culver City, California
Completion: 2007
Architect: Eric Owen Moss Architects
Structural Engineer: Englekirk Partners Consulting Structural Engineers
Glulam Supplier: Structurlam Products Ltd
General Contractor: Samitaur Constructs

AE Interests: structure, site, sloped glass, glulam structural beam
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Awards: WoodWorks California 2010 Commercial Wood Design Award,
AIACC Achievement Award, 2008

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Building: Stealth
Location: 3530 Hayden Ave., Culver City, California
Completion: 2002
Architect: Eric Owen Moss Architects
Structural Engineer: Kurily Szymanski Tchirkow Inc.
Electrical Engineer: Silver, Roth, and Associates
Mechanical Engineer: Antieri and Associates

AE Interests: structure, form, angles, space
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Building: Museum of Scotland
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Completion: 1998
Cost: $114 million
Architects: Benson and Forsyth
Main Contractor: Bovis Construction
Structural Engineer: Anthony Hunt Associates
Services Engineer: Waterman Gore
Lighting Consultant: Kevin Shaw
Project Manager: Turner & Townsend Project Management
Landscape Architect: Turnbull Jeffrey Partnership

AE Interests: An extension to the older Royal Museum of Scotland, the building is somewhat castle like,symbolic of the protection it gives to the history contained within it. The view from the top is pretty cool too if you ever get the chance…
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Building: Kilometro Rosso
Location: Bergamo, Italy
Completed: 2007
Cost: $30 million
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Engineering: CED Ingegneria

AE Interests: Known as the ‘Red Kilometer’, the main building wall serves a dual purpose of making the building stand out, while protecting the rest of the complex from the noise of passing vehicles.
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Building: U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters
Location: 4700 Silver Hill Rd, Suitland, Maryland
Completion: 2007
Cost: $331 million
Architect: SOM
Design/Build Architect: HKS Architects, Inc
Interior Architect: Metropolitan Architects & Planners
Structural Design: SOM
Civil Engineer: Wiles Mensch Corporation
MEP Engineer: SOM
Contractor: Skanska USA Building Inc.
Design/Build Structural Engineer: Walter P. Moore & Associates
Design/Build MEP Engineer: Southland Industries / GHT Limited
Planning/Landscape & Environmental Analysis: EDAW, Inc. (AECOM)
Curtain Wall Consultant: CDC, Inc.
Lighting Design: Domingo Gonzalez Associates, Cline, Bettridge, Bernstein Lighting Design
Audio, Visual & Acoustical Consulting: Polysonics, Inc.

AE Interests: minimal site impact, water reclamation, recycled building materials, solar collection, underfloor air distribution, daylighting, solar shading, green roofs
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Building: Gasometer City
Location: Vienna, Austria
Completed Redesign: 2001
Cost: $26.8 million
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Structural Consultants: Fritsch & Chiari

AE Interests: Re-used existing old industrial buildings to create a new, modern residential environment.
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Building: Lyon Opera House
Location: Lyon, France
Completed Redesign: 2003
Cost: $67 million
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Structural Consultant: Kephren S.A.

AE Interests: Redevelopment of the old opera house, built within the shell of the original building. Named after the Architect.
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Building: Harvard University – Northwest Science Building
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Completion: 2008
Architect: SOM
Structural Design: SOM

AE Interests: green roof, daylighting, HVAC zoning, curtain wall
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Awards: Award of Merit for Structural Systems Design (ASCE) – (AEI), Most Innovative Project (ASCE) – (AEI)

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Building: Cultural and Congress Center
Location: Europaplatz 1, 6005 Luzern, Switzerland
Completed: 2000
Cost: $120 million
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Structure Consultant: Elektrowatt Ingenieurunternehmung AG Pluss Und Meyer Bauingenieure AG
Acoustic Engineer: Russell Johnson

AE Interests: Large overhanging roof. Channels bring the neighboring lake inside the building.
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Building: Guthrie Theater
Location: 818 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Completed: 2006
Cost: $125 million
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Structural Engineering: Ericksen & Roed

AE Interests: Won an Award of Excellence for Project of the Year from the Post-Tensioning Institute.
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Building: DR Concert Hall
Location: DR Byen, Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark
Completed: January 2009
Cost: $580 million
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Engineering: NIRAS
Lighting Design: AIK

AE Interests: The theatre itself is supported 15m above ground by just 6 columns and 3 stairwells and contains no parallel lines.
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Building: Torre Agbar
Location: Avinguda Diagonal, 08018, Barcelona, Spain
Completed: July 2005
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Structural Engineer: Brufau/Obiol SA, Gepro
Engineer: Gepro BOMA, Master Ingeniría
Contractor: Dragados, Axima, Emte
Cost: $130 million

AE Interests: 4500 window openings with LEDs to illuminate the building at night.
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Building: Arab World Institute (Institut du Monde Arabe)
Location: 1 Rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard, 75005 Paris, France
Completed: 1987
Cost: $47.5 million

Architect: Jean Nouvel

Contractor: SETEC Bâtiment
Structural Engineer: Arcora

AE Interests: Aga Khan Award for Architecture; this building started Jean Nouvel’s acclaim. A matrix of photosensitive, mechanical apertures open and close throughout the day to control the light level inside the building. Steel structure, custom exposed elevators. Shading, daylighting, cultural expression. 

     
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Building: 201 Bishopsgate and The Broadgate Tower
Location: 201 Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom
Completed: 2008
Architect: SOM
Structural Design: SOM
Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease
Facade Engineer: Permasteelisa Group

AE Interests: expressed structural bracing, construction process over railway tracks
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Awards: CTBUH Best Tall Building Europe 2009 Winner

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Building: University of California Merced Kolligian Library
Location: Merced, California
Completion: 2005
Architect: SOM, Fernau & Hartman
Structural Design: SOM
Client: University of California Merced

AE Interests: orientation, sustainability, daylighting, louvers
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Building: Poly Real Estate Headquarters
Location: Guangzhou, China
Completed: 2007
Architect: SOM
Structural Engineer: SOM
MEP Engineer: WSP, Flack + Kurtz
Project Manager: SOM
Client: Poly Real Estate Group

AE Interests: sustainability, structural, solar shading, offset core, daylighting, natural ventilation; floor-by-floor mechanical systems, under floor air distribution, green roof, external structural dia-grid
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Building: Nagaragawa Convention Center
Location: Gifu, Japan
Completion: 1995
Architect: Tadao Ando

AE Interests: very recognizable and unique egg shape, adjustable floors and walls

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Building: Umbrella
Location: 3535 Hayden Ave., Culver City, California
Completion: 1999
Architect: Eric Owen Moss Architects
Structural Engineer: Advanced Structures Incorporated

AE Interests: structure, laminated glass panels, multiple uses
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Building: World Trade Center Transportation Hub
Location: Manhattan, New York
Completion: 2016
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Architect of Record: Downtown Design Partnership, a joint venture of DMJM + Harris, STV Group Inc., and Parson’s Transportation
Engineering Team: Parsons; William Nicholas Bodouva & Associates; Severud Associates Consulting Engineers, P.C.; Jaros, Baum & Bolles; and Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers

AE Interests: Giant bird-like form like one being released from a child’s hands, symbol of hope, columns of light, both beauty and functionality, steel and glass design `
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Building: House in Chicago
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Date Completed: 1997
Architect: Tadao Ando Architects & Associates

AE Interests: structure, materials, lighting, residence
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Building: Morimoto Restaurant
Location: 88 10th Avenue, New York, New York
Date Completed: 2005
Architect: Tadao Ando Architects & Associates, Goto Design
Client: Starr Restaurant Organization
Structural Consultant: Lera Consulting Structural Engineers
Contractor: Certified Construction
Facade, Lighting Engineer: Electrix

AE Interests: structure, materials, restaurant
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Building: Tokyo Sky Tree
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Completion: 2012
Architect: Nikken Sekkei Group
Structural Engineer: Michio Kei’i, Mr. Norio Nakanishi
Electrical Engineer: Koichi Kaiho, Naoko Shinohara
Contractor: Obayashi Corp.

AE Interests: advanced seismic proofing, “tripod” like base, will be tallest building in Japan at about 2,000 ft

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Videos: [1, 2]

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Building: Yokohama International Port Terminal
Location: Yokohama, Japan
Completion Date: 2002
Architect: Farshid Moussavi Architecture, Alejandro Zaera-Polo
Architect of Record: GKK
Services Engineer: PT Morimura & Associates
Acoustics: Nagata Acoustics Inc.

AE Interests: designed as extension of pier ground, uses series of program-specific circulation loops for multi-directional space, hybrid structural system of steel and concrete protect from seismic activity

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Building: Ordrupgaard Museum Extension
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Completed: August 2005
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
Associate Architect: PLH Arkitekter
Structural Engineers:  Jane Wernick Associates, Birch & Krogboe
Service Engineers:  Arup, Birch & Krogboe
Lighting Consultants: Arup Lighting
Acoustic Consultants: Birch & Krogboe

AE Interests:  extension on an existing building, natural lighting sources, an in-situ black lava concrete skin
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Building: Maggie’s Centre
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Completed: 2003
Architect: Gehry Partners LLP
Executive Architect: James F. Stephen
Structural Engineers: Arup
Construction: HBG
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Building: “Watercube” National Aquatics Center
Location: Olympic Park, Beijing, China
Completed: 2008
Architect: PTW
Architect of Record: CCDI
Engineering: ARUP
Client: People’s Government of Beijing Municipality

AE Interests: Skeletal structure resembles biological cells and soap bubbles, clad with ethyl tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE).

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Building: BioMuseo
Location: Panama City, Panama
Completed: 2013
Architect: Gehry Partners, LLP
Landscape Architect: Edwina von Gal
Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
MEP Engineer: Don C. Gilmore and Associates, Inc.
Mechanical Engineer: J.E. Kiamco Y Asociados, S.A.
Facade and Metal Roof: Permasteelisa Group
Acoustical Engineer: Cerami Inc
Lighting Consultant: Lightswitch Architectural
General Contractor: Ingeneria R.M., S.A.

AE Interests: intricate roof design, sustainability
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Building: Three Bridges Over the Hoofdvaart
Location: Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands
Completed: 2004
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava

AE Interests: cable-stayed bridges each having a main steel pylon in the form of a spindle, sculptural shapes, landmark designs, named the Lyre, the Harp, and the Lute
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Building: Hercules Public Library
Location: 109 Civic Dr, Hercules, California
Completed:  1996
Architect: Will Bruder, HGA Architects and Engineers
Structural Engineer: Umerai Associates
Mechanical Engineer: Glumac Consulting Engineers
Electrical Engineer: Glumac Consulting Engineers
Civil Engineer: Sandis Humber Jones

AE Interests: vertical brick pattern, sky garden, sustainability, wavy walls
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Building: Japan Pavilion Expo ’92
Location: Seville, Spain
Date Completed: 1992
Architect: Tadao Ando Architects & Associates

AE Interests: structure. materials, exposition hall, wood frame, construction
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Building: Armani Teatro
Location: Milan, Italy
Date Completed: 2001
Architect: Tadao Ando Architects & Associates

AE Interests: structure, materials, event space, concrete texture
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Building: Central Building – BMW Plant
Location: Leipzig Germany
Completed:  2005
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Landscape Architect: Gross. Max
Structural Engineer: IFB Dr. Braschel AG, Anthony Hunt Associates
Lighting Design: Equation Design

AE Interests:  Engineered to have all levels of employees interacting
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Building: Meditation Space, UNESCO
Location: Paris, France
Completed: 1995
Architect: Tadao Ando Architects & Associates

AE Interests: structure, materials, meditation space, concrete texture
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Building: Caixa Galicia Art Foundation
Location: A Coruna, Spain
Completed: 2006
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Electrical Engineer: Arup
Building Eclosure: Arup
Acoustic Consulting: Arup
Main Contractor: Dragados

AE interests: responds sensitively to site, glass paneling, marble interlayer, lighting
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Building: InterActiveCorp Headquarters
Location: New York, New York
Completed: 2007
Architect: Gehry Partners, LLP
Structural Engineer: Desimone Consulting Engineers
Mechanical Engineer: Cosentini Engineering
Electrical Engineer: Cosentini Engineering

AE Interests: complex, twisted structure
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Building: Southern Cross Station
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Completed: 2006
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: WSP
Consulting Engineer: Lincolne Scott Australia

AE interests: dune-like roof which is responsive to hot climate, vast hall with uninterrupted vistas
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Building: Turning Torso Tower
Location: Malmo, Sweden
Completed: 2005
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava

AE Interests: Form based on sculpture “twisting torso”, freestanding sculptural element, nine cubes twisting 90 degrees, innovative energy requirements, energy supplied entirely by renewable resources
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Building: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Location: Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4
Completed: 1978
Architect: Foster + Partners
Engineer: Anthony Hunt Associates

AE Interests: Early exploration into lightweight, flexible structures
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Building: American Air Museum
Location: Cambridgeshire CB2 4QR
Completed: 1997
Architect: Foster + Partners
Structural Engineer: Arup

AE Interests: Single vault enclosure that is covered by a powerful arc
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Building: FABRICA Benetton Communication Research Center
Location: Treviso, Italy
Date Completed: 2000
Architect: Tadao Ando Architects & Associates

AE Interests: structure, materials, incorporating new architecture into an existing site, research center
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Bridge: Millau Viaduct
Location: Millau, Tarn Valley, France
Completed: 2004
Architect: Foster + Partners
Architect of Record: Chapelet-Defol-Mousseigne
Structural Engineering: EEG Simecsol and Greisch
Contractor: Eiffage Construction
Fabricator: Freyssinet (stay cables)
Launching Enerpac
Formwork: PERI Formwork and Scaffolding

AE Interests: Cable stayed masted structure with minimal intervention in the landscape
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Building: Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre
Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
Completion: 2010
Architect: Foster + Partners
Local architects: Linea Tusavul Architecture, Gultekin Architecture
Consultants: Buro Happold, Charles Funke Associates, Claude Engle, ALKAS Consulting, Istanbul Technical University
Mechanical Engineer: Vemeks Engineering Ltd
Electrical Engineer: HB Teknik

AE Interests: extreme climate control, seasonal solar shading, structure – tallest tensile structure in the world
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Building: Frankfurt Trade Fair Hall
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Completed: 2001
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineers: Arup, Schlaich Bergermann, BGS, Hahn & Bartenbach
Main Contractor: Hochtief

AE interests: steel roof structure, lighting
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Building: Capella Singapore
Location: 1 The Knolls Sentosa Island
Completed: 2009
Architect: Foster + Partners
Architect of Record: DP Architects Pte Ltd
Structural Engineer: Web Structures
Civil Engineer: Web Structures
Contractor: Tiong Seng Contractors

AE Interests: Integrating historic buildings into master plan by using natural contours of the site
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Building: Villa in Pedralbes
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Completion Date: 2008
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Structural Engineer: Agusti Obiol, Nacho Costales & Boma SL
Service Engineer: Juan Hernez & AJ ingenier

AE Interests: sustainable structure merges with surrounding garden, oriented towards the south to ensure cross ventilation with chimneys on the northern side
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Building: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: 1000 Jefferson Dr SW
Completed: 2007
Architect: Foster + Partners
Architect of Record: Smith Group Inc.
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Roof Contractor: Josef Gartner

AE Interests:  Roof composed of vaults that interlock to create soft curved valleys
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Updated by Patrick Wray, February 2025

     
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Building: Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
Date Completed: 2001
Architect: Tadao Ando Architects & Associates

AE Interests: structure, materials, art museum
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

     
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Building: John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex
Location: Leicester, United Kingdom
Completion Date: 2008
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Structure: Adams Kara Taylor
Main Contractor: Sir Robert Mc Alpine
M&E/ Fire Services: WSP Group
QS & Project Management: Cyril Sweett
Traffic Engineer: Waterman Burrow Crocker

AE Interests: moiré laced membrane exterior, layered transparency for interaction between the store and city
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

     
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Building:  Lou Ruvo Alzheimer’s Institute
Location:  Las Vegas, Nevada
Completed: 2009
Architect: Gehry Partners, LLP
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk
MEP: Cosentini Associates

AE Interests: uneven stack of block units, sustainable waves of steel and glass cover, complex structure and form
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

     
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Building: California State University Channel Islands
Location: 1 University Dr, Camarillo, CA
Completed: 2008
Architect: Foster + Partners
Architect of Record: Leo A Daly / Gruen Associates
Structural Engineer: THP Limited
Landscape Architect: AHBE
Contractor: HKA

AE Interests: Prominent roof canopy as an effective environmental device
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

   
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Building: Mad River Boat Trips
Location: 1255 S Highway 89, Jackson, Wyoming
Completed:  1996
Architect: Will Bruder

AE Interests: wedged form, large glass facade, radiant heating, evaporative cooling, lighting effects
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

     
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Building: Library of a Poet
Location: Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
Completed: 1991
Architect: Shigeru Ban

AE Interests: paper tube, trusses, post-tensioned steel wires, span, cantilevers, sustainability

Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

     
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Building: La Rioja Technology Transfer Centre
Location: Logrono, Spain
Completion Date: 2007
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Architect of Record: Jesus Alfaro Lafuente
Structural Engineers: Agusti Obiol Sanchez, Nacho Costales Calvo (BOMA S.L.)
Services Engineers: Ramon Cos Gavalda, Ricardo Bergay Fernandez (Grupo J G)
Landscape Designer: Teresa Gali Izard
Contractor: Visa Y Constucciones S.A., Construcciones Jose Martin S.A.

AE Interests: linear structure, surrounded by green canopy producing a shaded microclimate, integrates landscape into the building space
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

     
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Building: Sondica Airport Terminal & Control Tower
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Completed: 2000
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava

AE Interests: aerodynamic roof, canted glazed facade, views of the runways
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

     
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Building: Curtain Wall House
Location: Tokyo Japan
Completed: 1995
Architect: Shigeru Ban

AE Interests: creative materials, open plan, open facade, curtain, glazed doors

Articles: [1, 2, 3]

Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

     
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Building: Carabanchel Social Housing
Location: Madrid, Spain
Completion Date: 2007
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Contractor: Acciona
Structural Engineer: Jesus Hierro, JHS Proyecto de Estructuras y Arquitectura, S.L.
Electrical Engineer: FASEVEN
Mechanical Engineer: ASETECNIC
Telecommunication Engineer: Raul Herranz, S.D.C.

AE Interests: sustainable, located in a regeneration area, facades have retractable  screens protected from strong east-west solar exposure
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020