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Building: UNIC

Location: Parc Clichy-Batignolles – Martin-Luther-King, 147 Rue Cardinet, 75017 Paris, France

Architect:  MAD Architects

Executive Architect: BIECHER architectes

Structural Engineer: BECIP – BET structure

Construction Company: vinci sicra ile-de-france

MEP consultant: ESPACE TEMPS – BET fluides

Completed 2019

Area: 71,041 ft²

AE Interest: diverse socio-economic neighborhood, built on top of a former railway site, upward-growing organic arrangement, sustainable community development, asymmetrical, cantilevered, and tapered, curvaceous white concrete, a simple double core, connected to an adjacent public housing project.

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Building: Australia 108
Location: 70 Southbank Blvd, Southbank VIC 3006, Australia
Architect: Fender Katsalidis Architects
Lead Architect: Fender Katsalidis
Structural Engineer: Robert Bird Group
Contractor: Brookfield Multiplex Australasia
Mechanical Engineers: Norman Disney & Young
Completed 2020

AE Interest: tallest building in Australia by the roof height, concrete core with 900mm thick outrigger walls, golden starburst cantilevered six meters, glass panels oscillating while lined up by white wireframes, low environmental impact, canary palms and trees blanketed parking garage of 10 floors.

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Name: Mausoleum of the Martyrdom of Polish Villages
Location: Michniów, Poland
Address: DW751, 26-130, Michniów, Poland
Design/Local Architect: Nizo Design International
Formwork Design: Peri
Client: Kielce Countryside Museum
Area: 16,200 sq. meters
Completion Date: 2016

AE Interests: Hidden MEP Systems, No Column Support, Complex Pentagonal Form, Reinforced Concrete

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Name: 1000 Trees
Location: Shanghai, China
Address: 600 Moganshan Lu, Putou, Shanghai, China
Design Architect: Heatherwick Studio
Local Architect: MLA Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup
Main Contractor: Shanghai Construction No. 1 Group Co. Ltd
Facade Contractor: Shanghai Liaosheng Curtain Wall Engineering Co. Ltd / EFC
Landscape Consultant: Urbis
Lighting Designers: Speirs and Major, LEOX Design Partnership
MEP Consultant: Palmer and Turner
Interior Contractor: Shanghai Dong Ni Architectural Decoration Co. Ltd
Client: Tian An China Investments Company
Construction Year: 2021 (Phase 1)
Area: 300,000 sq. meters

AE Interests: Green Space, Mountain-Like, Columns Outside of Frame, Planters on top of Columns, Historical Building Integration

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Name: Ilulissat Icefjord Centre
Location: Ilulissat, Greenland
Completion date: 2021
Architectural Firm: Dorte Mandrup A/S
Engineer: Søren Jensen Rådgivende Ingeniørfirma A/S
Exhibition design: JAC Studios
Landscape Architect: Kristine Jensen Landscape & Architecture
City Planning: Niels Bennetzen
Geologist: Minik Thorleif Rosing

AE Interests: Environmental planning to have a low impact on the environment, lighting & MEP systems, energy efficiency, and the form of the building increase the functionality of the building.

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Name: Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Completion date: 2020
Address: Melkkoppad 15, 3015 CR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Architectural Firm: MVRDV
Executive Architect: Winy Maas
Contractor: BAM Bouw en Techniek
Structural: IMd Raadgevend Ingenieurs
Cost engineering: BBN
Installations: RHDHV
Facade Consultants: ABT
Building Physics: Peutz
Landscape Architect: MTD Landschap architecten
Restaurant Designer: Concrete

AE Interests: Sustainability design, energy neutral, mirrored façade, storage capacities, and MEP systems for specific climate control

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– Office and Collaboration Center for the PGA Tour
– Completed in Spring 2021
– Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082, United States

– General Contractor: Sidney Jordan
– Design Architect: Foster + Partners
– Executive Architect: Wakefield Beasley
– Structural Engineer: Atlantic Engineering Services
– Civil/MEP Engineer: Jordan & Skala Engineers
– Lighting Engineer: Lumen
– Landscape Architect: Prosser

– 187,000 square feet
– 3 Stories
– Open Floorplans for Collaboration
– 1,000 Staff Capacity
– LEED Gold Rating
– Integrates Nature into Design
– Gym and Social Components for New-Age Workspace
– Surrounded by TPC Sawgrass Golf Course
– Centralized, Open-Air Atrium
– Glazed Facades

AE Interests:
– Design embraces collaborative working; LEED Gold Rating; Symmetric Design; Atrium used to fill building with natural light; Natural wood materials; Large 3 story exposed columns; $290,000 MEP Budget; MEP design to accommodate renovations; Comfortable environment on balconies, in the naturally humid climate; Exterior lighting to maintain natural light atmosphere during the night

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Facts:
– Athletic Training and Performance Center for Northwestern University
– Completed in Summer 2018
– 2240 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60201

– General Contractor: Walsh and Barton Marlow
– Design and Executive Architect: Perkins and Will
– Structural Engineers: SR+A and WSP
– MEP Engineer: Affiliated Engineers
– Civil Engineer/Landscape Architect: SmithGroupJJR
– Steel Fabricator: Cives Steel Co.

– 420,000 square feet
– $13 million average Work-In-Place per month
– 4 Stories of Office Space
– 8 Locker Rooms for Varsity Athletics
– Full Length Turf Field
– Nutrition Center
– Athletic Performance and Health Center
– 2 Athletic Training Centers

AE Interests:
– Located on shores of Lake Michigan; 420,000 square foot recreation complex; curved interior truss system; 87 foot peak ceiling height for field dome; 3,409 tons of steel framing used; 112 kW of solar energy produced by 374 roof-mounted panels; 45 foot tall suspended glass curtainwall façade; composite slab gravity system; aluminum and limestone exterior

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Name: Lebron James Innovation Center
Location: Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
Address: 1 Bowerman Dr, Beaverton, OR 97005 United States
General Contractor: Mortenson Construction
Design Architect: Olson Kundig Architecture
Executive Architect: Tom Kundig
MEP Engineering: Studio Matthews
Civil Engineering: WSP
Structural Engineer: NV5

Completion: 2020

AE Interests: The waffle slab design. The MEP sustainability throughout the building. Open and collaborative design. Use of shade screens and renewable energy.

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Name: Wetland Research and Education Center
Location: Shanghai, China
Address:Shanghai Chongming Dongtan National Nature Reserve, Shanghai, China
Project Architects: Yanlin Jin, Yue Xu
Structure Design: Zhun Zhang
General Contractor: Shanghai Hydraulic Engineering Group Co. Ltd.
Structure Consultant: AND Office for Architecture & Structure

Completion: 2019

AE Interests: Y cantilever structure present throughout the project. Saw-tooth roofs and differentiation of structural plan and height. Weather-proof and maintenance in an area with high humidity and salinity conditions, and the different concrete structures used in each building.

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Name: John W. Olver Design Building 
Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.
Address: 551 N. Pleasant St. in Amherst, MA 01003
General Contractor:  Suffolk Construction Company 
Design Architect: Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects
Executive Architect: Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects
Structural engineer: Simpson Gumpetz & Heger
MEP Engineer: BVH Integrated Service, P.C.
Civil Engineer: Nitsch Engineering

Completion: 2017

AE Interest: 85,000 square feet of space, cross laminated timber (CLT), Zipper Trusses, interior shading devices, audiovisual technologies, drip irrigation systems, radiant flooring, chilled beams

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Name: The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Address: 200 S Sierra Madre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
General Contractor: GE Johnson
Design Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Executive Architect: Anderson Mason Dale Architects
Structural engineer: KL&A inc. in collaboration with Arup
MEP Engineer: The Ballard Group
Civil Engineer: Kiowa Engineering Corporation

Completion: 2020

AE Interest: 9,000 exterior panels of reflective-anodized aluminum, grand cantilevered truss, every floor easily accessible to everybody, exterior as main support structure, polished concrete ramps

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Name: Mandarin Oriental
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Address: 582-606 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineering: Robert Bird Group
MEP Engineering: Floth Pty Ltd
Building Services Engineering: ADP Consulting
Facade Consultant: Aurecom
Landscape Designer: Oculus
Wind Engineering: Mel Consultants
Traffic Engineering: Ratio
Fire Engineering: Omnii Consulting Fire Engineers
Acoustics: Acoustic Logic Consultants
Construction Year: 2016 – 2023 (Under Construction)

AE Interests: luxury residential homes, contemporary retail and commercial space, filigreed façade, 50 per cent less energy use than other mixed-use buildings, integrated transportation infrastructure, improved pedestrian traffic flow, Gross Floor Area (GFA): 70,075 sq meters, building height: 178 meters (54 stories), high-performance glazing system, high-efficiency performance cooling.

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Name: Heydar Aliyev Center
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
Address: 1 Heydar Aliyev Ave, Baku 1033, Azerbaijan
Cost: $250 million USD
Completion: 2012

Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher, Saffet Kaya Bekiroglu
Structural Engineering: AKT
Mechanical Engineering: GMD Project
Electrical Engineering: HB Engineering
Façade Engineering: Werner Sobek
Fire Engineering: Erik Fire Consultancy
Acoustic Engineering: Mezzo Stüdyo
Lighting: MBLD

AE Interests: steel space frame, glass-fibre-reinforced concrete panels, fiber-reinforced plastic, wind tunnel testing, aerodynamic and automative design, building temperature management, GFA: 57,519 sq meters,

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Name: Tulum Train Station
Location: Tulum, Mexico
Address: 77765 Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Design Architect: AIDIA STUDIO
Structural Engineer: Project & Calc
MEP Engineer: –
Civil Engineer: –
General Contractor: –
Construction Year: 2023 (not completed)

AE Interests: without mechanical ventilation, curvilinear, lattice roof, parametric design, 14,400 square meters, select glazing, reinforced concrete

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Name: Atrium at Sumner
Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Address: 57 Marcus Garvey Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY
Client: Selfhelp Community Services, RiseBoro Community Partnership, Urban Builders Collaborative/Lettire
Design Architect: Studio Libeskind
Structural Engineer: LERA Consulting Structural Engineers
MEP Engineer: FISKAA Engineering
Civil Engineer: –
General Contractor: Lettire Construction
Envelope Consultant: Steven Winter Associates
Energy Management Consultant: Bright Power
Construction Year: 2023 (not completed)

AE Interests: structural engineering, geometric, energy efficiency, parametric design, 138,418 square feet housing, 7,500 square feet community center, select glazing, affordable housing

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Name: Telus Stadium Université Laval
Location: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Design Architects: Hudon Julien Associés/ HCMA / ABCP
Structural Design: BRP+
Civil Engineer: Stavibel Group
General Contractor: Pomerleau
Completion Year: 2011
Area: 99,000 sq. ft.

AEInterests: mass timber construction, glulam, sustainable design, structural wood, fast-track construction, higher education, sports facilities

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Name: Shajing Village Hall
Location: Oyster Township Lake Park, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Developer: Shenzhen Baoan District Shajing Street Office
General Contractor: China Resources Land Group
Architect: ARCity Office
Structural Engineer: ARCity Office
MEP Engineer: ARCity Office
Technical Consultants: Shanghai Urban Construction Design and Research Institute, Beijing Zhenghe Hengji Waterfront Ecological Environment Management Co.
Landscape Design: Reasonable Fantasy Group INC.
Year of Completion: 2020

AE Interests: sustainable design, adaptive reuse, material preservation and reinforcement, climate adaptation, passive temperature regulation, natural ventilation, insert construction

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Name: The Music Conservatory of Montpellier
Location: 13 Av. du Professeur Grasset, 34090 Montpellier, France
Area: 10000 m²
Developer: Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, SA3M
General Contractor: Sud Infra Environment
Design Architect: Architecturestudio
Executive Architect: MDR Architectes
Environmental Engineer: Franck Boutté Consultants
Structural engineer: SARL André Verdier Ingénieurs
MEP Engineer: Bet Choulet
Civil Engineer: TKDES
Landscape design: Base
BIM Manager: ACTH
Acoustical Engineer: Acoustique Vivié & Associés (AVA)
Lighting Consultant: 8’18”
Façade Engineer: ACKA
Year of Completion: 2021

AE Interests: interconnected fragmented construction, education building, patios on each floor, suspended gardens, acoustical engineering, photovoltaic panels

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Name: iCarbonX Headquarters
Location: Shenzhen, China
Address: Baishi 3rd Road, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China, 518053
Design Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Executive Architect: Shenzhen CCDI
Structural Engineer: Shenzhen CCDI
MEP Engineer: AECOM and Shenzhen CCDI
Civil Engineer: –
General Contractor: –
International Lighting Designer: L’Observatoire International
Façade Consultant: VS-A
Local Lighting Consultant: LDPi
Construction Year: 2023 (not completed)

AE Interests: multi-use high rise, garden bridges, curvilinear, glass curtain walls, gray water and recycling system, 150m (492ft) residential tower, 200m (656ft) office tower, suspension bridges

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Name: Gasholders London
Location: London, England
Address: 1 Lewis Cubitt Square, London N1C 4BY
Design Architect: Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Interior Architect: Jonathan Tuckey Design
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: Hoare Lea
Civil Engineer: Arup
General Contractor: Carillion
Developer: Argent (Kings Cross) Limited
Landscape Architect: Dan Pearson Studio
Lighting Consultant: Speirs & Major
Frames Restoration Consultant: Shepley Engineers
Construction Year: 2018
Area: 257,796 ft²

AE Interests: luxury residential apartments, cylindrical volumes, curvilinear design, perforated and motorized shutters, circular atria, repurposing and restoration project, historical preservation, 257,796 ft² and 145 apartments, precast concrete panels

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Name: Burkina Institute of Technology
Location: Koudougou, Burkina Faso
Architect: Kéré Architecture
Consultant: Zapata Consulting
Client: The Stern Stewart Institute
Area: 2100 sqm
Year of Completion: 2021

AE Interests: modular, orthogonal layout, stack cooling, local materials, in-situ casting

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Name: Stadium 974
Location: Doha, Qatar
Architect: Fenwick Iribarren Architects
Structural Engineer: Schlaich Bergermann Partner
Engineering Consultant: Hilson Moran
General Contractor: HBK Contracting Company
Capacity: 40,000
Year of Completion: 2021

AE Interests: modular structure, reusable materials, demountable, no mechanical cooling, transportable

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Name: Presence in Hormuz 2
Location: Hormuz Island, Iran
Address: Hormozgan Province, Hormuz, Unnamed Road, Iran
Architect: ZAV Architects
Structural Engineer: Behrang Bani Adam and Partners
MEP Engineer: Not found
Civil Engineer: Not found
Construction consultant: Nader Khalili

Completion: 2020

AE Interest: Superadobe, earth building methods, dome structures, locally sourced materials, passive heating and cooling, net-zero, zero-mile

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Name: International Spy Museum
Location: Washington D.C., U.S.
Address: 700 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20024
Developer: JGB Smith
General Contractor: Clark Construction
Design Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Executive Architect: Hickok Cole
Structural Engineer: SK+A Engineers
MEP Engineer: Vanderweil Engineers
Civil Engineer: Wiles Mensch
Landscape Consultant: Michael Vergason Landscape Architects
Glass Consultant: Roschmann Glass
Facade Consultant: Eckersley O’Callaghan
Lighting Consultant: Available Light

Completion: 2019

AE Interest: custom column connections, cantilever, double facade, stitch plates instead of mullions, spread footing enlargement, micropiles

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Name: Ayla Golf Clubhouse
Location: Ayla Oasis, Aqaba, Jordan
Developer: Ayla Oasis Development Company
General Contractor: Modern Tech Construction
Design Architect: Oppenheim architecture
Executive Architect: Darb Architects and engineers
Structural engineer: WMM Engineers AG and Greuter AG
Landscape Architects: Form Landscape Architects 

AE Interests: Mixed use resort, Wave-like structure, using steel substructure and shotcrete. Materials and labor sourced locally. Temperature controlled through the shotcrete and Mashrabiya steel pannels.

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Name: 405 Colorado
Location: 405 Colorado St, Austin, TX 78701 United States of America
Architect: Duda Paine Architects
Landscape Architect: Coleman & Associates
Civil Engineer: Stantec
Structural Engineer: Brockette/Davis/Drake, Inc. (bdd)
MEP Engineer: Blum Consulting Engineers, Inc.
General Contractor: JE Dunn
Size: 200,000 sq/ft
Cost: ~$80,000,000 USD

Completed: 2021

AE Interests: Water cistern above parking collects condensate from evaporators, pumps into cooling towers in the building. Skyspace lobby in center of building. Sculptural form.

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Name: International Towers Sydney
Location: 200 Barangaroo Ave, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
Architect: Roger Stirk Harbour + Partners
Collaborating Architect: Lendlease Design Architect
Structural Engineer: Lendlease Design/ARUP
MEP Engineer: Norman Disney & Young (NDY)
Façade Engineer: ARUP
General Contractor: Lendlease
Size: 3,056,000 sq/ft
Cost: $2B USD
Completed: 2016

AE Interests: Complex custom façade designed to maximize environmental efficiency using a combination of shades and blinds, while minimizing view obstructions. Built own concrete plant on site during construction to save over 300,000 truck movements and 5,000 tons of carbon emissions. Environmental Certifications: Green Star 6 Stars and WELL Certification Platinum.

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Location: San Borja, Peru
Address: Av. de la Arqueología 206, San Borja 15021, Peru
Design Architect: IDOM
Structural Design: Bernabeu Ingenieros
MEP Design: SOLVENTA
General Contractor: OAS
Area: 925,000 sq. ft

AE Interest:
Screen mesh, sun shading, great spans, minimalist, earthquake resistant.

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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Address: H. C. Ørsteds Vej 25, 27, 1879 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Architect: Tegnestuen Lokal
Client: Salling Group
Façade Engineering: Henneby Nielsen
Consultant: CEJ
General Contractor: Amstrup & Baggesen

AE Interest:
Renovation project, sustainable, façade engineering, sun shading, incorporated vegetation, prefabrication.

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Building: Teotitlán del Valle Cultural Center
Location: Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico
Number of Stories: 3 in museum; 2 in library
Completion: 2017

Architect: Productora
Structural Engineer: Kaltia Consultants
Technical Engineer (Sustainability): BioE
Contractor: Bonarq
Landscaping: Entorno Taller de Paisaje (Environment Landscape Workshop)

AE Interests: Locally-sourced materials. 30-cm-thick pigmented concrete walls imprinted with wooden boards. Timber and brick details. Passive system due to double-slab sloping roofs, concrete walls, and controlled openings. No air conditioning system.

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Name: Canada Earth Tower
Location: Vancouver
Architectural Firm: Perkins + Will Architects
Structural Firm: Structure Craft
General Contractor: Urban One Builders
Landscape Architect: Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Client: Delta Land Development
Construction anticipated 2022
Area: 339,000 ft²

AE Interest:
Multiuse high-rise, world’s tallest hybrid timber building, zero-emissions building, engineered wood, triple-glazed glass, exposed wooden structure.

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Name: Capela do Monte (Hillside Chapel)
Location: Barão de São João, Portugal
Address: 8600-018, Portugal
Architecture Firm: Álvaro Siza 2
Local Architecture Firm: GOP
Construction Firm: JSV
Client: Andorinha – Sociedade de Investigação e Desenvolvimento sócio-Económico e Cultural, Lda
Construction Year: 2018
Area: 702 sq. ft.

AE Interest:
Minimalist, sustainable, no MEP systems, perforated thermal bricks, green roof, natural light.

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Name: Monad Terrace
Location: Miami, Florida, U.S.
Address: 1300 Monad Terrace, Miami Beach, FL
Developer: JDS Development Group
Design Architect: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Executive Architect: Kobi Karp
Construction Manager: GT McDonald
Structural Engineer: WSP
Mechanical Engineer: Feller
Interior Designer: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Landscape Designer: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Landscape Architect: Kimley-Horn and Associates. Inc
Construction Year: 2021
Height: 173 ft (53 m)


AE Interest: A sawtooth façade to ensure a view of Biscayne Bay for every resident. Honeycomb aluminum screen built into the faceted glass walls for privacy. First luxury condos in Miami to be built above updated flood and sea level elevations at 11.5 feet (3.5 meters).

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Name: Park Grove
Location: Miami, Florida, U.S.
Address: 2811 South Bayshore Drive, Miami, FL 33133
Developer: Terra Group and Related Group
Architects: OMA and Shohei Shigematsu
Executive Architect: Arquitectonica
Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Civil Engineer: VSN
MEP Engineer: Feller
Landscape Architect: Enea Garden Design
Interior Design: Meyer Davis
Construction Year: 2020

AE Interests: The three tower design was inspired by nearby barrier reefs. The external columns are covered in a limestone stucco called Thermocromex and they taper and expand to produce a vertical rippling effect, similar to that of palm trees bending away due to wind. These exterior concrete columns support post-tensioned concrete floor slabs meant to withstand the bay’s lateral winds.

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Camp Adventure Tower
Location: Skovtårnsvej 1, 4683 Rønnede, Denmark
Size: 45 meters tall, 28.4 meters in diameter at widest points, 640 meter spiraling ramp
Completed 2019

Architect: EFFEKT
Structural Engineer: Arup
Civil Engineer: Arup
Electrical Engineer: Arup
Geotechnical Engineer: Arup
General Contractor: Levi Jensen A/S

AE Interests: Constructed from weathered steel and locally sourced oak wood¹; Hyperboloid shape with a spiraling, step-less walkway to the top¹; Rotated steel elements to optimize the steel support system¹; Used a footfall monitoring software to create the gentle incline of the walkway¹; Designed and prefabricated in a factory to reduce time on-site²

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Long Center For The Performing Arts
701 W Riverside Dr, Austin, TX 78704
Size: Dell Concert Hall: 2300 seats, Studio Theatre: 240 seats
Cost: $77 million
Completed 2008

Architect: Nelson Architects w/ Zeidler Partnership, Inc.
Architect of Record: Team Haas
Structural Engineer: Architectural Engineers Collaborative
Acoustician: Jaffe Holden Acoustics

AE Interests: Started out as a 1950s-era auditorium known as the Palmer Auditorium¹; Renovated but recycled the original circular ring beams and columns²; Unique concert hall that can be acoustically tuned to fit several different styles of musical and spoken performances¹; Exposed structure frames Austin skyline³

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Name: The Chapel of Sound
Location: Chengde, China
Address: Chengde, Hebei Province, China
Architect: OPEN Architecture
Principal Architects: Li Hu, Huang Wenjing
Structural Engineer: Arup
Mechanical Engineer: Arup
Lighting: Beijing Ning Zhi Jing Lighting Design Co., Ltd.
Landscape Design: Guangzhou Turen Landscape Planning Co. Ltd.
Theater Acoustic Consultant: JH Theatre Architecture Design Consulting Company
Client: Aranya International Cultural Development Co., Ltd.
Completion: 2021
Area: 8,500 sqft

AE Interest: low-energy building design, concrete with local aggregates, cantilevered striations, inverted cone shape, extra steel-reinforced roof, floor drainage system, inner and outer shell w/ the space in between acting as a truss, open-air concert hall, P/A Award

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Name: Saemoonan Church
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Address: 51 Sinmunno 1(il)-ga, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Architect: Seoinn Design Group + KOMA
Principal Architect: Dongkyu Choi
Structural Engineer: The Naeun Structure Co., Ltd.
Construction: CJ Engineering & Construction
Mechanical Engineer: Mac&MEC
Lighting: Daekyung Electric Co., Ltd.
Client: Saemoonan Church Ministry
Completion: 2019
Area: 2,452.9㎡
Height: 67.93m

AE Interest: curved facade, reinterpretation of modern religious facilities, reinforced concrete + steel building, hollow facade, curtain wall

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Project Title: Broadgate Circle Improvements
Location: London, UK
Street Address:  Broadgate, London EC2M 2QS, United Kingdom
General Contractor:  M3 Consulting
Design Architect: Arup
Executive Architect:  Arup
Structural engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: Arup
Civil Engineer: Arup
Construction Year: 2015

AE Interests: open-air ice rink, refurbishment, renovation project, 54 travertine columns 14m tall, centralized environmental systems, day to night function, halo lighting, projection technology

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Project Title: Hoa Lac National Innovation Center
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
General Contractor:  Boston Consulting Group
Design Architect: Arup
Executive Architect:  Arup
Structural engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: Arup
Civil Engineer: Arup
Construction Year: Started Construction on January 9th, 2021

AE Interests: 35 hectares, national innovation center, optimal infrastructure for research and developing technology, research laboratories, event center, exhibition and showroom, landmark, layer by layer construction

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Name: The Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur Headquarters/Flagship Branches
Address: X5W2+P2J, Rabat, Morocco
General Contractor: TGCC
Design Architect: Foster + Partners
Executive Architect: Amine Mekouar and Karim Rouissi-Empreinte d’Architecte
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
MEP Engineer: Buro Happold
Landscape Design: Michel Desvigne
Lighting Engineer: George Sexton Associates
Client: BMCE
Construction Years: 2007-2011

AE Interests: integrated design, passive and geothermal cooling, climate specific materials. Designed to be built in multiple cities and adapted to its climate and culture.

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Name: Dallas Arboretum Trammel Crow Visitor Education Pavilion
General Contractor: Meridian Construction
Design Architect: Lake Flato
Executive Architect: Oglesby Greene
Structural engineer: RLG Inc
MEP Engineer: Schmidt and Stacy
Civil Engineer: RLG Inc

AE Interests: sustainability, architecture complementing nature, green spaces in urban areas

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Name: Wetland Museum
Location: Zhangjiakou, China
Architectural Firm: Tenio Architecture and Engineering Co.,Ltd.
Architects: Jun Ren, Nan Jiang, Yingjun Fu, Runbo Guo, Ran Chen, Yang Di
Structural Design :Zhiyong Wang & Lesa Meng
Equipment Engineering: Bing Liu, Jian Chen, Hui Yang
Curtain Wall Design: Gasun Construction Group
Client: Huailai Forestry Bureau
Construction Year: 2019
Area: 90911.99 sqft(8446 sqm)

AE Interests: low-energy building design, annular floating strategy, self-cycling equipment, prefabrication

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Name: 3D Printed School
Location: Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Architectural Firm: Studio Mortazavi
Architect: Amir Mortazavi
3D Printing: Hyperion Robotics
Client: Thinking Huts
Construction Year: Currently under construction

AE Interests: constructed from 3D printed concrete aggregate, modular design, vertical farms, solar power

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Name: Shanghai Astronomy Museum
Location: Shanghai, China
Address: Huanshan Rd, Songjiang District, Shanghai, China
Architect: Ennead Architects
Structural Engineer: LERA
Client: Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
Completion: 2021
Area: 39,000 m²

AE Interest: The concept and design was inspired from the experience of orbital motion between the 3 bodies of the structure. The structure allows for visitors to visualize the path of the sun on the ground through opening from the roof.

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Name: Serpentine Pavilion 2021
Location: London, United Kingdom (Temporary work)
Architectural Firm: Counterspace
Architect: Sumayya Vally
Project Directors: Hans Ulrich Obrist & Bettina Korek
Project Leader: Julie Burnell
Project Curator: Natalia Grabowska
K-Briq developer: Kenoteq
Construction Year: 2021

AE Interests: Built using K-Briq modules, K-Briq has the highest recycled content of any brick currently available, K-Briq looks like a normal brick but offers better insulation properties, made of reclaimed steel, cork, and timber covered with micro cement

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Name: LAP Marina Residence
Location: Cotonou, Benin
Architects: Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia, Peia Associati
Structural Engineering: Stefano Migliaro
Services Engineering: AI Studio, AI Engineering
Housing Area: 367,000 sqft (34,100 sqm)
Green Area: 473,000 sqft(44.000 sqm)

AE Interests: luxury compound of modern villas, full residential services, reinterpretation of the African identity, continuous walls provide privacy, 180 parks

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Name: Paleo Park
Location: Bale, Croatia
Architect: NFO
Manufacturers: Conty, Eltor
Construction: IF Projekt
HVAC: Termoprojekting
Contractor: Plima
Electrical Installation: K-TIM
Landscape Design: Boris Gerenčević
Area: 172,000 sqft (16,000 sqm)

AE Interests: dinosaur themed water park and an educational research center, dinosaur shaped water content, life size dinosaur sculpture, dinosaur fossil exhibition, emphasis on preserving native vegetation

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Name: Meixi Urban Helix
Location: Changsha, Hunan, China
Architect: KSP
Structural Engineer: Weiske + Partner
Lighting Design: OVI
Completion: March, 2017
Height: 30 m
Area: 20,000 m²
Spiral Length: 1 kilometer

AE Interest: The curved ramps are made of hollowed steel-beams resting on 40 cm thick columns. The flat and flexible design of diagonal brazing between supports help minimize the stress.

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Name: RCC Headquarters
Location: Yekaterinburg, Russia
Client: Russian Copper Company (RCC)
Architect: Foster + Partners
Structural Engineer: Foster + Partners
Acoustic Engineer: Sandy Brown Associates
Facade: Priedemann Façade Experts
Lighting: Jason Bruges Studio
Landscape consultant: Hyland Edgar Driver
Client: Russian Copper Company (RCC)
Completion: 2021
Height: 213ft / 65m
Size: 18450 m²
Floors: 15

AE Interest: The facade design along with the balance between solid and glazing areas is a response to the range of temperatures Yekaterinburg, Russia receives. The glazing reacts to low levels of sun during the winter while the solid mitigates the directs sunlight during the summer.

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Name: Amphibious House
Location: United Kingdom
Architectural firm: Baca Architects
Structural Engineer: Techniker
Hydrological Engineer: HR Wallingfords
Main Contractor: Creative Interior Construction
Size 2421.88 sq ft(225 sq m)
Construction year: 2014

AE Interests: whenever a flood occurs, the entire building rises in the dock and floats, can rise up to 2.5 meters, pipes are flexible so that they may extend in the case of flooding, it has a low center of gravity which is achieved through its concrete basement

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Name: San Francisco International Airport’s (SFO) airport traffic control tower
Location: San Francisco, California
Address: 334 Domestic Terminals Departures Level, San Francisco, CA 94128
Design Architecture: HNTB
Design Build Architect: Fentress Architects
Structural Engineering: Walter P Moore
Fabricator: Keith Panel Systems Co. Ltd.
Installer: Pacific Erectors
General Contractor: Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
Panel Systems: KPS
Client: Federal Aviation Administration and San Francisco International Airport
Completion: August 2015
Height: 231ft

AE Interest: Tallest Control tower utilizing vertical post-tensioning. Designed to withstand a 8.0 magnitude earthquake. The tower’s lighting changes color with LED lights.

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Name: The Chapel of St. Ignatius and the Gayle and Tom Benson Jesuit Center
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Address: 6363 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118
Architect: Trahan Architects
Civil Engineers: Morphy Makofsky Inc
Acoustic: Threshold
Visualization Studio: Eleven
Land Surveyors: Gandolfo Kuhn
Project & Cost Management: Cost + Plus
Completion: 2022

AE Interest: Diffuse natural lighting will “wash” the space within the Chapel walls to evoke calmness and warmth. This was design was inspired to create a connection with the sky and heavens.

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Name: ATES Wind Power Headquarters
Location: Izmir, Turkey
Address: Izmir-Canakkale Yolu 83.Km Atkiran Mevkii No:21, Bergama/İzmir, Turkey
Architect: d.a.architects
Manufacturers: Spectral, VitrA, AGT SOFT TOUCH, U GLASS FACADE
Founder & Principal Architect : Durmus Ali Kasap
Landscape Architect : Nesil Peyzaj
Area: 2806 m²
Year: 2019
Construction Time: 8 years

AE Interests: main emphasis on employ comfort, indoor recreational “breaks” to increase social interactions, natural ventilation and light, inner gardens, suspended bridges intertwined with vegetation

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Name: Queen Alia International Airport
Location: Amman, Jordan
Address: Alpha Building, 2nd Floor​ عمّان، 39052, Jordan
Architecture Firm: Foster + Partners
Landscape Architect: Dar Al-Handasah
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Electrical Engineer: World of Lights
Acoustics: Rahe Kraft & Sandy Brown
Size: 124,861.36 sq ft (116,000 sq m)
Completed: 2012

Award: Cityscape Architectural Review Awards – Winner Transport category

AE Interests: modular design, the entire structure is made from concrete for environmental control, the roof is composed of a series of domes, some prefabricated elements

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Name: Xiake Island Eco City Exhibition Center
Location: Wuxi, China
Address: Xia Ke Lu, Jiangyin Shi, Wuxi Shi, Jiangsu Sheng, China
Architect: Shuishi
Client: China Jinmao & Dreameast
Size: 2800 sm
Completion: 2020

AE Interest: Glass fiber Reinforced Concrete used at the lower part to perfectly wrap the lower structure. Elevated lower level opens up space for people to walk through the park area freely.

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Project: Startup Lions ICT Campus
Location: Turkana County (near Lake Turkana) Kenya
Architect: Kere Architecture
Engineering and Construction: BuildX Studio
Client: Learning Lions gUG
Size: 12,242 sf (1,416 sm)
Completed: April 2021

AE Interests: Naturally ventilated spaces via solar chimneys (inspired by termite mounds) and windows at lower levels. information and communication technologies (ICT) campus.

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Name: Maraya Concert Hall
Location: Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
Address: Maraya, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
Architectural Firm: Gio Forma
Engineering Firm: Black Engineering
Client: RCU royal commission ALULA
Size: 5381.96 sq ft (500 sq m)
Year of Completion: 2018

Award: 2020 AIA Award

AE Interests: Guinness World Record holder for largest mirrored building in the world, completed in only two-and-a-half months, panels are made from UltraMirror, UltraMirror is designed to withstand corrosion and be resistant to chemicals and clouding

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Name: Carturesti Carousel
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Address: Strada Lipscani 55, București 030033, Romania
Architects: Square One
Area: 1000 m²
Restoration: Capitel Avangarde
Structure: Pop & Associates 
Architects In Charge: Adrian Cancer-Zeana, Sabin Dumitriu

AE Interests: pieces of recent restoration kept visible as an expression of the building’s continuous metamorphosis, organic fluid form, arrangement of lights calculated to fulfill the illumination needs of various products, railing composed of equally spaced metal rods

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Name: Q2 Stadium
Location: Austin, Texas
Address: 10414 Mc Kalla Pl, Austin, TX 78758
Architect: Gensler
Structural Engineer: Walter P Moore
Construction: Austin Commercial
Year of Completion: 2021

AE Interest: Such precaution was taken into consideration due to climate issues MLS teams have had in Dallas and Houston from Texas weather. Because of this, the stadium was designed with opening and oriented in such a way that natural breezes can blow through the venue. Unique construction methods had to be thought of to support the “second largest roof in MLS”. One of the methods were making the roof a cable supported structure which also allowed the ability to stay under budget due to the use of less steel. Built in 7 months the metal roof structure was also designed to amplify the noise back to the fans during loud games.

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Name: CapitaGreen
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Address: 138 Market Street, Singapore, Singapore, 048946
Design Architect: Toyo Ito & Associates
Architect of Record: RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd
Structural & MEP Engineer: Takenaka Corporation
Client: CapitaLand
Area: 699,654.18 sq ft(65,000 sq m)
Height 803.806 ft(245 m)
Year of Completion: 2014

Award: Platinum Greenmark Rating, Universal Design Mark GoldPlus, Best Tall Building Award for Asia & Australasia Region

AE Interests: A double skin façade with floor-to-ceiling glazing helps to reduce solar heat gain by 26%, 55% of the façade is covered with living plants, rainwater harvesting is used to irrigate the plants, has sky terraces, uses novel, high-strength concrete to support the structure and reduce the overall quantity of material needed, the flora-inspired structure on the top of the CapitaGreen draws in fresh, cool air which will be distributed to the lower floors

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Location: Rancho Mirage (Coachella Valley) near Palm Springs, California
Developer: The Palari Group
Printing / Construction : Mighty Buildings
Systems controls: Delos (DARWIN Home Wellness Intelligence)
Size: 15 homes, 1,450sf each. Total land use – 5 acres.
Starting price: $595,000 per home.
Construction beginning: 2021 (1.5 to 2 years expected to completion)

AE Interest: First 3D printed community in U.S., zero-net energy homes, prefabricated units in factory setting eliminates 99% of construction waste and 95% fewer hours of labor, solar panels on roofs, smooth finished walls. “Lego” type assembly of components.

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Name: Za’abeel 1
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Architectural Firm: Nikken Sekkei
Developer: Ithra Dubai
Main contractor: ALEC Engineering and Contracting LLC
MEP Engineer: WSP Global
Structural Engineer: WSP Global
Area: 10 sqkm
Height: 998 ft (304 m)
Schedules Completion: late 2021

AE Interests: positioned between the old and new business district, towers linked 410 ft(125 m) above ground by world’s largest cantilever – 738 ft (225 m), deepest basements in the Middle East, focus on water and energy efficiency, 69 floors in the taller tower and 59 in the shorter one `

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Name: SkyVille
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Address: 86 Dawson Rd, Singapore 141086
Architectural Firm: WOHA
Civil & Structural Engineer: BECA Carter Hollings & Ferner
Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: Davis Langdon KPK
Main Contractor: Hor Kew Private Limited
Area: 316,372.85 sq.ft (29,392 sq.m)
Year of Completion: 2015

Award: Platinum Greenmark Rating

AE Interests: Sustainable Architecture, equipped with a solar power system on rooftop, utilizes daylighting, has a prefabricated design, jogging track is illuminated with a photovoltaic array(solar power), bordered by bioswale(ditches that collect, convey, and filter rainwater), SkyVille is naturally ventilated.

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Name: Hilton Palacio Del Rio
Location: San Antonio, TX
Address: 200 S Alamo St, San Antonio, TX 78205

Architecture: Cerna & Garza Architects
Construction: Zachry Construction
Building Size: 230 ft
Year Completed: 1968

AE Interest: The Entire Project only took 202 working days due to its special technique of stacking prebuilt rooms. The rooms were being built at a near by site 7 miles away. The workers became so efficient due to the repetition, they were able to stack 17 rooms per day by crane.

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Name: 6 X Guadalupe
Location: Austin, TX
Address: 400 W. 6th St | Austin, TX 78701
Architecture: Gensler
Construction: JE Dunn Construction
MEP Engineering: WYLIE Consulting Engineers
Civil Engineers: LJA Engineers
Commercial Developer: Lincoln Property Company
Residential Developers: Kairoi Residential
Landscape Design: Nudge Design
Building Exterior Lighting: Cline Bettridge Berstein (CBB) Lighting Design
Facade: Gensler (with help from Curtainwall Design Consulting (CDC))
Height: 840 ft
Floors: 66

AE Interest: Will be the tallest building in Austin upon completion.

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Name: Hotel Atra Doftana
Location: Tesila, Romania
Address: Fundătura Cerbului 780B, Teșila 107640, Romania
Architects: TECON Architects
Year of Completion: 2011
Site Area: 32,292 sqft (3,000 sqm)

AE Interests: leaves the nature untouched, exterior skin mainly covered in ground except glass surface, 2 underground volumes separated by function, site-specific materials, solar panels provide energy

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Name: Lo Barnechea City Hall
Location: Lo Barnechea, Chile
Address: El Rodeo 12777, Lo Barnechea, Región Metropolitana, Chile
Completion Date: 2017

Architecture: Gonzalo Mardones V Arquitectos
Civil Engineering: Ruiz y Saavedra
Constructors: Proyekta
Building Size: 15,921 m²

AE interest: As can be examined in picture 3, Lo Barnechea City Hall is “entirely solved in a reinforced concrete structure.” The concrete is “whitewashed” due to an elements called “incorporated titanium dioxide” which gives its current color.

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Name: EcoArk Pavillion
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Architect and Structural Engineer: Arthur Huang
Architectural Firm: Miniwiz Sustainable Energy Development Ltd
Client: Taipei Expo Park
Size: 345,600 sq.ft (six football fields)
Year of Completion: 2010

Award: The Earth Award 2010 Product Category

AE Interests: The EcoArk is the first fully functional and public structure made of Polli-Brick, is a steel structure covered with Polli-Brick panels, uses Miniwiz’s Polli-Brick Cladding System, it is estimated that the Polli-Brick assembly costs 1/4 of conventional systems, weighs 50% less than a conventional building, Polli-Brick Panels have an insulation value of R-12, 1.5 million recycled PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) bottles were used in the creation of the panels, low carbon footprint, designed to be disassembled and reassembled, utilizes water collected from rainstorms with an exterior waterfall

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Building:  Serpentine Sackler Gallery Extension
(currently called the Magazine restaurant)
Location: London, U.K. in Kensington Gardens
Architect:  Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural, MEP, Fire engineering:  Arup
Lighting: Isometrix
Project Management: Rise
Completed:  November 2013

AE Interest:  Glass-fibre woven membrane roof, complex form.  “Instead of using perimeter columns, the edge beam – a twisted ladder truss supported on three points – dips down to the supporting ground in front, in the back, and on the free west side…” [1]. Cantilevered, frame-less glass walls.

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Name: Hotel Mercure
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Address: 17A, Strada George Enescu Street, București 010302, Romania
Architect: Arhi Group
Structural Design: Zagaican Birou de Structuri
Mep Design: MC General Construct
General Contractor: Conarg
MEP Contractor: Modulex Group
Area: 69,965 sqft (6500 sqm)
Year of Completion: 2015

AE Interests: reinterprets traditional Romanian architectural elements , main facade features a graphical collage of cultural symbols, CNC perforated panels create depth

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Name: Tianjin Juilliard School
Location: Binhai, China
Address: Yujiapu Financial District, Binhai, Tianjin, China
Architecture: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Contractor: MCC Tiangong Group Co. Ltd.
Structural Engineers: ARUP
Completion: October 2020
Size: 350,000 ft²

AE interest: The structure has “four faceted pavilions housing a 690 seat concert hall, a 299 seat recital hall, a 225- seat black box theater.” There are five glass bridges inside that span over a interior public space as seen in image 2.

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Name: 3D Printed Urban Cabin
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Architect: DUS Architects
Contractor: Aectual
3D Printing: Aectual
Print Material Development: Henkel & Aectual
Size: 86.111 sq.ft.(8 sq.m.)
Year of Completion: 2015

AE Interests: Structural Optimization, Smart solutions for insulation and material consumption, is made out of a biodegradable plastic material that can be shredded and reused

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Name: Digital Museum Pecica
Location: Pecica, Arad, Romania
Address: Strada 339, Pecica 317235, Romania
Architect: Claudiu Ionescu
Engineers: G. Takacs, C. Sebarchievici
Construction: S.C. START S.R.L.
Area: 1,356 sqft (126 sqm)
Year of Completion: 2013
Cost: $160,500

AE Interests: N-S orientation of the building forms a sundial, rises naturally from the ground through Fibonacci spirals, reinforced concrete walls, aluminum bonded facade, water is collected and recycled via the roof and surrounding courtyards, energy provided by solar panels

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Note: Inside visitors can explore ANY museum in the world through the use of the latest technology in 3D video projections and 3D screens. The museum can host any presentation or exhibition without a large space, a big surveillance staff or substantial maintenance costs.

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