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Building: Patronage Laique & Social Housing
Location: Paris, France
Completed: 2014
Architects: LAPS Architecture, MAB Architecture
Structural Engineer: AIA Ingénierie
Services Engineer: Noble Ingenierie
Client: RIVP Real – Board of the City of Paris
Energy Performance : VP Climate Plan , Housing and Environment A BBC Effi energy, Qualitel

AE Interests: Community/social housing, In/arch-Ance National Prize 2014

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Building: Hermitage Plaza Towers
Location: La Defense District, France
Architect: Foster and Partners
Structural Engineers: LERA and ARUP
General Contractor: Turner Construction
Completed: 2021

AEInterest: Tallest in Western Europe (1,017ft), Diamond-shaped in plan, Tapers outwards as the grow in height, diagrid structure, BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating, angled façade to provide self-shading and draw fresh air, technical rooms placed strategically to save space.

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Building: Bitexco Financial Tower
Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Completed: 2010
Architect: Carlos Zapata Studio
Structural Engineer:  Leslie E. Robertson Associates
Construction: Hyundai Engineering and Construction with Turner International

AE Interests:

Essentially an all-concrete structure with composite perimeter columns and concrete core walls. Office floors framed with reinforced concrete flat plate system. Poor soil conditions due to proximity to the Saigon River and the Mekong Delta; very long foundation piers (265ft). Perimeter tapers inward at lower 20 floors, limiting width and resistance to building sway. Structural design uses concrete outriggers and belt trusses are used to stiffen tower against swaying motion. 16 elevators.

Helipad cantilevered out on 52nd floor. Steel girder and beam system used because most economical. Almost the size of the 52nd floor itself.

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Building: S-Trenue Tower
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Status: Completed September 2009
Architect: Mass Studies
Structural Engineer: Junwoo Structure
MEP Engineering: HANA Consulting & Engineers

AE Interests:3-tower design; idea based on matrix studies; 32 bridges; variation of podium tower design; concrete and steel construction; contains commercial, retail, and residential spaces

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Building:  Apple Store
Location:  Huangzou, China
Architect:  Foster + Partners
Completed: 2015

AE Interest:
“The main area inside the store features a 9m high space where the upper floor projects 12m from the rear wall”,
large sheets of glass: 11 large double-glazed panels, each 15m tall. [1]

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Building: Strasbourg Central Station
(Hauptbahnhof Strasbourg)
Location: Strasbourg, France
Status:Completed in 2007
Architect: Jean-Marie Duthilleul /AREP
Structural Engineer: Ingenieurbüro RFR
Facade Consultant: Seele GmbH & Co. KG
Energy Consultant: Transsolar

AE Interests: Glass structure covering historical building

  
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Building: Bangkok Central Embassy
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Status: Completed in 2014
Architect: AL_A
Architect of record: Pi Design
Project manager: PPS
Structural engineer: Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick, Arun Chalseri Consulting
Main contractor: Italian Thai

AE Interests: Inspired by traditional Thai architecture;complex geometry, step terraces, and vertical gardens
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Building: West Terminal of Algiers International Airport
Location: Algiers, Algeria
Status: Estimated Completion by 2018
Architect: Llewelyn Davies and BREA
Structural Engineer: Prointec
Construction: China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd.

AE Interests: Built to accomodate 10 million passangers per year as well as extra large aircraft, complex geometry
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Building: Museum of Books and Language
(El Museo del Libro y de la Lengua)
(Museum of Books and Language)
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Status: Completed in 2011
Architect: Clorindo Testa, Francisco Bullrich
Structural Designer: METRA Ingenieros

AE Interests: bold use of color, complex form.
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Building: Cordoba Civic Center
(Centro Civico de la Provincia de Cordoba)
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Status: Completed in 2011
Architect: Lucio Morini and GGMPU Arquitectos
Architect of Record: Guillermo Pozzobón
Structural Engineer: Vanoli & Associates, Decibel, Tecno Riego, and  Del Bianco & Associates

AE Interests: Rectilinear building covered by angular concrete shading skin, reflecting pool.

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Building: Whitney Museum of American Art
Location: New York City, New York, U.S.
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Assoc. Architect: Cooper, Robertson & Partners.
Structural Engineer: Roberts Silman Associates
Lighting Designer: Arup
M.E.P. Engineer: Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Construction: Turner Construction, LLC

AE Interests:  steel structure, cantilevered entrance, largest column-free museum gallery in New York City [1].

“…the new Renzo Piano–designed building in New York City’s meatpacking district will open Friday, May 1, 2015.” RPBWnews

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Building: Park Hyatt Guangzhou Tower
Location: Guangzhou, China
Completed: 2015 (Expected)
Architect: Goettsch Partners

AE Interest: 946.52 ft tall mixed-use tower includes offices, condominiums, apartments, retail, and a hotel; Exterior pinches in at corners to distinguish different functions of the building; Two-acre site sits over a transit station at the intersection of two subway lines; Staggered vertical strips on the facade stretches and compresses like tendons
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Building: Mercury City Tower
Location: Moscow, Russia
Architect: Frank Williams and Partners, M.M. Posokhin
Structural Engineer: Mosproject-2
MEP: AE Arma-Elektropanc (AE)
Number of Floors: 75
Overall Height: 1112 feet (339.92 meters)
Completed: 2013

AE Interest: Multi-Use High Rise (shops, restaurant, apartments, office spaces), Primary structural materials: steel and heat-resistant reinforced concrete, Natural lighting for 75% of workspaces, Uses less water due to mechanisms that collect melting snow for use throughout the building
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Building: 240 Blackfriars Road
Location: London, England, U.K.
Completed: 2014
Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Structural Engineer:  AKTII
Building Services Engineer: Hilson Moran
Developer: Great Portland Estates plc
Consultant: BIM Technologies

AE Interest: fully glazed glass exterior, reinforced concrete vertical structure, solar shading, 4D BIM modeling

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Building: Building for Environmental Research and Teaching, Brown University
Location: Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Completed: 2013
Architect: Toshiko Mori
Structural/MEP Engineer: Arup

AE interest: Environmental Research building, greenhouse, rectangular form, expected LEED Gold certificate
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Building: Washington State University’s Veterinary Medical Building
Location: Pullman, Washington, U.S.
Completed: 2012
Architect: SRG Partnership
MEP Engineer: Arup
Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Landscape Architect: Walker Macy
Construction: Lydig Construction

AE interest: Laboratory facility, glass façade, daylighting, high efficiency ventilation

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Building: Northeastern University Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering Complex (ISEC)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Completion: 2016
Architect: Payette
MEP Engineer: Arup

AE interest: Efficient laboratory, spiral staircase, pedestrian bridge
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Building: Dornier Museum
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany
Status: Completed in 2009
Architect: Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten
Structural Engineer: Werner Sobek Ingenieure
Building Services: Laux, Kaiser & Partner Ingenieursgesellschaft
Interior Design: Grego
Facade Consultant: R+R Fuchs
Energy Consultant: TransSolar Energietechnik GmbH

AE Interests: Serves as a hangar for planes in exhibition, long-span structure, curved translucent facade

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Building: RSH Towers
Location: Maryah Plaza, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Status: Expected Completion in 2016
Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Architect of Record: Pascall + Watson
Engineer of Record: Buro Happold
Interior Designer: Stuart Forbes Associates
Landscape Design: Gillespies LLP

AE Interests: Each tower is diamond-shaped in order to provide maximum lighting, expressed structure.

 
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Building: Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s Student Residence Hall
Architects: ADD Inc.
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Year: 2013
Structural Engineer: Odeh Engineers, Inc.
MEP Engineer: WSP Flack + Kurtz
Main Constructor: Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.

AE Interest: Facade constructed of 5,500 metal panel that have 5 distinct colors whose purpose is to mimic a tree. Curved base constructed through use of steel truss system. LEED Silver. More than 50 percent of the building materials used has recycled content. Orientation of windows help to lessen heat gain.

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Building: Neuroscience and Psychology Complex
Location: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Architect: José Rafael Moneo Vallés Arquitecto and Davis Brody Bond
Completed January 2014

AE Interest: Pursuing LEED Silver certification, natural lighting, stormwater reclamation system for non-potable use, high-performance glass façade.

  
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Building: Convention and Exhibition Center
Location: Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Completion: Proposal
Architect: OMA

AE Interests: 44 story sphere, glass/steel construction
Design Concept: Presenting a unique form to UAE’s master plan

  
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Building: Naples Subway Station
Location: Naples, Italy
Architect: Amanda Levete Architects
Sculptor: Anish Kapoor
Local architect: Studio DAZ
? Engineer: Arup
Services engineers: Tecnosistem

AE Interests: complex geometry, stainless steel polished exterior.
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Building: Children’s Activity and Learning Center
Location: Koh Kood, Thailand
Completed: 2009
Architect: 24h-architecture
Local Architect: Habita Architects
Structural Engineer: Planning & Design Thailand
Structural Engineer for Wind-Tunnel Tests: Arup Thailand
Bamboo Consultant: Jörg Stamm

AEInterest: large organic translucent canopy that cantilevers up to eight meters, two bamboo columns anchor the structure, grouped members create flexible composite beams, Sustainable structure using local materials, bamboo’s natural openness facilitates excellent airflow through the Center

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Building: Museo Soumaya
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Architect: LAR / Fernando Romero
Structural Engineers: Arup/Gehry
Completed: 2011
Manufacturer: Geometrica

AEInterest: Shell is constructed of 28 curved steel columns of different sizes and diameters, facade is made of translucent concrete (airy but solid material) that filters light, skin made of  hexagonal aluminum modules to optimize conservation and durability, ceiling suspended from a cantilever

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Building: Bosco Verticale Torre (Bosco Verticale) (The Vertical Forest)
Location: Milan, Italy
Architects: Boeri Studio
Completed: 2013
Landscape Design: Emanuela Borio and Laura Gatti
Structural Engineer: Arup Italia s.r.l.
MEP Engineer: Deerns Raadgevende Ingenieurs
Main Contractor: ZH Construction Company S.p.A

AE Interests:  Concept of regenerating the lost forests, the towers together have the capacity to hold 480 big and medium sized trees, 250 small size trees, 11,000 ground-cover plants and 5,000 shrubs… the equivalent of a hectare of forest. The vertical Forest helps to build a micro-climate and to filter dust particles. Diversity of the plants helps to create humidity, and absorb CO2 and dust, produces oxygen, protects people and houses from the suns rays.  Plants were pre-cultivated allowing the plants to get used to the conditions they were placed in on the buildings. `

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Building: Peñalolen Velodrome
Location: Santiago, Chile
Status: Completed (2013)
Architect: Iglesis Prat Arquitectos
Structural Engineer: RG Ingenieros (Patricio Recabal)

AE Interest: Large suspended roof, designed with steel frames that form a tensile structure, articulated frames make up long spans, perimeter walls are made up of metal enclosures that facilitate the incorporation of natural light

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Building: Florida Polytechnic Science, Innovation and Technology Building
Location: Lakeland, FL, U.S.
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Architect of Record: Alfonso Architects
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti

AE Interest: concrete and steel columns arranged vertically to allow light to flow in, features a prominent glass and steel cupola with an operable louver system, individual hydraulic pistons operate each of the 94 louvers, continuous pergola defined by 84 arched aluminum “leaves” shade the upper level terraces and ground-level arcades

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Building: Ilham Baru
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Completion: 2015
Architect: Foster + Partners
Associate Architect: SA Architects

AE Interest: Innovative self-bracing rigid structure, large column-free spaces acomodate its mixture of functions

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Building: Willis Headquarters a Lime Street
Location: London, UK
Status: Completed, 2008
Architect: Foster + Partners
Structural Engineer: Whitbybird
Client:   The British Land Co plc, Stanhope plc

AE Interest: distinctive saw-tooth design to prevent overheating, reduce air conditioning usage and optimize the amount of natural light, a six-story planted “green wall” concept on the North side façades encourages biodiversity on the site, building services equipment is all highly energy efficient and centrally controlled to maximize performance.

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Building: Electric Ramps At The Old Centre
Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Status: Complete
Architects: Roberto Ercilla + Miguel Angel Campo
Technical Architect: Gorka Sagasti

AE Interest: The basic stainless steel and glass portico acts similarly to the shots of a film rotating around a virtual axis in sequences of one meter distances, strong emphasis on functionality given extreme winter conditions in Vitoria

Photos by Cesar Martin

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Building: Elephant House
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Architect: Foster and Partners
Structural and Mechanical Engineer: Rambøll with Buro Happold
Landscape Architect: Stig L Andersson Architects

AE Interest: An adult male elephant weighs 5.5 tons and can exert a 15 ton horizontal load on a wall. The interior walls are The glazed roof canopies are randomly patterned with leaves from four species of tree to create naturalistic dappled light.

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Building: Primorsky Aquarium
Location:Vladivostok, Russia
Architect: OJSC Primorgrajdanproekt
Structural Engineer/Contractor: NPO Mostovik, Ltd.
Status: In Progress

AE Interest: Curtain walls fabricated from custom thermal glass only made in Spain for maximum thermal insulation. Building will hold over 25,000 tons of water total, one of the largest aquariums in the world. Aquarium glass in the largest tank (7,000 tons) is up to 2 feet thick (0.6m).

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Building: 9/11 Memorial and Museum
Location: New York, NY, U.S.
Architect: Handel Architects
Landscape Architect: Peter Walker and Partners
Underground Museum Architect: Davis Brody Bond
Pavilion Architect: Snøhetta
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk
Museum Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Fountain Structural Engineer: DEW Water Architecture
Completed: 2011

AE Interest: Each reflection pool recirculates 52,000 gallons of water per minute. The stone and metal parapets that line each pool and bear victim names have built in heating and cooling systems specifically designed to allow visitors to comfortably touch the names year round.

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Project: Taiyuan Museum of Art
Location: Taiyuan, China
Client: Taiyuan City Government
Architect: Preston Scott Cohen
Structural Engineer: Zhidong Wang
Size: 40,505 square meters (435,992 square feet)
Cost: $60 million

AE Interest: Cantilevering Sections of building, abundance of natural light, steel frame structure
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Building: Saint Roch-de-l’Archigan City Hall
Location: Quebec, Canada
Architects: Affleck de la Riva Architects
Design Architect: Richard de la Riva
Project Manager: Richard de la Riva
Structural/ Mechanical/ Electrical Engineer: Leroux Beaudoin Hurens
Year: 2012

AE Interests: The city hall was originally a convent built in 1881. The project creates a dialogue between the restored heritage building and a contemporary addition housing a new entry lobby, elevator and stair-tower. Combining artisanal materials with contemporary materials, the addition provides a spacious, naturally lit lobby and up-to-date vertical circulation.
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Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects and Patrik Schumacher
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Local Architect: Ferran Pelegrina Associats SL
Structural Engineering: BOMA Brufau, Obiol, Moya & Ass. SL
M/E/P Engineering: Grupo JG. SL
Facade Engineering: Ferrés Arquitectos y Consultores.SL
Lighting Design: Architectural Lighting Solutions
Project Area: 27,650 sqm
Project Year Concepts: 2006-2011

AE Interest: The cores will be built underground and reinforced concrete, sections of tower act as cantilevers
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Building Name: Basis Terminal Galzigbahn
Location: Innsbruck, Austria
Architect: Driendl Galzigbahn
Structural engineer: Ingenieurbüro Brandner, Bernard Ingenieure ZT GmbH
Ropeway Technology: Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH
Year: 2007

AEInterest: glass material enables one to see the technical inner life; concrete anchors into slope and is a carrier of a space truss which carries off the weight of the roof; visible construction of space truss directly evolves from extreme weather conditions; form defines the function

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Building: Dalian Shell Museum
Location: Dalian, China
Architect: The Design Institute of Civil Engineering & Architecture of DUT
Engineering: The Design Institute of Civil Engineering & Architecture of DUT
Contractor: Hunter Douglas Contract
Completed: 2009

AEInterest: overlapping roof made of QuadroClad, customizable light weight aluminum panels, stable metal honeycomb between the skins, fabrication technology used in aircrafts

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Building: Tree Art Museum
Location: Beijing, China
Architect: Daipu Architects
Structural Engineer: Huang Shuangxi
Completed: 2009

AEInterest: Curvy concrete floorslab from the floor all the way to the roof, tilted concrete walls,  sloping exhibition rooms and offices, curtain walls allow for daylight to penetrate

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Building: FRAC Bretagne
Location: Rennes, France
Architect: Studio OdileDecq
Structural Engineer: Batiserf / CARIG
Completed: 2012

AEInterest: Made of reinforced concrete treated with an engineered pigmentation process, steel used for cast in frame work and structural framing, massive blocks, complexity, tinted steel

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Building: El Aleph
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Completed: 2012
Architect: Foster and Partners
Collaborating Architect: Berdichevsky-Cherry
Structural Engineer: Jose Noberto, Galay and Buro Happold
M+E Engineer: Estudio Grinner

AEInterest: sustainable (recycled or local) materials, vaulted concrete structure, flexible glazed screens, bronzed aluminum glazing and sunscreens, façade oriented to protect from various sun intensities

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Building: CSMVS – Vistor Center at the Prince of Wales Museum
Location: Mumbai, India
Architect: RMA Architects
Completed: 2011
Structural Engineers: Vijay K. Patil & Associates
Construction Engineer: Likproof India (P) LTD.

AEInterest: reflective steel and glass facade, lightweight elliptical roof, pivoted steel columns, vegetation grows though openings  in the roof
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Building: Astrup Fearnly Museum of Modern Art
Location: Oslo, Norway
Status: Completed September 2012
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Structural Engineer: AAS-Jacobsen, Seim & Hultgren

AE Interests: Two buildings divided by canal; Single swooping glass roof connects the two buildings; roof resembles sailboat masts with cable rigging reinforcement

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Building: Visitor Reception Building
Location: Novartis Campus, East Hanover, New Jersey, U.S.
Completed: January 2013
Architect: Weiss/Manfredi
Landscape Architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh
Structural Engineer: Severud Associates
MEP Engineer: Cosentini Associates
Project Manager:  Christopher Ballentine
Construction Management: Sordoni Construction

AE Interest: solar array canopy at the parking area, pleated structural ceiling, perimeter walls enclosed in energy efficient coated, self-supporting glass, certified LEED Gold.
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Building: Melbourne Recital Centre
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: Completed 2009
Architect: Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM)
Acoustic Consultant: Arup Acoustics
Engineering: Bonacci Group

AE Interests: World-class acoustic design; Interior clad in Australian hoop pine; Interior paneling provides reflective ledges and sound diffusions; “Box-in-box” arrangement reduces outside noise

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Building: Prada Transformer
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Status: Completed 2009 (Temporary structure, Dismantled 2009)
Architect: Rem Koolhaas of OMA
Structural Engineer: Eunmin S&D

AE Interests: Wrapped in polyvinyl skin developed by U.S. Army; Four cranes lift and rotate structure; Four basic shapes host four different types of events; Steel framing; Complex connections between steel shapes

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Building: Estadio Unico Ciudad De la Plata
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Architect: Roberto Ferreira & Arquitectos Asociados (RFArq)
Structural Engineer: Weidlinger Associates Inc. – Matthys Levy
Contractor: Birdair General Contractors
Completed: 2003

AE Interest: First stadium in South America with PTFE membrane-covered stadium; Design of two intersecting circles creates a unique game atmosphere dividing both teams.
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Building: Perth Arena
Location: Perth WA 6000, Australia
Architect: ARM Architecture & Cameron Chisholm Nicol (CCN)
Sustainability Engineer: WSP Built Ecology
Structural Engineering: Aurecon
Completed: 2012

AE Interest: One of the largest roof-mounted photo-voltaic arrays in Western Australia. Water-less urinals; Low energy fluorescent lighting in dome.
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Building: Bao’an Stadium
Location: Shanez, China
Year Completed: 2011
Architect: Meinhard von Gerkan and Partners (gmp) with Stephan Schütz & David Schenke
Structural Engineer: shlaich bergermann und partner – Sven Plieninger with Wei Chen
Lighting Design: Schlotfeld Licht

 AE Interests: Pillars inspired by the immense bamboo forests found throughout China. They create an identity that expresses the allure of the region generating a forest like feel.
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Building: Universiade Sports Center
Location: Shenzen, China
Architects: Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz with Nicolas Pomränk
Structural Concept and Design Roof: schlaich bergermann und partner – Sven Plieninger with Wei Chen
Facade Planning: Shen and Partner
Completed: 2011

AE Interest: Unique connection with the natural habitat in Shenzen. Crystalline structures in the form of stones and rocks represent continuity and stability, blending with the mountains and hills surrounding the complex.
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Building: Mazar-e-Quaid (National Mausoleum)
Location: Karachi, Pakistan
Architect: Yahya Merchant
Year: 1970

AE Interest: hosts governmental and military ceremonies, marble chosen to withstand the extremes of the local climate
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Building: Marlins Ball Park
Location: Miami, Florida, U.S.
Architect: Populous
General Contractor: Hunt Construction Group
Construction Firm: Moss Construction Management
Structural Engineer: Walter P. Moore (roof) / BNI Engineers (stadium bowl)
Completed: 2012

AE Interest: First LEED Silver Certified retractable roof stadium in baseball. Retractable outfield glass wall that allows patrons to enjoy the Miami skyline during a game.

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Building: The Lantern
Location: Sandes, Norway
Architect: AWP / Atelier Oslo
Consultants / Contractors: Kristoffer Apelandsneset AS, Timber AS

AE Interests: Composed of multiple truss structures and covered in staggered panel glass, lights in the structure give off a warm glow

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Building: JNBY
Location: Shanghai, China
Design Architect: HHD_Fun Architects
Structural Engineer: H + J International

AE Interests: Steel structure with taut, elastic waterproof material created with a low-carbon footprint, six interlocking pieces can be reassembled / disassembled for storage
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Building:  Hessing Cockpit and Acoustic Barrier

Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Design Architect: ONL (Oosterhuis_Lénárd)
Lead Designer: Kas Oosterhuis
Project Architect: Sander Boer
Structural Engineer: Meijers Staalbouw BV, Pilkington Benelux BV

AE Interest: 300 glass elements between a diagrid structure, sound barrier for residential districts

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Building: The Origin
Location: New York City, New York, U.S.
Designer: United Visual Artists

AE Interests: Multiple programmable LED lights that can change color and reacts to sound/music, approx. 10×10 m

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Building: Maple Leaf Square Canopy
Location: Toronto, Canada
Designer: United Visual Artists
Engineer: Soheil Mosun Limited

AE Interests:  A thousand modules placed in a non repeating, artificial and natural sunlight, reminiscent of light passing through leaves in a forest canopy

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Building: Guayasamin House and Museum
Location: Cumbayá, Ecuador
Completion: 2007
Architect: Diego Guayasamin
Construction: Diego Guayasamin, Gustavo Guayasamin
Structures: Otto Maldonado

AEInterests: Building designed as a sculpture for the under passing highway, dramatic exterior slanting walls mirror the local landscape

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Architect: Za Bor Architects
Architects In Charge: Peter Zaytsev, Arseniy Borisenko
Location: Moscow, Russia
Year: Concept Project
Area: 4,890 sqm

AEInterest: Complex, elongated building formed from several interpenetrative volumes.
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Project Name: Pedestrianized City Center Design
Location: Unayzah, Saudi Arabia
Completion: Conceptual Design-Roadway Begun
Architects: Erick van Egeraat

AE Interest: underground transportation and parking, entirely pedestrianized ground level, sun-shading, greenwalls, and contemporary design integration with traditional existing structures.
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Building: The Pinch Library and Community Center
Location: Yunnan, China
Completion: 2014
Architects: John Lin, Olivier Ottevaere
Project Manager: Crystal Kwan
Construction: Kunming Dianmuju Shangmao Company

AEInterests: Shelving integrated into building structure, roof functions as a slide, funded and designed as a monument to a local earthquake

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Project Name: Ningbo Yinzhou Southern CBD Portal Project Design
Location: Ningbo, China
Completed: Conceptual Design
Architects: amphibianArc
Developer: Ningbo Yinzhou Urban Construction Investment and Development Corporation

AE Interest: transit-oriented development, vertical sustainability, creating a ‘modern trade route’ referring to the Mairitime Silk Road, the development surrounding the transportation hub are divided into 2 categories-main and background buildings

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Building Name: PLAY-TIME Apartments
Location: Madrid, Spain
Completion: In Progress 2013
Architects: Elena Orte and Guilliermo Sevillano (SUMA)
Construction: Diezma Rosell Construcctiones
Structure: SANDO-COMEUT

AE Interest: Perimeter Garden,  Solar/Hypothermal Control, Vegetation, Spiral Orientation, Free Standing Envelop, Steel Tube Structure, 40+ species of plants places according to orientation making an “oasis in the middle of the city”

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Project: Hance Park Redesign Masterplan
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Completion: Conceptual Design-Finish Date 2024
Architect: Weddle Gilmore and !melk
Landscape Architect: Floor Associates
Civil Engineers: David Evans & Associates
Structural Engineers: Buro Happold
Environmental Engineering: Sherwood Design Engineers

AE Interest: urban garden, area is divided into 3 seperate spaces: valley, canyon, and plateau, microclimate , shading techniques (both natural and constructed), landscaping design.
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Project Name: City Masterplan Winning Proposal
Location: Madong, China
Completion: Conceptual Design
Architects: HYHW Architects and Planners
Consulting Company: Space Syntax

AE Interest: waterway transportation, high traffic pedestrian pathways, mix industry high density city, integration into current infrastructure, historical preservation
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Building: Library and Learning Centre University of Economics Vienna
Location: Vienna, Austria
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineer: Vasko und Partner Ingenieure
M&E Engineer: Vasko und Partner Ingenieure
Façade & Lighting Engineer: Arup
Construction: Granit
Completed 2013

AE Interest: high-quality exposed concrete, innovative formwork composed of alkus solid plastic panels, façade engineering

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Building: Digital Museum
Location: Pecica, Romania
Architect: Claudiu Ionescu
Constructor: S.c. Start S.r.l.
Construction Time: 5 months
Completion Year: 2013

AE Interest: tilted reinforced concrete walls, N-S orientation and surrounding pavement form a solar sun dial, building located in an active seismic zone
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Building: Yellow Treehouse Restaurant (The Redwoods Treehouse)
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Architect: Pacific Environments Architects Ltd. (PEL)
Engineers: Holmes Consulting
Project Managers: The Building Intelligence Group
Building Contractors: NZ Strong and Citywide Construction Ltd
Year: 2008-2009

AE Interest: Elevated treetop walkway, built 10 meters high in a redwood tree, chrysalis shape as reflection of natural surroundings, vertical timber fins for natural cooling and lighting, secured to trunk with steel saddles, had to account for fire safety.
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Building: Prahran Hotel
Location: Victoria, Australia
Architect: Techne Architects
Structural Engineer: Parkhill Freeman
Contractor: Visual Builders
Pipe Manufacturer: Humes
Client: Sand Hill Road
Year: 2013

AE Interest: This small pub was originally established in 1940 and was reconstructed in 2013. The building now incorporates 17 concrete irrigation pipes, hanging garden elements, and a steel glazed courtyard providing ample natural lighting.
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Building: Victoria Tower
Location: Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
Architect: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
Structural Engineer: Integra AB
MEP: AB Teknoplan
Client: Arthur Buchardt
Owner/Developer: Call Tower Invest AB
Year: 2011

AE Interest: Appearance changes with position of the viewer and changes in weather, curtain wall façade made up of 8 different types of glass, slight cantilever of top floors, clad entirely in glass, two-thirds of the walls are fully insulated, one of the tallest buildings in Stockholm.
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Building: Unbalance Hotel
Location: Lima, Peru
Architect: OOIIO Architecture
Status: Design Development

AE Interest: Perched on a cliff edge, frames the Pacific Ocean, peculiar and unbalanced shape.
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Building: Fuel Station and McDonalds
Location: Batumi, Georgia
Architect: Giorgi Khmaladze (Khmaladze Architects)
Structural Engineer: Capiteli
MEP: Gulfstream
Kitchen Engineering: Franke
Exterior Lighting: Erco
Year: 2013
Client: Socar

AE Interest: Reflection pool, effective separation of dining space and vehicular services, small building footprint limitations, smooth transition between floors, cantilevered giant canopy with vegetation layer acting as an ecological shield for the dining customers from the fuel station, unique geometry.
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Name: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Location: Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Architect: HOK
Architect of Record: Oger International
Completed 2009

AE Interest: LEED-NC Platinum;  less than 30 months to design and construct 5.5 million square feet of complex space across 27 buildings; 100% of wastewater reused

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Photography: Jasmin Schuller

Building Name: Doninpark
Location: Vienna, Austria
Architect: LOVE Architecture & Urbanism
Client: Hart & Haring Bauträger GmbH
Roof Specialist: Feigl und Schwartz
Load Bearing Structure Planner: ZT Kuttner
Construction Physics: ZT Kuttner
Construction Costs (€): 16,5 Mio
Area: 15,000 sqm
Year: 2013

AE Interest:Construction: Building form dictated by zoning regulations. Nonstandard scale of fenestration and alcoves. The ground floor of the building houses a shopping zone that faces the subway stop, while the first and second floors feature office space and a gym. The third floor upwards is residential quarters. The loggias are on the east side, thereby creating a distance to the street space.
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Building Name: Parkrand
Architects: MVRDV
Location: Geuzenveld, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Year : 1999-2006
Client : Het Oosten/Kristal bv, Amsterdam NL
Partners In Charge: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries
Structure: Pieters Bouwtechniek
Services And Building Physics: Cauberg Huygen Rotterdam NL
Area: 35,000 sqm
Budget : EUR 28.5 Million

AE Interest:The two open, airy blocks offer views from all sides. All apartments have an orientation to the sun and a view of the park with the perforated roof, which is repeated at the ground floor, forming two courtyards that offer light, view, and access to the apartments on the first level. The garden offers protection from rain and wind.
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