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Building: Moscow School of Management
Location: Skolkovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Completed: 2010
Architect: Adjaye Associates
Manufacturers: Anwo, Alucobond

AE Interests: The central structure is a poured-in-place concrete disc 475 feet in diameter. A group of buildings stand above the disc. Of these, the Wellbeing Centre occupies a pivotal position in anchoring the disc to the sloping ground. The Wellbeing Centre is supported by the same structural grid as that of the disc, whilst the residential buildings are designed as bridge structures. Each of them is supported on two towers that cause minimum disruption as they pass through the disc to the ground.

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Building: Pearl Academy of Fashion
Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Completed: 2008
Architect: Morphogenesis
HVAC: Design Centre
Electrical: Integral Designs
Plumbing: Tech Consultancy
Structure: N M Roof Designers Ltd.
Contractors: R G Colonizers Pvt. Ltd.
Design Team: Sonali Rastogi, Rudrajit Sabhaney, Anna Kristiana Bergbom, Shruti Dimri, John Alok Decruz

AE Interests: The architecture of the academy needed to be a confluence of modern adaptations of traditional Indo-Islamic architectural elements and passive cooling strategies prevalent in the hot-dry desert climate of Rajasthan, such as open courtyards, water body, a step-well or baoli and jaalis (perforated stone screen).  The entire building is raised above the ground and a scooped out under belly forms a natural thermal sink which is cooled by water bodies through evaporative cooling.

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Building: St. Mary Chapel (St. Mary Mercy Chapel) (St. Mary’s Mercy Hospital Chapel)
Location: Livonia, Michigan, U.S.
Completed: 2018
Architect: PLY+
Manufacturers: FritsJurgens, Endicott, Eastern Architectural Products, Goldray Glass, Hunter Douglas Brasil
Design Team: Craig Borum, Jen Maigret
Project Management: Andrew Wolking, Masataka Yoshikawa, William Carpenter
Design Professionals SD/DD: Markus Boynton, Annabelle Guan, Yibo Jiao, Michie Nimsombun, Maggie Shao, Andrew Wolking, Masataka Yoshikawa, Arvin Yu, Jiashi Yu, Yusi Zha, Dinghao Zhou
Structural: SDI Structure
Civil: IMEG corp.
MEP: Nederveld
Lighting: Illuminart
Acoustics: Arcgeometer
Cost Estimating: Granger construction
Building Code: PLY+
Specifications: PLY+
Security: St. Mary Mercy Livonia
Liturgical Space Consultant: Gilbert Sunghera

AE Interests: A high, east window to provide early morning light, a southern opening that holds a special installation of dichroic glass that bounces spectral colors into the space, and a western row of windows that establish a relationship with a future phase healing garden. The façade includes a “woven” pattern at the corner.

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Building: HKSAR Government Headquarters
Location: 2 Tim Mei Ave, Admiralty, Hong Kong, China
Completed: 2011
Architect : Rocco Design Architects
Landscape Architect: HOK
Project Team: Rocco Yim, Bernard Hui, William Tam, C M Chan, Henry Ho, Boris Lo, Lucia Cheung, William Lee, Wicky Choi, Herbert Hung, Ivy Yung, Queenie Szeto, Angela Fong, Joseph Kong, Sze Hoi Wai, Alonzo Cheng, Chan Chi Chung, Fiona Ching, Chris Wong, Tong Hui Ching, Ivan Chui, David Ho, Dathan Wun, Gary Ng, Agnus Lau, Mike Morgan
Consultants: Architectural Services Department (ASD)

AE Interests: The complex integrates three government facilities: the Legislative Council Complex, the Government Offices, and the Chief Executive’s Office. Disposition of the blocks allows the prevailing wind to penetrate the inner city providing ventilation through the Open Door passage, it also allows solar access to the site from the south, while the stepped heights of the buildings allow airflow mixing and recirculation, channeling wind from higher elevations to enhance air ventilation at pedestrian level. The Central Government Offices have double roof photovoltaic solar panels installed while the Chief Executive’s Office has thermal chimney, full height atrium as well as a green solar screen on its west – facing wall. Water conservation has been implemented and rain water collected has been recycled for landscape irrigation

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Building: LHT Tower (Luk Hoi Tong Building)
Location: 31 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, China
Completed: 2011
Architect: Rocco Design Architects
Structural Engineer: Greg Wong & Associates
MEP Engineer: J. Roger Preston
Main Contractor: Gammon Construction
Consultant: Greg Wong & Associates

AE Interests: A re-construction of the former Luk Hoi Tong Building and Queen’s Theatre. It is comprised of 29 stories and 14,000 m² of mixed-use premium office. The non-linear folding of the curtain wall gives an impression of a stage curtain, opening to reveal the office and retail spaces within and creating a subtle reference to the iconic Queen’s Theatre that previously occupied the site.

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Building: Xinhee Design Center
Location: Xiamen, China
Status: Under Construction
Architect: MAD Architects
Design Team : J Travis Russett, Flora Lee, Liu Huiying, Fu Changrui, Xu Chen, Li Yuanhao, Julian Sattler, Jei Kim, Jakob Beer, Younjin Park, Liu Ling, Ma Ning, Sear Nee, Zhu Jinglu, Liang Zhongyi, Sarita Tejasmit, Natalia Giacomino, Zeng Lingyue
Associate Engineer : CCDI Group
Façade Consultant : RFR Asia, Front
Interior Design : Gold Mantis, Kangyang Architecture Consultancy (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
Landscape Architect : Cicada Landscape Architecture, Hordor Design Group
Lighting Design : United Artists Lighting Design
BIM : Gehry Technologies Co., Ltd.
Wind Tunnel Consultant : Guangdong Provincial Academy of Building Research Group
Acoustics Consultant : Shen Milsom Wilke, LLC
Cost Consultant : Shanghai PM First Track Co., Ltd.

AE Interests: The design center is for the international fashion group, Xinhee, and its six subsidiary brands. It has a site area of 15,000 square meters with building area of 61,000 square meters. The spatial organization mimics six petals, growing from a central point. Each of the six brands have their own individual office and research space, yet can freely interact and communicate between departments. A mix of office spaces and green gardens compose each of the organically-formed arms. A translucent and sun-shading envelope of PTFE hangs slightly off the vertical garden, and provides ventilation during the hot season. The atrium’s footbridge provides air circulation, and doubles as a catwalk for occasional fashion shows.

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