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Experimental Factory – Magdeburg, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 24, 2010

 

Building: Experimental Factory
Location:  Magdeburg, Germany
Architect: Sauerbruch Hutton Architects
Completion:  2001
Structural Engineer: Bautra
Environmental Engineer: Canzler Ingenieure, Leipzig
Acoustical: Akustik-Ingenieurburo Moll

AE interests:  Concrete slab construction with prefabricated skeleton, glass curtainwall and façade, aluminum cladding

Presidency and State Government Building – Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Posted in Built by Joshua Atkins on January 24, 2010

Building: Presidency and State Government Building
Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Architect: AMP Architects
Client: Canary Government
Date Completed: 2007

AE Interests: Twinning of large volumes of stone with a central courtyard, each floor has unique distinguishing features

South Tenerife Convention Centre – Adeje Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Posted in Built by Joshua Atkins on January 24, 2010

Building: South Tenerife Convention Centre
Location: Adeje Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Architect: AMP Architects
Structural Engineers: Victor Martinez, Juan Jose Gallarado
Contractor: Congrsso U.T.E.
Client Canary Government
Date Completed: 2005

AE Interests: Versatile meeting space, natural lighting by a series of metal glasshouses, 3 main entrances

Treptowers – Berlin, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 24, 2010

Building: Treptowers
Location: An den Treptowers 3, Berlin, Germany
Architect: Schweger and Partner
Completion: 1998

AE interests: high-rise building, steel and glass façade

Studio Weil – San Carlos, Mallorca, Spain

Posted in Built by Joshua Atkins on January 24, 2010

 

Building: Studio Weil
Location: San Carlos, Mallorca, Spain
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Structural Engineers: Adolfo Alonso Dura, Gracia Lopez Pationo
Lighting Designer: Studio Dinnebier
Contractor: Goccisa
Client: Barbara Weil
Date Completed: 2003

AE Interests: Responds to surrounding landscape, forms a space that complements and contrasts artistic work

Balearic Innovation Centre -Mallorca, Inca, Spain

Posted in Built by Joshua Atkins on January 24, 2010

Building: Bealearic Innovation Centre
Location: Mallorca, Inca, Spain
Architect: Estudio Alberto Campo Baeza
Date Completed: 1998

AE Interests: Triangular shape and floor plan, stereotomic base in stone, continuous space

Congress Centre – Valencia, Spain

Posted in Built by Joshua Atkins on January 24, 2010

Building: Congress Centre
Location: Valencia, Spain
Architect: Foster & Partners
Consultants: Arup, Davis Langdon & Everest, Claude and Danielle Engle
Client: City of Valencia
Date Completed: 1998

AE Interests: Follows vernacular local architecture, aerodynamic roof, used mostly local materials

Museo de Bellas Artes – Castello de la Plana, Spain

Posted in Built by Joshua Atkins on January 24, 2010

Building: Museo de Bellas Artes
Location: Castello de la Plana, Spain
Architect: Mansilla & Tunon
Client: Castellon Cultural
Date Completed: 2005

AE Interests: External cast-iron rectangular shape, white/wooden interior that efficiently uses natural light

Dresden Synagogue – Dresden, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 24, 2010

Building: Dresden Synagogue
Location:  Hasenberg 1, 01067 Dresden, Germany
Architect:  Wandel Hoefer Lorch Architects
Completion:  2001
Structural Engineer: Schweitzer Ingenieure
Acoustical Engineer: Muller BBM
Lighting Designers:  Wilms GmbH

AE interests: precast concrete stones, interior structure of metallic textile

Prisma Building – Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 24, 2010

Building: Prisma Building
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Architect: Auer + Weber + Partner
Completion: 2001

AE interests: atrium, double glass façade for ventilation, curtain wall system

Valleaceron Chapel – Valleaceron, Spain

Posted in Built by Joshua Atkins on January 23, 2010

Building: Valleaceron Chapel
Location: Valleaceron, Spain
Architect: Sol Madridejos & Juan Carlos Sancho
Project Leader: Luis Renedo
Date Completed: 2000

AE Interests: “Folded Box” design technique, no artificial lighting

Bodegas Ysios – La Guardia, Spain

Posted in Built by Joshua Atkins on January 23, 2010

    

Building: Bodegas Ysios
Location: La Guardia, Spain
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava
Client: Bodegas y Debidas
Completed 2004

AE Interests: Laminated wooded beams are used for roof, mixture of aluminum, wooden slates and precast concrete for exterior facades, rectangular-linear site plan
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De Blas House – Sevilla la Nueva, Spain

Posted in Built by Joshua Atkins on January 23, 2010

Building: De Blas House
Location: Sevilla la Nueva, Spain
Architect: Estudio Alberto Campo Baeza
Client: Francisco de Blas
Date Completed: 2000

AE Interests: Rectangular glass 2nd floor, heavy and massive stone structure, symmetrical design

Graham Square Housing – Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.

Posted in Built by Alec Gagnon on January 23, 2010

Graham Square Housing – Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Building: Graham Square Housing
Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Completed: Oct 2000
Architect: Mckeown Alexander Architects, Page & Park Architects, Richard Murphy Architects
Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners
Contractor: John Dickie Construction
Client: The Molendinar Park Housing Association

AE Interests: sustainable strategies, daylighting, collaborative effort to create an “urban oasis”

House and Studio at Toro Canyon – Montecito, California, U.S.

Posted in Built by Chris Krenek on January 22, 2010

 

Building: House and Studio at Toro Canyon
Location: Montecito, California, USA
Completion: 1998
Architect: Barton Myers Associates
AE Interests: Recirculating pool system on pavilion roofs for fire protection and insulation, glazed garage doors for walls/windows, coiled steel shutters, clerestory windows for natural ventilation

Braun Headquarters – Melsungen, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 22, 2010

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Building: Braun Headquarters
Location: Markdorfer Str. 1, 88048 Friedrichshafen, Melsungen, Germany
Architect: Sterling, Wilford, and Nageli
Completion: 2001

AE interests: stained timber structure

Biosphere and Flower Pavilion – Potsdam, Germany

Posted in Built by Mina Akhavan on January 22, 2010

Building: Biosphere and Flower Pavilion
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Architect: Barkow and Leibinger
Completion: 2001

AE interests: natural lighting, low rise building that fits on the landscape, curtain walls, long span concrete roof, pavilion is an open 200 meter long space, very natural geologic shape

Downland Gridshell, Weald and Download Open Air Museum – Chichester, England, U.K.

Posted in Built by Carolyn Swann on January 22, 2010

 

Building: Downland Gridshell, Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
Location: Chichester, England, UK
Completion Date: 2001
Architect: Edward Cullinan Architects
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
AE Interests: complex modern reflection of traditional rural buildings (the museum’s focus) through complex geometry and curvilinear wood 3D trusses

Bandstand, De La Warr Pavilion – East Sussex, England, U.K.

Posted in Built by Carolyn Swann on January 22, 2010

Building: Bandstand, De La Warr Pavilion
Location: Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK
Completion Date: 2001
Architect: Niall McLaughlin
Acoustic Engineer: Paul Gillieron
AE Interests: shaped for acoustics, sound and light;  structure is mobile to accommodate different types of shows; thicker plywood skeleton with thinner plywood veneer, covered with fiberglass

Letterfrack Furniture College – Connemara, Ireland

Posted in Built by Carolyn Swann on January 22, 2010

Building: Letterfrack Furniture College
Location: Connemara, Republic of Ireland
Completion Date: 2001
Architect: O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects
Structural Engineer: Christopher Southgate & Associates
AE Interests: connecting to nature, drawing design inspiration from the site and the history of the area

National Maritime Museum – Cornwall, UK

Posted in Built by Carolyn Swann on January 22, 2010

Building: National Maritime Museum
Location: Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
Completion Date: 2002, then added onto in 2003 and 2007
Architect: Long & Kentish Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup
AE Interests: daylighting, connecting to waterfront environment, natural materials

Faith House – Dorset, England, U.K.

Posted in Built by Carolyn Swann on January 22, 2010

Building: Faith House
Location: Holten Lee, Dorset, England, UK
Completion Date: 2002
Architect: Tony Fretton
Structural Engineer: Price and Myers
GC: Unicorn Construction
AE Interests: focus on nature, sustainability

European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences – Surrey, England, U.K.

Posted in Built by Carolyn Swann on January 22, 2010

Building: European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey
Location: Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Completion Date: 2000
Architect: Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners
Structural Engineer: Alan Baxter Associates
Landscaping: Mark Westcott
Acoustic Engineer: Tim Smith
AE Interests: quality building on a low budget, natural lighting, exposed materials

After School Club, Westborough Primary School – England, U.K.

Posted in Built by Carolyn Swann on January 22, 2010

Building: After School Club, Westborough Primary School
Location: Westcliffe-on-Sea, England, UK
Completion Date: 2001
Architect: Cottrel + Vermeulen Architecture
Structural Engineer:  Buro Happold
AE Interests:  building made almost entirely from cardboard, made from 90% recycled materials

University Library – Magdeburg, Germany

Posted in Built by Zeeshan Ahmed on January 22, 2010

   


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Building: University Library
Location: 39576 Stendal Magdeburg, Germany
Started: 2001
Completed: 2003
Cost: € 31.1 million 
Area: 30,000 m²
Architect: Auer and Weber
Construction: Industriebau Wernigerode
Structural Engineer: Leonhardt, Andra, and Partner
MEP Engineer: Ebert Ingenieure

AE interests: Built on a triangular site based on a continuous concrete strip that was folded in size time to create each level of the library. The library features laminated timber staircases and a central atrium that creates a spatial continuum via its long, exposed, and uninterrupted diagonal steelwork on the floors and walkways. The atrium of the library contains a series of daylight spaces and central ventilation which creates a sense of transparency eliminating the boundary between the inside and outside of the building.

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River and Rowing Museum – Oxfordshire, England, U.K.

Posted in Built by Carolyn Swann on January 22, 2010

Building: River and Rowing Museum
Location: Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Completion Date: 1998
Architect: David Chipperfield
Structural Engineer: Whitby Bird & Partners
GC: Norwest Holst Construction
AE Interests: modern reflection of a boathouse

Yerba Buena Lofts – San Francisco, California, U.S.

Posted in Built by Chris Krenek on January 22, 2010

Building: Yerba Buena Lofts
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Address: 855 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94107-1179
Completion: 2001
Architect: Stanley Saitowitz Office/Natoma Architects Inc.
Project Architects: John Winder, Michael Luke
Structural Engineers: Watry Design Group
General Contractor: Pankow Residential Builders

AE Interests: Modern style using glazed translucent glass, steel, and concrete. Extruded vertical grids.

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Chihuly Bridge – Tacoma, Washington, U.S.

Posted in Built by Gregory Brooks on January 21, 2010

Building: Chihuly Bridge of Glass
Location: Tacoma, Washington (spanning highway to Museum of Glass).
Completed: July 2002
Owner: City of Tacoma & Museum of Glass
Architect: Andersson•Wise Architects
Design Team: Arthur Andersson, AIA (Principal-in-Charge), Chris Wise, AIA (Managing Principal), Adam Pyrek (Team Leader)
Glass Artist: Dale Chihuly
Consultant Firms:
Architectural metal: A. Zahner Company
Structural/Bridge: Andersen, Bjorstad, Kane & Jacobs
Structural/Pavilions: Putnam Collins Scott Associates
Mechanical Engineering: Energy Engineering Associates
Electrical Engineering: Hultz/BHU Consulting Engineers
CA Architect: Thomas Cook Reed Reinvald Architects
Lighting Design: Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design
Specifications: Eskilsson Architecture
Photos: Tim Hursley
Section: Andersson Wise Architects
Construction Cost: $12 Million
Gross SF: 10,000 SF

AEInterests: pedestrian bridge, steel/concrete, glass pavilions.

Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre – Dundee, Scotland, U.K.

Posted in Built by Alec Gagnon on January 21, 2010

Building: Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre
Location: Dundee, Scotland, UK
Completed: March 1999
Architect: Richard Murphy
Engineer: ARUP Scotland
M&E Engineer: ARUP
Acoustic Engineer: Sandy Brown Associates
Contractor: Torith Construction Ltd Construction
Client: Dundee City Council

AE Interests: day lighting, urban views, extension of old brick building

Paint Rock Camp – Hyattville, Wyoming, U.S.

Posted in Built by Chris Krenek on January 21, 2010

Buildings: Paint Rock Camp
Location: Hyattville, Wyoming, USA
Address: 5332 Co Road 49 1/2, Hyattville, WY 82428
Completion: 2001
Architect: Charles Rose Architects
Project Architects: Eric Robinson, David Gabriel, David Martin
Structural Engineers: ARUP
MEP: Patterson, Weber & Associates
Civil Engineers: Steedley & Associates
General Contractor: Groathouse Construction, Inc
Client: The Alm Foundation
AE Interests: 16 residential buildings built on steel platforms supported by stilts, communal buildings have extended concrete foundations to make terraces, fissures in the roofs, recycled heavy timber framing

Sports Centre – Zug, Switzerland

Posted in Built by Cullen Vance on January 21, 2010


Building:  Sports Centre (Sporthalle Zug)
Location:  Zug, Switzerland
Completion:  2001
Architect:  Betrix & Consolascio Architekten
AE Interests:  Amethyst coloured structural glass sheet exterior, piers supporting roof

An Turas – Tiree, Scotland, U.K.

Posted in Built by Alec Gagnon on January 21, 2010


Building: An Turas
Location: Tiree, Scotland, UK
Completed: Feb 2003
Architect: Sutherland Hussey Architects
Client: Tiree Arts Enterprise
Structural: David Narro
Contractor: Inscape Joinery
Concrete: Arthur Elliot

AE Interests: reflect on qualities of the island, materials reflect vernacular architecture of island, intended as shelter

Guglielmini House – Pregassona, Switzerland

Posted in Built by Cullen Vance on January 21, 2010


Building:  Guglielmini House
Location:  Pregassona, Switzerland
Completion: 2002
Architect: Luca Gazzaniga
Associate:  Carlo Ceccolini
AE Interests:  Built into a steep hillside, use of assymetry and glass to incorpate natural surroundings into structure

Ferretti Arnaboldi House – Locarno, Switzerland

Posted in Built by Cullen Vance on January 21, 2010


Building:  Ferretti Arnaboldi House
Location:  Locarno, Switzerland
Architect:  Michele Arnaboldi Architetto
Completion: 1999
AE Interests:  Large cantilevered concrete slabs, Use of piles and spread footings to secure foundation in soil on hillside

Dance Base: National Centre for Dance – Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.

Posted in Built by Alec Gagnon on January 21, 2010

Building: 
 Dance Base: National Centre for Dance
Location: 
 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Completed: June 2001
Architect: Malcolm Fraser Architects
Structural Engineers: Cundall Johnston and Partners
Mechanical and Electrical: KJ Tait
Client: Dance Base

AE Interests: nested within rugged topography, capturing views of Edinburgh’s old town, courtyards and passageways reflect mediaeval pattern of the city

Oratorio Di Porta: Brissago, Switzerland

Posted in Built by Cullen Vance on January 21, 2010


Building:  Oratorio Di Porta (Chiesa di Porta)
Location:  Brissago, Switzerland
Architect:  Raffaele Cavadini
Completion:  1996
AE Interests:  Reinforced Concrete Skeleton

Napa Valley Museum – Yountville, California, U.S.

Posted in Built by Chris Krenek on January 21, 2010

Building: Napa Valley Museum
Location: Yountville, California, USA
Address: 55 President Cir, Yountville, CA 94599
Completion: 1998
Architect: Fernau & Hartman Architects
Developer: Napa Valley Museum
AE Interest: Curved aerodynamic roof, exposed industrial component interior and exterior, cantilevering observation deck

Falkirk Wheel (Millennium Wheel) – Falkirk, Scotland, U.K.

Posted in Built by Alec Gagnon on January 21, 2010


Building: Falkirk Wheel
Location:  Falkirk, Scotland, UK
Completed:  2002
Architect:  RMJM, Nicoll Russell
Contractors: Bachy/Soletanche and Morrison Construction Joint Ventrue
Engineer: Butterley Eningeers
Structural: Tony Gee and Partners
Mechanical/Electrical: Bennett & Associates

AE Interests:  reconnect canals connecting Glasgow and Edinburgh, 24m (79ft) difference in level, rotating wheel to raise boats, uses very little power to rotate

Heaven House (Himmelhuset), Hummingen, Lolland Island, Denmark

Posted in Built by Alec Gagnon on January 21, 2010

Building:  Heaven House (Himmelhuset)
Location: 
 Hummingen, Denmark
Completed:  1999
Architect:  Flemming Skude

AE Interests:  geometrical layout, natural light for lighting and climate, desire to connect internal spaces and the sky, louvered panels used to control sunlight

Sjællandske Newspaper Printing House – Slagelse, Sjælland, Denmark

Posted in Built by Alec Gagnon on January 21, 2010

Building: 
 Sjællandske Newspaper Printing House
Location: 
 Slagelse, Denmark
Completed:  2001
Architect:  Søren Robert Lund
Landscape: Professor Steen Høyer
Consultant: Rambøll A/S

AE Interests: use of raw materials left to stand alone, building expresses transformation of paper mass to printed newspaper

Billund Airport Car-Park – Billund, Denmark

Posted in Built by Amanda Hawkins on January 21, 2010

Building: Billund Airport Car-Park
Location: Billund, Denmark
Completion: 2002
Architect: C.F. Moller Architects
AE Interests: Movable vertical aluminum louvers give the appearance of a solid wall when viewed from the side, but reveal an openness and transparency when viewed from the front.

House Willimann – Sevgein, Switzerland

Posted in Built by Cullen Vance on January 21, 2010


Building:  House Willimann
Location:  Darschaleuns, Sevgein, Switzerland
Completion: 1999
Architect:  Bearth & Deplazes
AE Interests:  Gable roof, Hillside placement, Polygonal plan, Inexpensive materials making constructiong more difficult

Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Marcia and John Price Museum Building – Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.

Posted in Built by Chris Krenek on January 21, 2010

Building: Utah Museum of Fina Arts, Marcia and John Price Museum Building
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Address: University of Utah, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0350
Completion: 2001
Architect: Machado and Silvetti Associates
Structural Engineer: ARW Engineers
Mechanical Engineer: Van Boerum & Frank Associates
Electrical Engineer: BNA Consulting Engineers II
Civil Engineer: Great Basin Engineering
General Contractor: Layton Construction Company
AE Interests: Continuous stepping of prismatic volumes wrap around and ascend the tall Grand Gallery creating a spiral of volumes with protruding windows

School – Paspels, Switzerland

Posted in Built by Cullen Vance on January 21, 2010


Building: School
Location:  Paspels, Switzerland
Completion:  2005
Architect:  Valerio Olgiati
AE Interests:  Reinforced Concrete Monolith,  All exterior corners are made to be perceived as right angles, Two right angles per interior room

Summer House – Dyngby, Jylland, Denmark

Posted in Built by Amanda Hawkins on January 21, 2010

Building: Summer House
Location: Dyngby, Jylland, Denmark
Completion: 1999
Architect: Claus Hermensen
AE Interests: Expanded metal panels cover the exterior surfaces of the house, over which ivy has been trained to grow.

Liner Museum – Appenzell, Switzerland

Posted in Built by Cullen Vance on January 21, 2010


Building:  Liner Museum
Location:  Appenzell, Switzerland
Architect:  Gigon and Guyer
Client:  Stiftung Karl Liner
Landscape Design:  Kienast Vogt & Partner”
Completion:  1998
AE Interests:  Simple, Cost-efficient, Lighting through entrance, end, and skylights, steel shingle skin

Production and Office Facility – Baar, Switzerland

Posted in Built by Cullen Vance on January 21, 2010


Building:  Production and Office Facility
Location:  Baar, Switzerland
Completion:  2002
Size:  7,800 sqm
Client:  TRUMPF GmbH & Co
AE Interests:  Laser Cutting Production, Folding Exterior Skin, Built on a Sloping Topography

Kronjylland Savings Bank – Randers, Denmark

Posted in Built by Amanda Hawkins on January 21, 2010

Building: Kronjylland Savings Bank
Location: Randers, Denmark
Completion: 2002
Architect: 3XN
Engineers: Ramboll A/S
Contractor: NCC
AE Interests: The receding bottom storey makes the top 3 storeys appear like a hovering mass of glass windows and indiviually controlled louvers.

Museum of Glass – Tacoma, Washington, U.S.

Posted in Built by Chris Krenek on January 21, 2010

Building: Museum of Glass
Location: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Address: 1801 Dock St. Tacoma, WA 98402
Completion: July 2002
Architect: Arthur Erickson with Nick Milkovich Architects
Structural Engineer: Skilling, Ward, Magnusson, Barkshire
Mechanical Engineer: Notkin Engineering Inc.
Electrical Engineer: Sparling
General Contractor: Baugh Construction
AE Interests: Tilted 91 foot cone wrapped in stainless steel, Tiered horizontal terraces with rimless reflecting pools

“The Hotel” – Luzern, Switzerland

Posted in Built by Cullen Vance on January 21, 2010


Building:  “The Hotel”
Location:  Sempacherstrasse 14, CH-6002 Luzern, Switzerland
Architect:  Jean Nouvel
Construction Cost:  $4.9 Million
Owner:  Urs Karli
Project Manager:  D.Laurent, M.Raasch, AJN
Inauguration: August 7, 2000
Original Construction of Building:  1907
AE Interests:  Rennovation,  Extensive use of metal and wood panels, Projections on all room ceilings

FIH (Finance for Danish Industry) – Copenhagen, Denmark

Posted in Built by Amanda Hawkins on January 21, 2010

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Building: FIH Domicile
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Completion: 2002
Architect: 3XN
Contractor: NCC Danmark
AE Interests: This building has a unique, ever-changing facade, consisting of a pattern of red brick tiles and large glass windows that are equal in size. Huge shutters of the same size move either in front of the windows or in front of the bricks, depending on the amount of sunlight outside.

Museum of Contemporary Art – Denver, Colorado, U.S.

Posted in Built by Gregory Brooks on January 20, 2010


Building: Museum of Contemporary Art
Location: Denver, Colorado
Completed: October 2007
Architect: David Adjaye
Client: Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
Structural Engineer: Martin/Martin Inc
Mechanical Engineers: M-E Engineers Inc
Contractor: M A Mortenson Company
Contract value: $11.3 m
Gross internal area: 2508 sq m
AE Interests: Structural form, building envelope technology, natural light, integrated design.

Unibank Headquarters – Copenhagen, Denmark

Posted in Built by Amanda Hawkins on January 19, 2010

Building: Unibank Headquarters
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Completion Date: 1999
Architect: Henning Larsens Tegnestue
Engineers: Cowiconsult A/S
AE Interests: The facades that face city are covered in sandstone and equal in height to the building across the street, so that the area looks cohesive and the church at the end of the street remains the central focus. In contrast, the buildings along the harbor are open, with a lot of glass and copper as the main material, which is expected to turn green with time.

The Royal Library Extension (The Black Diamond) – Copenhagen, Denmark

Posted in Built by Amanda Hawkins on January 19, 2010

Building: The Royal Library Extension (The Black Diamond)
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Completion Date: 1999
Architect: schmidt hammer lassen K/S
Engineers: Moe & Brødsgaard Rådg. Ingeniører A/S
AE Interests: The building is inclined in both directions, supported by 4 towers, one at each corner, that are stuck 12 meters into the ground.
The black granite exterior looks like it’s floating above the ground because the entire first floor is a giant band of windows held in place with prehensile claws and wires attached to pillars on the floor and the girder at the ceiling. The weight is supported not by the exterior walls, but by interior columns.

Lloyd’s Building – London, U.K.

Posted in Built by Christopher Lawrence on January 5, 2010

Building: Lloyd’s Building
Location: 1 Lime Street, London, United Kingdom
Completion: 1986
Architect: Richard Rogers
Contractor: Bovis

AE Interests: This office space building is similar to the Pompidou Centre by Renzo Piano, this structure has the staircases, electrical conduits, water pipes and elevators on the exterior of the façade. It also has a large barrel-vaulted glass roof above the galleries 

Bahrain World Trade Center- Manama, Bahrain

Posted in Built by alfredomaldonado2009 on November 20, 2009

 

Building: Bahrain World Trade Center

Location: Manama, Bahrain

Completion Date: 2008

Architect: Atkins

Engineers: Atkins, Norwin A/S as turbine specialists and Ramboll A/S bridge engineering experts.

Contractor: Murray & Roberts; Nass

Developer: Mori Building Co.

AE Interest: Two towers are linked via three sky bridges each holding a 225KW wind turbine (95 ft in diameter) with a total of 675kW of wind power production. Aligned to the north, which is the direction from which air from the Persian Gulf blows in, the sail-shaped is designed to funnel wind through the gap creates a negative pressure zone behind the buildings that draws more air through the gap in order to accelerate wind passing through the turbines by up to 30%. The shape also redirects wind gusts hitting the tower by up to 45 degrees off center so that they hit the turbines at a nearly perpendicular angle for optimal electricity generation. 11% to 15% of the towers’ total power consumption is provided.

Shanghai World Financial Center – Shanghai, China

Posted in Built by alfredomaldonado2009 on November 13, 2009

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Building: Shanghai World Financial Center
Location: Shanghai, China
Completion Date: 28 August 2008
Design Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox
Architect of Record: East China Architectural Design & Research Institute
Structural Engineers: Leslie E. Robertson Associates
Contractor: China State Construction Engineering Corp. and Shanghai Construction (Group) General Co.
Developer: Mori Building Co.
Façade Engineer: ALT Limited, Permasteelisa Group
Fire Engineer: Rolf Jensen and Associates
Wind Engineer: Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group

AE Interest: Three primary structural systems, mega structure includes main corner columns and smaller perimeter columns, corner columns composites with steel and concrete, reinforced concrete core connected to mega structure through outrigger trusses, lateral stability accomplished through diagonal columns on mega structure and service core shear walls, additional service lateral stability form two 150 ton dampers on 90th floor, structure designed to minimize obstruction of views from office space, large keyhole in the structure decreases wind load on building, designed to withstand typhoon level wind loads


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Petronas Towers-Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Posted in Built by alfredomaldonado2009 on November 12, 2009

 

Building: Petronas Towers

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Completion Date August 28, 1999

Architect: Cesar Pelli & Associates

Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti

Contractor: Mayjus and SKJ Joint Ventures

Systems Design: WSP Flack + Kurtz Inc.

AE Interest: Height: 1,483 ft (452 meters), high-strength concrete twice as effective as steel in sway reduction, 75-by-75-foot concrete cores and an outer ring of widely-spaced super columns, 14,000 to 22,000 square feet of column-free office space per floor, curtain wall of glass and stainless steel sun shades to diffuse the intense equatorial light

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth – Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

Posted in Built by Bobby Chamra on November 1, 2009

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Building: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Address: 3200 Darnell Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Architect: Tadao Ando Architects & Associates

Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti/Ellisor-Tanner Engineers
Mechanical Engineer: CHP & Associates
Lighting Engineer: George Sexton Associates
Acoustical Engineer: Cerami & Associates, Inc.
Construction: Linbeck
Completed 2002
Cost: $65million
Size: 153,000sf

AE Interests: 120′ span, 40′ high spaces, natural lighting, structure, building envelope, high-quality cast-in-place concrete, curtainwall.  Cantilevered slabs at pavilion roofs supported by 40′ tall “Y” shapes and upturned beam at top of slab.  `

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GSW Headquarters – Berlin, Germany

Posted in Built by Jimmy Principe on October 11, 2009

GSW Headquarters

Building: GSW Headquarters
Location: Berlin, Germany
Status: Complete
Architect: Sauerbruch-Hutton
Engineer: Arup

AE Interests: Because building’s long side faces east-west, the west side is a double skin facade.  Natural ventilation is drawn through the double skin to ventilate the building.  Also, for reducing solar gains, the building has automated coloured blinds that block the afternoon sun, yet maintain excellent daylighting

Kimbell Art Museum – Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

Posted in Built by Gregory Brooks on October 8, 2009

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Building: Kimbell Art Museum
Address: 3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Architect: Louis Kahn

Structural Engineer: August Komendant
Mechanical Engineer: Cowan, Love & Jackson, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Marshall Meyers
Begun in 1966, completed October 1972

AE Interests: Light reflector is early example of computer-analysis in design, 100′-long curved concrete post-tension long-span beams form the 2 halves of the vaulted ceilings.  `

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Denver Art Musuem – Denver, Colorado, U.S.

Posted in Built by Gregory Brooks on October 5, 2009

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Building: Frederick C Hamilton extension to the Denver Art Museum
Location: 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204
Completed: October 2006
Design Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Architect of Record: Davis Partnership Architects
Joint Venture Partner: Davis Partnership
Contractor: M.A Mortensen Co. (Colorado)
Civil Engineers: JF Sato and Associates
Mechanical Air: Arup (LA)
Mechanical/Electrical: MKK Engineers and Arup (LA)
Structural Engineers: Arup (LA)
Structural Connection Design: Structural Consultants, Inc.
Civil Engineers: JF Sato and Associates
Landscape Architects: Studio Daniel Libeskind with Davis Partnership
Lighting Consultant: George Sexton and Associates
Theater Consultant: Auerbach Pollock Friedlander
Acoustical Consultant: Arup (LA)
Exterior Façade Consultant: Gordon H Smith, ARUP, BCE;
Wind Tunnel Testing: CPP
Vertical Transportation: HKA Elevator Consulting

AE Interests: Complex Geometry, BIM modeling, Lateral Load Design

Mosler Lofts – Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Posted in Built by Stephen Mathai on September 27, 2009

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Building: Mosler Lofts
Location: 3rd and Clay, Seattle, Washington, 98121
Completion: December 2007
Architect: Mithun
Structural Engineer: Cary Kopczynski & Company
Mechanical Engineer: Holaday-Parks, Inc.
Electrical Engineer: Veca Electric
Civil Engineer: Bush, Roed & Hitchings
Landscape Architect: Kenneth Philip

AE Interest: LEED Silver
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Arp Museum – Rolandseck, Germany

Posted in Built by Carolyn Swann on September 15, 2009

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Building: Arp Museum
Location: Rolandseck, Germany
Completed: 2007
Architect: Richard Meier
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold

AE Interests: make it a modern castle among the ancient castles of the area

Weill Hall at Cornell University – Ithaca, New York, U.S.

Posted in Built by Carolyn Swann on September 15, 2009

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Building: Weill Hall at Cornell University
Location: Ithaca, New York
Completed: 2008
Architect: Richard Meier
Structural Engineer: Arup
Mechanical Engineer: Bard, Rao + Athanas

AE Interests: sustainability, making the science lab spaces flexible

Federal Chancellery – Berlin, Germany

Posted in Built by Alec Gagnon on September 14, 2009

Federal Chancellery – Berlin, Germany
Location: Willy-Brandt-Strasse 1, 10557 Berlin, Germany
Completed: 2001
Architect: Charlotte Frank and Axel Schultes
Structural Engineers: GSE Engineering, Schlaich Bergermann and Partner
Construction: Stahlbeton Sichtbeton
Façade: R+R Fuchs

AE Interests: cubic form, modernist, opposing geometry, “blinds the eye to proportion”

Weishaupt Forum – Schwendi, Germany

Posted in Built by Carolyn Swann on September 8, 2009

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Building: Weishaupt Forum
Location: Schwendi, Germany
Completed: 1993
Architect: Richard Meier

AE Interests: social interaction

Rachofsky House – Dallas, Texas, U.S.

Posted in Built by Carolyn Swann on September 8, 2009

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Building: Rachofsky House
Location: 8605 Preston Road, Dallas, TX 75225
Architect: Richard Meier
Structural Engineer: Arup
Landscape Engineer: Armstrong-Berger
Completed 1996

AE Interests: separating the house from the land


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Galleria Hall West – Seoul, South Korea

Posted in Built by Kristin Wall on September 8, 2009

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Building: Galleria Hall West
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Architect: UNStudio
Completion: 2004
Structural engineers: Arup & Partners, Arjan Habraken (Schematic Design)

AE Interest: facade that changes color and always looks different, covered in glass discs hung from a metal sub-structure backed by individually controlled LED lights

Mercedes Benz Museum – Stuttgart, Germany

Posted in Built by Kristin Wall on September 8, 2009

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Building: Mercedes Benz Museum
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Architect: UNStudio
Completion: May 2006

AE Interest: winding double helix shape, can’t see others from whereever one is standing, won an architecture contest

AT&T (Cowboy’s) Stadium- Arlington, Texas, U.S.

Posted in Built by Paul Carr on September 3, 2009

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Building: AT&T (Cowboy’s) Stadium
Address: 925 North Collins Street, Arlington, Texas 
Owner: City of Arlington
Architect: HKS, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Walter P Moore and Campbell & Associates
General Construction: Manhattan Construction
Construction from 2005-2009

The stadium of NFL’s Dallas Cowboys was the largest dome in the world, until the Singapore National Stadium was completed in June 2014.  The roof has an area of 660,800 square feet with the highest point at nearly 300 feet above the field.  The stadium is centered about two main steel arch box trusses, anchored to the ground on each end lying 1,225 feet apart.  Two of the large panels connecting these trusses are retractable, creating an opening of 104,960 square feet in twelve minutes.  The world’s largest operable glass doors are located at each end zone of the stadium, spanning 180 feet wide and 120 feet high. 
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Museum of Wood – Hyogo, Japan

Posted in Built by Sarah Johnson on September 3, 2009

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Building: Museum of Wood
Location: Hyogo, Japan
Completion: 1994
Architect: Tadao Ando

AE Interests: pool of water in the bottom, reinforced concrete bridge, shows relationship between manmade and natural elements, construction with Hyogo cedar wood

Federal Courthouse – Austin, Texas, U.S.

Posted in Built by Gregory Brooks on September 3, 2009

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Building: Federal Courthouse
Location: 5th/San Antonio – Austin, Texas
Architect: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
Consulting Architect: Page Southerland Page
Structural Engineer: Architectural Engineers Collaborative
Mechanical Engineer: Page Southerland Page
Construction: White Construction
Cost: $102 million
Size: 252,420 Sq. ft.
Construction from September 2009-2012
Images: http://www.msmearch.com

AE Interests:  Energy Efficiency, Natural Lighting, Rainwater Collection, Complicated Floor Plates, LEED Silver Design.
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Burj al-Arab – Dubai, UAE

Posted in Built by Zahra Bhora on September 2, 2009

 

Building: Burj al-Arab
Location: Jumeirah Beach Road, Dubai, UAE
Completion: 1999
Architect: Tom Wright
Supporting Architect: W.S. Atkins & Partners
Structural Engineer: Eversendai Engineering
MEP: DSE Engineering Group

AE Interests: Artificial Island Base, Fabric Atrium Wall, Teflon-coated Glass, Diagonal Trusses

Toyota Stadium – Toyota, Japan

Posted in Built by Kevin Carbonnier on September 2, 2009

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Building: Toyota Stadium
Location: Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Completion Date: 2001
Architect: Kisho Kurokawa
Structural Engineering: Ove Arup & Partners

AE Interests: retractable,  suspended roof,  seating is always shaded,  field always receives daylight

McLaren Technology Centre – Woking, U.K.

Posted in Built by Aalok Bhattarai on September 2, 2009

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Building: McLaren Technology Centre
Location: Woking, United Kingdom
Completed: 2004
Architect: Foster and Partners

AE Interests: daylighting, natural ventilation, reuse of lake water (one third pumped naturally and two thirds via filtration system)

Royal Danish Embassy – Berlin, Germany

Posted in Built by Kevin Carbonnier on September 1, 2009

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Building: Royal Danish Embassy
Location: The Nordic Embassy Complex, Berlin Tiergaten, Berlin, Germany
Completion Date: 1999
Architect: 3XN Architects : Kim Herforth Nielsen, Bo Boje Larsen, Kim Christiansen

AE Interests: elevator tower, curved louvers, perforated steel envelope

Birmingham New Street Station – Birmingham, U.K.

Posted in Built by David Morales on September 1, 2009

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Building: Birmingham New Street Station
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Completion Date: 2010
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Structural Engineer: Adams Kara Taylor
Services Engineer: Hoare Lea

AE Interests: designed to imitate the Doppler Effect’s distortion of perception, windows will reflect the Birmingham Sky instead of surrounding buildings.

VOID SPACE/HINGED SPACE HOUSING-Fukuoka, Japan

Posted in Built by alfredomaldonado2009 on September 1, 2009

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Building: VOID SPACE/HINGED SPACE HOUSING
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Completion Date:1991
Architect: Steven Holl
AE Interest: Rooms can be added and removed as needed