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Building: Hotel Josef
Location: Prague, Czezh Republic
Completed: 2002
Architect: Eva Jirinca
Interior Design: Eva Jirinca

AE Interests: modern amenities while maintaining Prague’s traditional architecture; two buildings connected by a courtyard that unifies the public areas; natural daylighting deep into building

Building: Semi-Detached House
Location: Tabasalu, Estonia
Completed: 2002
Architect: Architectural Bureau Kolde Grupp
Structural Engineer: Kolde Grupp

Building: Agora Headquarters
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Completed: 2002
Architect: JEMS Architekci
Project manager: Andrzej Sidorowicz
Project Management, consultation to the design team on the application of certain materials and technologies, and construction supervision: Arup Polska
General contractor: Porr Polska S.A.
Costs of construction and installation labor: USD 40,296,000

AE Interests: opened up to daylighting and use of interior gardens within building’s framework; use of louvers to direct daylight

Building: Estonian Embassy
Location: Vilnus, Lithuania
Completed: 1998
Architect: 3+1 Architects

AE Interests: hallway creates a terrace garden that gets southern and evening sun; 3.5 story building created by 7 half floors; two distinct facades: one side of blue stained limestone and one hanging green glass;

Building: British Embassy
Location: Moscow, Russia
Completed: 2000
Architect: ABK Architects
Lighting: Delmatic

AE Intrests: “transparent” glass facade symbolize open relations between UK and Russia

Building: Neiser Factory
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Completed: 2002
Architect: Indrek Nakk

AE Interests: mix of glass, steel, and wood facade

Building: Villa V
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Completed: 2000
Architect: 3+1 Architects

Architects in charge: Markus Kaasik, Andres Ojari & Ilmar Valdur

AE Interests: cut into existing landscape; cast concrete, glass, and bright wood

Building: Orro House
Location: Tabasalu, Estonia
Completed: 2002
Architect: Martin Aunin

Building: Light Rail Train Bridge
Location: Jerusalem, Israel
Completed: June 2008
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava

AE Interests: cable stayed bridge, single inclined pylon, built-in lighting, cable-system creates parabolic shape
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Building: Ernsting’s Warehouse
Location: Coesfeld, Germany
Completed: 1985
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
ME Engineer: Calatrava
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Building: Lyon-Satolas TGV Station

Location: Lyon, France
Completed: 1994
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava
ME Engineer: Calatrava
Project Architects: Alexis Bourrat, Sebastien Mamet
Major Contractors: E.I.-G.F.C-M.S, Eiffel, Berretta-Girardet-Instalux, Leon Grosse, G.T.M, Baudin-Chateauneuf

AE Interests: steel and concrete structure, steel arches
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Building: Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay
Location: Redding, California, USA
Completed: 2004
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava
Erection Engineers: Buckland and Taylor

AE Interests: bridge never touches the water making it environmentally sensitive, functional sun dial, structural glass deck, cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge
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Building: Katehaki Bridge
Location: Athens, Greece
Completed: 2004
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava

AE Interests: steel structure, single cantilever pillar from which 14 cables used to suspend bridge over the street
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Building: Athens Olympic Stadium
Location: Athens, Greece
Completed: 1982
Renovated: 2004
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava, SKM Anthony Hunts

AE Interests: “bent leaf” polycarbonate glass rooftop covers over 90% of seating, roof has total weight of 19,000 tons, roof can withstand 120 km/h winds, 75,000 seating capacity
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