The Spiral Cafe- Birmingham, UK
Building: Spiral Cafe
Location: St Martin’s Square,Bullring, Birmingham, UK
Architect: Marks Barfield
Structural Engineers: Price & Myers 3D Engineering
Completed: 2004
AE Interest: Shell like design, 3D modeled to allow steel plates to be cut, cantilevered structure
NDM Research Building- University of Oxford,UK
Building: Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM) Research Building
Location: Oxford, UK
Architect: MAKE
Structural Engineers: Price & Myers
Contractor: Maceplus
Completion: 2013
AE Interest: Cantilevered timbre staircase, anodised aluminium louvres, full triangular height atrium
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Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art- Glasgow, UK
Building: Reid Building at the Glasgow School of Art
Location: Glasgow, UK
Architect: Steven Holl
Completion: 2014
Structural and Mechanical Engineers: Arup
AE Interest: Five story building wraps around existing stone assembly hall, geometric matte- glass exterior, three cylindrical shafts of light
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Chapel of St Albert the Great- Edinburgh, UK
Building: Chapel of St Albert the Great
Location: George Square, Edinburgh, UK
Design Architect: Simpson & Brown
Completion: 2012
Structural Engineer: Elliott & Company
Collaborators: George Berry & Partners
AE Interest: Corton steel ‘tree like’ columns, curved timbre roof, sandstone clad masonry wall reflects surrounding townhouses, RIBA National award
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