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Building: Massar Children’s Discovery Centre Project
Location: Damascus, Syria
Estimated Completion Date: 2013
Architects: Henning Larsen Architects
Structural Engineers: Buro Happold
Landscape Architects: Martha Schwartz Partners
Clients: Massar

AE Interests: Organic architecture (influenced by the Damascus rose); Curvaceous shape reduces energy loads from the sun; Utilization of solar-powered geothermal heating system; Water recycling system; Clay plaster material for interior walls & outdoor hollowcore slabs provide natural ventilation; Features ground cooling store system & Earth tube/labyrinth system

Project: Art Museum Strongoli
Location: On top of Motta Grande, Strongoli, Italy
Status: In Planning
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Design Principal: Wolf D. Prix

AEInterest: complex geometric structure, cantilevered restaurant, panoramic terrace, flexible exhibition areas, outer skin responds to climatic forces dynamically

Architect’s Website

Project: Energy Roof
Location: Via Mazzini in the center of Perugia, Italy
Status: In Planning
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Design Principal: Wolf D. Prix
Local Partner: Heliopolis 21
Civil and Structural Engineer: B+G Ingenieure
Energy Design: Baumgartner
Client: Universita degli Sudi di Perugia

AEInterest: parametric design, sustainability, exhibition space, wind turbines, photovoltaic cells

Architect’s Website

Project: Shenzen Energy Mansion
Location: Shenzen, China
Architect: BIG
Engineer: Arup
Other Collaborator: Transsolar
Completion: Proposed Design

AE Interest: Folded curtain wall that shades building from sun, designed for maximum daylight exposure combined with minimal sunlight exposure, solar thermal panels, facade design focuses on lowering energy consumption

Architect Project Page

Project: Worldwide Village of Women Sports
Location: Malmo, Sweden
Architect: BIG
Collaborators: AKT, Tyrens, Transsolar
Completion: Proposed Design

AE Interest: Sloping roofscapes, central hall for professional football matches, concerts, conferences, and flea markets, open atmosphere, large pedestrian network

Architect Project Page

Structure: City Sofa
Location: Busan, South Korea
Status: Design [2005]
Architect: MVRDV
Co-architect: Junglim Architecture
Engineer: ARUP (Beijing /Hong Kong). Rory McGowan , J Kerry

AEInterest: Adjacent to future media industry environment; clear functional zones positioned in a series of ‘boxes’ that allow for independent usage; urban open air cinema on top.

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Building: Gazprom-City
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Completion: Unbuilt (Design Competition)
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Engineers: Arup, Mr Paul Nuttal
Project Managers: Mathieu Forest, Elizabeth Kather

AE Interests: Transparency in design, complex structural design, integration of arboretums into spans of structure, energy efficiency

Building: Tour Phare
Location: Paris, France
Completion: Unbuilt
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Structural/Facade Engineers: Arup, Paul Nuttall
Fluids Engineers: OTHEM, Pascal Wiecheteck
Thermal Engineers: Transsolar, Matthias Schule
Project manager: Eric Stephany

AE Interests: Full length plate glass walls, large scale rotation and stabilization, offices (115 000 m2),
market room, restaurants between firms, public restaurants, four large led display screens

Project: Urban Media Space Public Library
Location: Europaplads, Århus, Denmark
Landscape Architect: Kristine Jensens Tegnestue (DK)
Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen
Engineer: Alectia Consulting Engineers (DK)
Construction: 2011-14

AE Interests: Orthogonal grid of vertical cores and columns. Main material is Glass. Geometric shapes, Heptagonal top on a prism shaped building. Large internal ramp. Parking underneath.

Building: Zurich Circle
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Completion: Ongoing design
Architect: Asymptote
Structural Engineer: Thornton Thomasetti
Lighting Engineer: Bartenbach LichtLabor
Façade Consultant Billings Design Associates
Client: Unique / Flughafen Zurich

AE Interest: four towers set upon a three-story plinth that connects to the surrounding landscape; external galleries between each tower that connect the interior to the city

Project: Town Town Office Building
Location: Erdberg, Vienna
Completion: In Planning
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Design Principal: Wolf D. Prix
Client: Immobiliendevelopment WIENER STADTWERK BMG, Swiss Town Consult, and Donau-Finanz GesmbH & Co. KG
Structural Engineer: Kollitsch & Stanek Ziviltechniker Ges.m.H.
HVAC and Acoustics: Dr. Pfeiler GmbH

AEInterest: sustainability, wind forces(see the upper right picture for diagram), metal skin designed in shapes that are dynamic to wind forces, acoustics, winner:MIPIM Architectural Review Future Projects Award(Category:Sustainability)

Architect’s Website

Structure: Cittadella Bridge
Location: Across River Tarano at Piazza Gobetti, Alessandria, Italy
Completed: Proposed Design (No date currently set)
Architect: Richard Meier
Engineer: Arup
Photos Courtesy of: Richard Meier & Partners

AE Interests: Bowed design and counterbalances are used to keep bridge level.

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Building: The Leadenhall Building
Location: London, England
Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Structural Design: Arup
Project Manager:  WSP
Client: British Land Company
Construction: Bovis Lendlease

AE Interests: office, glazing envelope, steel-frame, skyscraper in urban London

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Building: Biomass Power Station
Location: Stockton-on-Tees, U.K., north west England, banks of river Tees
Status: approved by Cabe’s national design review panel March 2010
Architect: Thomas Heatherwick
Budget: 150M BP

AE Interest: 49 megawatt biomass renewable energy station, made of a series of curved panels to be covered in grasses.

Building: Burj al-Taqa
Location: Dubai
Completion: Proposed Design
Architect: Gerber Architekten international GmbH

AE Interests: Designed to generate all its own energy, the name means ‘Energy Tower’ and will have a massive 197 foot diameter wind tower on the roof along with numerous solar cells arrays totaling 131,459 square  feet. Louvered openings in the façade will allow cool air into the building which will sink and dissipates throughout the interior. 

Building: Singapore Residential Tower
Location: At the intersection of Scotts Road and Cairnhill Road, Singapore
Completion: Proposed Design
Architect: Eric Chang
Designer: Ole Scheeren
Contractor: Office for Metropolitan Architecture

AE Interests: Composed of four towers, vertically offset from each other and suspended from a central core, it is proposed to house 68 luxury apartments with panoramic views. The elevated tower design will reduce the overall footprint of the building.

Building: Taiwan Centers for Disease Control Complex
Location: Taiwan
Architect: Studio Nicoletti Associati
Structures + Facades: RFR, Mathias Kutterer and Henry Bardsley
Project Manager: Luca Maugeri

AE Interest: natural shell shape, outer skin pattern is designed of interlocking geometric incisions similar to the shape of the DNA of the bacteria being studied at facility, Gold LEED rating, under EEWH certifications, steel framing, open court yard within the egg shape

Building: Sky City 1000
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Architect: Takenake Corporation

AE Interests: concrete reinforced with carbon fiber for lighter material, self-contained water system treating sewage and reclaim water, “city built in the air,” each level acts as its own “town”

Building: Bionic Tower
Location: Shanghai, China
Architect: ECE Arquitecturas
Project Price: Approximately $15 billion

AE Interest: “floating foundation” made up of hundreds of anchors instead of vertical foundation, crisscross trusses, light and hollow steel framing, 92 vertical columns that support as well as transport water, energy, and supplies

Building: Rio Tower
Location : Cotunduba Island, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Status: Competition Design
Architect : Mikou Design Studio
Client : City of Rio
Height : 150 m
Surface: 7000 m2
Budget: 17 Millions euros
Programme : Observation points, auditorium, skywalk, bungee jump platform, climbing tower, gyrodrop, cafeteria, souvenir store, urban balconies, multi-usage space.

AE Interest: Large opening cut thru building form, skyscraper, complex geometry

Building: Lilium Tower
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Built: Development on hold Jan 2009
Architect: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect: Markus Planteu
Competition Team: Thomas Mathoy, Sophia Razzaque, Naomi Fritz, Daniel
Widrig, Fulvio Wirz, Mariagrazia Lanza, Dennis Brezina
Strucural Consultant: ARUP

AE Interests: 240m tall; central core forms backbone of structure; low-energy use designed to cope with extremes of climate

Building: Archipelago 21 (Yongsan Business District Riverfront Master Plan)

Location: Seoul, Korea

Architect: Studio Daniel Libeskind

Completion: to begin in 2011/completed by 2016

AE Interests: Urban planning, Commercial & Residential Design, International Design Competition, Riverfront Design

Building: Anara Tower
Location: Dubai, UAE
Architect: Atkins
Completion: project cancelled in 2009

AE Interests: Second largest building in the world, 655 meters, two towers connected with a central glass shaft

Building: Okhta Tower

Location: St. Petersburg, Russia

Completion: no set completion date

Architect: RMJM

Structural Consultant: Jane Wernick Associates

AE Interests: Will be the tallest building in Europe, 396 meters. Double glass enclosure, concrete core, frame made of steel and stainless steel cladding, as the light hits the building at different angles throughout the day the tower gives the appearance of changing color.

Building: DIFC lighthouse tower

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Completion Date: 2011

Project Team: Hill International
Architects & Lead

Architects: Atkins

Consultant: Atkins

Owner: DIFC

AE Interest: Aspires to be a LEED platinum rated for low-carbon commercial building that will aim to reduce its total energy consumption by up to 65% and water consumption by up to 35% compared to the current Dubai standard design. Will contain 150 solar water collectors to meet the hot water requirements for the whole building. 3- 225KW wind turbines and 4000 solar panels will be used to generate electricity. Designed as two towers connected by bridge from the 10^th floor up to about 300 meters up the building.

Building: DIFC lighthouse tower

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Completion Date: 2011

Project Team: Hill International
Architects & Lead

Architects: Atkins

Consultant: Atkins

Owner: DIFC

AE Interest: Aspires to be a LEED platinum rated for low-carbon commercial building that will aim to reduce its total energy consumption by up to 65% and water consumption by up to 35% compared to the current Dubai standard design. Will contain 150 solar water collectors to meet the hot water requirements for the whole building. 3- 225KW wind turbines and 4000 solar panels will be used to generate electricity. Designed as two towers connected by bridge from the 10^th floor up to about 300 meters up the building.

Building: Leatop Lotus Tower
Location: Guangzhou, China
Architect: Leo A Daly
Structural Design: Leo A Daly
Owner: Guangzhou Leatop Tower Corporation

AE Interest: Master Planning, Programming, Architecture, Organic design, curtain walls,

Building: Dublin National Conference Centre
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Architect: Leo A Daly
Structural Design: Leo A Daly

AE Interest: Conceptual Master Planning, Conceptual Design, intelligent skin, cantilever

Building: MOMA Tower
Location: next to Museum of Modern Art – New York City, New York
Status: approved Oct 2009 by City Council, height reduction 2011
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Engineer: Emmanuel Cattani

AE Interest: 82 story, 305 meters tall, tapering curved envelope, structural steel exterior (diagonal bracing).
Contains exhibit space for MOMA + 100 hotel rooms, 150 apartments.

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Building: Seaholm District Redevelopment.
Location: Austin, Texas
Completion Expected: NA (on hold due to economic condition)
Architect: Mithun

AE Interest: Water and Carbon-neutral

Building: Sighvatsson House
Location: Venice, California
Status: Commission 2005
Architects: Rem Koolhaas OMA

AE Interests: moveable partitions between the rooms allow the house to be transformed into specific rooms or an open area, the exterior of the house is covered in a homogeneous skin to allow light in while having limited viewing from the sides of the house for privacy

Building: Bryghusprojektet
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Status: 2008 Concept Design
Architects: Rem Koolhaas OMA
Engineers: Arup
Facade: van SANTEN & Associés

AE Interests:  Structurally Offset Stacked Volumes, Complex Site and Program Issues.

Building: Jacob K Javits Convention Center
Location: New York City, New York, USA
Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership
Structural Design: Leslie E. Robertson Associates, Expedition Engineering Ltd.
Client(s): Empire State Development Corporation/Convention Center Development Corporation

AE Interests: civic, renovation
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Building: Library of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham, England
Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership
Structural Design: Arup
Services Engineer: BDSP Partnership

AE Interests: civic, education, day-lighting, innovative library design, renovation
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Building: Sunset Doheny Hotel
Location:9040 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, California
Completed: Unbuilt
Architect: Eric Owen Moss Architects
Developer: Weintraub Financial Services

AE Interests: structure, curtain wall

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Name: Glasglow Bridge
Location: Glasglow, Scotland
Completion: none (funding for project withdawn)
Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership
Structural Engineer: WS Atkins
Services Engineer: WS Atkins

AE interests: shape (curved form), cable stayed compression arch/suspension deck
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Address:  Seoul, Korea
Architect:  Morphosis
Structural Engineer:  Buro Happold

AE Interest:  Structure, site plan, plaza
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Address:  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America 70112
Architect:  Morphosis
Structural Engineer:  Thornton Tomasetti Group, Inc.

AE Interest:  Structure, interior space
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Building: Dynamic Tower
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Architect: Dr. David Fisher

AE Interests: New dimension of architecture: time, individually varying rotating floors, prefabricated construction, True Green building
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Building Name: Projet Triangle
Location: Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
Construction to begin: 2012
Expected Completion: 2017
Architect: Herzog and de Meuron
Cost: 470m p

AE Interests: solar and wind power, 40 story pyramid,

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Building: National Library of Kazakhstan
Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
Status: Proposed design
Architect: BIG
Client: Kazakhstan Presidential Office
Collaborators: Arup agu
Size: 33.000 m2
Status: 1st prize
Partner-in-Charge: Bjarke Ingels
Project Leader: Thomas Christoffersen
Team: Amy Campbell, Jakob Henke, Johan Cool, Jonas Barre, Daniel Sundlin
AE Interests: Steel Design, Library, inter-locking spiral and circle, circle, rotunda, arch, yurt

Link to Video Presentation by BIG (Architects): Facade Optimization
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Building: 80 South St.
Location: 80 South Street, New York, New York, USA
Completion: Proposed design
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava
ME Engineer: Calatrava
Builder: Sciame

AE Interests: 12 individual, 4 story cubes, cables in tension hold cubes in position, would-be 3^rd tallest building in New York
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Building: Balandra Bay
Location: Baja California Sur, Mexico
Status: Competition 2005
Architect: OMA
Structural Engineer: Arup

AE Interest: Embedding a five star resort into well known cliffs in Mexico.
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Building: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Extension
Location: Los Angeles, California
Status: Competition 2001 – 1^st prize
Proposed
Architect: OMA
Structural Engineer: Arup

AE Interest: In order to include the notion of clarity, the roof was designed to be translucent throughout the entire structure.
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Building: Beijing Books Building
Location: Beijing, China
Status: Competition 2003 (1st Prize)
Architect: OMA
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: Arup

AE Interest: All four faces of this building are made of glass to show the activity taking place inside.
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Name:  Torre Bicentario
Location:  Mexico City, Mexico
Status:  Concept Design Completed; Discontinued
Architect: OMA

AE Interest: Thin members create transparency throughout the building while two conjoined pyramids create an eye catching shape all celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mexico’s independence.
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Building: Zira Island masterplan
Location: 
Baku, Azerbaijan
Completed: 
to be completed 2010
Architect: BIG
Engineers: Ramboll

AE Interests: green architecture, solar power, wind power, water, independently sustained, landscape, carbon neutral
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Building: Gwanggyo Power Center
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Status: Unbuilt
Architect: MVRDV
Structural Engineer: Arup
Client: Deawood & DA Group

AE Interests: Hill shaped structures, vegetation, high urban density
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Building: Warner Parking Structure and Retail
Location: 8511 Warner Dr., Culver City, California
Completion: Proposed Design
Architect: Eric Owen Moss Architects

AE Interests:  structure, open courtyard, insulation that features glass tubes suspended above
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Building: Tamayo Museum Atizapan Extension
Location: Azitapan, Mexico
Completed: Unbuilt
Architect: BIG & Michel Rojkind
Structural Engineer: Romo y Asociados
Landscape Design: ENTORNO taller de paisaje

AE Interests: museum, exterior and interior overlap, opened box
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Building:  Nakheel Tower – Previously called Al Burj
Location:  Dubai, United Arab Emirates (near Jumeirah Lake Towers and Dubai Marina)
Status:  Unbuilt
Architect:  Woods Bagot
Engineer:  WSP Cantor Seinuk
Developer:  Nakheel Properties

AE Interest:  skyscaper – at 1400 meters to be world’s tallest building
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Building: Crystal Island
Location: Nagatino Peninsula
Completion: Proposed Design
Architect: Foster + Partners

AE Interests: World’s largest building, a vast tent-like superstructure that acts as city inside a building for apartments, hotels, and schools
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Building: Nuragic Contemporary Arts Centre
Location: Cagliari, Italy
Completion: Unbuilt
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect: Paola Cattarin
Local Architect: Luca Peralta
Environmental Sustainability: Max Fordham LLP, Neil Smith
Mechanical and electrical system: Max Fordham LLP, Neil Smith
Structure:  Adams Kara Taylor
Quantity Surveyor:  Building Consulting Naples, Pasquale Miele

AE Interests:  3 phase construction,  large and versatile open spaces
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Building: Guggenheim Pavilion
Location: Biennale Park, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Completion: Pavilion Commissioned 2006
Architect: Asymptote Architects
Clients: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development & Investment Company

AE Interests: Steel Walking Bridge, Geometric Forms, Mesh Skin
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Building: Budapest Bank Tower
Location: Vaci u 190, Budapest, Hungary
Completion: Competition Entry Comission 2006
Architect: Asymptote Architecture
Developer: Orco Property Group
Structural Engineer: ARUP

AE Interests: Rotating Core, Structural Mesh Steel Skin, Varied Perforations Dependent on Loading
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Location: Guadalajara, Mexico
Completion: Unbuilt
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Structural Engineer: B+G Ingenieure
Mechanical Engineer: Pickl+Partner

AE Interests: Abstract glass design, breathable
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Location: Guadalajara, Mexico
Completion: Competition Entry (non-winning)
Architect: Asymptote Architecture

AE Interests: Ceramic Tile Coating, Steel and Glass Framing
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Location: Lansing, Michigan
Status: Completed 2012
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Client: Michigan State Univeristy
Structural Engineers: Adams Kara Taylor and SDI

AE Interests: Sharp, dynamic appearance; unique-abstract form; elegant use of steel and glass
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Location: Aalborg, Denmark
Completion: 2014
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Design Principal/ Ceo: Wolf D. Prix
Project Partner: Michael Volk
Design Architect: Luzie Giencke
Project Architect: Marcelo Bernardi, Pete Rose
Local Architects: Friis & Moltke, Acoustics, Audio Visual & Theatre Design And Planning
Consultant: Arup
Structural Engineering: Rambøll, Aalborg, Denmark; B+G Ingenieure, Bollinger und Grohmann GmbH

AE Interest: contrast between curved interiors and cubic exterior; complex acoustic concept; height-adjustable ceiling suspensions
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Location: Downtown Busan, South Korea
Completion: TBD (Commissioned – 2007)
Architect: Asymptote Architecture
Developer: The Solomon Group
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Lighting Consultant: L’Observatoire International Herve Descottes

AE Interests: Proposed to be one of the tallest buildings in Asia at 560m, Central Void Garden
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Location: 200 Greenwich Street, New York City, New York 10007, United States
Completion: Proposed Design
Architects: Foster + Partners and Adamson Associates
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk
Developer: Silverstein Properties
Consultants: Edgett Williams, Jaros Baum & Bolles Consulting Engineers and Permasteelisa SPA
Mechanical/electrical: Jaros Baum and Bolles

AE Interests: daylighting, light-sensored artificial lighting, sustainability, wedged rooftop
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Building: Steel Cloud
Location: Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, California
Completion: Winning Competition Entry (Project Abandoned)
Architect: Asymptote Architects

AE Interests: Utilizing Unusable Space; Steel and Glass Structure; Steep Angular Forms
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Building: Glenwood Waterfront
Location: Yonkers, New York, USA
Completion: Proposed Design
Architect: SMC Alsop

AE Interests: The project will transform unused power plant smokestacks into residential housing complexes.
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Location: Zarautz, Spain
Completed: Proposed Design
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au

AE Interests: Energy Efficient Roof, Simple Combination of Basic Shapes
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Location: London, United Kingdom
Completion: Proposed Design
Architect: SMC Alsop
Project Architect: Max Titchmarsh

AE Interests: mosaic-like cladding, prefabricated bathroom facilities with factory-finished components and surfaces, sustainability/passive design, on-site renewable energy production, central water feature with ground jets.

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Location: 4th & Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX 78701
Completion: On Hold
Architect: Gluckman Mayner Architects
Architect of Record: Barnes Gromatzky Kosarek Architects
Landscape Architects: Land Design Studio
Structural Engineer: ARUP
MEP Engineer: ARUP
Civil Engineer: Martinez Wright & Mendez
General Contractor: Centex (Construction Manager)

AE Interests: Translucent Glass Walls, Aluminum Fins, Cast-in-place Concrete.

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Client: University of North Carolina
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Completion: 2012
Architect: SOM
Structural: SOM
Civil: SOM
Sustainability: SOM
Urban Planning: SOM

AE Interests: green roof, sustainability, glazing, HVAC, structure, heat recovery

Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

Building: Glass Tower
Location: La Cienega and Jefferson, LosAngeles, California
Completion: Proposed
Architect: Eric Owen Moss Architects
Structural Design: Buro Happold

AE Interests: parametric design, structure, louvers

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Building: Centre Pompidou
Location: Metz, France
Completion: May, 2010
Architects: Shigeru Ban, Philip Gumuchdjian, Jean de Gastines
Structural Engineer: Arup
Acoustics Specialist: Commins Acoustics Workshop
Geotechnician: Compétence Géotechnique, Fèves

Shigeru Ban’s design for the Centre Pompidou in Metz, France was chosen over the designs 137 contestants and four other finalists: Herzog & de Meuron, Stéphane Maupin and Pascal Cribier, Foreign Office Architects, and Dominique Perrault.

AE Interests: woven timber roof, tensile membrane of hexagonal modules, glass fiber, teflon
Article: Roof Structure
Article: Construction Photos

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