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Building Location: London, UK
Completed: 2012
Architect: Hopkins Architects
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Contractor: Skanska Construction
AE interest: green roof, photovoltaic panels for producing energy, innovating glazing system for energy efficiency
Articles: 1

Building: The Cutty Sark Conservation Project
Location: London, UK
Status: Completed in 2012
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Construction Management: Gardiner & Theobald

AE Interest: A new supporting structure cradles the lifted ship’s hull, an enveloping glass canopy is attached along the ship’s waterline

Article: 1

Building: Museum of Tomorrow
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Constructed: December 2015
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Project Developer: Fundação Roberto Marinho

AE Interest: powered by photovaltaic panels on the rooftop; sustainability; steel, cantilevered roof; concrete building structure

Articles: 1,2,3

Building: Hybrid House
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Completion: March 2013
Architects: Bieling Arcchitects, Hamburg
Structural Engineer: Bollinger + Grohmann 
Client: Wernst Immobilien, Hamburg

AE Interest: wooden frame; prefabricated frame – mountable in modular construction; sustainability; environmentally sound technology; daylighting/natural lighting; rooms have flexible utilization

Articles: 1

Building: Keltenmuseum am Glauberg
Location: Glauberg, Germany
Status: Finished construction August 2010, opened in May 2011
Architect:  kadawittfeldarchitektur, Aachen
Structural Engineer: Bollinger + Grohmann

AE Interest: corten steel structure; large cantilever over the ground; no interior supporting pillars; ventilated facade

Articles: 1

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Building: Louvre Lens
Location: Lens, France
Completed: 2012
Architectural Team: SANAA, Imrey Culbert 
Structural Engineer: Betom Ingenierie
Structural Engineering and Facade Engineering: Bollinger + Grohmann
Artificial and Natural Day Lighting: Arup
Acoustical Engineers: Avel Acoustique

AE Interest: Five low, curving pavilions compose main structure; roof made up of glazed, angled louvers; large brushed aluminum panels alternating with clear glass reflecting panels to create facade; transparency to incorporate environment

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Building: The Liberty Hotel
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Status: Completed September 2007
MEP Engineer: WSP Flack + Kurtz
Architect: Cambridge Seven Associates
Preservation Architect: Ann Beha Architects

AE Interest: what was once a notorious prison is now a 5-star luxury hotel, marries historic architecture with contemporary design

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Building: Chartres Expo Centre
Location: Chartres, France
Status: Project Canceled
Design Team: Zaha Hadid Architects
Local Architect: SRA Architects
Structural Engineering: Bollinger + Grohmann
Building Services: Setec Batiment
Landscape Architect: La Compagnie du Paysage

AE Interest: complex geometry, green roofs, flexible spaces

Building: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012
Location: London, United Kingdom
Comlition: Jun 2012
Dismantled: October 2012
Architect: Herzog & de Meon and Ai Weiwei
Structural Engineer: Arup – Stuart Smith
Client: Serpentine Gallery
AE Interest: The building is 1.4 meters underground and meant to have this invisible feeling from far away.

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Building: Akron Art Museum (Knight Building Expansion)
Location: Akron, Ohio
Status: Completed in 2007
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Structural Engineer: B + G Ingenieure
Mechanical Engineer: IBE Consulting Engineers

AE Interests: Large Cantilevers across two of the main masses, building designed to create microclimates for more efficient heating and cooling

Articles: 1
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Building: The Gate – Doha, Qatar
Location: Doha, Qatar
Completed: 2011
Architect: MZ Architects and Partners
Structural Engineer: Halcrow Yolles
Main Contractor: Ammico Contracting Co. (First Phase)

AE Interest: Mixed-use space with glass/energy technologies; use of smart technology to automatically optimize power usage.

Articles: 1

Building: CNY Philanthropy Center
Location: Syracuse, New York
Completion: November 2012
Architect: King and King Architects LLP
Construction Manager/Engineer: C and S Companies

AE Interest: 91% construction waste recylced, green roof, rain garden, natural lighting, pervious pavement parking lot

Articles: 1, 2

Building: Syracuse Greek Theatre
Location: Syracuse, Italy
Completed: 2012
Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas
Project Architect: Francesco Moncada
Local Architect: Emanuela Reale
Structural Engineer: Sebastiano Floridia

AE Interests: Simple structure with concrete seating and floors with an emphasis toward wooden structure on stage. Designed in three parts: the Ring, the Raft, and the Machine.

Articles: 1

Building: Plantahof Auditorium
Location: Landquart, Switzerland
Status: Completed October 2010
Architect: Valerio Olgiati
Structural Engineer: Patrick Gartmann of Conzett Bronzini Gartmann AG

AE Interests: Result is a hybrid of pillars and walls, structure combines in equal measure a frame and solid construction

Building: Portia Winery
Location: Burgos, Spain
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: Foster + Partners
Structural and Mechanical Engineer: ARUP
Contractor: FCC
Project Manager: Pointec
Lighting Consultant: Claude Engle

AE Interest: Uses natural topography to aid wine process, reducing building’s energy use and maximizing efficiency,  concrete structure of Corten steel, roof has photovoltaic cells and concrete to cool interior.

Building: Al Bayt Stadium
Location: Al Khor, Qatar
Completed is 2021
Architect: Albert Speer and Partners
Engineers: CH2M HILL

AE Interests: Seashell inspired design, flexible roof, 45,00 seating capacity

Articles: 1

Building: The American University in Cairo
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Engineer: Fluor
Co-prime Architect(USA): Sasaki and Associates
Co-prime Architect(Egypt): Abdel-Halim Community Design Collaborative

AE Interest: design of “in-between” spaces creates architectural unity and a sense of community, visually connected to gardens and landscapes which showcase Egypt

Articles: 1

Building: Resnick Pavilion (Expansion of the LA County Museum of Art)
Location: Los Angeles, California, U.S.A
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Collaborating Architect: Gensler Associates
Engineers: Arup

AE Interests: Saw toothed roof allows natural sunlight, most functions moved outside to preserve art space.

Building: Chanel Travelling Pavilion
Location: Greater China, Japan, United States of America
Status: Completed 2008
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Project Architect: Thomas Viewtzke, Jens Borstelmann
Structural and Mechanical Engineer: ARUP
General Contractor/Tour Operator: ES Projects

AE Interest: Molded fiber glass panels for facade, PVC roof and ETFE roof lights, Skeletal steel frame, Taken apart and transported around the world, Packed into sea containers.

Building: Naberezhnaya Office Towers
Location: Moscow, Russia
Status: Completed 2007
Architect: Arcadis/Malcolm Pirnie/RTKL & ENKA Architectural Office
Structural Engineer: Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers & ENKA Design Office
General Contractor: Enka İnşaat & Sanayi A.Ş

AE Interests: The tower has a sound-insulated façade that provides a healthy noise-free work environment. Moreover, the building has various heights that allow the visitor to enjoy spectacular views on Moscow’s city center and the River.

Articles: 1

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Building: Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Location: Toronto, Canada
Status: Completed February 2011
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox
Architect of Record: Page + Steele
Construction Manager: Ellis Don

AE Interest: upper floors cantilever over 20 feet, as roof angles the upper floor plates increase to add more area, modern architecture style

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Building: Sentinel Building – Glasgow, United Kingdom
Location: 103 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Completed: 2005
Architect: Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop Architects
Structural Engineer: Halcrow Yolles
Main Contractor: CBA

AE Interest: LED lighting integrated into glazing, allowing façade to cycle through colors at night. Floor-to-ceiling glass box.

Article: 1
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Building: Tata Consultancy Services, Banyan Park
Location: Mumbai, India
Status: In progress
Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
Structural Engineer: Sterling Engineering Consultancy Services Private Limited
Construction Manager: Kiran Trivedi Group

AE Interest: Massive cantilevers, Complex staircases, Large exterior granite panels, Horizontal solar shading, Skylight, Shelter from heat and monsoons, Underground Parking Garage and MEP systems

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Building: China Telecom Office and Technical Buildings B12 & B13
Location: Shanghai, China
Status: Completed in 2007
Architect: GMP Architekten
Design: Meinhard von Gerkan

AE Interest:  Glass facade, glass “skin” suspended beyond exterior building wall, circuit graphics on “skin”, socle at each story, vertical slats,  technical facility and office space

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Building: Amway Events Center
Location: Orlando, Florida
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: Populous
Structural Engineer: Walter P. Moore Engineers and Consultants
General Contractor: Hunt Construction
Estimated Cost: $480 million

AE Interests: First LEED Gold arena in the NBA, LED light tower, expansive glass curtain wall, sustainable design

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Building: New Science Building
Location: City University of New York, Lehman College, Bronx, New York
Completion of Phase I: October 11, 2012
Architect: Perkins+Will
MEP Engineer: Syska Hennessy Group
Construction Manager: Gilbane Construction

AE Interest: LEED Silver, Water recycling system, Innovative wrap-around heat pipe, Solar hot water panels, Rooftop greenhouse, Radiant floor heating

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Building: Christ Pavilion
Location: Volkenroda, Germany (Expo 2000) and Thuringia, Germany (Re-erection 2001)
Status: Completed in 2001
Architect: GMP Architekten
Design: Meinhard von Gerkan and Joachim Zais

AE Interest:  structurally simple and clear, limited to a few materials, marble, coated steel, fair-faced concrete, glass, simple post-and-frame construction, roof is pre-fabricated stainless steel cladded elements

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Building: Niels Bohr Science Park
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Architects: Vilhelm Lauritzen
Engineering Services: Ramboll Group
AE Interest: Advanced (transparent) facade design, Site integration, Space use exploration (“tropospheres”), Natural lighting, Sustainability

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Building: Yueda 889
Location: Shanghai, China
Status: Completed January 2010
Architect: Callison
Real Estate Developer: Yueda Real Estate Development Company

AE Interests: Aluminum and glass façade, curtain wall system, transparent glass canopy which connects a shopping center, a plaza, and an office tower.

Building: Panum Complex
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Status: Projected Completion 2014
Architects: C. F. Møller
Engineering Services: Ramboll Group
AE Interest: Urban planning, Sustainable Architecture, High rise Structure, Interior flexibility, Roof gardens, Solar Shading, Complex massing, Angular/rectilinear form

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Building: Exzenterhaus Bochum
Location: Bochum, Germany
Status: Completed 2012
Architect: Gerhard Spangenberg
Engineer: Schlaich Bergermann and Partner
AE Interests: Complex structural components, 25 cm floor slab with maximum cantilever length of 4.5 m, Geo-technical engineering solutions; built on top of WWII bomb shelter, near subway line
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Building: Texas Children’s Hospital: Pavilion for Women
Location: 6621 Fannin Street, Houston, TX
Status: Completed 2011
Architect: FKP Architects
Engineering Services: W.S. Bellows Construction Corporation

AE Interests: A two-story circular sky bridge connects the Pavilion for Women with the West Tower and Clinical Care Center. The building consists of multiple curves, no ninety degree angles, to enhance the views of and from the building.

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Building: Hamburg-Harburg Technical University
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Status: Completed in 2012
Architect: GMP Architekten
Design: Meinhard von Gerkan and Nikolaus Goetze

AE Interest:  retaining existing building substance with structural components, glass façades contrasting brickwork, vertical aluminium tubes, stainless steel cables

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Building Name: Novartis Campus
Location: Fabrikstrasse 15, Novartis Campus, Basel Switzerland
Status: Completed 2009
Architect: Gehry Partners
Structural Engineer: Schlaich Bergermann und Partner
Mechanical Engineer: Aicher De Martin Zweng
Energy Consultant: Transsolar

AE Interest: open concept, sustainability, use of natural light, extensive use of glass, photovoltaic cells on roof, shades reduce solar gain and glare, natural ventilation

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Building: The Wave in Vejle
Location: Vejle, Denmark
Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
Completion: originally expected 2009, completed 2018.
AE Interests: Organic, Contemporary, Sculptural, Residential, Inspired by surrounding landscape, Reflection onto adjacent water

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Building: Zapata Higher Education Center/Zapata HEC
Location: 607 N US Hwy. 83, Zapata, TX 78576
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: ERO Architects
Contractor: FJW Construction

AE Interest: Building keyed into the contour of the land, passive solar energy of earth shelter, open north face shielded from direct light by trellis, green roof

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Building: Forsyth Barr Stadium
Location: Dunedin, New Zealand
Status: Completed 2011
Architect: Populous
Structural Engineer: Sinclair Knight Merz
Estimated Cost: $200 million

AE Interests: The only permanently enclosed stadium with natural turf, designed to maximize sunlight, advanced Texlon ETFE roof, over 100 meter steel span, earthquake engineering, stadium space naturally ventilated, sustainable design

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Building: The Scotts Tower
Location: 38 Scotts Road, Singapore
Completion: Design Development Phase
Architect: UN Studio
Executive Architect: ONG&ONG
Structural Engineer: KTP Consultants
Mechanical Engineer: United Project Consultants
Landscape Architect: Sitetectonix
AE Interests: Residential Tower, Landscaped gardens, Sky terraces, Roof swimming facility, Angular elements, Voids in structure

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Building: Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion
Location: Dovre, Norway
Status: Completed 2011
Architect: Snohetta
Structural Engineer: Kristoffer Apeland, Trond Gundersen
Contractor: Prebygg
AE Interests: Steel frame and wood core, Organic wood core designed using 3D modeling and manufactured by robot-controlled milling machine

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Building: Hangzhou Sports Park
Location: Hangzhou, The People’s Republic of China
Status: Set to be Completed 2013
Architect: NBBJ & CCDI
Engineer: NBBJ

Beautiful sets of parametric models by Nathan Miller  here.

AE Interest: Stadium, Nature Inspired, Complex Geometries, Sustainability, Urban Center,

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Building: Gateway Center
Location: Westchester Community College, Valhalla, New York
Completed: 2010
Architect: Ennead Architects
Structural Engineer: Leslie E. Robertson Associates
MEP Engineer: Thomas Polise Consulting Engineer
Construction Manager: STV Group Inc

AE Interest: LEED Gold, Solar shading, Zinc-clad tower and cantilever section, Made with locally quarried stone, Energy efficient systems, Large aluminum and glass curtain wall, Exposed structural steel, Column-free daylit space, Underground HVAC ductwork

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Building: Ordos Concert Hall
Location: Kaokoashina New District, Ordos City
Architect: Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design
Client:  Ordos Jiang Yuan Reservoir Co., Ltd.
Facilities: 1,200-seat main concert hall, 335-seat performance theatre, 100-seat black box theatre, lounges, restaurant
Design Concepts: circulation, metamorphosis, lightness, Inspired by a traditional “long-sleeve” Chinese Dance, collection of three “Villas”

AE Interests: undulating curves, multipurpose, BIM, solar controls, perforated metal building envelope, glass technology, green roof

Article: Design Concepts

Images: Autodesk

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Building: V on Shenton
Location: No. 5 Shenton Way, Singapore
Completion: Expected in 2016
Architect: UN Studio
Local Architect: Architects 61 Pte Ltd
Structural Engineer: DE Consultants Pte Ltd
M&E Consultant: J Roger Preston Pte Ltd
AE Interests: Cactus resemblance, Hexagon shape patterns on facades, Sky gardens. Lines of light on ceiling of ground floor to guide people to destinations

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Building: Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
Location: 321 Mercer Street, Seattle, Washington
Status: Completed June 2003
Architect: LMN Architects
Engineering Services: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Landscape Consultants: Gustafson Partners, Ltd.
Lighting Consultants: Brogden Lighting Design, Inc.
Acoustical Consultants: Jaffe Holden Acoustics, Inc.

AE Interests: Acoustically tuned rehearsal hall, climate controlled rehearsal pit, lobby bounded by five story glass walls, three dimensional fields of metal are used as a medium to project lights and images in public areas.
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Building: Alexandria Library
Location: El Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt
Architect: Snøhetta
Structural Engineer: Hamza Associates
Consruction: Arab Contractors, Balfour Beatty Construction
Size: 915,000 sq. ft.
Completed 2001

AE Interests: Originally, the oldest library in the world, tragically destroyed in 48b.c. New building: Bold geometry, natural daylighting, reflective pools used for the building’s cooling and help clean the surrounding air.
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Building: IT University of Copenhagen
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
Completion: 2004
AE Interests: Massing, Rectilinear, Drawer-like sections, Translucent

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Building: Singapore Civic & Culture Center
Location: Vista Xchange precinct of one-north, Singapore
Status: Under construction, expected completion 2012
Architect: Aedas
Mechanical and Electrical: Mott MacDonald
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti

AE Interest: complex geometry, slanted columns and facades, floating design supported by four-story-deep wall trusses, extensive vibration analysis, sustainable design, open elevations encourage air movement, solar shading, rooftop garden

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Architect: Ricardo Bofill, Taller de Arquitectura
Location: Valladolid, Spain
Builder: UTE Auditorio (Zarzuela s.a. / Dragados)
Engineering: Proyectes (Carlos Morancho) / Eduardo Palao (structure)
Acoustic Engineering: XU Acoustique
Total Surface Area: 40,000 sqm
Completed: 2007
Cost: €40,000,000
Photographs: Courtesy of Ricardo Bofill

AE Interests: curtain walls suuporting covered plaza, continuous reddish wall through front facade; undulating roof line reflects surrounding hills and music inside; interiors encourage movement, flow, and interaction throughout building
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Building: Museum of the North Expansion
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Status: Completed 2005
Architect: Hammel Green & Abrahamson
Engineer: Hammel Green & Abrahamson
AE Interests: Mixture of complex curvilinear and angular geometry, custom aluminum panel cladding
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Building: London Olympic Stadium, 2012 Summer Olympics
Location: London, United Kingdom
Completed: 2011
Estimated Cost: $854 million
Architects: Populous
Engineering Consultants: Buro Happold
Construction: Sir Robert McAlpine

AE Interests: Designed to hold 80,000 spectators during the Olympics then partially disassemble to create a permanent 25,000 seat stadium, translucent fabric wrap around exterior of building allows it to breathe naturally, complex steel framework, sustainable design.

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Building: Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur Hotel
Location: 12 Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: WATG
Associate Architect: GDP Architects

AE Interest: gold tinted glass, metallic coated white glazing and cladding on exterior, one of the tallest buildings in Kuala Lumpur

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Building: Oaxaca House and Studio
Location: Oaxaca, Mexico
Completion: 2008
Architect: Taller de Arquitectura, Mauricio Rocha
Location: Oaxaca, Mexico
Construction: Francisco López
Structural: Grupo Sai
Size: 180 sqm

AE Interests: structural system of wood beams to support staggered volumes, cantilevered exterior and interior staircases, concept of “garden with a house as opposed to a house with a garden”
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Building: Ordos Museum
Location: Ordos, China
Architect: MAD Architects
Associate Engineers: China Institute of Building Standard Design &
Research
Mechanical Engineer: The Institute of Shanxi Architectural Design and
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Façade/cladding Consultants: SuP Ingenieure GmbH, Melendez &
Dickinson Architects
Completion: 2011
AE Interests: Curvilinear, Nature, Sandstorm resistant panels, Natural lighting

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Building: Valley Performing Arts Center
Location: Northridge, California
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: Hammel Green & Abrahamson
Engineer: Hammel Green & Abrahamson
AE Interests: Sustainable design, LEED Gold Certified, Integration of HVAC, mechanical, and acoustic systems

Valley Performing Arts Center
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Building: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Campus
Location: Seattle, Washington
Status: Completed 2011
Architect:NBBJ
Structural Engineer: KPF
Contractor: Sellen
Landscape Architect: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol

AE Interest: Platinum LEED, Green Roofing, Rain Water Harvesting, Energy Efficient Materials, Recycled Materials,Glass Facade, Cantilevers
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Building: Volkswagen Plant
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Completion: 2010, operational 2011
Architect: SSOE Group
Structural: SSOE Group
Mechanical: W.J. O’Neil Co.
Sustainability: Vertegy
Contractor: SSOE Group
Size: 2.5 million sq-ft

AE Interests: first and only automotive manufacturing plant in the world to receive LEED Platinum; recycled 78% of construction waste; reflective roofing material
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Building: Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
Location: 169 Canada Olympic Road SW, Canada Olympic Park, Calgary, Alberta
Completion: 2011
Architect: Stantec Architecture
Structural: Stantec Engineering
Project Manager and Design Builder: CANA Construction
Size: 44,000 sq-ft

AE Interests: innovative structural system to provide exhibition space; floating red “box” over glass entrance; elevated platorfms reflect atheletes’ status as well as integrate with site geography
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Building: Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Location: 915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Status: Preview period began on March 26, 2012; Launch Festival on October 12-14, 2012
Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
Associate Architect: Holabird and Root
Structural Engineer: Severud Associates
MEP Engineer: Ambrosino, DePinto, and Schmeider
General Contractor: Turner Construction Company

AE Interest: Skylights, Felt paneled walls (interior), LEED silver, 3 Green roofs, Building Information Modeling (BIM) project

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Building: Dagu Bridge
Location: Tianjin, China
Completion: 2004
Architect: T.Y. Lin & Associates
Engineer: T.Y. Lin International Group
Lighting Design: Ted Ferreira
AE Interests: Asymmetrical arch bridge design, Built on soft soil, Built in high seismic region, Inclined arches

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Building: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Location: 225 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago
Status: Opened June 2012
Architects: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
Associate Architects: Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Anderson Mikos Architects
MEP Engineers: Affiliated Engineers Inc
Construction: M.A. Mortenson, Power Construction Company

AE Interest: tallest children’s hospital in the world, challenge of small site, fast construction schedule, MEP coordination, steel structure, cantilever floors, precast concrete grids on exterior, focus on soothing indoor environment to promote patient healing, pursuing LEED Silver certification

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Building: Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge
Location: San Diego, California
Completion: March 2011
Architect: Safdie Rabines Architects
Engineer: T.Y. Lin International Group
Construction: Reyes Construction, Inc.
AE Interests: One of the longest self-anchored pedestrian suspension bridges in the world, single pair of suspension cables, Pylon at 60 degree angle

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Building: Centre De Congrès À Mons
Location: Mons, Belgium
Status: Under Construction
Architect: Studio Daniel Libeskind
Structural Engineer: Ney & Partner
AE Interest: Advanced facade design, Spectacular siting, Concrete Design, Indirect natural light, Blends curvilinear and angular form language

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Building: Urban Oasis
Location: Beach Road, Singapore
Completion: Competition Design (May-August 2007)
Architect: UN Studio
Lighting Design: Arup Lighting
Climate Engineering: IB Leiser
Landscape Design: Bureau B+B
AE Interests: Residential, office, retail, and hotel spaces, Sustainable design, Gardens, Curvilinear Design

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Building: Lady Bird Johnson Middle School
Location: 2621 W. Airport Freeway, Irving,Texas, United States
Status: Completed 2011
Architect: interior designer: Corgan Associates
Civil engineer: Glenn Engineering
Client, owner: Irving Independent School District
Construction manager, general contractor: Charter Builders
Electrical engineer, mechanical engineer: Image Engineering Group
Geotechnical engineer: Terracon Consulting Engineers and Scientists
Landscape architect: Ramsey Landscape Architects
Structural engineer: L.A. Fuess Partners

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AE Interest: Net-Zero, Geothermal HVAC, Gold LEED, Passive solar interior lighting, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, efficient building envelope, high efficency kitchen, advanced controls systems,rain water harvesting

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Building: Suzhou Science and Cultural Arts Center
Location: Suzhou Industrial Park, China
Status : Completed in 2008
Client: City of Suzhou
Master Contractor: Paul Andreu Architects & ADPi
Architect: M.Flory
Owner: C.S. Land
Facilities: wall garden, 1200 seat theatre, 500 seat dining theatre, cineplex with IMAX, thematic science center, commercial center
Building Height: 34.5 m
Materials: steel structure, aluminum alloy truss, glass, aluminum panel, metal mesh, stone
Area of Curtain: 82,000 m²
Curtain Wall Consultant: CPG Environmental Engineering Co. Ltd Suzhou Office
Audio Technical Consultants: Theatre Project Consultant, Rightway Audio Consultants, Yavatop Technology

AE Interests: Curtain wall design, acoustics, theatre design, aseismic design, building envelope lighting

Articles: Curtain Wall, Facilities(Keyword: Suzhou Science),Acoustics

Images: Paul Andreu Architects, DingManPhotos, Theatre Projects

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Building: Bridge Over Ijssel
Location: Zwolle, The Netherlands
Completion: Competition Entry
Architect: UN Studio
AE Interests: Cable construction, Sound barriers, Outside trusses colored to reflect water and sky, Orange interior color resembles rooftops of the area, Asymmetric trusses
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Building: King David the Builder International Airport
Location: Kutaisi, Georgia
Completion: 2012
Architect: UN Studio
AE Interests: Glass curtain walls, Angular, Central point preventing intertwining traffic, Exterior garden, Air traffic control tower complements terminal design

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Building: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Location: 280 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts
Completion: 2012
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Burt, Hill and Stantec
Structural and MEP Engineer: Buro Happold
Civil Engineer: Nitsch Engineering
Construction Manager: Shawmut Design and Construction
Construction Cost: $140 million
Size of Addition – 70,000 sq-ft

AE Interests: targeted for LEED Gold by using geothermal wall system, daylight harvesting, and use of local and responsibly sourced materials; slanted curtain walls; steel, glass, and prepatinated copper cladding
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Building: Water Pyramid
Location: Pemana,Indonesia
Status: Completed 2006
Designer: Aqua-Aero Watersystems
Engineering:MWH
AE Interest:  Sustainable Development, Potable Water treatment, Solar Energy, Desalinization, Modular, Appropriate Technology

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Building: John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student Athletes
Location: The University of Oregon, 1615 E. 13th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon
Status: Completed January 2010
Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
Structural Engineers: KPFF Consulting Engineers
Facade Engineers: ARUP
MEP Engineers: Interface Engineering
General Contractor: Hoffman Construction Company
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AE Interest: double wall facade provides acoustic isolation and thermal insulation, steel screen provides solar shading and privacy, use of diffused natural light, reinforced concrete frame using post tension concrete slabs.

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Building: Al Hitmi Complex
Location: Doha Corniche , Doha, Qatar
Status: Completed 2010
Architect and Engineering: NORR Limited

AE Interest: Angular Forms, Glass Facade, Atrium, Modern, Complex Geometry

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Building: Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy
Location: 1700 E. Camp Wisdom Road, Dallas, Tx
Status: Completed 2011
Architect: SHW Group

AE Interests: CHIP( Criteria for High Performance schools) approved, sustainable materials such as bamboo, uses geothermal heating and cooling by running refrigerant from the air conditioning system 300 feet under the ground to be cooled and heated by the earth.

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Building: Central St. Giles Court Mixed-use Development
Location: London, United Kingdom
Status: Completed May 2010
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Architect of Record: Fletcher Priest Architects
Engineers: Arup

AE Interest: Unique facets differ from each other, lower facades allow for transparency, complex volumes adjusted and scaled to surrounding buildings.

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Building: Langley Academy
Location: Langley Road, Langley, Berkshire, SL3 7EF
Status: Completed 2008
Architect: Foster + Partners
Project Architect: Nigel Dancey, Iwan Jones
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Main contractor: Wates

AE Interest: Large energy savings of 150 tons annually, solar hot water system helps save 20% in energy consumption by harnessing rain water from the roof, energy-efficient, shaded by horizontal and vertical louvers, round science labs lifted in the middle of the room supported by columns, visible infrastructure of ceiling.

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