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Name: Budapest Museum of Ethnography
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Address: Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 12, 1055 Hungary
Architect: Napur Architect Ltd. 
Structural Engineer: Exon 2000 Ltd.
Mechanical Engineer: Attila Lucz
Civil Engineer: László Szántó
General Contractor:  ZÁÉV Épitőipari Zrt and Magyar Építő Zrt
Size: 387,500 sqf (36,000 sqm)
Scheduled Completion Date: 2022
Building cost: 137 million dollars (112 million EUR)
Liget Budapest – part of larger masterplan

AE Interests: gradually curving convex volume, rooftop park, ceramic tile and glass curtain wall that reflect the surrounding city fabric, within City Park, free public access, 60% of structure is underground.

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Name: The House of Hungarian Music
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Program: Theater/ Concert Hall
Architect: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Project: Liget Budapest
Building Area: 27,641 sqf (2,568 sqm)
Project Year: 2020
Building Cost: £190 million
Program: Theater/ Concert Hall

AE Interests: floating roof inspired by sound waves punctuated with almost 100 holes for trees, continuous glass curtain wall facade, 120 underground heat pumps provide renewable geothermal energy, natural lighting and ventilation

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Name: Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet
Location: Le Chenit, Switzerland
Architects: Bjarke Ingels Group
Exhibition Design: Atelier Bruckner
Structural Engineer: Dr. Lüchinger + Meyer Bauingenieure AG
Facade Engineer: Dr. Lüchinger + Meyer Bauingenieure AG
Mechanical Engineer: Fondation Pierre Chuard Ingénieurs-Conseils SA
Program: Museum
Area: 900 m²
Year: 2020

AE Interests: Main compound of the Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet, also used as an exhibition space for product launches, features rooftop landscaping, spiral architecture mimics iconic shape of the watchmaker’s pieces.

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Name: Norra Tornen
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Architects: OMA
Structural, Mechanical, Facade Engineer: Arup
Local Engineer: Sweco
Acoustics: ACAD
Manufacturers: Aluvesto
Client: Oscar Properties
Program: Mostly residential, some services, some retail
Area: 42299 m²
Year: 2013 – Ongoing

AE Interests: High rise apartments with an emphasis on large outdoor space, two buildings: the Innovationen Tower completed already and the Helix Tower currently under construction, 125 and 110 meters tall respectively, remains of a cancelled project by the previous city architect, over 300 luxury apartments, grid-like pattern.

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Name: Khor Kalba Turtle and Wildlife Sanctuary
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Architect: Hopkins Architects
Contractor: Hardco Building Contracting
Structural Engineering: e.Construct
MEP Engineering: Al Muhanad Electro-Mechanical Contracting
Year of Completion: 2021

AE Interests: interconnected pods, steel ribs for a robust cladding system, disc concrete foundations, mimics urchin exoskeletons.

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Name: TECLA Clay 3D Printed House
Location: Massa Lombarda, Ravenna, Italy
Architect: Mario Cucinella Architects
Construction: WASP
Engineering & 3D Printing Technology: WASP
Materials Consultant: Mapei
Size: 646 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2021

AE Interests: first eco-sustianble housing model 3D-printed from raw earth, local raw soil infilling materials, double dome, multi-printer crane WASP system, 200 hours of printing.

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Name: Cloudscape of Haikou
Location: Haikou, China
Architect: MAD Architects
Contractor: Yihuida Shimizu Concrete
Facade Consultant: RFR Shanghai
Size: 14,854 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2021

AE Interests: “biomorphic” public library with cafe and multi-functional spaces, organic concrete form, roof garden, imitates natural erosion and holes created by wildlife.

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Name: Viveda Wellness Retreat
Location: Trimbak, India
Address: Shrimant Peshwe, Trimbak, Maharashtra 422212, India
Architect: A for Architecture
Landscape Architect: A for Architecture, Suman Shilp
Size: 41,980 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2019

AE Interests: basalt-load bearing walls, timber frames, pot-tile roofs constructed by locals to promote economic opportunity, courtyards for maximum ventilation.

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Building: The Buhais Geology Park Interpretive Center

Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 

Construction (time): Finished 2020

Architect : Hopkins Architects 

Structural Engineer: eConstruct

M&E Engineer: GAJ

Acoustic Consultant: Design Confidence 

Main Contractor: Hardco Building Contracting 

Specialist Contractor: MARF Steel 

Exhibition Design: Ralph Applebaum Associates 

Manufacturers: Interface, Jotun, Knauf, Rak ceramics, Abood Saeed Mubarak, Akinco, Al Rathath Insulation, Composure, El Barza, Exceed Precast, ID360, Jenmars Group, MARF Steel, Motive Industries, Powerline Materials Est., Regions Trading, Solera LLC

AE Interest: Made of 5 interconnect pods that very in size, pod design influenced by local fossils, includes an immersive theatre, a cafe, gift shop, and exhibition areas, the pods do not disrupt the geology or terrain below by using prefabricated concrete structures, A place for visitors and researchers to examine local fossils and rocks. 

Awards: Building of the Year 2021 Nominee, MasterPrize 2020

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Building: Cadre City Plaza

Location: Guangzhou, China

Architect : Nikken Sekkei LTD, Guangzhou Design Institute, Atkins

Structural Engineer: Atkins

MEP Engineer: Atkins 

Landscape Architecture and site sustainability: Atkins

Urban Design team: Atkins

Construction (time): 2016 – 2021

Building height: West Tower (260m), East Tower (182m)

AE Interest: Train station on the first four levels, two towers with office, retail, hotel, and residential space, façade design influenced by rock strata

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Name: Yangjing Canal Pedestrian Bridge

Location: Pudong District of Shanghai, China

Address: Yangjing Harbor, Pudong District, Shanghai, China

Size: 1505 sq. meters

Architect: Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects

Lighting Consultant: Unolai Lighting Design & Associates

Contractor: Shanghai Mechanized Construction Group Co., Ltd.

Project Leader: Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects

Hydraulic Engineering & Structure: Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute Co., Ltd.

Design Team: Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects

Client: Shanghai East Bund Investment Co., Ltd

Year Completed: 2017

AE Interests: Triangular-shaped truss structure. Utilization of bridge’s height variations to accommodate all pedestrians. First slow-traffic bridge in East Bund. Mainly steel structure. Bridge shaped so that flood control wall along river stays intact and its impact on the surrounding industrial buildings nearby are minimized.

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Name: Bamboo Hostels
Location: Lishui, China
Architect: Studio Anna Heringer
Contractor: Shanghai Kangye Construction & Decoration Co.
Size: 12,411 sq. ft.
Year: 2016

AE Interests: local materials to preserve surrounding ecosystem, bamboo weaving, low-tech structure, mud and bamboo construction, focus on scarcity’s importance in sustainability.

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Name: Dornbirn Public Library (Stadtbibliothek Dornbirn)
Location: Dornbirn, Austria
Address: A-6850 Dornbirn, Schulgasse 44
Architect: Dietrich Untertrifaller Architekten
Builder: Gotzis and Rummele Bau, Wilhelm + Mayer Bau
Electronics: Hecht
Landscaping: Balliana-Schubert
Size: 17,330 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2019

AE Interests: lattice facade of prefabricated ceramic books, fixed shading system, wood-aluminum windows with triple glazing, book-inspired interiors.

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Building: One Dalton
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Architect: Henry N. Cobb
Structural Engineer: WSP USA
MEP Engineer: WSP USA
Landscape Architecture and Site Sustainability: Michael Van Valkenburgh
Completion year: 2019


AE Interest: Designed and registered for LEED silver certification. It has 215 rooms on its lower twenty floors and is used as a hotel. On the forty floors above, it has 174 residential condominiums. The high-rise is in cased in low-reflectance high-performance insulating glass. The podium is composed of granite and glass.

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Building: Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest)
Location: Milan, Italy
Architect: Stefano Boeri, BOERI STUDIO
Structural Engineer: ARUP ITALIA
MEP Engineer: DEERNS ITALIA
Landscape Architecture and Site Sustainability: EMANUELA BORIO
Construction: COLOMBO COSTRUZIONI AND ZH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Completion year: 2014

AE Interest: Residential tower that has 400 apartments. 2 towers that  host about 900 trees. Years of research by botanist and horticulturalist was performed alongside engineers to select the suitable plants and to ensure that the structure could bear the load imposed by them. The trees help moderate temperatures in the building during the winter and summer and help with noise pollution.

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Building: Collins House
Location: 466 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Architect: Bates Smart
Structural Engineers: 4D Workshops
Acoustic Consultant: Acoustic Logic Consultancy
Civil Consultant: MA Civil Design
Main Contractor: Hickory Group
MEP Engineer: Murchie Consulting (Meinhardt Group)
Façade: BG&E
Client: Golden Age
Completed: 2019

AE Interest:
Australia’s slimmest tower, built above Markers Mark Building which was built in 1908, H-shape floor plan, footprint is about the size of a single netball court, 16:1 is the height to width ratio.

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Building: Chicland Hotel
Location: No. 210, Vo Nguyen Giap Street, Phuoc My Ward, Son Tra District, Da Nang
Architect: VTN Architects
Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: NDC Consulting JSCo
Civil & Structural Engineer: SMT Viet Name JSCo.
Main Contractor: Hicon
Completed: 2019

AE Interest:
main material is concrete with greenery system covering it, tree pots integrated into balconies, tropical plants are used, materials used in the interior are from natural or local materials, greenery façade creates microclimate for building, making the space cooler.

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Name: Dixon Water Foundation Josey Pavilion
Location: Decatur, Texas
Address: 4528 Co Rd 398, Decatur, TX 76234
Architect: Lake Flato Architects
MEP Engineering: TLC Engineering
Structural Engineering: Datum Engineers
Civil Engineering: Biohabitats
Size: 5,400 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2014

AE Interests: first “Living Building” project in Texas, deep overhangs, glass pivot doors, flexible spaces, photovoltaic panels, gapped doors for maximum ventilation, 100% of wastewater treated onsite and returned to environment, solar panels.

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Building: Son Yang Won Memorial
Address: Haman-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Completion Year: 2016
Architects: Lee Eunseok + Atelier KOMA
Structure Engineer: Sen Structural Engineers
Mechanical Engineer: Jusung ENG
Electrical Engineer: Hangil Engineering
Construction: Conerstone Construction
Landscape Design: Yun Youngjo
Client: Son Yang Won Memorial Society
City: Haman-gun

AE Interest:
curvilinear, exposed concrete cylinder structure, closed-off form divorced from external space, and wide open to the sky above and the water space below

Awards: 
Architecture Master-prize Winner 2020

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Building: IDC Brookfield Place
Address: Dubai International Financial Centre 
Year of completion: 2020
Architect: Foster + Partners
Structural Engineer: Robert Bird Group
MEP Engineer: AECOM
Energy Concept: AESG
Client: ICD Brookfield
City: Dubai

AE Interest:
Reinforced concrete core, steel columns and floor spanning, LEED Gold BD+C, Leed Platinum Core and Shell, 279.1 m / 916 ft high, #37 tallest building in Dubai

Check out the floor plans here!

Awards: Geotechnical Engineering Award 2021 Award of Excellence

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Building: 101 Warren Street
Address: New York, New York
Completion Date: 2009
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Owner and Developer: Edward Minskoff
MEP Engineer: Consentini Associates
Landscape Architect: Thomas Balsey Associates

AE Interests:
Consisting of a podium with a high rise above, structurally made of concrete, Exterior is made of two story stone pillars and floor to ceiling windows creating a rhythmic facade, podium filled with public retail spaces, high rise residents enjoy a park with 101 Austrian Pine Trees, individual units showcase wood floors and high ceilings.

Awards:
2009 : Award of Excellence from AIA – New York State
2005 : Housing Design Award: Citation from AIA – New York City Chapter

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Building: VI Castle Lane
Address: London, UK
Completion Date: 2018
Architect: Droo and Name
Developer: Sons and co.
Facade Consultant: ARUP
Structural Engineer: BuroHappold Engineering

AE Interests:
28 apartments and 3 townhomes, brick matches traditional english architecture but layed uniquely to distinguish it from surroundings, steel used to modernize, level 4 code for sustainable living due to a living roof and photovoltaics, new take on bow windows creating a floating space and larger living areas, use of concave and convex glass.

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Name: Westin Miyako Chapel
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Address: Keage, Higashiyama Ward, Sanjo, Kyoto 605-0052, Japan
Architect: KATORI archi+design associates
Contractor: KINSO Inc.
Lighting Design: ModuleX Inc.
Acoustical Design: Naniwa Chiba Acoustics Inc.
Size: 2,551 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2020

AE Interests: ceiling timber latticework, wooden louver walls, interwoven lighting resembling sunlight in tree branches, connection to surrounding landscape

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Building: Adamant Puebla
Address:  Atlixcáyotl 5413, Angeles del Sur, 72820 Tlaxcalancingo, Pue., Mexico
Completion Date: 2013

General Contractor: Milk Life Investments
Design Architect: Mayer Hasbani
Structural Engineer: McMilan
MEP Engineer: JPR
Landscape Architect: DLC Architects

AE Interest:
Multifamily mixed use residential building with a shopping center in the podium. 20,000 m² (215,278 ft²) of housing. Balcony views don’t cross, increasing tenant’s privacy. Leading project in sustainability, located in the most important area of development in the city. Facade made out of granite & glass, making the building look like a statue.

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Building: 23 Marina
Address:  Dubai, UAE
Completion Date: 2012

Developer: Hicron International
Design Architect: Hafeez Contractor
General Contractor: KEO International Consultants
Consultant: Hafeez Contractor
Structural Engineer: KEO International Consultants
Wind Engineer: RWDI

AE Interest:
Strictly residential building with an architectural height of 1288.71 ft. 89 floors above ground & 4 floors below ground. Cost $298,300,000 to construct. Shaped like a pencil. Has 57 swimming pools. Tallest residential building in the world & third tallest building in the Middle East at time of completion.

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Building Name: Brunel Building

Location: London, United Kingdom

Architects: Fletcher Priest Architects

Structural / Geotechnical Engineer: ARUP

M & E Consultant: Cundall

Quantity Surveyor: Arcadis

Façade Specialist: ARUP

Main Contractor: Laing O’Rourke

Landscape: Plincke / Barton Willmore

Project Manager: Gardiner & Theobald

AE Interest: Steel exoskeleton, column-free internal spaces, inclined columns and braces carry the weight of the building, external shading, aquifer thermal energy storage, BREEAM 2014 Excellent & Wired Platinum, targeting LEED Gold.

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Project: One Central Park

Location: Sydney, Australia

Year: 2014

Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel / PTW Architects

Builder: Watpac Construction

Structural Engineer: Robert Bird Group

Podium & Towers Services: ARUP

Civil Engineers: Hughes Trueman

Light Artist: Yann Kersalé

Green Wall Designer: Patrick Blanc

AE Interest: Vertical landscape, natural sun control, heliostat, beneficial use of the sun, natural light.

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Building: BIT Sports Center
Address: Liangxiang, Beijing, China
Completion Date: July 2019
Design Architect: Atelier Alter Architects
Executive Architect & Sustainability Lead: China IPPR International Engineering
Structural engineer: China IPPR International Engineering
MEFP Engineer: China IPPR International Engineering
General Contractor: Beijing Construction Engineering Group
Landscape design: China IPPR International Engineering
Curtain Wall Consultant: PAG Façade Systems
Acoustical Engineer: China IPPR International Engineering
Lighting Consultant: Jingyunyoujin Lighting Technology

AE Interests:
Sports Complex for University, 10 Lap Swimming Pool, Basketball court with 3000 seat stands, 3 double curvature surfaces for the roof. Natural Lighting through Skylights, 15,692 square meters, $23.5 million

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Building: La Tour
Address: Aarhus, Denmark
Completion Date: 2020
Design Architect: 3XN Architects
Executive Architect & Sustainability Lead: 3XN Architects
Structural engineer: Rambøll A/S
MEFP Engineer: Rambøll A/S
Developer: JRP

AE Interests: 
Semicircular shape Tower, Low Cost Housing for Students, 300 units, Private Balcony for each Unit, 2^nd Tallest Building in Aarhus, Form is inspired to connect with the neighboring Historic Water Tower, 22,671 square meters

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Name: Friendship Hospital Satkhira
Location: Shyamnagar Upazila, Bangladesh
Architect: Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury
Contractor: Hasan and Sons
Structural Engineering: Zayedur Rahim
Electrical Engineering: Zafar Ahmed
Plumbing Engineering: Prodip Kumar Haldar
Size: 36,457 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2018

AE Interests: courtyards for natural ventilation, water harvesting systems, local handmade brick construction, green roofs, embankment with water run-off pumping system to combat local flooding, slots in brick facade for additional wind ventilation, canal and glass windows to reflect natural sunlight into rooms.

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Building: Lansingerland-Zoetermeer Station
Address:  Lansingpad, 2718 RM Zoetermeer, Netherlands
Completion Date: 2019
Client: Municipality of Zoetermeer
Architects: Team V Architecture & Arcadis
Structural Engineer: Arcadis
General Contractor: VOBI
Geotechnical Analysis: Arcadis
Landscape Architect: Team V Architecture & Arcadis
Concrete Suppliers: Concrete Valley & mbX

AE Interest:
Intersection of railway lines, light rail, bus routes, motorway, and bike lanes. 11,000 m² of total space.
Designed with ability to expand. Natural appearance. Mimics nearby cityscape with specialized concrete “branches”. Tall and inviting waiting areas. Natural stone, wood finishes, and lit primarily by daylight. Open green spaces and clear sightlines for passenger ease.

Awards:
2020 Winner Gemma Smid Architectuurprijs (local architecture award), 2019-2020 Included in Architecture in the Netherlands Yearbook, 2020 Shortlisted Blue Print Awards, category ‘Best Public-Use Project — Public Funding, 2019 Shortlisted Betonprijs (Dutch Concrete Award)

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Building: Rainier Square Tower
Address:  1340 4th Avenue Seattle, Washington
Completion Date: 2020
Developer: Wright Runstad & Company
Architect: NBBJ
Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
MEP Engineer: MacDonald-Miller
General Contractor: Lease Crutcher Lewis
Geotechnical Analysis: Hart Crowser
Steel Contractor: Supreme Group

AE Interest:
Second tallest building in Seattle. 59 stories (850 ft tall). Office, Retail, and residential spaces. Curved curtain walls and sloping floors. Pays homage to neighboring buildings and local environment. Solar positioned steel prisms to increase energy efficiency. Bends to preserve views of and from building next door. New composite “Speedcore” made of 536 panels. Structure completed in 10 months at reduced cost. Anchored secant-pilled shoring wall at base. Performance based seismic design.

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Name: Greenhouse Orchid
Location: Punta del Este, Uruguay
Architect: Mateo Nunes Da Rosa
Landscaping: Elena Artagaveytia
Size: 215 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2021

AE Interests: “double envelope” walls, outer wall to direct wind, inner wall to stop direct sunlight and create bright environment for plants, retractable roof for ventilation

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Building: McKinney & Olive
Address: 2021 McKinney Ave, Dallas, TX 75201
Design Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Associate Architect: Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.
Developer:  Crescent Real Estate
General Contractor:  Beck Group
Structural & Façade Engineer: Childress Engineering Services
MEP Engineer & Sustainability Lead: I.A. Naman + Associates, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Office of James Burnett (OJB)
Envelope, Roofing, & Waterproofing: Curtainwall Design Consulting (CDC)
Acoustical Design: Integrated Interiors, Inc.

AE Interests:
262.69 ft tall office building, 585,000 sf area, LEED Gold designation, 20 stories with a high-efficiency curved glass curtainwall façade slanted 9° outward, green building energy and environmental systems, cast-in-place concrete structure (two-way flat plate), mixed-use space on ground level, parking garage shaded by prefabricated perforated steel panels, rooftop garden on parking structure

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Building: Peak Galleria
Location: 118 Peak Road (R.B.L.N. 3), Hong Kong, China
Architect: Aedas
Developer:  Hang Lung Properties
General Contractor & Engineer:  Hien Lee Engineering
Lighting Consultant: Lightswitch

AE Interests:
251,843 sq ft building renovation, recipient of 2020 Architecture Masterprize, curvilinear gridshell glass curtain wall façade with integrated LED lighting system. Skylights and glazing panels retrofitted with protective thermal insulation film. All façade steel elements prefabricated with CNC machine to fit complex joint geometry

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Building: ‘Pierre Bottero’ Media Library and Park
Location: Pélissanne, France

Project Management: Dominique Coulon & associés
Architects: Dominique Coulon, Jean Scherer
Demolition and Modeling: COSEPI France
Structural Engineer: Batiserf Ingénierie
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering: BET G. Jost
Cost Control and Monitoring: E3 Economie
Landscape: Bruno Kubler
Acoustician: Euro Sound Project
Roads and Utilities: Lollier Ingénierie
Construction: 2017-2020
Cost: €3,336,000, or US $4,048,000

AE Interests: Preserves historic landscape and building, merges indoor with outdoor, immense natural light, blends old and new materials seamlessly

Awards: 2020 Architecture Masterprize Winner in Cultural Architecture

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Building: Arena Tower/Baltimore Tower
Location: London, United Kingdom
Address: 25 Crossharour Plaza, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Structural engineer: WSP
Material supplier: Doka GmbH
Construction: 2013-2016
Height: 489 ft, 45 stories

AE Interests: 366 residential units, all units have cantilevered balconies that are elliptical in plan, the balconies vary in size and rotate slightly as levels rise to create the tower’s distinctive flowing twist, building shape offers solar shading for each level,

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Building: Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Address: 11 NW 11th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73103
Architect: Rand Elliott, FAIA
Company: Rand Elliott Architects
Client: Oklahoma Contemporary
Civil Engineer: CEC
MEP Engineer: Alvine & Associates, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Wallace Engineering
General Contractor: Smith & Pickel Construction, Inc.
Theater Consultant: Schuler Shook
Acoustics: Audio Video Designs
Construction Cost: $26 M
Size: 53,916 sq. ft

AE Interests:
4 stories, irregular braced steel frame, exterior constructed from bright-dipped anodized aluminum causing the building to capture the ever-changing weather conditions by reflecting the changes in light and sky, this design feature is why the building is called “folding light,” consists of 16,800 custom designed extruded aluminum fins extending from the ground to the roof

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Building: 100 Above the Park
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Address: 100 Kingshighway Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108
Developer: Mac Properties
Architect: Studio Gang
Owner: Silliman Group
Builder/Contractor: Clayco
Exterior Wall Consultant: Studio Nyl
Size: 540,369 sq. ft.
Year Completed: 2020

AE Interests: Green Globe Certified, leaf-shaped plan, green roof rainwater storage, overlooks Forest Park, scalloped façade, tilted glazing, tallest residential building in St. Louis

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Name: Aalto University Väre Building
Location: Espoo, Finland
Address: Otaniementie 14, 02150 Espoo, Finland
Architect: Verstas Architects
Project Management Consultant: A-insinöörit Rakennuttaminen Oy
Construction Manager: SRV Construction Ltd
Structural And HVAC Engineer: SitoWise Oy
Foundation Engineer: A-insinöörit Suunnittelu Oy
Electrical Engineer: Rejlers Oy
Civil Engineer: Ramboll Oy
Size: 45400 m²
Year Completed: 2018

AE Interests: energy A-rated building, 90% self-sufficient in heating and cooling, built above the University underground station, designed to keep a comfortable “village” feel, rooms are arranged around interior courtyards, red brick façade similar to the original university buildings

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Building: Jade Signature
General Contractor: Suffolk
Design Architects: Herzong & de Meuron
Interior Designer: PYR & Pierre-Yves Rochon
Civil Engineering: VSN Engineering
Structural Engineer: McNamara & Salvia
MEP Engineer: Edwards & Zuck
Landscape Architect: Raymond Jungles Inc

AE Interests: This 636 foot tall residential tower is oriented on the beaches of Miami and designed to respect and represent just that. The tower is oriented diagonally and shaped like a parallelogram (seen in photo 4) to allow the beach to have maximum sun exposure while the sun is to the western side of the building. The overall design of the building is praised for its open nature design giving the overall feeling of a “hotel at the beach,” rather than the presence of a “beach at the hotel,” that is present with other structures in the area that obstruct the natural beauty of the landscape.

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Developer: Public Building Commission of Chicago
General Contractor: Old Veteran Construction
Lead Design Firm: JGMA
Design Architect: Juan Moreno
Structural & MEP Engineer: Cannon Design
Civil Engineer: David Mason and Associates
Landscape Architect: Terry Guen Design
Lighting Consultant: Aurora Lighting Design

Year completed: 2019

AE Interests: 
A complete remodel and repurposing project. This project takes an existing parking structure and creates a collaborative work space and pathway for students through campus. The buildings design allows onlookers to have a clear view into the manufacturing technology and exhibits the sophistication of the manufacturing practices of today.

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Name: Triodos Bank
Location: Driebergen-Rijsenburg, The Netherlands
Address: De Reehorst, Hoofdstraat 10, 3972 LA Driebergen-Rijsenburg, The Netherlands
Architect: RAU Architects

Structural Engineer: JP Van Eesteran
Landscape Architect: Arcadis
Engineering Consultant: Aronsohn
Size: 139,867 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2019

AE Interests: “wooden cathedral”, laminated timber, reconstructible, circular and sustainable architecture, first temporary material bank, screwed together with 100% potential dismantlement at any point without loss of value, materials, or components.

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Name: The Dock Building
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Architect: MG Architects
Builder: Heatherbrae Builders
Civil Engineer: Heatherbrae Builders
Mechanical Engineer: AME Consulting Group
Structural Engineer: Equilibrium Consulting
Envelope Consultant: RDH Building Science
Engineered Wood Supplier/ Fabricator: FraserWood Industries, Western Archrib
Project Owner: Royal Vancouver Yacht Club
Size: 4,000 sqft
Cost: $10k
Year of Completion: 2017

AE Interests: low budget, uses a mirror wedge design to honor marina buildings from half a century ago, while still looking modern
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Name: The Indeed Tower
Location: Austin, TX
Architect: Page Southerland Page
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Developer: Trammell Crow Company
Contractor: DPR
Construction Firm: PERI Formwork Systems
Partner: Principal Real Estate Investors
Size: 709,000 sq ft
Year of Completion: 2021

AE Interests: features floor to ceiling visible glass, 9 building terraces, column free corners (LEED gold certified).

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Name: Kadokawa Culture Museum
Address: Japan, 〒359-0023 Saitama, Tokorozawa, Higashitokorozawawada, 3 Chome−31番地3 ところざわサクラタウン
Architect: Kengo Kuma and Associates
Construction: Kajima Corporation
Completion Date: 2020

AE Interests: Granite facade of 20000 individual pieces, 40 meters tall, five floors, double height library, projection mapping turns bookshelves into theater, cafes, shop, galleries, outer wall of reinforced concrete.

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Building: Laborde
Location: Paris, France
Address: 5 Rue de Laborde, 75008 Paris, France
Completion Date: 2018
Architect: PCA-STREAM
General Contractor: Eiffage
Structural Engineer: Khephren
Façade Engineer: GOYER and VS-A

AE Interests: Restoration, mixed-use, biodiversity, sustainability, courtyards, glass façade, acoustics design, green spaces, rainwater management, low-VOC materials, horizontal circulation design

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Building: Texas Tower
Height: 735 feet (47 levels)
Location: Houston, TX
Address: 845 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX, 77002
Completion Date: Expected in late 2021
Architects: Pelli Clarke Pelli
Developers: Hines and Ivanhoe Cambridge
General Contractor: Gilbane

AE Interests: LEED Platinum, WiredScore, and WELL Building Standards, 10′ full-height windows, underfloor HVAC systems, cantilevered bays, outdoor green space and rooftop terraces, concrete, tunnel system

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Name: House of Wisdom
Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Address: Al Juraina 1, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Architect: Foster + Partners
Structural Engineering: Aurecon
Light Engineering: Delta
Landscape Architect: Cracknell
Size: 139,931 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2021

AE Interests: cantilevered roof, overhang provides shade throughout all hours of the day, fixed aluminum screens for additional shading of low sun, adjustable bamboo screens.

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Building: ARO
Address: 242 W 53rd St. New York, New York
Owner: Algin Management
Architect: CetraRuddy Architecture
Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers
MEP Engineer: Cosentini Associates
Main Contractor: Pavarini McGovern
Size: 540,000 sq. ft., 62 stories
Year Completed: 2018

AE Interests:
Residential, high-rise, cast-in-place concrete, load-bearing precast concrete walls, steel-framed faceted roof slab, curved edges, glass curtain wall, steel lattice “net”

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Building: Shum Yip Upperhills Tower 1
Location: Guangdong, China
Architect: Skidmore, Owings, Merrill
Structural Engineer: Skidmore, Owings, Merrill
MEP Engineer: Skidmore, Owings, Merrill
Main Contractor: China State Construction Engineering Corporation
Material Supplier: Jotun

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AE Interests:
Reinforced concrete core, concrete filled steel columns, large glass panes, ladder system

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Building – Telus Sky

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Address: 619 Centre St S, Calgary, AB T2G 2C7, Canada

Architect: BIG, Dialog

Developer: Westbank Projects Corporation

Electrical and Mechanical: Integral Group

Formwork Supplier: Doka GmbH

Structural: Glotman Simpson Group

Wind Surveyor: Gradient Wind Engineering

Completion: 2020

Certification: LEED Platinum

Cost: $400 million

Space: 761,235 square feet

AE Interests: 59-stories tall, third tallest building in Calgary, creates lively mixture of living and working in heart of the city, large office floor plates recede as it reaches residential portion to create feminine figure, modular type residential spaces create balconies, garden atop, encourages human interaction, LED lighting creates beacon at night

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Building: South Haven Centre for Remembrance

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Address: 5004 Meridian St NW, Edmonton, AB T6P 1R3, Canada

Architect: SHAPE Architecture

Collaborators: Group2 Architects, PECHET Studio

Structural Engineering: Fast + Epp

Electrical: Arrow Engineering

Landscape: Design North Landscape Architecture

Civil Engineering: V3 Companies

Mechanical: Clark Engineering

Contractor: K-Rite Construction

Sustainability: Sébastien Garon (Made it LEED Certified)

Awards: 2020 Governor General’s Medal in Architecture, Architecture MasterPrize in Cultural Design

Cost: $4.4 million

Size: 7,000 sq. ft.

Year of Completion: 2019

AE Interests: 13 meter tall tower, non-denominational cemetery facility, black materials such as steel panels and charred shou sugi-ban acoya in contrast to the white winter landscape and interior, based a lot off lighting specifically on summer solstice, tower clerestory that allows light from the north for meeting rooms and a view of downtown Edmonton, partially submerged

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Building: Fenix I
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Architects: Mei Architects and Planners
Structural Engineer: ABT Delft
Construction: ABT Delft
Steel Construction: CSM Steel Structure
Installation Consultant: Techniplan Advisers
Building Physics Consultatn: LBP | Sight

AE Interest: This structure was built on top of an old warehouse that was already in sight. As shown in the last image, there had to be steel structure installed right through the ware house in order for it to stand.

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Building: Merdeka PNB118
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Completion: 2022
Architect: Fender Katsalidis Architects
Structural Engineer of Record: Arup
Structural Engineer Design: Robert Bird Group
Civil: Arup
Height: 2,113ft (tip) / 1,640ft (Occupied)
Floors: 118 (Above Ground)

AE Interest: Upon completion, it will be the second tallest building in the world. It will share the city with the Petronas twin Towers. The shape of the building was designed to resemble the silhouette Tunku Abdul Rahman when he lifted his right hand and chanted Merdeka which means freedom. The events was when he declared freedom for Malaysia, one of the most important moments in the country.

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Name: Aemulus at the Runway
Location: Bayan Lepas, Malaysia
Architect: Design Unit Architects Sdn Bhd
General Contractor: MLG Design and Construction Sdn Bhd
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering: HPM Consultant
Landscaping: Landarc Associates Sdn Bhd
Size: 101,235 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2020

AE Interests: brick fin openings, perforated brick walls for shade from heat gain, narrow ventilation slots under roof for rising hot air, oriented away from direct sunlight, angled brick to prevent glare, insulated roof garden, overhanging roof for shade.

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Name: Tower C at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base

Location: Shenzhen, China

Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects

Construction Period: 2020-2027

Site Area: 36,268 sq. m.

Gross Floor Area (GFA): 440,000 sq. m.

AE Interests:

Around 400 meter tall, includes hotel-dining-office space-shopping-convention center-galleries, double insulated unitised glass curtain walls, natural and hybrid ventilation with environmental control for each floor, water-collection and recycling and photovoltaics to harvest solar energy, aquaponics gardens, pending start of construction

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Name: Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children

Location: London, United Kingdom

Architect: Stanton Williams

Structural Engineer: Pell Frischmann

Contractor: Skanska UK

Manufacturers: KEIM, Feldhaus Klinker

Project Manager: Gardiner & Theobald

Façade Consultant: Eckersley O’Callaghan

Area: 141,000 sq. ft.

Completed: 2019

AE Interests:

First purpose built pediatric center, large sky-lit atrium w/oak staircase, glass and terra cotta facade, impressive finned terra-cotta screen shielding glass walls, 8-story concrete structure, post-tensioned slab with wide spans, moving interactive sculpture in the main entrance, visible laboratories from all sides

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Name: Torch Tower
Address: 1 Chome Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects and Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei, Inc.
Developer: Mitsubishi Estate
Expected Completion Date: 2028

AE Interests: 390 meters tall, 31400 square meter site area, 63 floors, 100 room hotel on top floors, shops, restaurants, 2000 seat grand hall, bathhouse, semi-outdoor hill-like plaza, connected to Tokyo Station and Tokiwabashi Tower as part of urban development plan called ‘Tokyo Torch’, views of Tokyo and Mount Fuji, set to become Japan’s tallest building, best seismic resistance in Japan.

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Name: VanDusen Botanical Garden
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Address: 5251 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6M 4H1, Canada
Architect: Perkins & Will
General Contractor: Ledcor Construction
Structural Engineering: Fast + Epp
Civil Engineering: R. F. Binnie & Associates
MEP Engineering: Integral Group
Landscape Architect: Sharp & Diamond
Acoustic Consultant: BKL Consultants
Certifications: LEED Platinum, Living Building Challenge Petal
Size: 19,483 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2011

AE Interests: organic undulating roof form, “glulam” post-and-beam assembly to support curved roof, natural ventilation through solar chimney that converts rays of light into convection energy, blackwater treatment on site to support biodiversity, uses renewable resources to achieve net-zero energy.

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Project: Phoenix Central Park
Location: Sydney, Australia
Architect: John Wardle Architects (gallery), Durbach Block Jaggers (performance space)
Structural Engineer: Taylor Thomson Whitting
Geotechnical Engineer: Pells Sullivan Meylink
Completed: 2019

AE Interests:
Concrete gallery walls, timber performance space walls, 5 stories, linking nature and art, multiple gardens, large and small spaces, flexibility in functions, geometric skylights, complex volumes connected by stairs and bridges

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Project: 50 Hudson Yards
Location: New York, New York
Architect: Foster + Partners, Adamson Associates Architects
Structural Engineer: WSP
MEP Engineer: WSP
Geotechnical Engineer: Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers
Expected completion: 2022-2023

AE Interests:
1010 feet tall, 58 story office building, underground retail center, direct access to No. 7 subway station, 4 story “glass boxes”, LEED Gold (targeted), flexible office space, 2 terrace levels, 45’ spans, 2.9 million gross square feet, multiple “sky lobbies”

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Building: Totzeret HaAretz (ToHa) Towers Phase 1
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Completion Date: 2019
Architects: Ron Arad Architects, Yashar Architects
Consultant Structural Engineers: Buro Happold, David Engineers
Landscape Architects: VOGT, TeMA
Manufacturers: Cosentino, Guardian Glass, Digom, Pellini Industries

AE Interest:
53,000 sq. meters, inspired by iceberg, small footprint on ground, widens in middle, plaza on ground floor, floor plan varies for all 28 floors, lower levels clad in knitted design Dekton for ventilation and structure, MEP on lower floors, energy saving and intelligent facade system, LEED Platinum certification, the first of two future conjoined towers, second tower expected to be completed by 2024

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Building: 139 Schultz
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Completion Date: 2018
Architect: CPDA Arquitectos
Structural Engineer: Humberto Girón
Construction: MOCAA Arquitectos
Lighting Design: Luz y Forma
Manufacturers: Cemex, Corev, Grupo Sar, Interceramic, Novaceramic

AE Interest:
2800 sq. meters, 2 levels of parking at base, 5 levels of apartments above, made of local materials, double skin exterior: inner layer red brick, outer layer/screen tinted concrete, external screen mitigates solar heat gain and promotes privacy, variety of light wells, terraces, balconies, outdoor stairs to help bring in natural light and ventilation

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Name: Commercial Bay Tower
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Address: 7 Queen Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Architects: Wood Bagots, Warren & Mahoney

Contractor: Fletcher Construction Company Limited

Structural Engineer: Holmes Consulting LP

Façade Engineer: Mott McDonald Group

Developer: Precinct Properties
Completed: 2020
Floor Area: 45,2084 ft sq

AE Interests: The office tower is New Zealand’s most sustainable high-rise office building and currently holds a 5 Star Green Building and Green Star Design Rating, High-performance glazing was specified to include a ceramic frit below the low-E coating

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Name: School of Design and Environment 4

Location: Singapore, Singapore

Address: 8 Architecture Dr, Singapore

Architect: Multiply Architects, Serie Architects, Surbana Jurong

Construction: Furukawa, Hirata Corporation

Electrical Engineer:  Surbana Jurong

Mechanical Engineer: Surbana Jurong

Landscaping and Farming:  Surbana Jurong

Structural Engineer: Surbana Jurong

Civil Engineer: Surbana Jurong

Size: 92,440 sq ft

Year of Completion: 2019

AE Interests: The climate-responsive building includes more than 1,500 square meters of design studio space, a 500 square-meter open plaza; a wide variety of public and social spaces; workshops and research centers; a new café and a library.

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Name: Pasona Urban Farm
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Address: 2 Chrome-6-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan
Architect: Kono Designs
Construction: Furukawa, Hirata Corporation, NOYU SHA
Electrical Engineer: Iwasaki Electric
Landscaping and Farming: Kono Designs
Size: 215,000 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2010

AE Interests: “double-skin” green facade, indoor farm, rooftop garden, hydroponic and soil-based farming, achieves “zero food mileage,” curtain wall system

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Name: PokoPoko Club House
Address: 2301 Takakuotsu Michishita, Nasu-machi, Nasu-gun 325-0303 Tochigi Prefecture
Architect: Klein Dytham Architecture
Contractor: Tobu Construction
Client: Hoshino Resort
Structural Engineer: TECTONICA
Timber engineering: Shelter
M&E: Architectural Energy Research
Landscape designer: Studio TERRA
Lighting designer: FDS
Completed: 2020
AE Interests: 300 square meter area, fairytale inspired, strong 3 cone concept, local pine roof, upper and lower steel rings to create skylight, ‘doradora’ furniture made by Klein Dytham, each space has individual program, 360 degree views.
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Building: The National Museum of Western Art
Location: 7-7 Ueno-Koen, Taito-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Architect: Le Corbusier
Supervisors: Junzo Sakakura, Kunio Maekawa, Takamasa Yoshizaka
Contractor: Shimizu Corporation
AE Interests:
1,587 square meter total area, entirely based on “the modulor” proportions, modernist, only Le Corbusier building in the far east, square layout, pyramidal skylights, double height ceilings, entirely concrete, galleries raised on concrete piers, ramps as vertical circulation.

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Building: SOHO Gubei
Location: Shanghai, China
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)
Architectural Consultant: Tongji Architectural Design Group (LDI)
Developer: SOHO China
Contractor: The China State Construction Engineering Corporation
Completion: 2019
Awards: Silver Award – Commercial Building & Silver Award – Facade Design (Pro+ Real Estate Awards 2020), Architectural Design Award – Commercial Architecture Category (American Masterprize 2020), Silver Award (CRED Awards 2019-2020), Excellence Award – Commercial, Retail & Office Category (A&D China Awards 2019), Winner (The Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards 2018)

AE Interests: 1,724,900 sf (160,300 m² ), 558 ft. (170m), 38 story office building, 12 story podium, Inspired by Constantin Brâncu’s Endless Column, 4 stacked volumes, sky garden, LEED Gold, Shifted grids of façade creates shading element,

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Building: One Vanderbilt
Location: New York, New York,
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) (James von Klemperer)
Construction Manager: Tishman Construction
Development Manager: Hines
Civil Engineer: Langan Engineering
Interior Architect: Gensler
Structural Engineer: Serverud Associates
MEFP Engineer: Jaros Baum & Bolles (JB&B)
Completion: 2020

AE Interests: 73 floors, 1301 (396.5 m) ft. tall, 100 (30.5 m) ft. spire, 735,500 sf (68000 m² ) of curtain wall, no perfectly vertical steel column below highest occupied floor, 4,000 sf transit hall (subway), 1.2-MW cogeneration system, 50,000 gallon rainwater collection, water and air side economizer, highest level of LEED and WELL certification

Awards: Office/Retail/Mixed Use Category (ENR NY Regional Best Projects 2020), Urban Design Award – Merit (AIA NY 2018), Future Projects Awards: Tall Buildings – Shortlisted (MIPIM Architectural Review 2019), International Architecture Award – Winner (The Chicago Athenaeum 2016)

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Building: Jakob Factory

Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Completion date: 2020

Architects: G8A Architecture & Urban Planning, rollimarchini architekten

General Contractor: Trung Hau Construction Group

AE Interest: 30,000 sq m site area, references traditional tropical architecture with porous façade, suspended structure supported by a two-layer rope network, vegetation filters out rain and sun but also lowers the temperature through evaporation, acting as air purifiers and dust particle binders, first completely naturally ventilated manufacturing hall in Vietnam

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Building: Central Park Tower

Location: New York City, New York

Construction: 2014 – 2020

Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill

Structural Engineer: WSP Global

General Contractor: Lendlease

Developers: Extell and SMI USA

Interior Designer: Rottet Studio

Wind, Snow, and Ice Consultant:  RWDI

MEP/FP design, Fire & Life Safety, Energy Modeling: AKF Group LLC

Acoustics: Cerami & Associates

Civil, Environmental, & Geotechnical Engineer: Langan Engineering

Façade Engineer: Permasteelisa Group

AE Interest: 1,550 ft tall, 131 stories, world’s tallest residential tower (January 2021), 300,000 square foot 7 story retail space at the podium home to a Nordstrom department store, set back and notch corners to counteract wind loads, 8 ft thick concrete slab, 2,700 square ft cantilevered out on every floor, 12,000 custom glass panels covering the 620,000 square foot exterior

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Building : Pterodactyl
Location : Culver City, California
Architect : Eric Owen Moss Architects
General Contractor:  Samitaur Constructs
Structural engineer: Nast Enterprises Corp
Mechanical Engineer: Fruchtman & Associates
Electrical Engineer: Silver, Roth & Associates
Furniture/Accessories: Gensler
Construction: 1999-2014

AE Interest: Cantilevered sections, open floor plan with private spaces, pre-existing parking structure add on , abstract design, nine boxes stacked on top or adjacent to each other, high-performance glazing, steel reinforced aluminum mullions, interesting façade.

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Building : Montreal Tower
Location : Montreal, Quebec
Architect: Roger Taillibert
Architect: Provencher_Roy
General Contractor: Pomerleau
Structural Engineer: WSP
Mechanical/Electrical Engineer: Bouthillette Parizeau associés
Completion: originally 1987, renovation in 2017

AE Interest: Tallest building in the world at 45 degree angle, 165 m tall (541ft) , suspension cable stadium roof support , glass curtain wall , 3 curved facades

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Name: Ca’delle Alzaie
Location: Treviso, Italy
Address: Via Alzaia, 56, 31100 Treviso TV, Italy
Architect: Stefano Boeri Architetti
Contractor: Cazzaro Construzioni
Size: 115,712 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2018

AE Interests: residential “urban forest,” “zero-impact” complex, exterior appearance changes with the seasons, adaptive reuse of old industrial site, trees and bushes produce over 2.7 tons of oxygen per year, Wienerberger brick insulation.

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Name: EDEN
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Address: 2 Draycott Park, Singapore
Architect: Heatherwick Studio
Structural Engineer: RSP
MEP Engineer: Squire Mech
Contractor: Unison
Landscaping Architect: COEN Design International
Client: Swire Properties and Celestial Fortune
Year of Completion: 2020
Size: 33,425 sq. ft.
Floors: 26

AE Interests:
4 rectilinear spaces separated with alternating green balconies, response to disconnection from green space at ground level, each floor is an apartment unit, windows on 3 sides allows true cross ventilation in all spaces, concrete walls have three-dimensional texture to resemble Singapore’s terrain

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Building: E2E Offices
Location: Maipú, Chile
Clients: E2E
Architects: 57Studio
Design Team: Reto Züger, Cristián Alviña, Daniela González
Engineers: Natale Albertani
Landscape: Cristián Eguiguren
Size: 3,900 sq. ft.
Year of Completion: 2019
Award: 2020 Architecture Masterprize Winner

AE Interests: 
exposed wooden interior, glass curtain wall looking to garden, integrate nature into workspace, made of main materials used in construction – wood and cement, soft lighting fitting with environment, simple but purposeful, sustainable and environmentally friendly

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