Xi’an CCBD – Xi’an China
Site: Xi’an CCBD
Location: Xi’an, China
Status: Completed December 2024
Owner/Developer: China Resources Land (CRL)
General Contractor: CCSD, Jangho
Design Architect: Heatherwick Studio, Goettsch Partners (towers A&B), Lacime (towers B&C)
Executive Architect & Sustainability Lead: Heatherwick Studio
Structural engineer: RBS, KFT (tree)
MEP Engineer: WSP
Civil Engineer: Undocumented
Facade Engineering: Arup, CFT (tree)
Retail Planning: 10 Design
Landscape design: Heatherwick Studio
Lighting Consultant: Speirs Major
Size: 1668406 sqft podium, 828821 sqft landscape
AE Interests: fast-tracked construction, glazed ceramic tiles lining facade, stepped roofs with garden terraces, 8 unique leaf-like skylights, curved beams, stone paving, detailed timber for accents and handrails
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UCB Windlesham – Windlesham, Surrey, UK
Site: UCB Windlesham
Location: Windlesham, Surrey, UK
Status: Under Construction; Appointed 2021
Owner/Developer: UCB Celltech
General Contractor: Walter Lilly
Design Architect: Heatherwick Studio
Executive Architect & Sustainability Lead: Veretec
Structural engineer: AKT II
MEP Engineer: Arup
Civil Engineer: Undocumented
Landscape design: Erlam Studio
Facade Engineering: Define Engineers
Lighting Consultant: Speirs Major
Size: 31215.34 sqft new build, 387500.78 sqft lab refurbishment, 2045142.98 sqft landscape
AE Interests: reuse of existing materials, uses both GLT and CLT, some partially exposed CLT, organic forms requiring curved geometries, steel beams limiting reliance on internal columns, zinc cladding system













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