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Building: Surrey City Centre Library
Location: Surrey, British Columbia
Completion: 2011
Architect: Bing Thom Architects
Structural Engineer: Fast + Epp
Civil Engineer: CitiWest Consulting Ltd.
Construction: Stuart Olson Dominion
Mechanical Engineer: AME Consulting Group
Electrical Engineer: Applied Engineering Solutions
Geotechnical Engineer: Trow Consulting Engineers

AE Interests: sloped walls, complex interior space, concrete frame, flexible plan for future expansion

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Building: Stadskantoor
Location: Meent 119, 3011 JH Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Architect: OMA
Structural Engineer: Pieters Bouwtechniek Delft
Construction: Guangzhou Construction Engineering Supervision
Competition Engineering, Structural And Installations: ABT: Rob Nijsse, Gyuszi Florian, Niek Kunnen, Harry Pasterkamp, Jeroen ter Haar
Under Construction (estimated completion date: mid-2015)

AE Interests: modular structural system and programmatic versatility, mixed-use (offices and apartments), open space on street level, the most sustainable building in the Netherlands, translucent insulation, stacked units

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Building: Guangzhou Opera House
Client: Guangzhou Municipal Government
Location: Guagnzhou Opera House, Tianhe, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Facade Engineer: KGE Engineering
Structural Engineer: SHTK 
Acoustical Engineer: Marshall Day Acoustics
Construction: Guangzhou Construction Engineering Supervision
Completed 2010

AE Interests: architectural language of fluidity and seamlessness, intricate secondary steel structure, 1800-seat auditorium, latest acoustic technology.

Video of the Guardian describing Zaha Hadid’s design process on Guangzhou Opera House.

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Building: Intesa Sanpaolo Office Building
Location: Torino, Turin, Italy
Completion: 2014
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Engineers: Expedition Engineering/ Studio Ossola

AE Interest: bioclimatic building, naturally ventilated, southern facade covered by photovoltaic panels, 6 mega-columns support two glass planes