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Building: Taiyuan Botanical Garden
Location: Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, China
Architect: DMAA
Structural Engineer, Facade Engineer: Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure
HVACR/ Electric: Cody Energy Design
Landscape Design: Valentien+Valentien Landschaftsarchitekten und Stadtplaner SRL
Year: 2019

AE Interests:
Gridshell made out of timber, design to integrate natural landscape with technological and ecological solutions

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Building: The Springs (2020)
Location: Shanghai, China
Architect: Henning Larsen
Lighting: UDG
MEP: Arup
Landscape Architect: SLA
Facade Design: Inhabit

AE Interest: Mix-use development. Emphasis on response to the surroundings. Oriented to maximize light and minimize winds, which creates a comfortable outdoor courtyard. Building shape helps air quality, noise dampening, and increases presence of natural light. LEED Gold for Core and Shell.

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Name: Shanghai Tower

Location: Shanghai, China

Cost: $2.2 billion

Architect: Jun Xia (Gensler)

Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
MEP Engineer: Consentini Associates

Main Contractor: Shanghai Construction Group

AE Interests: Incorporates a double glass skin to help conserve heat energy, wind turbines to produce power and a rainwater collection system. The shape of the building has also been designed to reduce wind loads on the structure, reducing the amount of building materials required. It currently is the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world.

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Building Name: Beirut Terraces
Address: Plot 1801 and Plot 1802, Block 18, Beirut Central District, Lebanon
Completion: 2016
Architect: Herzog and de Meuron
Executive Architect: Khatib & Alami
Project Architects: Tobias Winkelmann, Ursula Hürzeler
Planning Engineer: Hill International
Building Dimensions: Base: 216 x 216ft, Tower: 53,70m x 53,70m / 177 x 177ft
Height: 392ft

AE Interests: Five principles define the project: layers and terraces, inside and outside, vegetation, views and privacy, light and identity; The structure is carried by the core and a regular column-grid that spans up to 14.7 meters; [1] 160 floors of vertical layering.

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Building: Calgary Central Library and Library Plaza
Location: Calgary, Canada
Design Architect: Snohetta
Architect of Record: DIALOG
Construction Manager: Stuart Olson
Project Manager: MHPM
Size: 240,000 sf
Currently under construction; projected to be finished in 2018

AE Interests
Oval-shaped, multi-faceted public library. Exterior is wrapped in a textured facade with translucent fritted glass panels used to screen private study areas and clear glass used for public areas. Interior centers around a four-story atrium topped with a skylight. Multi-functional building with meeting space, activity centers, cafe, theater, reading rooms, and conference rooms. [a]

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Building: UniSA Great Hall Adelaide
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Design Architect: Snohetta
Collaborating Architect: JamFactory
Architect of Record: JPE Design Studio
Structural Engineer: Aurecon
Managing Contractor: Mossop Construction and Interiors
Size: 7000 sm (75347.3 sf) Currently under construction; scheduled to be completed by 2018

AE Interests
Multi-functional building, featuring a sports complex, swimming pool and facilities for graduations, exams, corporate and cultural events. Foyer entrance and mezzanine function space. Complex, angular facade. [a]

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Building: King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture
Location: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Design Architect: Snohetta
Structural Engineer: Walter P Moore 
Size: 100,000 sm (328,085 sf)
Currently under construction; scheduled to be completed in 2016

AE Interests
Cultural Center. Guided by LEED international standards, energy-efficient. Facade is made from CNC bent stainless steel tubes that are individually formed and wrapped around the building. [a]

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Building: Nautical Club Building
Location: Marina d’Arechi Port Village, Salerno, Italy
Address: Via Salvador Allende, 84123 Salerno SA, Italy
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Santiago Calatrava
Construction started in 2010.

AE Interest: suspended by bridge connecting coast and marina, façade protects building from sun with use of movable lamella system, marina and building designed to help reduce beach erosion[a]
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Building:  215 Chrystie
Location: New York City, New York
Address:  215 Chrystie New York City, New York 10002
Design Architect:  Herzog & De Meuron
Executive Architect:  Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP
Construction Manager:  Triton Construction Company
Build-able Area:  257,689 sf
Under construction: scheduled completion; 2017

AE Interest:
multi-use building (hotel and residential) including night-life capabilities, structural elements (concrete) are left unfinished and presented to the street as raw thus economically combining Architecture and Structure, Exo-Skeleton structure allows interior space to be free of columns, windows are tilted towards the sky to allow for more light permeation and added privacy [a]
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Building:  National Library of Israel
Location: Jerusalem, Israel
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
Executive Architect:  Amir Mann –  Ami Shinar Architects and Planners Ltd.
Size 45,000 sf
Currently under construction; scheduled to be completed 2020

AE Interest: Renewal process for the library to transition from a traditional library to a digital information hub [a] to provide state of the art resources to 21st century users,mixing traditional architecture in Jerusalem with new contemporary feel, sustainable building with solar panels and a rock store in ground for naturally cool air [b] 10 floors total with 6 above composing 15,000 sf and 4 below ground composing 30,000 sf [c]

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Building:  Vancouver Art Gallery
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
Collaborating Architect: Perkins + Will
Size 300,000 sf [a]
Currently under construction; scheduled to be completed 2020

AE Interest: New building to house the Vancouver Art Gallery, covered courtyard for public use provides comfort from the elements year round, façade composed of wood that will allow the building to age and change over time [b]

Sources [a,b]

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Building:  MKM Museum Küppersmühle, Extension
Location: Duisburg, Germany
Address: Philosophenweg 55 · 47051 Duisburg
Design Architect: Herzog & De Meuron
Structural Engineer: Drees & Sommer Advanced Building Technologies
M+E Engineer: Drees & Sommer Advanced, ap-Plan
Exhibition Space: 26,910 sf
Planned Completion: 2018 

AE Interest:
Museum addition continues architectural aspects of the original industrial grain mill; materials echo original materials providing visual growth through time; grain silos are re-purposed to be corridors and an exhibition space [a].
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Building: Bahá’í Temple of South America
Location: Santiago, Chile
Architect: Hariri Pontarini Architects
Area: 1200.0 sqm
Project Year: 2016

Interests: The design consists of nine translucent wings arranged like leaves that filter sunlight through out the day. Each of the nine leaves provides its own entrance to symbolically welcome people from all directions. This temple is built over elastomeric isolators to withstand Chile’s seismic activity.

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Building: Three World Trade Center (175 Greenwich Street, 3WTC)
Completion: 2018
Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk
MEP Engineer: Jaros, Baum, and Bolles
Floors (above ground): 71
Height: 1079ft

AE Interests: facade has a load-bearing lattice structure, designed to achieve LEED Gold certification for energy efficiency, steel and glass exterior, reinforced concrete core, life safety systems will far exceed NYC building codes

Articles: 1, 2
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Building: Aria on the Bay
Location: Miami, Fl, U.S.
Architects: Arquitectonica
Developer: Melo Group
Height: 53 floors, 535 feet
Completion: Third quarter 2017, Construction started

AEInterests: Curvilinear, smooth, gentle lines, shaped like the ocean’s wave crests, large glass windows

 
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Building: Margaret McDermott Bridge
Location: Dallas, Texas
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava, Huitt Zollars Inc.
General Contractor: American Bridge
Completion Date: Summer 2017

AE Interests: steel arches span 275 feet, suspended arch bridge

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Building: One Ocean South Beach
Location: Miami Beach, Fl, U.S.
Architects: Ten Arquitectos, Sieger-Suarez
Builder: Sieger-Suarez
Interior Design: Yabu Pushelburg
Completion: Late 2015

AeInterests: Curvilinear, smooth, continuous lines, modern style, wrap around windows

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Building: Faena House
Location: Miami- Beach, USA
Architects: Foster and Partners
Structural Engineer: Permasteelisa
Developer: Molteni Group
Height: 18 floors
Completion: By the end of 2015

AEInterests: Curvilinear, sleek smooth lines, designed to reduce need for cooling during the summer, large balconies with glass everywhere, built to withstand hurricanes

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Building: One Thousand Museum
Location: Miami, Florida, U.S.
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineers: DeSimone Consulting Engineers, PLLC
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing: Huffsey Nicolades Garcia Suarez (HNGS)
General Contractor: Plaza Construction
Developers: 1000 Biscayne Tower LLC
Height: 709 ft, 62 floors
Completion: To be completed by late 2017, construction has started

AEInterests: Rectilinear, web like exoskeleton to brace against hurricane winds, every floor has unique dimensions.

  
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Building: Vietnamese Community Center
Architect: Choon-Soo Ryu
Location: Thuy Hoa, Vietnam
Status: will be built in 2015

AE Interests: improves the infrastructure and supports local initiatives for sustainable development of the village

    
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Building Name: Administrative building of FPT University
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Principal Architect: Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Completed: 2017

AE interests: checkerboard greenery integrated into facade will provide shade and improve air quality through natural ventilation

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Name: Vincom Landmark 81
Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Architect: Atkins
Structural Engineer: Arup
Status: expected completion in 2017

AE Interests: Vietnam’s tallest building, 1,509 ft. (461 m.) tall, 81 floors, 25 extruded cubes, will comprise of retail, residential apartments, a hotel, and rooftop gardens, sustainable design, entire glass facade

Articles: 1

  
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Building: Headquarters National Cement Corporation
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Architect: KSP Jürgen Enegel Architekten
Local Subcontractors: VNCC
Mechanical & Electrical Engineers: Iproplan
Status: Completed in 2014

AE Interests: 31 story, hi-rise office building, large windows, lamella limestone facade

Articles: 1

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Building: One Blackfriars
Location: London, England, U.K.
Architect: SimpsonHaugh and Partners
Structural Engineer: WSP
Services Engineer: Hoare Lea
Contractor: Brookfield Multiplex
Completion: under construction, anticipated 2017

AE Interests: 170 m tall (558 ft), 50 floors, aiming for BREEAM “Very Good” rating and Level 4 rating from the Code for Sustainable Homes, minimized footprint, double-skin facade, outer transparent glass facade, 152-room hotel, 271 residential apartments, retail space, health and fitness centre, restaurants and bars, viewing lounge

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Building: Fangshan Tangshan National Geopark Museum
Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Architect: Studio Odile Decq
Landscape Architect: HASSELL
Completion: 2014

AE Interest: shape of the museum originates from the slope of the site, landscape architecture,

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Building: Manhattan Loft Gardens
Location: London, England, U.K.
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Structural Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Services Engineer: Hoare Lea
Construction: Bouygues UK
Completion: under construction, anticipated 2016

AE Interests: 143 m tall (469 ft) building includes 2 large cantilevers in the tower mass, 3 sky gardens, 248 residential apartments, a 150-room hotel, 42 levels, a spa, two restaurants, and a triple-height lobby.  Designed with sustainability in mind, the hotel portion will earn the BREEAM “Outstanding” ranking, while the residential component of the tower will earn a Level Four ranking from the Code for Sustainable Homes.  Recycled concrete and steel are to be utilized in the construction of the tower.

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Building: Graz Central Station
Location: Graz, Austria
Completion: Under Construction
Architect: Zechner & Zechner
Structural Engineer: Zenkner Consulting Engineer
Concrete Engineer: Schimetta Consult Ziviltechniker

AE Interests: dynamic curved roof system, long two-span beam, reflects natural light, LED atmospheric lighting system for evening, prefabricated steel structure

Articles: [1, 2]

   
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Building: Musée des Confluences (Museum of Knowledge)
Location: Lyon, France
Completion Expected: 2014
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Architect of Record: Patriarche & Co
Structural Engineering (Design): Bollinger + Grohmann
Structural Engineering (Executive): Coyne et Bellier; Van Santen
Acoustics: Cabinet Lamoureux
Lighting Consultant: Har Hollands

AE Interests: Complex geometry, cantilever `
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Building: Chaoyang Park Plaza
Architects: MAD Architects
Location: Beijing, China
Estimated Year of Completion: 2016
Directors In Charge: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano
Design Team: Zhao Wei, Kin Li, Liu Huiying, Lin Guomin, Bennet Hu Po-Kang, Julian Sattler, Nathan Kiatkulpiboone, Li Guangchong, Fu Changrui, Yang Jie, Zhu Jinglu, Younjin Park, Gustaaf Alfred Van Staveren
Client: Junhao Real Estate Beijing Jingfa Properties Co., Limited.
Construction Engineers: China Construction Design International Group Co., Ltd
Facade Design & Optimize Consultant: RFR
Landscape Design Consultant: Greentown Akin
Lighting Design Consultant: GD Lighting Design Co., Ltd

AE Interest: Facade designed to mimic traditional shan-shui paintings (shan-shui = mountain-water). Air purification system and ventilation system are integrated into the facade of the building. LEED Gold.
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Building: Honeycomb
Architects: BIG, HKS, Michael Diggiss Architects
Location: New Providence, Bahamas
Estimated Year of Completion: 2016
Partners In Charge: Bjarke Ingels, Thomas Christoffersen
Project Leader: Sören Grünert
Design Team: Benzi Rodman, David Spittler, Jenny Shen, Karen Shiue, Lujac Desautel, Romea Muryn, Brian Foster
Local Architect: HKS architects
Executive Architect: Michael Diggiss Architects (MDA)
Client: Tavistock Group / New Valley LLC
Developer: Howard M. Lorber, Tavistock Group

AE Interest: Honeycomb facade mimics the natural design of coral formations. Vertical columns of the honeycomb structure supports pools in each condo.
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Building: Torre Reforma
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Status: Under Construction (Expected Completion: 2015)
Architect: LBR&A
Structural Engineer: Arup
Sustainability & LEED Certification Consultant: Arup

AE Interests: Mixed-use building; Column free; Tallest Building in Latin America (245m, 800ft); Slim design contributes to energy efficiency; First LEED Platinum (pre)certified building in Latin America; Designed to withstand a 2500yr seismic event making it one of the most secure buildings in the region

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Building: King Abdullah Financial District Conference Center
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Status: Under Construction (Anticipated Completion: 2015)
Architect: SOM
Landscape Architect: HM White
Structural Engineer: SOM

AE Interests: Extension of angular desert landscape; “Solar chimney” ventilation; Designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification; Hypertufa growing medium developed to allow plant growth on roof and walls; Flexible conferencing; Multipurpose event hall
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Building: Apple Campus 2
Location: Cupertino, California, U.S.
Architect: Foster + Partners
Landscape Architect: OLIN
Structural Engineer: Arup
Civil Engineer: Kier & Wright
Contractor: DPR/Skanska
Status: Under construction
Project Cost: $5 billion
Size: 2.8 million sqft
Move-in date: April 2017

AE Interest: Building uses 100% renewable energy, site generates energy with fuel cell plants and photovoltaic plants, eliminate off haul of soil during construction by redistributing excavated soil throughout landscape, energy efficient radiant cooling, innovative glazing design

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Building: Messner Mountain Museum at Plan de Corones
Location: South Tyrol, Italy
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineer: IMP
Mechanical Engineer & Fire Protection: Jud & Partner
Electrical Engineer: Studio GM
Date: 2012-2015

AE Interest: building embedded in a mountaintop, maintains near-constant internal temperature, glass canopy projecting over museum entrance

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Name: Arcosanti
Location: Mayer, Arizona, U.S.
Architect: Paolo Soleri
Began Construction: 1970

AE Interest:  focus on arcology  [combines architecture and ecology];  highly integrated and compact 3D urban form  [opposite of suburban sprawl]; 7000 volunteers since 1970

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Name:  NanFang University (NFU) of Science & Technology and Shenzhen University (SZU) Advanced Technology Park
Location:  Shenzhen, China
Architect:  Jaeger and Partner Architects, Ltd. and Saltans Architects Intl, Ltd.
Began Construction:  2010

AE Interest:  integration of nature and advancement of technology;  technology facilitates extraction of truth from nature;  4 Districts [Inspiration; Investigation; Knowledge; and Realization]
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Project: Tianjin Eco-City
Location: Tianjin, China
Architect: Surbana Urban Planning Group
Began Construction: 2008
Expected Completion: 2020

AE Interest:  developed on non-arable land and in an area facing water shortage;   incorporates sustainable technologies  [solar and wind power, rainwater harvesting, and desalination];  vision is to be “A thriving city which is socially harmonious, environmentally-friendly and resource-efficient – a model for sustainable development”

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Name: Seguin Island
Location:  Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France
Architect:  Jean Nouvel Atelier
Garden Landscape Architect:  Michael Desvigne
Soil Remediation Engineers:  Antea Group
Expected Completion:  2023

AE Interest:   required extensive soil remediation after use as Renault automobile production site; will become France’s top urban photovoltaic laboratory with installation of 30 000 m² of photovoltaic solar panels; water from Seine to be used as thermal moderator for offices

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Building Name: Angkasa Raya
Location: Singapore
Completion: 2016
Architect: Buro Ole Scheeren
Associate Architect: Chee Ang Architect
Executive Architect: RSP Architects
Structural Engineering: Ranhill Consulting
Building Services Engineering: Ranhill Consulting
Façade Consultant: Front Inc
Façade: Arup
Geotechnical Engineering: G&P Geotechnics
Sustainability Consultant: ZED-G&P
Local architects: Architects A61
Structure: Webstructures

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Mechanical & Electrical Consulting Engineers: J Roger Preston
Wind Engineering: CPP Wind Engineering & Air Quality

AE Interest: Open-slab ground floors and “Sky Levels” on floors 33-36 integrate public space at multiple levels of structure. Aluminum solar shades reduce solar gain with minimal material. Rainwater harvesting, insulated green roofs, irrigation re-circulation, daylighting, and natural ventilation increase sustainability.

  
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Building: Datong Art Museum
Location: Datong, China
Architect: Foster + Partners
Status: Under construction
Completion Date: 2013 [not yet confirmed]

AE Interest: roof composed of interconnected pyramids, efficient passive design responds to climate in Datong, North and Northwest orientation minimizes solar gain of building

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Building Name: Underwater Museum of Egypt
Location: Alexandria, Egypt
Architect: Jacques Rougerie
Structural Engineer: Jacques Rougerie (Engineering Design)
Year Completed: Under Construction since 2010

AE Interests: First Underwater Museum of Egypt, four large structures shaped like sailboats, sixteen to twenty feet deep, underwater tunnels made of fiberglass.

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Building: The Grove at Grand Bay
Location: Miami, Florida
Completion: 2015
Architect: BIG
Architect of Record: Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe and Associates
Consulting Engineers: HNGS, DeSimone
Landscape Architect: Raymond Jungles, BIG

AEInterests: Seeking LEED certification, building twist allows for unobstructed room views, concrete columns that curve with the building topped with a hat truss comprise the core structure

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Building: Italian Pavilion
Location: Milan, Italy
Architect: Nemesi & Partners
Structural Engineers: Proger, BMS Progetti
Sustainability: Eng. Livio De Santoli
Contractor: Italiana Costruzioni with Consorzio Veneto Cooperativo
Cement Manufacturer: Italcementi Group

AE Interest: complex lattice structure; “i.active BIODYNAMIC” cement that converts air pollutants into inert salts; photovoltaic glass

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Building: Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science
Location: Miami, Florida
Completion: 2015
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Construction: Skanska USA
Project Management: Hill International Inc.

AEInterests: Seeking LEED certification, exhibits designed into the structure and design of the building, utilizes local water, wind and solar energy to increase sustainability

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Building: Torre de Especialidades
Location: Mexico City
Completion: Under Construction
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Consultant: Joshua Socolar, Physics Professor, Duke University
Material Testing: Kiwa MPA Bautest GmbH, TU Berlin, Fraunhofer IPA Stuttgart
Architect: Allison Dring & Daniel Schwaag

AE Interest: Spanning almost 2,700 square feet and inspired by quasicrystal grid patterns, this unique facade forms a hive-like, double skinned assembly made of Elegant Embellishments’ prosolve370e modules. Designed to clean the city’s polluted air and act as a natural light filtration system and solar gain blocker, the skin is coated with superfine titanium dioxide which mitigates pollutants when triggered by sunlight.
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Building: World Conservation and Exhibitions Center, British Museum
Location: British Museum, London, England
Completion: Construction In Progress
Architect: Roger Stirk Harbour + Partners

AE Interest: Four-stories linked together by a pavilion designed to intertwine the Georgian feel of the surrounding buildings.

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Building: Ping An Finance Center
Location: Shenzhen, China
Completion: 2015 (expected)
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
MEP Engineer: J. Roger Preston Group
Design Architect: Kohn Pederson Fox Associates
Developer: Ping An Life Insurance Company of China
Main Contractor: China Construction Design International
Associate Architect: China Construction Design International

AE Interests: This 2,165 foot skyscraper has been pre-certified as a LEED Gold project. The façade will consist of glass panels affixed to chevron-shaped vertical stone members that extend from the foundation. Perimeter columns are concealed within the stone verticals and will interlock at the corners by diagonal braces. The tower will house 115 stories with 42 million square feet of mixed use office space, hotel suites and restaurants and upon completion will be the second-tallest building in the world and the tallest in China.

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Building: China Zun
Location: Beijing, China
Completion: 2016 (expected)
Developer: CITIC Real Estate
Architect: TFP Farrells

AE Interests: This 1,706 foot tall, mixed-use skyscraper will be the tallest building in the city upon its completion and will contain 21.5 million square feet of office space, apartments, six-star hotel suites, retail stores and other state-of-the-art facilities. The subtle vertical curves give this monolithic structure an elegant profile which will maximize floor area at the penthouse levels while providing structural stability at the base.

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Building: Federation Tower
Location: Moscow, Russia
Completion: 2013 (expected)
Owner: Mirax Group
Developer: Stroymontage
Contractor: Turner Construction International
Architects:  Peter Schweger & Sergei Tchoban

AE Interests: This 1660 foot, multi-use complex will consist of two towers with a spire between them and house hotel suites, restaurants, cafes and apartments. The concrete being used for this structure is grade B90 which is twice as strong as traditional mix designs and should withstand a direct impact from an aircraft. The central spire will house two high-speed elevators with external glazing as well as an observation deck.

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Building: Vietinbank Towers
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Completion: 2015 (expected)
Structural Engineers: Halvorson & Partners
Mechanical Engineers: David Stillman Associates
Local Consultants: Vinaconex R+D
Project Management: Turner International
Architect: Foster & Partners

AE Interests: This 3,229,172 square foot mixed-use development will consist of 68- and 48-story towers to be joined by a seven-level podium. The project incorporates numerous high-impact sustainable design methodologies and technology. A combined heat and power plant will supply domestic hot and heating water supplied by waste heat from the CHP. Similarly, the tower will incorporate groundwater cooling, groundwater and rainwater recycling, desiccant dehumidification and an integrated daylighting system as well as an innovative “green spine” concept uses water features, plantings and recycled dehumidified air to cool and improve the air quality in the atria and podium spaces.

    
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Building: The Broad (museum of contemporary art)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Design Architect: Diller, Scofidio + Renfro
Architect of Record: Gensler
Structural Engineer: Leslie E. Robertson Assoc.
Construction: MATT Construction
Parking Structure: IDGParkitects
‘Veil’ facade fabricator: Seele

AE Interest: Concept: “The Vault and the Veil” (DS+R), daylighting, complex honey-comb facade (glass fiber reinforced concrete), complex concrete floor structure.

Note: “MATT is building the project utilizing sophisticated 3D modeling software (CATIA), managed through Gehry Technologies’ Digital Project.”

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Building: 1201 K Street
Location: Washington D.C.
Status: Under Construction
Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners
Structural Engineer: SK&A Associates
Services Engineer: Buro Happold New York

AE Interest: new energy efficient technologies are being installed which include active and passive chilled beams, chilled ceilings and a low level displacement air system, lightweight suspended glass enclosure

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Building: Stade Bordeaux Atlantique
Location: Bordeaux, France
Building Status: Conceptual Masterplan
Planned Completion: 2015
Architecture Firm: Herzog & de Meuron
Partners: Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Stefan Marbach
Project Architect: Tobias Winkelmann (Associate), Thomas de Vries
Client: City of Bordeaux, France

Construction Consortium:
General Planning: Vinci / Fayat, Paris, France
Architecture: Herzog & de Meuron supported by Group 6 and Stadia Consulting Group
Landscape: Michel Desvigne Paysagiste, Paris, France

AE Interest: With the spectators in mind the open ceiling structure does not show through on the inside of the stadium, to avoid distracting the spectators’ attention.

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Building: National Bio-Agro Defense Facility
Location: Manhattan, Kansas
Status: Under Construction
Architect: Perkins + Will
Engineering Services: Merrick & Company
AE Interests: Elaborate overlay of systems that meet both animal and human occupants, high performance containment coatings, decontamination systems, structural substrates for durability and tornadic resistance.

Architect & Engineer: Bergmann Associates
Phase 1 Contractor: PAC & Associates
Phase 1 Project Size: 13,700 SF
Cost: $300 M
Anticipated Completion Date: Fall 2014

AE Interest: LEED, Multi-phased project, Renovation

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Programming, Planning & Architectural Design: Francis Cauffman
Architect of Record, Interiors, MEP Engineering, Landscape Architect, & Cite/Civil Engineering: Bergmann Associates
Contractor: Welliver
Project Size: 78,000 SF
Cost: $26 M
Completion Date: December 2012

AE Interests: Environmental Systems, Renewable Materials, Natural Lighting, Glass Facade, LEED, Underground Utilities

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Building: Panama Museum of Biodiversity Puente de Vida
Location: Calle Miller, Panama
Completed: 2014
Architect: Frank Gehry
Engineering Services: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Structural Engineer: Antonio Amado Diaz

AE Interests: Required new techniques due to the radical shapes, angles, and materials needed (None of which had ever been employed in Panama), first building designed by Frank Gehry in Latin America.

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Building: Ground Zero Master Plan
Location: New York, New York
Status: Under Construction
Development Size: 16 Acres
Architect: Studio Daniel Libeskind

AE Interest: Grand collaborative effort among several premier architects/engineering firms, Skyscraper, Complex/Criss-Crossing structural elements, Massive Site, Cultural resonance, Sustainability

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Building: Slaski Stadium
Location: Chorzów, Poland
Status: Complete in 2014
Architect: GMP Architekten
Design: Volkwin Marg with Marek Nowak
Partner: Christian Hoffmann
Structural engineering: PL-Projekt Planungsbüro GmbH
Landscape design: Biuro Limba, Gliwice

AE Interest: largest stadium roof in Europe, translucent polycarbonate cover, filigree cable structure, upper and lower external steel compression ring with stays at the inner edge of the roof, oval roof structure

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Building: Sinosteel International Plaza
Location: Tianjin, China
Architect: MAD Architects
Associate Engineers: Jiang Architects & Engineers and China Construction Design International
Mechanical Engineer: Parsons Brinckerhoff Engineering Technology (Beijing) Ltd.
Façade/cladding consultants: Meinhardt Façade Technology
Completion: Under Construction
AE Interests: Façade, Geometry, Structure, Hexagonal texture, Organic, Futuristic, Energy efficient – Architects mapped sun patterns on the building, placing smaller windows on areas more exposed to sunlight, Main support of the building is the skin leaving more usable interior

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Building: Calabar International Convention Center
Location: Calabar, Nigeria
Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
Engineer: BNL Engineering
Completion: 2013
AE Interests: Massing, Volumes, Nature, Local Materials, Low Energy Consumption, Panoramic View, Natural Amphitheater

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Building: Hangzhou South Railway Station
Location: Hangzhou, China
Status: Complete in 2014
Architect: GMP Architekten
Design: Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz with Stephan Rewolle

AE Interest: grey granite, perforated vertical slats, free-spanning construction without columns

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Building:  Ben Thanh Towers
Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Status: Under Construction
Architect: Arquitectonica
Structural Engineer: Leslie E. Robertson Associates
Mechanical & Electrical Design: DSA Engineering

AE Interest:  high rise tower, glass facade, two towers on top of a podium for stability, steel design structure, represents the Vietnamese myth of the Two Dragons, two cantilevers at the top represent the heads of the dragons while the glass cube right beneath represents pearls in the dragons’ mouths

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Building: Ningbo Gate Serviced Apartments
Location: Ningbo, China
Status: Under Construction
Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Co-Architect: Ningbo LDI
Engineering Services: Ningbo LDI
Structural Engineer: Arup

AE Interest: Steel bracing systems around the perimeter of each tower allow the structural flexibility needed in an earthquake, and provide greater freedom in layouts by moving them to the outside,  large cantilevers, the two wings of the building are connected by a central concrete core

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Building: James Simon Gallery
Location: Museum Island, Berlin, Germany
Status: In Construction
Architect: David Chipperfield Architects
Structural Engineer: Ingenieurgruppe Bauen

AE Interest: Modern Minimalism / Classical style, new center of activity for Museum Island.

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Building: Elbe Philharmonic Hall
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Completion expected: April 2014
Architect: Herzog and de Meuron
Associate Architect: Hohler + Partner
Structural Engineering: WGG Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure AG, Rohwer Ingenieure VBI GmbH
Acoustician: Nagata Acoustics Inc.
Contractor: Hochteif
AE Interests: Tent-like structure built on existing warehouse, glass facade shaped like waves.
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Building: Sochi 2014 Olympic Stadium
Location: Sochi, Russia
Expected Completion: 2012
Architect: Populous
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold

AE Interests: Transparent building skin and exposed structural elements to leave view corridors to mountains and sea. Also, will illuminate at night to represent the spectacle of the Games. The stadium also has a legacy plan to serve as a key stadium in the 2018 FIFA World Cup after it is used for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
Capacity: 40,000 Olympic mode, 45,000 FIFA mode

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Building: Peace Bridge (Footbridge)
Location: Over the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Expected Completion: Mid 2011
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Engineer: Calatrava

AE Interests: No piers were placed in water; minimal ecological footprint; helical steel structure with glass roof
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Building: Crystal Towers
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
Structural Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti
MEP: Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers
Completion: 2013
AE Interests: Erratic window placement creates a very unique, natural appearance. The buildings are not perfectly squared, instead slightly twisting in a very organic progression. Vastly different than the normal, rectangular shapes of high rise buildings.
Photo: http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1025-crystal-towers.aspx

Building: Ponte Parodi
Location: Genoa, Italy
Scheduled Completion: 2013
Architect: UNStudio
Structural Engineer: Arup

AE Interests: blends nicely into old harbor area, green roof

Building: Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Location: Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada|
Completion Time: Projected for 2012
Design Architect: Antoine Predock
Engineers: Smith Carter Architects and Engineers

AE Interest: Glass cloud encapsulating building, average 5.2 meter floor-to-ceiling height, spiraling glass tower, four anchoring talons

Building: Arena da Amazônia
Location: Brazil, Manaus
Scheduled for Completion in 2013
Architect: GMP Architekten
Lighting Design: Conceptlicht, Traunreut

AE Interest:  The stadium significantly symbolizes a soccer net, it’s surroundings rain forest and sea (fishing net). Roof structure has fiberglass fabric which reflects radiation and cools the spectators in a hot Amazon climate.
Capacity of 45,000 and LEED Certified.

Building: Lotte Super Tower 123
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox
Project Manager: Lotte
Completion: 2015

AE Interests: Among the tallest skyscrapers in the World.  The unusual geometry and color of the facade represent traditional Korean ceramics.

Building: Villas in the Sky
Location: Riyahd, Saudi Arabia
Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
Structrual Engineers: Thornton Tomasetti
MEP: Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers
Completion: Projected 2013
AE Interests: Edges become jagged and deformed as they approach the top which breaks up the skyline, as well as differentiates it from the other skyscrapers. Designed to achieve LEED certification.
Photos: http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/1000-1099/1025-villas-in-the-sky.aspx

Building: Palacio de Congresos
Location: Lanzarote, Spain
Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
Completion: Projected 2013
AE Interests: Even with the building’s large geometric shapes and structure, the lighting installations gives a sense of depth and weightlessness. An elevated, grand entrance into the building creates a dramatic entry. Very energy efficient sporting the latest solar cells in order to reduce carbon footprint.
Photo: http://www.henninglarsen.com/projects/0900-0999/0965-palacio-de-congresos.aspx

Building: CityLife Milano
Location: Milan, Italy
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Completion Date: 2013
Structural Engineers: Adams Kara Taylor, Redesco, Cap Engineering
Fire Engineer: Silvestre Mistretta
Transport Engineer:  Systematica, Studio Corda, Alpina
Project Director: Gianluca Racana
Tower Project Architect: Paolo Zilli
Residential Project Architect: Maurizio Meossi

AE Interests: Structural, environmental, geometric

Building: Queens Library
Location: Queens, NY
Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Project Architect: Filipe Taboada
Completion Date: November 2013
Engineer: Robert Silman Associates and ICOR Associates

AE Interest: Exposed concrete design, complex geometry, and energy efficient design

Building: Daeyang Gallery and House
Location: Seoul, Korea
Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Completion Date: June 1, 2012
Structural Engineer: SQ Engineering
Mechanical Engineer: Buksung HVAC+R Engineering
Lighting Consultant: L’Observatoire International
General Contractor: Jehyo
AE Interest: Natural lighting of gallery through underwater skylights, heated and cooled with geothermal wells.
Updated: September, 2012 by Michael Van Shellenbeck.
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Building: Napoli Afragola Railway Station
Location: Napoli Afragola, Italy
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineer: Adams Kara Taylor
Environmental Engineer: Max Fordham
Completion Date: 2013

AE Interests: Inter-seasonal ground water cooling and heating, solar hot water generation, rainwater recycling, north light day lighting, mixed-mode ventilation

Building: National Museum of Qatar
Location: Doha, Qatar
Expected Completion: December 2014
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Client: Qatar Museums Authority

AE Interests: The interlocking disks that compose the building are of varying curvature and diameter, both the exterior and interior are made up of interlocking disks, seeks LEED Silver certification relying mostly on creating shady and cool areas with thermal buffer zones within the disks

Complex: Dongdaemun Design Plaza & Park
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Completion Date: 2011

AE Interests: The sustainable complex was designed with a green roof.

Building: De Rotterdam
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Completed: Under Construction
Architect: OMA Rem Koolhaas
Structural Engineer: Corsmit, Rijswijk
MEP Engineering: Roodenburg, Krimpen aan den IJssel
Lighting Engineering: Arup

AE Interests: Bold and Simple Geometry, Multi-Functional Spaces

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Building: Emerson College Los Angeles Center
Location: Los Angeles, California
Expected Completion: 2012
Architect: Morphosis
Structural Engineer: John A. Martin Associates
Civil Engineer: KPFF
MEP Engineering: Buro Happold
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Building: London 2012 Water Polo Arena
Location: London, UK
Completion: due 2012
Architect: David Morley Architects
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold

AE Interest: air-inflated rippling roof made of recycled PVC cushions, temporary for 2012 London Olympics

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Building: Glasgow Museum of Transport
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Completion: 2011
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural/Services/Facade Engineer: Buro Happold

AE Interest: dynamic form shows relationship of the city and seafaring industry; interesting zinc wall-roof structure

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Building: University Square Stratford
Location: East London, UK
Completion: due 2013
Architect: Make Architects

AE Interest: highly flexible teaching and administrative spaces

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Building: Barts and the Royal London New Hospitals Programme
Location: London, UK
Project Manager: Skanska
Completion: due 2016

AE Interests: Construction in urban London
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Building: Metropol Parasol
Location: Seville, Spain
Completion: 2012
Architect: Jürgen Mayer H
Structural Engineer: ARUP
AE Interests: Upon completion, the Metropol Parasol will be the largest wooden structure in the world

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Building: Incheon 151 Tower
Location: Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of South Korea
Architect: John Portman & Associates, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Estimated date of completion: 2014
Cost: $11 billion

AE Interests: Two interconnected trapezoidal sections after a split at the 44th floor. Wind Tunnel Analysis in consideration of wind and seismic loads while maintaining original design vision. The two halves of the tower are tied together by three pedestrian bridges comprised of “steel truss outriggers”(Thornton Tomasetti website).

More Info: Incheon 151 Tower by Cori Kwitkin at the 2009 Annual Meeting

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Building: Kohinoor Square
Location: Mumbai, India
Architect: GKK Works India
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Date for Completion: 2012

Building: The Bow
Location: Calgary, Canada
Completion: 2011
Architect: Foster & Partners
Structural Engineer: Halcrow Yolles
Climate Engineer: Transsolar
MEP: Cosentini Associates

AE Interest: First steel tower in Calgary, three sky gardens, Radiant heating and cooling systems.

  
Building: ArcelorMittal Orbit
Location: London, UK
Completion: due 2011
Architect: Anish Kapoor
Structural Engineer: Cecil Balmond/ Arup Advanced Geometry Unit
Project Management: Sir Robert McAlpine
Client: City of London

AE Interest: advanced geometries, modular construction

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Building: BC Place Stadium Revitalization, New Roof
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Completion Date: 2011 (Under Construction)
Structural Engineer: Geiger Engineers

AE Interests: new retractable roof, 60,000 seat multipurpose stadium with air-supported roof made of light-weight material

Project: Revolution Tower
Location: Panama City
Architect: Pinzon Lozano
Developer: F & F Properties / A2SN
Status: Under Construction
Expected Completion: 2011

  
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Project: Beekman Tower (“New York”)
Location: New York City, New York
Architect: Gehry Partners, LLP
Structure Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk
Developer: Forest City Ratner
Completed: 2011

AE Interest: 76 stories with steel paneled facades, complex geometry, contains hospital as well as an elementary school below the residential tower.
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Building: Nanjing Museum of Art & Architecture
Location: Nanjing
Status: Under Construction
Client: Nanjing Foshou Lake Architecture and Art Developments Ltd
Designer: Stephen Holl
Structural Engineer: Guy Nordenson and Associates
Lighting Design: L’Observatoire International

AEInterest: Galleries composed primarily of cantilevered walkways. Full story box truss above a rammed earth base.

  
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Building: Sagrada Familia
Location: Plaça de la Sagrada Família, Mallorca, 401, 08013 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Completion: 2026
Architect: Antoni Gaudi
Structural Engineer: Antoni Gaudi

AEInterests: Parabolic and catenary arches, Gothic structure, interior constructed of reinfoced concrete.

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Project: Oyster on Walsall Waterfront
Location: 10 Wolverhampton Street, Walsall, WS2
Start: July 2008
Current status: On site
Completion: December 2011 [phase 1]
Architect/s: SMC Alsop, shedkm, Grant Associates
Key consultants: Adams Kara Taylor [Structural Engineers], Max Fordham [M&E], DBK Back [QS]
Partners: Advantage West Midlands, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, Walsall Regeneration Company
Planning authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Developer: Urban Splash
Size: 50,000 sq ft [phase 1]

AE Interests: Re-purposed land; Improvements to canal-side environment; glass panel facade

Building: National Arena Scotland
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Architect: Foster + Partners
Completion: Under Construction
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Client: Scottish Exhibition Centre Ltd

AE Interests: Will be the largest indoor arena in Scotland, translucent material allows light to exit at night, steel roof that spans 120 meters.

  
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Building: The Absolute Towers
Location: Mississauga, Canada
Completion: Under Construction
Architect: MAD ltd
Structural Engineers: SIGMUND, SOUDACK & ASSOCIATES INC.
Mechanical & Electrical Engineers: ECE Group
Landscape Architects: NAK Design

AE Interests: Each level is rotated at different degrees from the level immediately below it, goal is to provide each residential unit a full 360 degree view, balcony is continuous on each level around entire building

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Building: Cidade da Musica
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Completion: 2011
Architect: Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Structural engineering: BETON Engenharia

AE Interests: Acoustics, 1800 seat music hall that converts into 1300 seat opera hall, concrete walls 30m high

Project: Orange County Great Park Renovations
Location: Irvine, California
Architect: TEN Arquitectos
Landscape Architect: Mia Lehrer
Landscape Engineer: Pat Fuscoe

Awards: AIA’s 2009 Institute Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design
Status: Under construction

AE Interests: large outdoor amphitheater, active man-made canyon, botanical garden in passage way, metropolitan park of the 21st century

Project: Visual & Performing Arts Library
Location: Intersection of Flatbush Ave & Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, Kings, New York 11217 (small triangle of land)
Status: Under Construction
Architects: TEN Arquitectos
Mech/Electrical/Plumbing Engineers: ARUP
Structural Engineer: Guy Nordensen and Associates/Robert Silman Associates
Client: Brooklyn Public library (BPL)

AE Interests: irregular ‘V’ shape for pedestrian fluidity, houses studios & performance spaces and a black box theater, horizontally layered planes, public mixed use areas & courtyards, “reinforcing urban interconnections…and dissolving distinctions between interior and exterior spaces”-Norten

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Building: Brauerei Liesing
Location: 23rd Viennese District Liesing, Vienna, Austria
Completion: estimated 2011
Project Architect: Helmut Holleis
Planning: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Client: ARWAG Bautrager Gasellschaft

AEInterest: transitions from enclosed to open space, snake-shaped structure, a built urban landscape, green spaces

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Building: Docks De Paris
Location: 70 Avenue République, Paris, France 75011
Status: First elements opened in 2008
Architect: Jakob + Macfarlane
Curtain Wall Facade: Rice Francis Ritchie
Lighting: Yann Kersale
Landscape: Michel Desvignes

AEInterests: External skin covers the existing building, glass covered steel tube structure, wooden decks and grass areas on roof
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Structure: Market Hall
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands [Advancements can be seen at Blaak Market]
Completion: 2014
Architect: MVRDV
Co-architect: INBO, Netherlands
Structural Engineer: D3BN/ DHV, The Hague, Netherlands: Maurice Hermens

AEInterests: Sustainable combination of food, leisure, living and parking; shaped by arch of apartments; interior of arch covered in lcd technology; flexible suspended glass facade.

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Project: The Danish Maritime Museum
Location: Elsinore, Denmark
Architect: BIG
Collaborators: Alectia, Rambol, Freddy Madsen Engineering, Kossman Dejong
Completion: 2011

AE Interest: Located in and around (underground) a decommissioned dry dock, museum gets consistently deeper underground from entrance, series of bridges spanning the dry dock

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Building: Trinity Place
Location: 1188 Market Street, San Francisco, California
Status: Under Construction
Architect: Arquitectonica
Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
General Contractor: Cannon Constructors, Inc.

AE Interests: three phase construction, six building complex, mixed-use: retail, residential, park, dining; pre-cast concrete exterior walls, concrete structure, courtyard

Building: Taekwondo Park
Location: Muju, Korea
Completion: expected 2015
Architect: WEISS/MANFREDI
Construction: Samoo Architecture PC

AE Interests: Topography, bringing together landscape and Taekwondo

Articles:
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Building: Tori Tori Restaurant
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Completion: 2010
Architect: Rojkind Arquitectos
Structural Engineer: Juan Felipe Heredia
Construction: ZDA Desarrollo + Arquitectura (Yuri Zagorin)

AEInterest: two-layer steel lattice facade, complex geometries

Building: Greenland central Plaza
Architect: Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Completion: In construction as of Spring 2010
Location: Nanchang, China

AE Interests: Uses Parametric Modeling Software. Office Buildings, with observation deck at top. Derived from studies of molten metal. 300 meters tall. Con-caved Facades.

Project: Military History Museum (new extension)
Location: Olbrichtplatz 201076 Dresden, German
Expected Completion: 2010
Architect: Daniel Libeskind AG
Structural Engineer: GSE Ingenieur-Gesellschaft mbh

AE Interests: 140 ton glass, concrete, and steel, composite steel beam construction, transparent glass (spans up to 14.0 m)

Building: Hotel Full Moon
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
Completion: Under Construction [started in 2008]
Architect: Heerim Architects

AE Interests: Curved façade creates spherical illusion, “Death Star” hole provides some solution to wind pressure problems.

Building: The Pinnacle (formerly Bishopsgate Tower)
Status: Completion expected 2012.
(As of mid February 2011, the core has reached floor 9 (45 meters) and is now clearly visible from the site’s immediate vicinity) (ref.)
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)
(KPF split in Sept 2009 – the original project team is now PLP Architecture)
Structural, Acoustics, Security and Access Engineer: Arup
Services Engineer: Hilson Moran
Main Contractor: Brookfield Multiplex
Cost Consultant and Project Manager: Davis Langdon
Façade Consultant: Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG
Specialist Lighting: Speirs and Major
Façade Access and Maintenance Consultant: REEF
Lift consultant: Jappsen Ingenieure from Berlin

AE Interests: parametric design process, Generative Components software, complex geometry, photovoltaics, wind-testing at pedestrian canopy.

“The building will contain more photovoltaic solar cells than any other building in the UK with 2,000 square metres of panelling generating up to 200 kilowatts of electricity. It will also have a double-layered skin like the Gherkin which reduces energy consumption, and just to make it a bit less expensive as £1 billion is quite a bit, all the panels in the facades will be the same size.”(ref.)

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Building:  Olympic Aquatic Center, 2012 Summer Olympics
Location: Stratford, London, UK
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup
Services Engineer: Arup
Construction: Balfour Beatty
Roof Completed August 2009
Building Completed 2011

AE Interests:  2012 London Summer Olympics, Complex Geometry, large-span (3 supports), Olympic Mode (w/stands) and Legacy Mode, Steel Roof Fan-Truss Structure, Software Process Maya to Rhino to Revit. Underside of roof will be red louro timber. Roofing is standing seam metal. `
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Building: Hyatt at Capital Gate
Location: Abu Dhabi
Completion: Under Construction
Architect: ADENC & RMJM Architects
Project Director: Tony Archibold

AE Interests: This 35 story, 200 room, five-star hotel is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “World’s Most Inclined Tower”, leaning 18º, four times farther than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The structure is supported by a pre-cambered reinforced concrete core. While the specialized foundation is comprised of nearly five hundred 100-foot piles and a 7-foot deep reinforced concrete base. The facade consists of a diagrid exoskeleton made of interlocking diamond-shaped glass panels.

Building: Masdar Headquarters
Location: Masdar City, United Arab Emirates (outside Abu Dhabi)
Status: Under construction
Architects: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
MEP engineers: Environmental Systems Design
Structural engineers: Thornton Tomasetti

AE Interest: Energy-positive building (creates more energy than it consumes), 11 heat chimneys, natural ventilation, natural day-lighting, world’s largest solar panel array (1.4million sf), integrated wind turbines. Roof is built first to power construction of the building. $300million estimated cost.

photo/info credit: WAN, ArchiEnvironmental

Name: OVO (Hilton Wroclaw)
Location: Wroclaw, Poland
Client: Wings Properties
Architect: Gottersman Szmelcman Architecture
Architect of Record: Broadway Malyan Polska
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Building System Engineer: Buro Happold

AE Interests: form, located in a regeneration area, acrylic polymer facade

Building: Ryugyong Hotel
Location: Pyongyang, North Korea
Under Construction: 1987-1992 (on hold since 1992)
Architect: Baikdoosan Architects & Engineers
Contractor: Baikdoosan Architects & Engineers

AE Interests: This 105 story skyscraper is currently being constructed with reinforced concrete and covered in mirrored glass and is the largest structure in the country. The structure consists of three wings, each measuring 330 feet long and sloped at 75° angle which meet to form the pinnacle. 

Building: Aqua Tower
Location: 200 block of North Columbus Drive, Chicago, Illinois
Completion: 2009
Architect: Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang Architects
Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Developer: Magellan Development Group
Architect of Record: Loewenberg & Associates

AE Interests: This 82-story, 859 feet, mixed use residential/office skyscraper has cantilevered balconies out as far as 12 feet; these terrace extensions maximize solar shading. The irregularly-shaped concrete slabs give an undulating characteristic to the façade. The lower portion of the Aqua is home to Chicago’s largest green roof. Aqua is seeking LEED certification

Expected completion date: November 2010
Owner: City of Irving/Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau
Owners Project Manager: Beck Group
Architect: RMJM Hillier Architecture
Construction Manager: Austin Commercial
Structural Engineer: Datum Engineers
MEP Engineer: Vanderweil
Civil Engineer: Jacobs Carter Burgess
Operators: SMG Worldwide

AE interests: Complex steel structure as well as pier foundation system.  Some of the spans are in excess of 150 feet.  The main convention floor is spanned by a combination of 3 catenery trusses and one arch truss that are approximately 1 1/2 stories, extending into the partitions walls of the third floor. The concept is a box on top of a box with the upper level rotated approximately 20 degrees.  Additionally, the terrace on the second level over the main entrance is supported by two cantilevered trusses.  The skin of the building is a combination of glass and perforated copper.

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