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Building: CY Twombly Pavilion
(part of The Menil Collection – a neighborhood of museum buildings)
Location: 1501 Branard Street, Houston, Texas 77006
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Structural: Arup and Haynes Whaley Associates
Completed 1995

AE Interests: daylighting, natural lighting, mechanical louvers, stretched cotton fabric

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Building: Nasher Sculpture Center
Location: 2001 Flora Street, Dallas, Texas 75201
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Structural Engineer: Arup  with Datum Engineers
Landscape: Peter Walker and Partners
Construction: Beck
Completed October 2003

AE Interests: “Museum without a  roof” – cast-aluminum shading panels, glass roof with tension-cable support at center-span, double-wall system for HVAC and rainwater, sculpture garden, barrel-vaulted ceiling.  Exhibits originally included a sky-viewing space by James Turrell, which was eventually compromised by the construction of a high-rise nearby. `

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Building: London Bridge Tower (The Shard)
Location: 32 London Bridge Street, London, UK
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Structural: WSP Cantor Seinuk
Construction: Mace
Completed 2012

The Shard is the tallest building in London, and the 2nd tallest building in Europe (2013) at a height of 306 metres (1,004 feet) and contains luxury office spaces, hotels, high-end apartments, restaurants, a five-story viewing gallery, and a spa.

AE Interest: Slip-form construction, top-down construction, glass curtain wall, double-skin, complex crane-construction technique, expressive architectural concept.
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Building: Copenhagen Opera House
Location: Copenhagen, Denamrk
Completed: October 2004
Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup
Consultant: Rambøll A/S, Theatre Plan LLP
Client: The A.P. Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation

AE Interests: 32m long cantilevered overhang, acoustics, canals excavated on both sides to emphasize structure,

Building: Mount Stuart Visitor Centre
Location: Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK
Completed: June 2001
Architect: Munkenbeck + Marshall Architects
Structural Engineer: Anthony Hunt Associates
Services Engineer: Atelier 10
Contractor: Thomas John Stone
Landscape: James Alexander Sinclair
Client: Mount Stuart Trust

AE Interests: building “sits” within landscape, simple HVAC systems, nature visible through frameless glazing

Building: Auditorium at the Svanemøllen Barracks
Location: Ryvangs Allé 1, Copenhagen, Denmark
Completed: November 2002
Architect: Entasis Arkitekter
Engineer: Vissenbjerg Ingeniørfirm
Contractor: Einar Kornerup A/S
Client: Forsvarets Bygningstjeneste (Danish Defense Construction Service)

AE Interests: use of different materials, simple geometry, materials used to express strength and sturdiness

Graham Square Housing – Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Building: Graham Square Housing
Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Completed: Oct 2000
Architect: Mckeown Alexander Architects, Page & Park Architects, Richard Murphy Architects
Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners
Contractor: John Dickie Construction
Client: The Molendinar Park Housing Association

AE Interests: sustainable strategies, daylighting, collaborative effort to create an “urban oasis”

Building: Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre
Location: Dundee, Scotland, UK
Completed: March 1999
Architect: Richard Murphy
Engineer: ARUP Scotland
M&E Engineer: ARUP
Acoustic Engineer: Sandy Brown Associates
Contractor: Torith Construction Ltd Construction
Client: Dundee City Council

AE Interests: day lighting, urban views, extension of old brick building

Building: An Turas
Location: Tiree, Scotland, UK
Completed: Feb 2003
Architect: Sutherland Hussey Architects
Client: Tiree Arts Enterprise
Structural: David Narro
Contractor: Inscape Joinery
Concrete: Arthur Elliot

AE Interests: reflect on qualities of the island, materials reflect vernacular architecture of island, intended as shelter

Building: 
 Dance Base: National Centre for Dance
Location: 
 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Completed: June 2001
Architect: Malcolm Fraser Architects
Structural Engineers: Cundall Johnston and Partners
Mechanical and Electrical: KJ Tait
Client: Dance Base

AE Interests: nested within rugged topography, capturing views of Edinburgh’s old town, courtyards and passageways reflect mediaeval pattern of the city

Building: Falkirk Wheel
Location:  Falkirk, Scotland, UK
Completed:  2002
Architect:  RMJM, Nicoll Russell
Contractors: Bachy/Soletanche and Morrison Construction Joint Ventrue
Engineer: Butterley Eningeers
Structural: Tony Gee and Partners
Mechanical/Electrical: Bennett & Associates

AE Interests:  reconnect canals connecting Glasgow and Edinburgh, 24m (79ft) difference in level, rotating wheel to raise boats, uses very little power to rotate

Building:  Heaven House (Himmelhuset)
Location: 
 Hummingen, Denmark
Completed:  1999
Architect:  Flemming Skude

AE Interests:  geometrical layout, natural light for lighting and climate, desire to connect internal spaces and the sky, louvered panels used to control sunlight

Building: 
 Sjællandske Newspaper Printing House
Location: 
 Slagelse, Denmark
Completed:  2001
Architect:  Søren Robert Lund
Landscape: Professor Steen Høyer
Consultant: Rambøll A/S

AE Interests: use of raw materials left to stand alone, building expresses transformation of paper mass to printed newspaper

Federal Chancellery – Berlin, Germany
Location: Willy-Brandt-Strasse 1, 10557 Berlin, Germany
Completed: 2001
Architect: Charlotte Frank and Axel Schultes
Structural Engineers: GSE Engineering, Schlaich Bergermann and Partner
Construction: Stahlbeton Sichtbeton
Façade: R+R Fuchs

AE Interests: cubic form, modernist, opposing geometry, “blinds the eye to proportion”

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Building Name: Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center
Location: Noumea, New Caledonia
Completed: 1998
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Landscape Architects: Desvigne & Dalnoky
Area: 8,188 sqm

AE Interests: sustainability, relationship with nature, culture, natural building materials, low maintenance, termite repellent iroko wood, ten multifunction pavilions of different sizes separated into 3 categories, integrated tree filled spaces into the ten pavilions which are all interconnected with a footpath, cooling and passive ventilation obtained through a double façade

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Building: Mercedes Benz Design Center
Location: Sindelfingen (Stuttgart), Germany
Completed: 1998
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Structural: Arup, IFB Dr. Braschel & Partner
Acoustics: Müller BB

AE Interests: geometry, façade, functionality, natural lighting
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Building: High Museum
Location: 1280 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, GA 30309
Completed: 2005
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Collaborating Architects: Lord, Aeck, & Sargent, Inc.
Structural: Arup, Uzun & Case Engineers, Jordan & Skala Engineers, Inc.

AE Interests: daylighting, exterior spaces, grid of 1000 circular skylights
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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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