King Abdullah Financial District – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Building: King Abdullah Financial District
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Expected Completion: 2011
Architecture Master Plan: Henning Larsen Architects
Infrastructure Design: AECOM Technology Corporation
Land Owner: Saudi Public Pension Agency
Local Architecture and Engineering Adviser: Omrania & Associates
AE Interests: Fast track development of 1.6 million sq m site, to be completed in 3.5 years, no motor traffic, currently constructing 10 design build parcels
Kimbell Museum Addition – Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
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Building: Kimbell Museum Addition
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Architects
Structural Engineer: Guy Nordenson and Associates
Local Engineer: BDD BrocketteDavisDrake
Construction: H.C. Beck Group
Construction from 2010-2012
AE Interest: 104′ span laminated douglas-fir beams, Cast concrete walls, steel/glass roof, underground, context, approach/entry sequence, expressed structure/detail.
GSW Headquarters – Berlin, Germany
Building: GSW Headquarters
Location: Berlin, Germany
Status: Complete
Architect: Sauerbruch-Hutton
Engineer: Arup
AE Interests: Because building’s long side faces east-west, the west side is a double skin facade. Natural ventilation is drawn through the double skin to ventilate the building. Also, for reducing solar gains, the building has automated coloured blinds that block the afternoon sun, yet maintain excellent daylighting
Kimbell Art Museum – Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Building: Kimbell Art Museum
Address: 3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Architect: Louis Kahn
Structural Engineer: August Komendant
Mechanical Engineer: Cowan, Love & Jackson, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Marshall Meyers
Begun in 1966, completed October 1972
AE Interests: Light reflector is early example of computer-analysis in design, 100′-long curved concrete post-tension long-span beams form the 2 halves of the vaulted ceilings. `
Denver Art Musuem – Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Building: Frederick C Hamilton extension to the Denver Art Museum
Location: 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204
Completed: October 2006
Design Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Architect of Record: Davis Partnership Architects
Joint Venture Partner: Davis Partnership
Contractor: M.A Mortensen Co. (Colorado)
Civil Engineers: JF Sato and Associates
Mechanical Air: Arup (LA)
Mechanical/Electrical: MKK Engineers and Arup (LA)
Structural Engineers: Arup (LA)
Structural Connection Design: Structural Consultants, Inc.
Civil Engineers: JF Sato and Associates
Landscape Architects: Studio Daniel Libeskind with Davis Partnership
Lighting Consultant: George Sexton and Associates
Theater Consultant: Auerbach Pollock Friedlander
Acoustical Consultant: Arup (LA)
Exterior Façade Consultant: Gordon H Smith, ARUP, BCE;
Wind Tunnel Testing: CPP
Vertical Transportation: HKA Elevator Consulting
AE Interests: Complex Geometry, BIM modeling, Lateral Load Design
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