Incheon 151 Tower – Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of South Korea
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Building: Incheon 151 Tower
Location: Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of South Korea
Architect: John Portman & Associates, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Estimated date of completion: 2014
Cost: $11 billion
AE Interests: Two interconnected trapezoidal sections after a split at the 44th floor. Wind Tunnel Analysis in consideration of wind and seismic loads while maintaining original design vision. The two halves of the tower are tied together by three pedestrian bridges comprised of “steel truss outriggers”(Thornton Tomasetti website).
More Info: Incheon 151 Tower by Cori Kwitkin at the 2009 Annual Meeting
Kohinoor Square – Mumbai, India
Photo Courtesy gkkworks
Building: Kohinoor Square
Location: Mumbai, India
Architect: GKK Works India
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Date for Completion: 2012
Shibuya Subway Station – Tokyo, Japan
Photos from NikkeiBP and excite/ism
Building: Shibuya Subway Station, Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Completed: June 2008
Architect: Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
Collaborative Engineer(s): Nikken Sekkei Ltd., Tokyu Architects & Engineers Inc
Cost: $2.976 billion (¥250bn)
AE Interests: Fresh air and light circulates via open atrium and a ventilation shaft; oval, vaulted walls; prefabricated glass fiber-reinforced concrete (GFRC) used for every surface: floors, walls, ceilings and columns; concrete skin incorporates a water-cooling system (Water pipes lining the outer shell)
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Hyogo Prefectural Museaum of Art – Hyogo, Japan
Building: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Location: 1-1-1 Wakihama Kaigandori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Client: Hyogo Prefectural Government
Completed: 2001
Architect: Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
Structural Engineer(s): Toshihiko Kimura Structural Engineers, Kanebako Structural Engineers
Disaster Prevention: Ataka Fire Safety Design Office
Construction: Obayashi, Shimizu, Konoike, Shinko Kosan Construction, Meiwa and Yamada Joint Venture
Total floor area: 27,461.41 sq. m.
AE Interests: Steel reinforced concrete structure; foundation of cast-in-place concrete steel piles; seismic isolation devices; flat concrete slab overhangs; three glass enclosed, rectangular volumes; grey water system
Almere Urban Entertainment Centre – Almere, Netherlands
Building : Almere Urban Entertainment Centre
Location : Schipperplein; Brouwerstraat, Almere, Netherlands
Completed : 2004
Architect : SMC Alsop
Client : MAB Groep BV
Contract value : £ 30 million
AE Interests : Complex organic forms; sunken square; raised buildings upon steel pilons
Oyster – Walsall, England, U.K.
Project: Oyster on Walsall Waterfront
Location: 10 Wolverhampton Street, Walsall, WS2
Start: July 2008
Current status: On site
Completion: December 2011 [phase 1]
Architect/s: SMC Alsop, shedkm, Grant Associates
Key consultants: Adams Kara Taylor [Structural Engineers], Max Fordham [M&E], DBK Back [QS]
Partners: Advantage West Midlands, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, Walsall Regeneration Company
Planning authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Developer: Urban Splash
Size: 50,000 sq ft [phase 1]
AE Interests: Re-purposed land; Improvements to canal-side environment; glass panel facade
Row House (Azuma House) – Osaka, Japan
Building : Row House (Azuma House)
Location : Osaka, Japan
Completed : 1979
Architect : Tadao Ando
AE Interests : Simplistic box shape, example of minimalist architecture; reinforced, exposed concrete design; situated on a compact lot; interior courtyard provides natural light; bridge over the courtyard joins the second story’s front and rear rooms
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