Botswana Innovation Hub – Gaborone, Botswana
Building: Botswana Innovation Hub
Location: Gaborone, Botswana
Completed: 2021
Area: 270,000 sqft
Architect: SHoP Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: Buro Happold
Civil and Geotechnical Engineer: Langan
Landscape Architect: Hood Design
Virtual Design and Construction and Integration Service: SHoP Construction
AE Interests: The surrounding topography impacted the design of the building’s form; the main spinal corridor facilitates interactions; solar panels cover the parking for space-efficient renewable energy; construction intended to minimize disruption of the surrounding environment.
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Diamond Ranch High School – Pomona, California


Building: Diamond Ranch High School
Location: Pomona, California
Design and Construction: 1994-1996; 1997-1999
Architect: Morphosis Architecture
Project Architect: John Enright
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: Arup
Civil Engineer: Andreasen Engineering, Inc
Landscape Architect: Fong & Associates
Construction: Bernards Brothers
AE Interests: The surrounding topography impacted the design of the building’s form; the main spinal corridor facilitates interactions; solar panels cover the parking for space-efficient renewable energy; construction intended to minimize disruption of the surrounding environment.
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*Original posts by Paul Carr on August 31, 2009 and Megha Murthy on October 31, 2018
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