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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

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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

Articles:
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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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