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Project: Leeza Soho
Alternative Names: SOHO Li Ze Tower
Developer: SOHO China Ltd.
Executive Architect: BIAD
Architect Firm of Record: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineer: Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure
MEP Engineer: Parson Brinckerhoff Consultants Private Limited
Facade: KWP, Kighton, Yuanda
General Contractor: China State Construction Engineering Corporation #3
Lighting Consulting: Light Design (SD and DD), Leuchte (CD)
Building Function: Office
Size: 172,800 sq. meters
Height: 200 meters
Construction Start: 2015
Anticipated Completion: 2019

AE Interest:
Complex architectural geometry, world’s tallest atrium, 1.4 million square meters of office and retail space.  Structure features composite structural material: core is reinforced concrete, columns are concrete filled steel, floor structure is steel.

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Building: Grace Farms
Address: 65 Lukes Wood Rd, New Canaan, CT 06840, United States
Architect: SANAA
Size: 60,000 sq.ft.
Completed: 2015
Executive Architect: Handel Architects LLP
Landscape Architect: OLIN
HVAC, MEP engineer and lighting: Buro Happold
Project Manager: Paratus Group
Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associates
Civil Engineer: McChord Engineering
Sustainability Consultant: Transsolar
Acoustics: Harvey Marshall Berling Associates, Nagata Acoustics

AE Interest: Nestled amid 75 acres of meadows, woods, wetlands and lakes [1]; closed loop geothermal cooling system that greatly reduced energy use compared to traditional outdoor chillers; below ground external tunnels to bring outdoor air into the center [3]; 77 of Grace Farms’ 80 acres are to remain in perpetuity as open meadows, woods, wetlands, and ponds [4].
Article: a1, a2, a3, a4.