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Building: House Into
Location: Espoo, Finland
Completion Date: 1998
Architect: Jyrki Tasa

AE Interests: it is dominated by an undulating eave, a triangular terrace that splits the building
and tall, diagonal pillars, structure of the house consists of a steel frame with attached timber studs
and beams, allows natural ventilation from the residing sea

Building: Cafe Carbon
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Completion Date: 2000
Architect: Niko Sirola

AE Interests: formed by a glulam frame, assembled on site from industrially prefabricated
Safe Wood glulam units, outer surface of the cafe has been carbonised by burning and creosoted
to make them weather resistant

Building: Sibelius Hall
Location: Lahti, Finland
Completion Date: 2000
Architect: Artto Palo Rossi Tikka Architects

AE Interests: incorporates three-piece adjustable acoustic canopy  to allow for great acoustic
variability, appears to be a wooden vessel encased within a glass vitrine

Building: Korkeassari Lookout Tower
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Completion Date: 2002
Architect: Ville hara, Hut Wood Studio Workshop
Structural Engineer: DI Hannu Hirsi, DI Lauri salokangas/Nuvo Engineering

AE Interests: follows the existing low stone wall and skirts around a small birch grove,
the shell structures hasover 600 bolted joints holding the 72 long battens together

Building: Lume Media Centre
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Completion Date: 2000
Architect: Heikkinen – Komonen Architects
HPAC Engineer: Asplan Oy/Harry Stenvall
Electrical Engineer: Kupari Engineering/Jarmo Elo
Construction Engineer: Finnmap Consulting/Pertti Parssinen

AE Interests: architecture relies on a balanced coordination of matrices between layers
of function, mechanical, and electrical systems, organized hierarchically into square
boulevards, back alleys, and service areas

Building: Vuotalo Cultural Centre
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Completion Date: 2000
Architect: Heikkinen – Komonen Architects

AE Interests: all activities of the building are visible through the 2-storey glazed
main facade, the opposite side is covered with stainless steel chain-link conveyor belt
which make it appear like scales of a salmon, has half-circle plan shape with two glass-
covered “canyons” sliced in to permit natural light to enter

Building: Villa Linnanmaki
Location: Somerniemi, Uusimaa, Finland
Completion Date: 2002
Architect: Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen Architects

AE Interests: located in narrow strip of woodland between fields and a lake,
uses foliage of surrounding birch trees to shade from summer sunlight

Building: Sanoma House
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Completion Date: 1999
Architect: Antti-Matti Siikala and Jan Söderlund
Structural Engineer: Magnus Malmberg Oy 
Electrical Engineer: Olof Granlund Oy 
Mechanical Engineer: Olof Granlund Oy

AE Interests: has series of glass panels that make the inside transparent, constructed predominantly
with steel to give it a modern look, designed to have easy circulation

Building: Main Building at University of Oulu
Location: Oulu, Finland
Completion Date: 2003
Architect: Virta Palaste Leinonen and Antt-Matti Siikala
Structural Engineer: Magnus Malmberg Oy 
Electrical Engineer: Olof Granlund Oy 
Mechanical Engineer: Olof Granlund Oy

AE Interests: easy to maneuver inside the building since main staircase is located
centrally, main target was to make the laboratory itself and together with the offices
convertible

Building: Kone Headquarters
Location: Espoo, Finland
Completion Date: 2001
Architect: Antti-Matti Siikala
Structural Engineer: Magnus Malmberg Oy 
Electrical Engineer: Olof Granlund Oy 
Mechanical Engineer: Olof Granlund Oy

AE Interests: designed to be a basic block-like shape, it is technically durable
with main building material being glass and steel, has a lift-shaft that acts as
heat valve for offices

Building: Birmingham New Street Station
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Completion Date: 2010
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Structural Engineer: Adams Kara Taylor
Services Engineer: Hoare Lea

AE Interests: designed to imitate the Doppler Effect’s distortion of perception, windows will reflect the Birmingham Sky instead of surrounding buildings.

     
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Building: Yokohama International Port Terminal
Location: Yokohama, Japan
Completion Date: 2002
Architect: Farshid Moussavi Architecture, Alejandro Zaera-Polo
Architect of Record: GKK
Services Engineer: PT Morimura & Associates
Acoustics: Nagata Acoustics Inc.

AE Interests: designed as extension of pier ground, uses series of program-specific circulation loops for multi-directional space, hybrid structural system of steel and concrete protect from seismic activity

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Building: Villa in Pedralbes
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Completion Date: 2008
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Structural Engineer: Agusti Obiol, Nacho Costales & Boma SL
Service Engineer: Juan Hernez & AJ ingenier

AE Interests: sustainable structure merges with surrounding garden, oriented towards the south to ensure cross ventilation with chimneys on the northern side
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Building: John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex
Location: Leicester, United Kingdom
Completion Date: 2008
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Structure: Adams Kara Taylor
Main Contractor: Sir Robert Mc Alpine
M&E/ Fire Services: WSP Group
QS & Project Management: Cyril Sweett
Traffic Engineer: Waterman Burrow Crocker

AE Interests: moiré laced membrane exterior, layered transparency for interaction between the store and city
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Building: La Rioja Technology Transfer Centre
Location: Logrono, Spain
Completion Date: 2007
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Architect of Record: Jesus Alfaro Lafuente
Structural Engineers: Agusti Obiol Sanchez, Nacho Costales Calvo (BOMA S.L.)
Services Engineers: Ramon Cos Gavalda, Ricardo Bergay Fernandez (Grupo J G)
Landscape Designer: Teresa Gali Izard
Contractor: Visa Y Constucciones S.A., Construcciones Jose Martin S.A.

AE Interests: linear structure, surrounded by green canopy producing a shaded microclimate, integrates landscape into the building space
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Building: Carabanchel Social Housing
Location: Madrid, Spain
Completion Date: 2007
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Contractor: Acciona
Structural Engineer: Jesus Hierro, JHS Proyecto de Estructuras y Arquitectura, S.L.
Electrical Engineer: FASEVEN
Mechanical Engineer: ASETECNIC
Telecommunication Engineer: Raul Herranz, S.D.C.

AE Interests: sustainable, located in a regeneration area, facades have retractable  screens protected from strong east-west solar exposure
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Building: Municipal Theatre Auditorium
Location: Torrevieja, Spain
Completion Date: 2006
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Architect of Record: Antonio Marquerie
Services: Consulting de Ingenieria ICA, S.L.
Structure: NB35

AE Interests: Plaza sits under cantilevered mass of the building, designed as single container to remove the proscenium
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Building: Dulnyouk Publishers
Location: Paju Book City, Korea
Completion Date: 2005
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Architect of Record: Iroje architects Young Yoon Kim
Structural Engineer: SDG (Structural Design Group)
Services Engineer: BDSP Partnership
Traffic Engineer: Ninian Logan, Radlett
Structural Engineer: ALT Structural Engineering Group
Electrical Engineer: Hana High Tech Co., Ltd
Mechanical: SeAH Engineering & Technology

AE Interests: towers over valley where Paju Book City is located, has east-west orientation for good airflow, designed to maximize potential of site as an extension of surrounding gardens
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Building: BBC MUSIC BOX
Location: London, United Kingdom
Completion Date: Cancelled 2008
Architect: Foreign Office Architects and Andrew Ingram
Structural Engineering:  Adams Kara Taylor
Acoustic Engineering: Sandy Brown Associates
Lighting Engineering: Speirs and Major Associates
QS & Project Management: Davis Langdon & Everest
Theatre Consultant: Ducks Sceno, Vaulx-en-Velin
Service Engineer: Cameron Taylor Brady

AE Interests: Transparent Organization, Linear Structure, connects the space of the studio and city visually through a glass membrane
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