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Xi’an CCBD – Xi’an China

Posted in Built by kb45977 on October 27, 2025

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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

Posted in Built by kb45977 on October 27, 2025

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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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