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Building: Walt Disney Concert Hall
Address: 111 S Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Architect: Frank Gehry
Structure and Facade Design: Frank O. Gehry & Partners
Structural Engineer: John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.
Chief Acoustician: Yasuhisa Toyota
MEP: Cosentini Associates
Completed 2003

AE Interests: Complex geometry, state-of-the-art acoustical concert hall, stainless steel facade.

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Building: CJ Only One Center – South Korea
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Project Lead: Cannon Design
Client:  CJ Corporation
Size: 1.2 Million square feet
Facilities: Offices, café bar, gymnasium, childcare, meeting rooms, data centers, and laboratory spaces
Design Concepts: Research and development facilities in three high-rise towers arranged around a dynamic central atrium to increase collaboration. Shading ribbons respond to solar exposure to alter the internal heat production.

AE Interests: Multipurpose, Solar Shading, Perforated Metal Envelope, Energy Efficiency, Curvilinear

Article & Images: Design Concepts, Responsive Envelope

Video of Architectural Visualization

Building: Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center

Location: Phoenix Arizona – Banner Gateway Medical Campus
Client:  Banner Health
Architect, Structural, MEP & Interior: Cannon Design
General Contractor: DPR Construction
Civil Engineer: EPS
Size: 131,000 square feet
Cost: 109 Million Dollars
Facilities: Clincs, Radiation Treatment, Imaging, Support Services
Design Concepts: Improve patient comfort with natural light, water features, colored light design and nature views. The Lantern of Hope is an open air entry to the building that is illuminated at light with LEDs.

AE Interests: Healthcare Design, Solar Shading, Natural Light sources, Aluminum perforated tower, Local Masonry, Pre-Assembled Water-Jet cut Panels

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Building: Linde + Robinson Laboratory for Global Environmental Science
Location: Pasadena, CA
Architect: Architectural Resources Group, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Kornrandolph
Contractor: Del Amo Construction, Inc.
Restoration Contractor: Spectra Company
Structural Engineer: John A. Martin & Associates, Inc.
Mechanical Engineer: Integral Group
Electrical Engineer: IDeAs (Integrated Design Associates, Inc.)
Civil Engineer: VCA Engineers, Inc.
Laboratory Planner: Cannon Design – Copenhagen
LEED Consultant: Davis Langdon, an AECOM Company
Client:  California Institute of Technology
Uses: Laboratory and Office
Technology & Techniques: Renovated Astronomy coelostat for storm water retention, cooling tower storage, and entrance for daylight to all floors. Uses the eVap 1500 invented by Cannon Design Products group to reduce power load consumption by the laboratory equipment. Hydrogen fuel cells for main and back up power.

AE Interests: LEED Platinum, Historic Preservation, Laboratory Design, HVAC Design, Optics

Articles: Technical Design , Restoration & History
Images: Cannon, Del Amo

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Building:  Miho Chapel
Location:  Shirgaraki, Japan
Status:  Completed in 2012
Architect:  IM Pei
Structural Engineer:  Leslie E. Robertson Associates

AE Interest:  simplistic design, raindrop shaped, very natural feel, mainly dependent on natural light, steel on the exterior and wood on the interior, very curvilinear.

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Building: Saudi Stock Exchange
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Status: Completed 2009
Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Service Engineer: Buro Happold
Environmental Service Engineer: Buro Happold
Landscape Architect: Gillespies

AE Interset: Protective outer layer that shades the building from extreme heat in Riyadh, structural components on exterior of building to save space in the interior

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Building:  Pocono Medical Center
Location:  East Stroudsburg, PA
Status:  Completed in 2012
Architect:  EwingCole Architects

AE Interest:  focus on nature, glass facade, rectilinear in shape, skywalk footbridge made of steel trusses connects the center to the main hospital, healing garden extends into indoors into the lobby.

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Building: Dee & Charles Wyly Theater
Location: 2401 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201
Architect: Rem Koolhaas of OMA and Joshua Prince-Ramus of REX (OMA NY)
Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.
Structural Engineer: (MKA) Magnusson Klemencic Associates
General Construction: McCarthy
Mechanical Engineers: Cosentini Associates and Transsolar
Completed 2009

AE Interest: Motorized system to raise/lower seating and floor system for varied theatre arrangements. Ground level opens up on 3-sides to outside plaza, Wyly-green color at all hazard areas creates color motif for building. High-strength concrete angled columns create open corner of building, extruded aluminum “curtain” on exterior.  

Joshua Prince-Ramus lecture, Dallas (TEDx)
6:00 – start of Wyly presentation
16:40 – timelapse reconfig. of stage

Project Team

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Building: Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center
Location: Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Status: Completed in 2010
Architect:  Flad Architects

AE Interest:  LEED Platinum, building oriented to reduce excess heat gain and thus less cooling need, shading devices capture sunlight to produce electricity for the building, HVAC system is constructed of chilled beams so the building is cooled through natural convection, roof-mounted solar panels, 39.4% more energy efficient than a comparable building.

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Building: The St Botolph Building
Location: London, UK
Status: Completed in 2010
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup

AE Interest: 16 elevators operating independently in eight shafts within the central atrium, highly adaptable commercial building,blue curvilinear facades with glazed rectilinear elevator shafts on each side, A large proportion of the steelwork in the building is visible, clearly displaying its structural function

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Building: Pierres Vives
Location: Montpellier, France
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Project Architect: Stephane Hof
Structural Engineering: Arup
Contractor: Vinci Construction France
Status: Completed in 2012

AE Interest: White concrete layers and green tinted glass. Form of building inspired from a large tree trunk that has been laid on its side.

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Building: Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters
Location: Los Angeles, California
Completed: 2009
Architects: Paul Danna and Jose Palacios of AECOM
Landscape Architect: Melendrez Architects
Structural Engineer: Nabih Youssef Associates Structural Engineers

AE Interests: Modern design with a heavy emphasis on the safety of the building’s inhabitants, LEED Gold Certified, engages public with plaza, one acre- public park, and public art program

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Building: Lloyds TSB Headquarters
Location: London, UK
Status: Completed in 2012
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: Ramboll

AE Interest: ten floors of column-free office space, south-facing open-sided atrium that is stepped upwards in a series of planted terraces and contains four scenic lifts, facades combine gazing and vertically overlapped slate panels

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Building: New Century City Art Centre
Location: Chengdu, China
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Status: Under Construction

AE Interest: Consists of three different sized theatre halls. Made up of complex aerodynamic shapes to make it a focal point of the city and was inspired by the landscape of the Sichuan Province in China.

Building: Thermae Bath Spa
Location: Bath, UK
Status: Completed in 2006
Architect: Grimshaw Architects

AE Interest: new building and restoration of five others, simple geometric forms, uses traditional and contemporary materials, extensive use of frameless glass planels

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Building: Rolls-Royce Manufacturing Plant
Location: West Sussex, UK
Status: Completed in 2003
Architect: Grimshaw Architects

AE Interest: sensitive landscaping, use of environmental friendly production techniques, sunk partly into the ground and features a “living roof”, finely detailed facades around a central courtyard, achieved the highest BREEAM rating of Excellent

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Building: d’Leedon Singapore
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Engineer: RSP
Developer: Capitaland
Contractor: Woh Hup Pte Ltd
Status: Under Construction; expected completion – 2015

AE Interest: Made of seven 36-story towers. The site is divided into five different landscapes that draw inspiration from mountainous ecosystems.

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Building: VCU Institute for Contemporary Art
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Status: New Construction, breaking ground 2013
AE Interest: Translucent glass walls introduce natural daylight, geothermal wells to heat and cool the building, green roofs insulate the ceiling and absorb storm water runoff.
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Building: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Architect: Aedas
Completion Date: Q4, 2013
Engineers: HDR Engineering, AECOM
General contractor: Sixco-Samsung Joint Venture
AE Interest: Alternative Energy, LEED Registered, Low-Emitting Materials, Water Efficient
Articles: 1
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Building: GE Advanced Technology and Research Centre
Location: Doha, Qatar
Status: Completed 2010
Design Build: Burns & McDonnell

AE Interests: Compete metal structure, Roof and walls must support the weight and thrust of Boeing 777 engines being tested in the facility, atrium is made from rounded glass with steel reinforcement.

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Structure: Tall Tree and the Eye
Location: As seen inRoyal Academy of Arts courtyard. This is now at the Guggenheim Bilbao.

Status: Completed in 2009
Architect/Sculptor: Anish Kapoor

AE Interests: Perfectly placed stainless steel spheres create a feel of undefinable ascension.

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Building: Gunma Insect World (Insect Observation Hall)
Location: Kiryu, Japan
Architect: Tadao Ando
Client: Gunma Prefecture
Completed: 2005
Cross Floor Area: 4, 309 m²
Park Area: 48 acres

AE Interests: Research center located in a nature reserve. Glass dome roof curved interior and exterior walls with exposed concrete. Roof composed of 1,287 triangular panes. Reinforced concrete, steel and steel-framed reinforced concrete.

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Building: Invisible House (Casa Invisible)
Location: Ponzano Veneto,Treviso, Italy
Architect: Tadao Ando & Associates
Structural Engineer: Ing. Giandomenico e Luigi Cocco
Completed: 2004
Area: 2000 m²

AE Interests: Quest for the dialogue between the internal space and the surrounding environmental. Partially underground. Architectural concrete and glass.

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Building: DC Consolidated Forensic Laboratory
Location: Washington D.C.
Architect: HOK Architects
Construction Duration: 30 months
Area: 287,000 sq. ft.
Completed: 2011

AE Interests: Six-story building, LEED® Gold certified. Energy modeling achieved an expected 26% energy reduction over the ASHRAE 90.1 standard.

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Building:The Dalí Museum
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Architect: HOK Architects
Structural Engineer (s): Walter P. Moore & Associates Inc.
Area: 68,000 sq. ft.
Completed: January 2011

AE Interests: Three-story museum structure symbolizes a “treasure box” that shelters the 2,000 piece collection inside from category 5 hurricane winds and storm surges. 18-inch-thick concrete walls with free-form glass geodesic structure. 75-foot-tall geodesic glass “Enigma” and 45-foot-tall “Igloo” are formed by 1,062 undulating faceted glass panes, with no two alike. Poured-in-place, sculptural concrete spiral staircase inside.

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Building: NJTA Traffic Management Center
Location: Woodbridge, New Jersey, USA
Architect: HNTB CORP (Architect)
Structural Engineer(s): HNTB CORP (Structural Engineer)
Original Estimated Project Cost: $15M
Building Area: 28,000 sqft
Completed: 2007

AE Interests: Multi-agency center and a new three-story building addition to an existing turnpike administration building. Incorporates complex, technological requirements, a statewide highway data center, a 18’ x 55’ wide video wall and sustainable design standards which include photovoltaics.

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Building Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Completed: 2010
Architect: Thomas Phifer and Partners
Structural Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Contractor: Barnhill
AE interest: natural lighting reflected through parabolic curved ceilings, external reflective aluminum panels, photocells to measure and adjust light exposure
Articles: 1, 2, 3

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Building: Rice University BioScience Research Collaborative
Location: Houston, Texas
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: SOM
Interior Design: FKP Architects
MEP: Bard, Rao + Athanas
Structural Engineer: Haynes Whaley Associates
Project Management: Linbeck Group

AE Interest: Green roof, recycled construction material, LEED-Gold certified, sustainable design.

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Building: Phoenix Convention Center Expansion
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Status: Completed 2008
Architect: Populous
Civil and Traffic Engineer: David Evans and Associates

AE Interest: Cantilevered shading structures, sustainable design (water, waste, and energy efficient), LEED-Silver Certified

Building: Torre Mayor
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Status: Completed 2003
Architect: Adamson Associates Architects, IDEA Asociados de Mexico
Interior Design: HOK
MEP: Cosentini Associates

AE Interest: HVAC, fire protection and life safety systems controlled from automatic Building Management System, cooling system free of CFC’s, internal water recycling process.

Building: National Museum of American Indian
Location: Washington D.C.
Status: Completed 2004
Architect: Polshek Partnership Architects LLP
MEP: Cosentini Associates

AE Interest: Façade and geometry determined the air circulation, water economizers used to minimize temperature fluctuations, humidity control systems help preserve art and artifacts.

Building Location: Madrid, Spain
Completed: 2006
Architect: Morphosis
Structural Engineer: Carlos Pintor, Roberto Vargas
Contractor: UICESA
AE interest: cubic design, built using a mix of steel, concrete, brick and aluminum for structural stability, solar panels, ample natural lighting
Articles: 1, 2

Building: The Cross # Towers
Location: Seoul, Korea
Completed: 2017
Architect: Bjarke Ingles Group (BIG)
Architect of Record: SIAPLAN
Engineer: ARUP
Lighting Engineer: Amsterdam

AE Interest: Interlocking horizontal and vertical towers, three dimensional space, different facades correspond to different solar conditions, bridges are “landscaped and equipped for activities usually restricted to the ground”

Building: Integrated Science Complex
Location: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Completed: January 2011
Architect: Gale Associates, EYP Architecture and Engineering
Structural Engineer: LeMessurier Consultants, Inc.
Cost Analysis Consultants: Vermeulens Cost Consultants

AE Interests: Reuse of shell, structure, and floor slabs of original building; energy recovery wheel to capture energy from outgoing airflow to preheat and pre-cool incoming airflow; light colored materials help reflect heat gain; LEED Gold Certified; atriums serve as public spaces

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Building: Copenhagen Arena
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Completed: Feb 2017
Architect: 3XN, HKS, and Planit
Structural Engineers: Arup, ME Engineers
Project Manager: Davis Langdon

AE Interests: multi-function indoor arena, facade will be constructed out of yellow terracotta and glass, will maximize the use of public space for leisure activities, public foyer for markets and exhibits will be illuminated by natural light

Building: VIA 57 West
Location: Manhattan, New York
Completed: 2016
Architect: Bjarke Ingles Group (BIG)
Architect of Record: SLCE Architects
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Civil Engineer: Langan Engineering

AE Interest: Form shifts from different vantage points, slope of building allows it to fit with its surroundings, hybrid of “European perimeter blocks and Manhattan high rise”

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Building: Le Philharmonie de Paris
Location: Paris, France
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Acousticians: Marshall Day Acoustics Ltd
Structural Engineering: IOSIS and Aedis
Facades: HDA
Lighting Engineering: L’ Observatoire 1
Completed 2012

AE Interest: Multiplication of early lateral sound reflection, mobile acoustic panels,  sound clarity, adjustable canopy height, design integrated into surroundings , “Parisian walls”

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Building: Potter’s Field Park Pavilions
Location: Potter’s Field Park, London, England
Status: Completed 2008
Architect: DSDHA
Structural Engineer: Jane Wernick Associates
General Contractor: Alandale Logistics Ltd
Material Contractor: Martin Childs Lt

AE Interest: Two structures of angularly stacked wood, one of charred timber with long cantilever, one of whitened timber with a green roof, situated to minimize obstruction of pedestrian flow through the park

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Building: Hong Kong Design Institute
Location: Hong Kong, China
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: CAAU / Coldefy & Associes Architectes Urbanistes
Civil & Structural Engineering: ARUP
Mechanical & Electrical Engineering: Parsons Brinckerhoff Associates
Contractor: Penta-Ocean and CRCC Joint Venture

AE Interest: “Floating platform” with four towers, Pre-stressed concrete top chords, Steel diagonals and reinforced bottom chords to support platform

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Building: Barclays Center
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Completion: 2012
Architect: SHoP Architects PC
Sports Architect/ Architect of Record: AECOM
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti

AE Interests: Pre-rusted steel exterior, curvilinear coiled form, wedged entry plaza with 3,000 sq. ft. LED sign, centerpiece for future 22 acre Atlantic Yards residential and retail development

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Building: Kinderspital Zürich
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Building Status: Completed 2024
Architecture firm: Herzog & De Meuron
Partners: Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Christine Binswanger (Partner in Charge)
Project Team: Mark Bähr (Project Manager), Jason Frantzen (Associate)
Alexandria Algard, Maximilian Beckenbauer, Alexander Franz, Ondrej Janku, Christoph Jantos, Johannes Kohnle, Severin Odermatt, Blanca Bravo Reyes, Raúl Torres Martin, Mika Zacharias
Structural engineering: ZPF Ingenieure AG, Basel
Landscaping: August Künzel, Münchenstein
General planning: Gruner AG, Basel
Visualization: Bloomimages, Hamburg

Client: Kinderspital Zürich – Eleonorenstiftung, Zurich, Switzerland

AE Interest: 3-storey reflects the desire to create a child-friendly building, reminiscent in both scale and materiality of pavilion-style structures, and differs from the usual hospital stereotype.

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Building: Marysville Getchell Highschool
Location: 8301 84th Street Northeast, Marysville, WA
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: DLR Group
General Contractor: Absher Construction

AE Interest: Rectilinear form, 4 learning centers connected by a courtyard, interior walls are movable to create a variety of spaces, mixture of forest shading and open windows instead of mechanical cooling, exposed concrete and steel structure.

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ArchDaily Article
Video of Building and Community Response

Building: Townhouse O-10
Location: Berlin, Germany
Completion: 2009
Architect: David Chipperfield Architects
Structural Engineer: Ingenieurgruppe Bauen

AE Interest: glass front play on natural light, use of height and depth for space

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Building: Senator John D. Pinto Library (Dine College Library)
Location: 1228 Yucca Drive, Shiprock, NM (Dine Campus)
Status: Completed 2011
Architect: DLR Group
General Contractor: Jaynes Corporation

AE Interest: Curvilinear/Angular form, slits in walls allow for direct lighting twice annually at the beginning and end of the school year, centralized glass ceremonial chamber, cultural symbolism

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Building: Nasher Sculpture Center
Location: 2001 Flora Street, Dallas, Texas 75201
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Structural Engineer: Arup  with Datum Engineers
Landscape: Peter Walker and Partners
Construction: Beck
Completed: October 2003

AE Interests: “Museum without a  roof” – cast-aluminum shading panels, glass roof with tension-cable support at center-span, double-wall system for HVAC and rainwater, sculpture garden, barrel-vaulted ceiling.  Exhibits originally included a sky-viewing space by James Turrell, which was eventually compromised by the construction of a high-rise nearby.

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Building: 3Beirut
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Completed: 2017
Architect: Foster + Partners
Co-Architects: Samir Khairallah & Partners
Mechanical and Electrical Engineers: AME, Tambourji
Landscape Architect: Vladimir Djurovic

AE Interest: North facade faces the harbor while the south facade side steps down in height integrating the buildings with the surroundings, green roofs, environmentally friendly, maximizes natural light and ventilation to reduce energy, sustainability, tourist attraction, pedestrian consideration, greenery.

Building: Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Location: B301 Engineering Quadrangle, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
Completed: 2015
Design Architect: Tod Williams Bille Tsien Architects
Administrative Architect: Ballinger Architects
Landscape Architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc
Construction Manager: F.J. Sciame Construction

AE Interest: LEED Silver. Underground sections connect three building masses. Solar shading. Radiant panel heating system. Water recycling system. Green roofs.

Building: 7 Screen Pavilion
Location: Cannes, France
Completed: 2012
Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas
Production team: Ar’Scene

AE Interests: The structure is a lifted pyramid containing a seven screen cinema for the audience. The pyramid’s canopy is designed to show a panoramic view of Cannes and the Mediterranean. The triangular steel structure was designed to hold the seven screens, music, and production equipment.

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Building: G-Star Raw HQ
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Completed: 2014
Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas
Structural Engineer: ABT
Mechanical Engineer: ABT
Contractor: Pleijsier Bouw

AE Interests: Large, rectilinear form with a predominately glass finish on the exterior contained inside a larger solid enclosure.  The building will feature a facade that slides open.

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Building: Manila Arena
Location: Manila, Philippines
Completed: 2014
Architect: Populous
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
General Contractor: Hanwha Engineering and Construction Corp.

AE Interests: Will be the world’s largest indoor arena at 50,000 seats, simple unsymmetrical geometry will allow all seats to face one focal point

Building: Aviva Center
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Architect: Populous
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold 
Status: Completed 2010

AE Interests: Complex parametric design, site responsiveness, progressive steel horseshoe-shaped truss system, sustainable design

Building: Santa Maria del Pianto Metro Station
Location: Naples, Italy
Status: Never Constructed
Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Roof Structural Engineer: Expedition Engineering
Landscape Architect: AWP
Cost Consultant: Metropolitana di Napoli

AE Interests: Hyperbolic-shaped canopy roof resembles a honeycomb, use of thin steel plates and concrete supports, geometric design, facilitates the use of public transportation, mesh roof lets natural light into station, density of mesh roof increases in the middle to shade the platform

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Building: NEMO Science Center
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Status: Completed 1997
Architect: Renzo Piano
Structural Engineers: Arup, DHV

AE Interests: Pre-oxidized copper clad facades, Use of roof as a public plaza, conforms to surrounding water

Building: Colorado College’s Cornerstone Arts Center
Status: Completed 2008
Architect of Record: Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Architectural/Design Consultant: Antoine Predock
Structural Engineer: Martin & Martin Consulting Engineers
General Contractor: M.A. Mortenson Construction

AE Interests: LEED Gold Certified as requested by student body, design and construction of building aided with BIM, every room can sustain at least three functions to accommodate a wide range of student activities.

Building: Hawaii Preparatory Academy Energy Laboratory
Location: Kamuela, Hawaii
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: Flansburgh Architects
Structural Engineer: Walter Vorfeld & Associates
Sustainability Consultant: Buro Happold

AE Interests: Net Positive Energy and Water Building, Entirely Naturally Ventilated, Photovoltaic and Windmill Energy Sources

Articles: 1

Building: Temenos
Location: Middlesbrough, England
Status: Completed 2010
Architect/Sculptor: Anish Kapoor
Structural Designer: Cecil Balmond
Civil Engineer: Balfour Beatty
Consulting Engineer: Tony Gee and Partners LLP

AE Interest: 64 points of longitude, 49 curves, wires held in tension, structure stands 50 meters high and 110 meters long; one of the largest public artworks in the world

Building: Phoenix Children’s Hospital Expansion
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Completed: 2011
Architect: HKS
Structural Engineer: HKS
MEP Engineers: CCRD Partners
Construction Manager: Kitchell Contractors

AE Interest: Tower resembles a  night-blooming desert flower, colorful lights illuminate halls, 25% lighting reduction with use of natural light, uses local materials and recycled materials, “natural” architecture to blend with environment; building serves as an oasis with stunning views from patients’ rooms

Articles: 1

Building Location: Vigo, Spain
Completed: June 2023
Architect: Morphosis
Structural Engineer: Luis Casas, Fhecor
AE interest: complex geometry.  High-speed train line Madrid to Portugal.
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Building: Olympic Cauldron
Location: London, United Kingdom
Designer: Thomas Heatherwick
Status: Built in 2012 for the summer olympics
Material: 204 copper petals
Videos:Thomas Heatherwick London Olympics Cauldron

AE interest: Every Copper petal represent each country participating in the Games. Then they all converge with one another to create a unified flame symbolising hope and peace. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxRNN6uprZQ&feature=related

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Building: The Hepworth Wakefield
Location: West Yorkshire, UK
Completion: May 2011
Architect: David Chipperfield Architects
Structural and Services Engineer: Ramboll UK, Ltd.
Project management: Turner & Townsend
General contractor: Laing O’Rourke Northern Ltd.

AE Interest: natural lighting, roofing, use of nearby river calder for heating and cooling systems

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Building: Cedars-Sinai Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion
Location: Los Angeles, California
Status: Completed in 2013
Architect: HOK
Engineer: IBE Consulting Engineers
General Contractor: Hathaway Dinwiddie

AE Interests:  Uses a high window-to-wall ratio reducing energy consumption of the building along with providing day lighting. The systems of the building were designed to allow for easy reconfiguration of departments and floors. Anticipated to be a LEED Gold building.

Building: Zayed National Museum
Location: Saaidyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Status: Expected completion in 2025
Architect: Foster + Partners
Local Architect: Planar
Engineers: WSP/BDSP AKT
Environmental Engineers: Transsolar

AE Interest: Sustainability, mix contemporary form with traditional Arabic design, five solar thermal towers act as thermal chimneys to control flow of cool air and draw the air up vertically, negative pressure on the lee of wing profiles draw the hot air out through air vents at the top of the towers, made of lightweight steel structures to resemble feathers on a bird’s wing.

Articles: 1

Building: Cité de l’Océan et du Surf
Location: Biarritz, France
Architect: Steven Holl Architects, Solange Fabião
Completion Date: June, 2011
Structural Engineer: Betec & Vinci Construction Marseille
Lighting Design: L’Observatoire International
General contractor: Faura Silva, GTM Sud-Ouest Batiment
AE Interest: Sloping landscape and structure emulates the sea, while two glass boulders contain the restaurant and the surfer’s kiosk, mirroring actual boulders in the distance. Museum underneath the curved structure thematically is “under the sky, under the sea.”
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Building: Riverside Museum
Status: Completed 2011
Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold

AE Interest: Building Shell is constantly 37cm from steel structure, floor can take weight of a steam train, complex pleated roof

Building: Sheung Wan Hotel
Location: Hong Kong, China
Architect: Tom Heatherwick
Status: Completed 2014
Client: District of Hong Kong

AE interest: The building is a concrete structure, filled in with metal boxes, which are manufactured with the folded-metal technology used to make air conditioning ducts and water tanks.
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Building: Horizons Tour
Location: Paris, France
Status: Completed 2011
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Structural Engineer: Terrell International
Façade Engineering: Acrora
Acoustic Engineering: AH Conseil

AE Interest: Facades different in each part to adapt changes in the direction of the sun, design integrated landscape, 3 materials: sculptured concrete, enameled ceramic, glass

Building: Gothenburg Museum of World Culture
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Status: Completed 2004
Architect: Brisac Gonzalez Architects
Structural Engineer: Battle McCarthy
Environmental Engineer: Battle McCarthy
Landscape Architect: Jennifer Coe

AE Interest: Underground labyrinth for cooling and heating, seasonal atrium that responds to climate changes, large open transparent facade to see exterior from different vantage points

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Building: Corus Entertainment Building
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Architect: Diamond and Schmitt Architect
Advising Company: exp Global Inc.
Building Developers: Toronto Economic Development Corporation (TEDCO)
Mechanical engineer: Dan Curley of Smith & Anderson

AE Interest: Achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold status for the project’s environmental sustainability.

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Building: UNO Charter Schools Soccer Academy
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Completed: 2011
Architect: JGMA
Structural Engineer: Ghafari Associates
Electrical & Mechanical Consultants: Primera
Landscape Architect: Terry Guen Associates

AE Interests: Dynamic form with a mixture of a glass and steel exterior to allow plenty of natural light for the students. The school was designed to achieve LEED Gold Certification and incorporates sustainable features, such as a green roof system, site cleanup, lighting and HVAC  systems with photocells, occupancy sensors, and manual controls.

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Building: Kansai International Airport Terminal
Location: Osaka, Japan
Architect: Renzo Piano
Status: Completed 1994
Engineer: Arup

AE Interest: Built on an artificial island, arches designed according to dynamic lines of air flow

Building: GE Renewable Energy Global Headquarters
Location: Schenectady, NY
Completed: April 2010
Architect: EYP Architecture & Engineering
Engineer: EYP Architecture & Engineering
Construction Manager: LeChase Construction

AE Interest:  sustainable design, powered by renewable energy, four-story atrium with scale wind turbine model, LEED Silver Certification, sun shades control solar gain

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Building: Winspear Opera House
Location: 2106 Boll Street, Dallas, TX 75201
Architect: Foster + Partners (Spencer de Grey)
Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.
Design Engineer: Buro Happold (Mike Cook)
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Acoustical Engineer: Sound Space Design
Construction: Linbeck
Completed 2009

AE Interests: Grand shading structure at entrance, aluminum cladding, red glass facade, 2,200 seat auditorium, acoustic isolation strategies, white gold-leaf balcony acoustic baffles, l.e.d. giant chandelier – retracts into ceiling.  

Video of chandelier retracting into ceiling

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Building: Aperture Center at Mesa Del Sol
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Architect: Antoine Predock
Status: Completed 2008
General Contractor: Klinger Constructors
Engineers: KL&A Inc.; Paradigm Engineering

AE Interest: LEED certified and designed for minimal environmental impact and maximum social interaction, Glass facade functions as an extra insulating layer to save energy and as a giant movie projection screen, apertures on glass facade resemble bone’s lattice structure and brings an ancient presence to the building

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Building: Central Los Angeles Area High School #9
Location: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Completed in 2008
Architect: Coop-Himmelb(l)au
Structural Engineer: Taylor and Gaines
Civil Engineer: A.C. Martin Partners
Construction: PCL Construction Services, Inc.

AE Interests: Large cantilevers on both lower and upper floors. top end performing arts center, and tower with spiral ramp

Building: Beukenhof auditorium and crematorium
Location: Schiedam, The Netherlands
Architect: Asymptote Architecture
Status: In Construction Since 2014
Client: Beukenhof Foundation

AE interests: The building will  celebrate the many diverse religions and cultures of the region while addressing the unique traditions, rituals and sensibilities of the different faiths that it will accommodate.

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Building: Capitol Hill Residence
Location: Moscow, Russia
Status: Completed 2011
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Structural Engineering: Arup
Construction: Enka

AE Interests: Made of pre-cast and in-situ cast concrete, steel and glass. Uses a 22 meter tower to give master bedroom and lounge a 360 degree view of the surrounding forest.

Building: Songjiang Shimao Hotel
Location: Shanghai, China
Completed: November 2018
Design Build: Atkins

AE Interest: Located in abandoned quarry, use geothermal heat for electricity and heat, green roofing, sunken artificial lake

Building: Van Andel Institute
Location: 333 Bostwick Avenue Northeast  Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Status: Completed 2001
Architect: Rafael Vinoly Architects
Structural Engineer: Dewhurst MacFarlane & Partners
Construction Manager: Erhardt/McCarthy
Glazing Subcontractor: Architectural Glass & Metal, Inc./ Visionwall

AE Interest: Curved glass canopies light laboratory levels, dramatic stepped silhouette enspired by the sloping topography of its surroundings, natural light, originally built as a phased-growth facility to allow for expansions and adapt to needs of researchers inhabiting the building, second phase expansion along the vertical concrete service core has three sky-lit floors for offices.

Building: Farringdon East Cross Rail Offices
Location: London, UK
Completed: 2024
Architect: PLP Architecture (formerly KPF)

AE Interest: features a concrete exoskeleton with colored glass panels

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