Archive for the ‘Proposed Design’ Category
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture – Doha, Qatar
Building: Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture – Doha, Qatar
Location: Doha, Qatar
Architect: Aesthetics Architects
Status: Conceptual (competition entry)
AE Interest: Individual sunshade panels that open and close relative to the sun’s intensity, designed to mimic the appearance of a cactus in the desert, connecting botanical dome houses plants that could be used as a source of food or a way to clean wastewater [1]
Tower – Dallas, Texas
[Breaking news March 2017]
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Project: 70-story tower (proposed)
Location: Dallas, Texas
Architect: Foster + Partners
Developer: H. Ross Perot Jr.’s Hillwood real estate firm
AE Interest: 70-story, 1 million-square-foot tower, round plan, diagrid mega-frame lateral stability system. If built, will be tallest building in Dallas, Texas.
Article: [1]
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Seoul’s National Assembly Smart Work Center – Seoul, South Korea
Building: Seoul’s National Assembly Smart Work Center
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Client: South Korean Government
Status: Planned
Architect: Haeahn Architecture
Collaborating Architect: H Architects
Landscape Architect: Hyung-seok Lee
AE Interest: Green Roof, Photo voltaic panels, reflected sunlight louvers, public space, innovative office space
Miraflores-Barranco Pedestrian Bridge, Lima, Peru
Building: Miraflores-Barranco Pedestrian Bridge
Location: Lima, Peru
Expected Completion Date: 2016
Architect: OOIIO Architecture
AE Interests: Design inspired by Peruvian piñatas, crystals, and ancient Incan jewelry. Uses recycled wood. Multipurpose space for gathering or commuting. Angular form.
Coordinates: -12.135176, -77.022986
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The Grand Egyptian Museum- Cairo, Egypt
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Completion: May 2012- TBC
Architect: Heneghan Peng Architects, RMC
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP: Buro Happold
Landscape Architects: West 8, Sites
Specialist Lighting: Bruce Mau Design
Exhibition Masterplanning: Metaphor
AE Interests: Relates to land features such as the Nile’s pathway through the desert to the Mediterranean.
The Gate Residence – Cairo, Egypt
Building: The Gate Residence
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Completion: 2015- 2019
Architect: Vincent Callebaut
Project Manager: Hill International
AE Interests: Callebaut has designed this coral reef inspired building to be a role model for green sustainable architecture in Cairo. A solar roof paneling and facades in the form of fish gills provides shadow in optimal areas in order to decrease mechanical ventilation. LEED gold plus certification.
Article: 1
Cairo Expo City – Cairo, Egypt
Building: Cairo Expo City
Completion: 2009-TBC
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Theatre: Theatre Projects Consultants
Lighting: Office for Visual Attraction
Landscape Architect: Gross. Max.
AE Interests: Egyptian landscape such as the Nile delta and hilly topography is used as inspiration to create a flow between curvaceous buildings and waterways.
Article: 1
Video: 1
