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Building: Garden Santa Fe
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Architect:  KMD Arquitectos, Arquitectoma
Construction Engineer: Grupo COPRI
Deep: 35 meters
Completed: 2014

AE Interest: crystal cones designed with photovoltaics, natural light, tempered glass, 35 meters deep, 8000 m² garden, 1600 parking spots, concrete structure, won “Project of the Year 2014” Award

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Building: HAUS Santa Fe
Location:  Mexico City, Mexico
Architect: De Yturbe Arquitectos S.C & Orozco Arquitectos
Construction Company: Grupo Deptos
Completion: 2006

AE Interests: 120 meters (341.69 ft), aluminum skin, reinforced concrete and glass, curtain wall facade system, 40 seismic designed to withstand an earthquake of 8.5 on the Richter Scale.

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Building: Liverpool Altabrisa, also known as Tienda Departamental Altabrisa (Department Store)
Location: Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Architect: Iñaki Echeverria
Structural Design: Ingeniería Estructural Aplicada
Precast Concrete: ARQme / FAPRESA
Completion: 2012

AE Interest: concrete structure, façade from 5 different types of precast pieces shaped like propeller blades, heights of blades varies between 16 to 20 meters.

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Building: Torre BBVA Bancomer (BBVA Bancomer Tower)
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Architect: LegoRogers, (Legorreta + Legorreta and Rogers Stirk Harbour)
Structural Engineer: Arup, Grupo Colinas de Buen
Construction Engineer: Turner with local partner Marhnos Engineering & Construction
M+E design: Arup
HVAC Engineer: DYPRO
Lighting Engineer: Fisher Marantz Stone
Cost Consultant: INPROS
Height: 781 ft, 52 floors above ground, 7 below
Completion: To be completed by late 2015, started on 2010

AE Interest: LEED Gold, sky gardens every ninth floor, geometry of the exterior shading used to create a lattice design protecting the façade from sunlight and heat while optimizing natural daylight.