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Lohbach Housing – Innsbruck, Austria

Posted in Built by Stephen Mathai on January 27, 2010

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Building: Wohnen am Lohbach Housing
Location: Innsbruck, Austria
Completion: 2000
Architect: Baumschlager & Eberle

AE Interest: Economical and environmental design

Kunsthaus – Graz, Austria

Posted in Built by Alan Del Olmo on January 27, 2010

Building: Kunsthaus
Location: Lendkai 1, 8020 Graz, Austria
Date of Completion: September 27, 2003
Architect: Peter Cook/Colin Fournier
Partner Architect: Architektur Consult, Graz (Peyker, Domenig, Eisenköck)
Structural Engineering: Bollinger and Grohmann, Frankfurt/M

AE Interests: Façade is a media skin that can be changed electronically. “Biomorphic” geometry. Houses a very cost-efficient air conditioning system.

Link to building video: http://www.museum-joanneum.at/en/kunsthaus/the_building/movie_a_friendly_alien

Bergiesel Ski-Jump – Innsbruck, Austria

Posted in Built by Stephen Mathai on January 27, 2010

Building: Bergiesel Ski-jump
Location: Berg Isel, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Completion: 2002
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Structural Engineer: Christian Aste
Electrical Engineer: TB PŸrcher
Building Physics: Peter Fiby

AE Interest: Building twists fluidly as it soars above tree height

Jewish Community Center – Duisburg, Germany

Posted in Built by Justin Barrett on January 27, 2010

Building: Jewish Community Center
Location: Duisburg, Germany
Completion: 1999
Architect: Zvi Hecker
Client: Jüdische Gemeinde zu Duisburg Mühlheim Oberhausen

AE Interests: Resembles a book with pages spread open, concrete

Podersdorf Parish Centre – Podersdorf am See, Austria

Posted in Built by Alan Del Olmo on January 27, 2010


Building: Podersdorf Parish Centre
Location: Podersdorf am See, Austria
Date of Completion: 2001
Architect: Lichtblau Wagner Architekten
Structural Engineer: Josef Gebeshuber

AE Interests: Ingenious ventilation system that conforms to the temperature and air quality needs at different times of the season. 40-meter long glass wall printed with quotations from the bible.

ING Group Headquarters – Netherlands

Posted in Built by Brian Burcham on January 27, 2010

Building: ING Group Headquarters
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Completion Date: 2002
Architect: Meyer en Van Schooten Architects ; Roberto Meyer, Jeroen van Schooten
Project Leader: Barry van Waveren
Landscape Architect: Michael R. van Gessel
Structural Engineer: Aronsohn raadgevende ingenieurs bv
Contractor: Bouwcombinatie Samenwerking
AE Interests: Resembles a shoe. Supported on angled stilts to ensure good views of the building from both the motorway and the offices.

Walch’s Event Catering – Lustenau, Austria

Posted in Built by Stephen Mathai on January 27, 2010

Building: Walch´s Event Catering
Location: Millennium Park 8, 6890 Lustenau, Austria
Completion: 2000
Architect: Dietrich Untertrifaller Architects

AE Interest: Translucent fabric skin disguises the chipboard cladding and the form of the building

Archaeological Museum and Park – Osnabrück, Germany

Posted in Built by Justin Barrett on January 27, 2010

Building: Archaeological Museum and Park
Location: Venner Straße 69, 49565 Bramsche-Kalkriese, Germany
Completion: 2002
Architect: Gigon/Guyger
Structural Engineers:Gantert & Wiemeler Ingenieurplanung

AE Interests: space, three pavilions called Hearing’, Seeing’, Questioning’

BTV Wolfurt – Wolfurt, Austria

Posted in Built by Stephen Mathai on January 27, 2010

Building: BTV Wolfurt
Location: Unterlinden 23, 6922 Wolfurt, Austria
Completion: 1998
Architect: Baumschlager & Eberle

AE Interest: Wood louver screens provide defuse delighting into the open interior

The Reichstag – Berlin, Germany

Posted in Built by Paul Carr on January 27, 2010


Building:  The Reichstag
Address:  Platz der Republic 1 11011 Berlin, Germany
Completion: 1999
Architect:  Foster and Partners
Consultants:  Arup
AE Interest:  Dome, 360 Degree view

MISS Sargfabrik – Vienna, Austria

Posted in Built by Alan Del Olmo on January 27, 2010


Building: MISS Sargfabrik
Location: dorm Missindorfstraße 10, 1140 Vienna, Austria
Date of Completion: 2000
Architect: BKK-3

AE Interests: Orange-colored façade randomly lined up indicating that corridors and rooms near the outer walls have variable heights and spaces to accommodate the most obvious residential needs.

Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein – Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Posted in Built by Stephen Mathai on January 27, 2010

Building: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein (Liechtenstein Art Museum)
Location: Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Completion: 2000
Architect: Morger & Degelo; Christian Kerez

AE Interest: Main Facade, Interior Layout

Flatz Residence – Schaan, Switzerland

Posted in Built by Stephen Mathai on January 27, 2010

Building: Flatz Residence
Location: Schaan, Switzerland
Completion: 2002
Architect: Baumschlager & Eberle

AE Interest: Concrete Facade, Cantilevered upper story

Rostock IGA Pavilion (“Hedge Building”) – Rostock, Germany

Posted in Built by Justin Barrett on January 27, 2010

Building: Rostock IGA Pavilion (“Hedge Building”)
Location: Rostock, Germany
Completion: Spring 2003
Architect: Atelier Kempe Thill
Structural Engineers: Rob Nijsse, ABT Velp, NL
Landscape Architect: Niek Roozen, Weesp, NL

AE Interests: smart screen (ivy hedge), steel frame, computer controlled irrigation, light

Start-Up Offices – Grüsch, Switzerland

Posted in Built by Stephen Mathai on January 27, 2010

Building: Start-Up Offices
Location: Grüsch, Switzerland
Completion: 2001
Architect: Barkow Leibinger
Structural Engineer: Conzett, Bronzini, Gartmann AG
Mechanical Engineer: H. L. Züst-Stock, Lippuner AG
Electrical Engineer: Brüniger & Co. AG
Landscape Architect: Büro Kiefer

AE Interest: Porch formed by cantilevered upper story, Interior naturally lit

Silodam – Netherlands

Posted in Built by Brian Burcham on January 27, 2010

Building: Silodam
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Completed: 2002
Architect: MVRDV
Structural Engineer: Cauberg-Huygen
Construction: Pieters Bouwtechniek
Client: Rabo Vastgoed, De Principaal B. V.

AE Interests: Stacked appearance used in reference to the shipping containers around the harbor. Diversified design to attract a broader range of potential tenants.
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Royal Danish Embassy – Berlin, Germany

Posted in Built by Paul Carr on January 27, 2010

Building: Royal Danish Embassy
Address:  The Nordic Embassy Complexs, Berlin Tiergaten
Completion:  1999
Architect:  3XN
Engineer:  IGH
AE Interest:  Solar louvers, structure, Two facades

House in Ano Poli

Posted in Built by Bobby Chamra on January 27, 2010

Building: House in Ano Poli
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
Date Completed: 1998
Architect: Anastassios Kotsiopoulos

AE Interests: Steep-sloping site, natural lighting

Colorium – Düsseldorf, Germany

Posted in Built by Justin Barrett on January 27, 2010

Building: Colorium
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Completion: 2001
Architect: Alsop Architects

AE Interests: form, color, light, geometry

Building: House of Silence
Location: Klosterberg 11, 59872 Meschede
Completion: 2002
Architect: Peter Kulka
Builder: Benedikitiner Abtei Königsmünter

AE Interests: Concrete cubes, glass, shadow and light

Whale Housing – Netherlands

Posted in Built by Brian Burcham on January 27, 2010

Building: Whale Housing
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Completion Date: 2000
Architect: de Architekten Cie ; Frits van Dongen
Project Team: A. Mout, P. Puljiz, F. Veerman, R. Konijn, J. Molenaar, A. Moreno, W. Bartels
Landscape Designer: Adriaan Geuze, West 8 Landscape architects bv, Rotterdam
Contractor: Heijmans Bouw, Almere Stad
Structural Engineer: Pieters Bouwtechniek, Haarlem
Client: Development Company New Deal bv, Amsterdam
AE Interests: Designed to look like a beached whale. Large building design is complimented with an interior garden giving off the feeling of intimacy. Aluminum roof is angled to make both sides elevated which is a strategy used in this design to maximize sunlight for the apartments within.

House of Silence – Königsmünter, Germany

Posted in Built by Justin Barrett on January 27, 2010

Building: House of Silence
Location: Klosterberg 11, 59872 Meschede
Completion: 2002
Architect: Peter Kulka
Builder: Benedikitiner Abtei Königsmünter

AE Interests: Concrete cubes, glass, shadow and light

Church of the Sacred Heart- Munich, Germany

Posted in Built by Jocelyn Citty on January 26, 2010

Architect: Allmann Sattler Wappner Architects
Competition: 1996
Completion: 2001
Client: Erzbischofliches Ordinariat Munchen
Competition Architects: Karin Hengher, Olga Ritter
Project Manager: Karin Hengher
Project Architects: Micheal Frank, Annette Gall, Susanne Rath
Address: Marienplatz 8, 80331 Munich

AE Interests: Lamella cube inside of a glass cube, enormous gate facade, space between the cubes balances light and the arrangement of the vertical lamella direct light toward the altar

Ijburg Bridges – Netherlands

Posted in Built by Brian Burcham on January 26, 2010

Building: Ijburg Bridges
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Completion Date: 2001
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: Ingenieurs Bureau Amsterdam & WS Atkins
Main Contractor: Project Bureau Ijburg- Amsterdam

AE Interests: Required the development of seven artificial islands. Designed to symbolize the unity of old and new land. Multifunctional: accommodates vehicles, tramlines, cyclists, pedestrians, drainage and other services.

Townhall Scharnhauser Park- Ostfildern, Germany

Posted in Built by Jocelyn Citty on January 26, 2010

Architect: J. MAYER H. Architects
Competition: 1998
Completion: 2001
Client: Stadt Ostfildern
Architect on site: Lilrich Wiesler
Structural Engineer: M,ller + M,ller
Service Engineer: Wetzstein
Landscape Engineer: Klaus Wiederkehr
Light Engineer: Luna Lichtarchitektur
Building Physics: Dr. Schaecke Und Bayer

AE Interests: Visitors walk through computer animated artificial rain dripping from a cantilevered roof at the entrance, entire building uses light and water elements to fuse nature and technology.

Fluid Vehicle Bus Station – Netherlands

Posted in Built by Brian Burcham on January 26, 2010

Building: Fluid Vehicle Bus Station
Location: Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Completion Date: 2003
Architect: NIO Architects
AE Interests: Organic design as if formed by natural erosion. Structure acts as one interrupted form with all its accessories such as seats and trash cans molded into the building.

Gran Hotel Domine – Bilbao, Spain

Posted in Built by Kristin Wall on January 26, 2010


Building: Gran Hotel Domine
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Architect: Estudio Mariscal
Completion: 2002
Design Concept: Javier Mariscal, Fernando Salas
Project Management: Vizcaina de Edificaciones SA
Acoustics: Higini Arau
Client: Silken Hotels
AE Interest: unique organic shape, stone pillar extending up through the lobby, designed for relaxation, visually interesting aray of sloped individual windows that jut out from the building

Hydra Pier – Netherlands

Posted in Built by Brian Burcham on January 26, 2010

Building: Hydra Pier
Location: Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
Completion Date: 2002
Architect: Asymptote Architecture ; Lise Anne Couture, Hani Rashid
AE Interests: Use of laminated glass for its strength in order to avoid use of mullions or frames. The picture on the right shows the glass roof which continues the theme of the whole building in making the construction visible. Suspended water pond on roof.


Altamira Museum & Research Centre – Santillana del Mar, Spain

Posted in Built by Kristin Wall on January 26, 2010


Building: Altamira Museum & Research Centre
Location: Santillana del Mar, Spain
Architect: Juan Navarro Baldweg
Completion: 2001
AE Interest: Cut into the hillside and made to blend with its surroundings and landscape, inside ceiling replicates the famous prehistoric drawings on the insides of the real caves, made of ochre-colored stone, glass, and metal for a contemporary spin on an archeic feel

Greenwich Millennium Village – London, England, U.K.

Posted in Built by Kaylyn Fenner on January 26, 2010

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Building: Greenwich Millennium Village
Location: London, England
Completion: 2006
Architect: Ralph Erskine, EPR Architects LTD
Developer: Greenwich Millennium Village LTD
Structural Engineer: Ramboll, Price & Myers
Landscape Architecture: Battle McCarthy Limited
Integrated Ecological Design: Battle McCarthy Limited

AE interests: environmentally sustainable development, large high performance windows, non-polluting paint, CO2 emissions reduced by Combined Heat and Power system, series of infrastructure layers (heating, electrical distribution, water drainage, gas routes), pre-engineered steel framed structures allow for versatility.

Photonics Centre – Berlin, Germany

Posted in Built by Paul Carr on January 26, 2010

Building:  Photonics Centre
Address:  Carl-Scheele-Strass 16 12489 Berlin, Germany
Completion: 1998
Cost:  25.7 Million Euros
Architect:  Sauerbruch Hutton Architects
AE Interest:  Double facade, solar louvers, natural ventilation

131 Rue Pelleport- Paris, France

Posted in Built by Matt McCarthy on January 26, 2010


Building: 131 Rue Pelleport
Location: Paris, France
Completed: 1999
Architect: Frédéric Borel

AE Interests: Several vertical shapes converge asymmetrically to form the physique of the building. Composed of some glass, the building allows shade and indirect sunlight into the building at many different angles.
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Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Posted in Built by Bobby Chamra on January 26, 2010

Building: Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date Completed: 2000
Architect: Jurij Sadar and Bostjan Vuga

AE Interests:  structure, cantilever, daylighting

Gewild Wonen Water Villas – Almere, Netherlands

Posted in Built by Christopher Lawrence on January 26, 2010

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Building: Gewild Wonen Expo 2001, Water Villas
Location: Almere, Netherlands
Completion: 2001
Architect: UN Studios

AE Interests: freestanding, individual and clustered blocks of homes,  steel-framed and timber-clad, concept: create a living environment with maximum flexibility to meet individual needs; customizable and extendable allows to elaborate and increase the volumetric potential.

Concert Hall – Leon, Spain

Posted in Built by Kristin Wall on January 26, 2010


Building: Concert Hall
Location: Leon, Spain
Architect: Mansilla + Tunon Architects
Completion: 2002
Project team: Luis Moreno Mansilla, Emillo Tunon, Andres Reguelro, Fernando Garcia Pino, Maria Linares
Structural engineer: Arup
Mechanical engineer: JG Asociados
Cost consultants: Hernan, Corona y Asociados
Acoustic consultant: Higini Araw
Client: Junta de Castilla y Leon
AE Interest: “billboard” wall, made of white travertine, grid of deeply recessed and splayed bays, each containing windows of different sizes, theatrically lights the exhibition space inside

Stade de France- Paris, France

Posted in Built by Matt McCarthy on January 26, 2010


Building: Stade de France
Location: Paris, France
Completed: 1998
Architects: Michele Macary and Aymeric Zublena
Structural Engineers: Bouygues, Dumez and SGE

AE Interests: A partially retractable roof provides protection for the crowd from bad weather while still exposing the outside elements.
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Olympic Cycle Stadium and Swimming Pool – Berlin, Germany

Posted in Built by Paul Carr on January 26, 2010

Building:  Olympic Cycle Stadium and Swimming Pool
Location: Berlin, Germany
Completion:  1999
Architect:  Dominique Perrault
Structural Engineer:  Arup
Project Manager:  PROMOS
AE Interest:  Multisports hall, structure, landscaping

Sound Wall Houses – Hilversum, Netherlands

Posted in Built by Christopher Lawrence on January 26, 2010

Sound Wall House

Building: Sound Wall Houses
Location: Hilversum, Netherlands
Completion: 2001
Architect: VHP

AE Interests: Twelve residential houses, overlooking an adjoining park were constructed into an embankment along a main road, forming an acoustic barrier.

Paltramplatz Residential Building – Vienna, Austria

Posted in Built by Alan Del Olmo on January 26, 2010


Building: Paltramplatz Residential Building
Location: Paltramplatz 7, 1100 Vienna, Austria
Date of Completion: 2002
Architect: Delugan-Meissl

AE Interests: façade includes windows that are placed seemingly random, a sleek gray skin, and protruding room-sized windows extending out of the building. The roof acts as a “hat” for the building and has perforations that leak sunlight into the open area in the middle of the building.

Leon Tanatorio – Leon, Spain

Posted in Built by Kristin Wall on January 26, 2010


Building: Leon Tanatorio
Location: Leon, Spain
Architect: BAAS Architects
Completed: 2000
Structure: Eduard Doce, architect
Engineering Assistance: Mariano Fernández, José Manuel Pérez
Budget Consultant: Francesc Belart
Client: Leon City Council
AE Interest: whole building located under a reflecting pong with some concrete rectangular tubes protruding out from the water at the loxer righthand corner that act at skylights to the chapel that is in that corner, designed in concrete and underground to resemble tombs, allegory of death associated with total design

Slovenian National Gallery Atrium

Posted in Built by Bobby Chamra on January 26, 2010

Building:  Slovenian National Gallery Atrium
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date Completed:  2001
Architect:  Jurij Sadar and Bostjan Vuga
Structural Engineer:  ELEA, Atelier One
Environmental engineer:  ELEA, Atelier One
Mechanical engineer:  Lenassi
Electrical Engineer:  Eldata

AE Interests:  exposed structure, direct lighting, modern addition to existing building, atrium

Law Courts – Grasse, France

Posted in Built by Kristin Wall on January 26, 2010


Building: Law Courts
Location: Grasse, France
Architect: Christian de Portzamparc
Completion: 1999
Clients: French Ministry of Justice, DDe Alpes-Maritimes
AE Interest: curved shape with vertical slats, common to much of de Portsamparc’s work, very open and spacious, good use of shading mechanisms

Embassies of the Nordic Countries – Berlin, Germany

Posted in Built by Paul Carr on January 26, 2010

Building:  Embassies of the Nordic Countries
Location:  Berlin, Germany
Completion: 1999
Cost:  42.5 Million Euros
Architect:   Berger & Parkkinen
Structural Engineer:  IGH
Facade Engineer:  DEWI, Wien
Project Manager:  Drees & Sommer
AE Interest:  Facade, lighting, steel construction

De Maere Textile School – Enschede, Netherlands

Posted in Built by Christopher Lawrence on January 26, 2010

Building: De Maere Textile School
Location: Enschede, Netherlands
Completion: 2001
Architect: Brookes Stacey Randall
Designer: Brookes Stacey Randall Architects & IAA Architects

AE Interests: Refurbished surrounding buildings sensitively adapted to new functions. Distinctive ‘pods’ introduced, integration of old and new.

Ruffi Sports Complex – Marseille, France

Posted in Built by Kristin Wall on January 26, 2010


Building: Ruffi Sports Complex
Location: Marseille, France
Architect: Remy Marciano
Completion: 2001
Client: Ville de Marseille
AE Interest: powerful blocky presence, envelope composed of concrete panels, interesting lighting to enhance the building at night

Mobius House – Utrecht, Netherlands

Posted in Built by Christopher Lawrence on January 26, 2010

Building: Mobius House
Location: Stadhouderskade 113, 1073 AX, Utrecht, Netherlands
Completion: 1998
Architect: Ben van Berkel
Designer: UN Studios
Landscape Architect: West 8
Structural Engineer: ABT

AE Interests: large residential structure, comprised of concrete and glass, designed to respond to needs of occupants, inspired by the mobius band, the interior is arranged on a continuous loop, concrete walls extend into fixed pieces of furniture and external glass walls slide into the structure to create partitions.

North German Regional Clearing Bank – Hannover, Germany

Posted in Built by Paul Carr on January 26, 2010

Building:  North German Regional Clearing Bank
Address:  Am Friedrichswall 10 30159 Hannover, Germany
Completion:  2002
Architect:  Behnisch, Behnisch, and Partners
Structural Engineer:  Prefferkorn and Partners
AE Interest:  Cantilevers for dramatic lighting, complex shape, double skinned facade, green building

De Verbeelding Centre for the Arts – Zeewolde, Netherlands

Posted in Built by Christopher Lawrence on January 26, 2010

De Verbeelding Centre for the Arts

Building: De Verbeelding Centre for the Arts
Location: De Verbeelding Park, Zeewolde, Netherlands
Completion: 2000
Architect: Rene van Zuuk
Designer: Rene van Zuuk Architects

AE Interests: international cultural pavilion situated on a narrow peninsula, comprised of wood, glass and metal cladding, supports a three-hinged frame roof system, similar to those used in local barns,  identical trusses are situated at different angles resulting in a shifted roof which provides indirect lighting.

Pat’s House – Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

Posted in Built by sadwillis on January 26, 2010

Building: Pat’s House
Location: Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
Completion Date: 1999
Architect: Ngiom Partnership

AE Interests: Natural ventilation and lighting, supported cantilever, outward sloping walls

Lem House – Singapore, Singapore

Posted in Built by sadwillis on January 26, 2010

Building: Lem House
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Completion Date: 1998
Architect: W Architects

AE Interests: Natural ventilation, perforated metal shading devises, shading from roof overhang

Posbank Tea Pavilion – Rheden, Netherlands

Posted in Built by Christopher Lawrence on January 26, 2010

Building: Posbank Tea Pavilion
Location: Rheden, Netherlands
Completion: 2002
Architect: Bjarne Mastenbroek
Designer: SeARCH

AE Interests: commercial structure, comprised of steel (for tension loads), unprocessed oak timber and concrete (for compression loads) and glass, energy efficient and unified with the natural surroundings, floor rises in a continuous spiral, terminating in a 46 foot long cantilever.

De Brink Centre – Hengelo, Netherlands

Posted in Built by Christopher Lawrence on January 26, 2010

Building: De Brink Centre
Location: Brink 184, 7551 JE Hengelo Ov, Netherlands
Completion: 1999
Architect: Bolles + Wilson
Design Team: Rem Koolhaas, Stefano de Martino, Georg Ritschl, Jeroen Thomas, Paul de Vroom, Alex Wall

AE Interests: 144 feet-tall, commercial tower with mixed-use development, includes apartment blocks, department store, shopping arcade, and underground parking structure. Constructed of white, pre-cast concrete panels, the tower houses an LED digital clock at the top and digital billboards at the pavilion level.

The Aluminum Forest – Utrecht, Netherlands

Posted in Built by Christopher Lawrence on January 26, 2010

The Aluminum Forest

Building: The Aluminum Forest
Location: Voorveste 2, Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands
Completion: 2001
Architect: Micha de Hass
Design Team: Micha de Hass, Stephan Verkuijlen and Machiel Bakx

AE Interests: urban, commercial building, concrete, steel and aluminum structure poised above an artificial lake, supported by 368 narrow aluminum columns, which elevates the structure nearly 20 feet above the ground. This design was derived from the Dutch landscape where groups of trees are planted in a square arrangement and an early model consisted of a matchbox propped up on pins.

Broadwick House – London, England, U.K.

Posted in Built by lindseylohberg2009 on January 26, 2010

Building: Broadwick House
Location: 15-17 Broadwick Street, London, England
Completed: 2002
Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership
Structural Engineers: Ove Arup & Partners
Main Contractor: John Sisk & Son
Client: Derwent Valley Holdings plc

AE Interests: Service cores on the western edge of the building allow for fully glazed facades, arched roof, energy efficiency is maintained with: motorized blinds, solar performance glazing, and a grid of fine aluminum louvers.

Town Hall and Theatre – IJsselstein, Netherlands

Posted in Built by Christopher Lawrence on January 26, 2010

Building: Town Hall and Theatre
Location: IJsselstein, Netherlands
Completion: 2000
Architect: Ben van Berkel
Designer: UN Studios

AE Interests: merges functions of town hall, theatre and a grand café; the exterior is clad in green glass, reflecting the vegetation on the green side and framed by strips of concrete on the urban side.

Museum Het Valkhof – Nijmegen, Netherlands

Posted in Built by Christopher Lawrence on January 26, 2010

 

Museum Het Valkhof

Building: Museum Het Valkhof
Location: Kelfkensbos 596511 TB Nijmegen, Netherlands
(appx. 100 miles from Amsterdam)
Completion: 1999
Architect: UN Studios
Project Manager: Berns Project Management
Technical Manager: ABT Bouwkostenservice

AE Interests: contemporary, hybrid museum, located near the medieval city wall, built to house collections of archaeological artifacts and classical and modern art. the structural core is a central staircase and joins the museum with the library and café.

Morley Road House – Singapore, Singapore

Posted in Built by sadwillis on January 26, 2010

Building: Morley Road House
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Completion Date: 1999
Architect: W Architects

AE Interests: Reflecting body of water, 3 pavilions for living, dining and recreation

Kantha Bopha Center – Siemreab, Cambodia

Posted in Built by sadwillis on January 26, 2010

Building: Kantha Bopha Center
Location: Siemreab, Cambodia
Completion Date: 2002
Architect: Asma Architects

AE Interests: Vertical grid of concrete and bamboo, use of local materials, layout of gardens and pools

Church Donaucity – Vienna, Austria

Posted in Built by Alan Del Olmo on January 26, 2010


Building: Church Donaucity
Location: Donau City Straße 1 1220 Vienna, Austria
Date of Completion: 2000
Architect: Heinz Tesar

AE Interests: Rectangular shaped placed diagonally in a plaza avoids conflict with the high-rise buildings surrounding it. Façade is clad in chromium steel plates.

Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation – Vienna, Austria

Posted in Built by Alan Del Olmo on January 26, 2010


Building: Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation
Location: Museums Quartier, Museumsplatz 1, A-1070 Vienna, Austria
Date of Completion: September 15, 2001
Architect: Ortner & Ortner
Usable space: 14.000 m²
Exhibition space: 4.500 m²
Depot space: 1.800 m²

AE Interests: Basalt-lava-stone used for the façade, roof, and floor inside. Small slits in the skin provide lighting to pierce the building to provide guests a sense of orientation. Equipped with an artificial lighting system to provide exceptional lighting conditions for exhibits.

Media Tower – Vienna, Austria

Posted in Built by Alan Del Olmo on January 26, 2010


Building: Media Tower
Location: Wiedener Hauptstrasse 15, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Date of Completion: 2000
Architect: Hans Hollein
Client: Generali Gruppe, Nutzer: Verlagsgruppe News

AE Interests: Lobby shaped like a rhombus, buildings adjacent look misaligned creating a cartoonish look to the geometry, a room sticks out of the middle of the building like a cantilever

Private Underground Pool – Vienna, Austria

Posted in Built by Alan Del Olmo on January 26, 2010


Building: Private Underground Pool
Location: 1190 Vienna, Austria
Date of Completion: 2001
Architect: the next ENTERprise
Associate Architect: Florian Haydn
Competition: 1997
Structural Engineer: Dipl. Ing. Dr. Karl Heinz Wagner
Building-related Physics: Dipl. Ing. Erich Panzhauser
Light Design: Christian Ploderer
Site Area: 1167 m2
Floor Area: 219 m2
Volume: 1050 m2

AE Interests: Indoor pool built in the earthspace to avoid destroying the garden, “long-distance” pool connects to residential bathroom in villa through an elongated ramp

Ebeling House – Dortmund, Germany

Posted in Built by Justin Barrett on January 26, 2010

Building: Ebeling House
Location: Dortmund, Germany
Completion: 2001
Architect: ArchiFactory.de
Client: Sabine Ebeling
Design Team: Matthias Herrmann, Matthias Koch, Till Roggel
Structural Engineer: Assmann Beraten

AE Interests: residential house, concrete structure, wood cladding, linear

Dortmund Municipal Library – Dortmund, Germany

Posted in Built by Justin Barrett on January 26, 2010

Building: Dortmund Municipal Library
Location: Königswall 18, 44137 Dortmund, Germany
Completion: 1999
Architect: Mario Botta
Structural Engineer: Klemens Pelle

AE Interests: Divided into two buildings, one linear and one circular; light

Leffe Privat House – Bergamo, Italy

Posted in Built by Jimmy Principe on January 26, 2010

Building: Leffe Privat House
Location: Bergamo, Italy
Completed 1998
Designer: Archea Associati
Structural engineer: Gianfranco Calderoni
Contractor: Madaschi

AEInterest: the precise deconstruction of the building that originally existed and then was rebuilt.  The facade is a solid wall with small slits to allow light in.

ENEL Bagnore 3 Geothermal Power Station – Santafiore, Italy

Posted in Built by Jimmy Principe on January 26, 2010

Building: ENEL Bagnore 3 Geothermal Power Station
Location: Santafiore, Italy
Completed 2001
Designer: Stefano Boeri
Structural engineer: M Giuliani
Landscape design: L Caravaggio
Client: ERGA – ENEL

AEInterest: the enclosure is constructed from self supporting Cor-Ten steel ribs and is designed to mimic the hills that it is nested in.

Jasmine Hill – Singapore, Singapore

Posted in Built by sadwillis on January 26, 2010

Building: Jasmine Hill
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Completion Date: 2000
Architect: Ettore Sottsass & Johanna Grawunder

AE Interests: 6 homes clustered together, ceramic tile cladding, maintenance free finishes, unique floor plans

Prabhakorn House – Bangkok, Thailand

Posted in Built by sadwillis on January 26, 2010

    

Building: Prabhakorn House
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Completion Date: 2001
Architect: Prabhakorn Vadanyakul of Architects 49
Structural and System Engineer: Meinhardt

AE Interests: structural steel, glazing, blending with environment

Menara UMNO – George Town, Pinang, Malaysia

Posted in Built by sadwillis on January 26, 2010

Building: Menara UMNO
Location: George Town, Pinang, Malaysia
Completion Date: 1999
Architect: TR Hamzah & Yeang
Developer: South East Asia Development Corporation
Natural Ventilation Consultant: Professor Phil Jones of the Welsh School of Architecture
M & E Engineer: Ranhill Bersekutu Sdn. Bhd.

AE Interests: Natural ventilation, wing walls directed to catch prevailing winds, adjustable windows and balcony doors to control distribution of ventilation

Kuala Lumpur International Airport – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Posted in Built by sadwillis on January 26, 2010

     

Building: Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Completion Date: 1998
Architect: Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates
GC: Taisei Corporation
Structural Engineer: Sepakat Setia Perunding Sdn. Bhd.
M & E Engineer: Rankill Bersekutu Sdn. Bhd.

AE Interests: Hyperbolic roof geometry, miniature tropical rainforests, wood clad granite conical columns

Guthrie Pavilion – Shah Alam, Malaysia

Posted in Built by sadwillis on January 26, 2010


Building: Guthrie Pavilion
Location: Shah Alam, Malaysia
Completion Date: 1998
Architect: TR Hamzah & Yeang
GC: Syarikat Abdul Rahman – Sediabena JV
Canopy Specialist: IPL Radolfzell Ingenieurplanung Leichbau GmBH
M & E Engineer: PCR Sdn. Bhd.

AE Interests: Roof system, geometry, steel cables, external cladding

Telekom Malaysia Headquarters – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Posted in Built by sadwillis on January 26, 2010


Building:  Telekom Malaysia Headquarters
Location:  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Completion Date:  2001
Architect:  Hijjas Kasturi
GC:  PECD Berhad
Architectural Engineer:  Faber Maunsell

AE Interests:  Sky gardens, double-decked elevators, controversial floor base HVAC, shaped to represent a sprouting bamboo shoot

Central Library, University of Technology – Delft, Netherlands

Posted in Built by Christopher Lawrence on January 26, 2010

Building: Central Library, University of Technology
Location: Julianalaan 67, 2628 Delft, Netherlands
Completion: 1997
Architect: Mecanoo

AE Interests: central library for the campus with a sloped plane, extending the grass from the ground to the very edge of the roof. Surrounding the perimeter, glass walls provide light exposure to the interior. The pinnacle feature, the cone, emerges from within the library and protrudes from the roof. Within the cone, there is a spiral staircase which leads to the four stories of reading rooms inside. Atop the cone is a skylight that provides interior illumination.

Rimini Exhibition Center – Rimini, Italy

Posted in Built by Jimmy Principe on January 26, 2010


Building: Rimini Exhibition Center
Location: Rimini, Italy
Completed 2001
Designer: Von Gerkan Marg & Partner
Structural engineer: Favero & Milan, Venedig
Landscape design: Studio Land, Mailand
Client: Ente Autonomo Fiera di Rimini

AEInterest: The exhibition spaces are modular parts that can be combined for larger exhibits and each module has no columns.  Also utilizes a large timber dome roof in the rotunda.  Facades are constructed of steel and glass.

Herrera House- Seville, Spain

Posted in Built by Zaid Arzate on January 26, 2010

Building- Herrera House
Location- Seville, Spain
Completion- 1999
Architect- Morales de Giles

AE Interests- The house consists of a series of stacked rooms grouped alongside a long rectangular internal patio that functions as an additional room.

Seville Olympic Stadium- Seville, Spain

Posted in Built by Zaid Arzate on January 26, 2010

  

Building- Seville Olympic Stadium
Location- Seville, Spain
Completion- 2000
Architect-Cruz y Ortiz
Structure- AYESA
Roof- AYESA- Schlaich Bergermann und Partner

AE Interests- Complex Roof System

Igus Headquarters & Factory – Cologne, Germany

Posted in Built by Paul Carr on January 26, 2010

Building:  Igus Headquarters & Factory
Location: Cologne, Germany
Completion:  2000
Architect:  Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners
Structural Engineer:  Whitby Bird
Contractor: Walter Bau- AG
Cost Consulant:  Davis Langdon & Everest
AE Interest:  Large Span, center mast, Factory can be changed for customers demands

 

 

 

North Greenwich Transportation Interchange – London, England, U.K.

Posted in Built by nickwilliams2009 on January 26, 2010

Building: North Greenwich Transportation Interchange
Location: London, England
Architect: Foster and Partners
Contract Value: £15.5 M
Client: London Underground Ltd.
Structural Engineer: Anthony Hunt Associates
Services Engineer: Max Fordham Associates
Quality Surveyor: MDA
Project Management: Capital Project Consultancy

AE Interests: Complex per-erected steel trusses, tubular steel columns, box section steel rafters

American Folk Art Museum – New York, New York, U.S.

Posted in Built by Joyce Chiu on January 26, 2010

Building: American Folk Art Museum
Location: 45 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019
Completed: 2001
Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien
Associate Architect: Helfand Myerberg Guggenheimer Architects
Structural Engineer: Severud Associates
MEP Engineer: Ambrosino DePinto & Schmeider
General Contractor: Pavarini Construction Company
Structural System: Concrete
Exterior Cladding: Metal/Glass Curtain Wall

Awards – AIA National Honor Award 2003

AE Interests: Complex Composite Materials, Minimal Construction Space

Articles: 1

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Natural Ellipse House – Tokyo, Japan

Posted in Built by shahrukhgaziani on January 26, 2010

Building: Natural Ellipse House
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Completion: 2002
Architect: Masaki Endoh, Masahiro Ikeda, Endoh Design House & MIAS

AE Interests: Form, roof, structure, ellipse, natural light, spiral staircase, core,