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Building: 99/101 Queen Victoria Street
Location: London, England
Completed: 2005
Architect: Sheppard Robson
Structural Engineer: Arup
Construction: Bowmer Kirkland
Landscape Design: EDCO Design London

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Name: Ropemaker Place
Location: London, England, U.K.

General Contractor: Mace Limited
Design Architect: Arup Associates
Structural/MEP engineer: Arup Associates
Civil Engineer: Arup Associates
Lighting Consultant: SAS International
Client: British Land
Completion date: May 2009
Area: 87,000 m²

AE Interests: BREEAM Excellent, first LEED Platinum core and shell office building in London, modular energy-saving facade cladding, waveform illuminated ceiling

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Last updated: April 2022 by Reiko Corteza

Building: Docklands Floating Bridge
Location: London, England
Completion: 1996
Architect: Future Systems
Structural Engineer: Anthony Hunt Associates
Lighting Engineer: Lighting Design Partnership

AE Interest: Curved aluminum deck with four sets of tubular steel legs which are attached to submerged pontoons.

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Building: Le Philharmonie de Paris
Location: Paris, France
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Acousticians: Marshall Day Acoustics Ltd
Structural Engineering: IOSIS and Aedis
Facades: HDA
Lighting Engineering: L’ Observatoire 1
Completed 2012

AE Interest: Multiplication of early lateral sound reflection, mobile acoustic panels,  sound clarity, adjustable canopy height, design integrated into surroundings , “Parisian walls”

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Building: Hong Kong Design Institute
Location: Hong Kong, China
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: CAAU / Coldefy & Associes Architectes Urbanistes
Civil & Structural Engineering: ARUP
Mechanical & Electrical Engineering: Parsons Brinckerhoff Associates
Contractor: Penta-Ocean and CRCC Joint Venture

AE Interest: “Floating platform” with four towers, Pre-stressed concrete top chords, Steel diagonals and reinforced bottom chords to support platform

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Building: Horizons Tour
Location: Paris, France
Status: Completed 2011
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Structural Engineer: Terrell International
Façade Engineering: Acrora
Acoustic Engineering: AH Conseil

AE Interest: Facades different in each part to adapt changes in the direction of the sun, design integrated landscape, 3 materials: sculptured concrete, enameled ceramic, glass

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Building: Portia Winery
Location: Burgos, Spain
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: Foster + Partners
Structural and Mechanical Engineer: ARUP
Contractor: FCC
Project Manager: Pointec
Lighting Consultant: Claude Engle

AE Interest: Uses natural topography to aid wine process, reducing building’s energy use and maximizing efficiency,  concrete structure of Corten steel, roof has photovoltaic cells and concrete to cool interior.

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Building: Chanel Travelling Pavilion
Location: Greater China, Japan, United States of America
Status: Completed 2008
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Project Architect: Thomas Viewtzke, Jens Borstelmann
Structural and Mechanical Engineer: ARUP
General Contractor/Tour Operator: ES Projects

AE Interest: Molded fiber glass panels for facade, PVC roof and ETFE roof lights, Skeletal steel frame, Taken apart and transported around the world, Packed into sea containers.

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