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Building: Beecroft Building
Location: Oxford, U.K.
Architect: Hawkins\Brown
Structural Engineer: Peter Brett Associates
MEP: Hoare Lea
Sustainability: Hoare Lea
Completed: 2018

AE Interest: naturally weathering bronze, fins, vibration isolation, BREEAM Excellent, vertical form, keel slabs, thermal control

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Building: Querini Stampalia
Location: Venice, Italy
Architect: Carlo Scarpa
Structural Engineer: Carlo Maschietto
Completion: 1963

AE Interests: neoclassical, pedestrian bridge, poly-chrome marble, water

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Building: Free University of Berlin
Location: Berlin, Germany
Architects: George Candilis, Shadrach Woods, Manfred Schiedhelm, Alexis Josik, Foster + Partners
Structural Engineer: Jean Prouvé
Original Completion: 1963

AE Interests: wide spread, modular spaces, instrument not monument, corten steel, corrosion, aluminum, rust, roof terrace, courtyard, load bearing wood, cedar wood, bronze patina, team X,  Le Corbusier inspired

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Building: Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Architect: White Arkitekter
Structural Engineer: ELU
Civil Engineer: ELU
Design Consultants: GDSNY
Completed: 2011

AE Interests: LEED Gold, glass facades are made up of solar panels, cooled by water drawn from the lake that is stored as ice in the basement, many of the materials from the previous building on the site were reused during construction

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Building: S. R. Crown Hall
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Architect: Mies Van Der Rohe
Structural Engineer: Frank Kornacker and Associates
Contractor: Dahl-Stedman Company
Landscape Architect: Alfred Caldwell
Completed: 1956

AE Interests: roof suspended by four steel plate girders, no interior columns, example of Mid-Century Modernism, exposed steel frame

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Building: Diamond Ranch High School
Location: Pomona, California
Architect: Morphosis Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: Arup
Civil Engineer: Andreasen Engineering, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Fong & Associates
Construction: 1997 – 1999

AE Interests: form is influenced by surrounding topography, construction attempted to minimize the displacement of earth, space is designed to foster social interaction

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Building: Einstein Tower
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Architect: Erich Mendelsohn
Completion: 1921

AE Interests: reinforced concrete creates a sculptural appearance with smooth, rounded, curvilinear forms instead of angles; material changed to brick covered with stucco from post-war shortages leading to cracking and dampness; example of Expressionism;  one of the few connections between science and art

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Building: Farnsworth House
Location: Plano, Illinois
Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Structural Engineering/Preservation: WJE
Completion: 1951

AE Interests: precast concrete floor and roof slabs supported by steel frame; steel mullions fasten floor to ceiling glass facade to structural system; structural and expressive I-shaped columns; heated by radiant coils in concrete floor; natural cross ventilation and tree shading; organic relationship between house and natural surroundings; Modernism and International Style

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Building: Shipwreck Lodge
Location: Skeleton Coast National Park, Namibia
Architect: Nina Maritz Architects
Consultants: De Leeuw Namibia Quantity Surveyors
Completion: 2018

AE Interests: sharp bow of the bathroom and use of durable timber deflect winds; precast concrete piles counteract sand movement; exterior double-skin envelope insulated with recycled water bottle fibers; revolutionary timber nailing system; panels and shipping containers prefabricated offsite; approx. zero environmental impact

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Building Name: DJI Headquarters
Location: Shenzhen, China
Architect: Foster + Partners
Expected Completion: 2019
AE Interests: Floating volumes cantilevered from central cores by large mega-trusses and circular profiled steel hangers, Innovative suspension structure reduces the need for columns, Sky bridge that doubles as a launch pad for drones.

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Building Name: Beurs Van Berlage
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Architect: Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Completion: 1903
AE Interests: Considered Holland’s most important 19th – century architectural monuments, Structural piers of brick and stone give way to exposed iron with articulated points of structural bearing and transference, Multifunctional space design

  
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Building Name: Leicester University Engineering Building
Location: Leicester, England
Architects: James Stirling and James Gowan
Structural Engineer: Frank Newby
Completion: 1963
AE Interests: First post-modernist building in the UK, Two joined towers sitting on cantilevered lecture halls, 11th floor serves as a water tank that supplies a pressure head to the hydraulics laboratory on the ground floor via enormous pipes that run down the side of the main staircase, Two large glass roofs angled at 45 degrees to the towers face north to provide illumination without direct sunlight, all about function.

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Building: Turin Exhibition Hall
Location: Turin, Italy
Architect and Engineer: Pier Luigi Nervi
Construction: 1947-1949

AE Interest: barrel shell and reinforced concrete structure, average thickness of concrete is less than 8 cm, prefab ferrocement made construction quicker, dome features rhomboidal precast concrete pieces, still used today, converted to ice hockey rink for 2006 Winter Olympics.

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Building: Vanna Venturi House
Location: Chestnut Hill, PA
Architect: Robert Venturi
Structural Engineer: Keast and Hood Structural Engineers 
Construction: 1962-1964

AE Interest: Known as the first example of Postmodern architecture, design centered around the two vertical elements: the stair and the fireplace, architect went through 6 full designs in 6 years before constructing, design based on the ideas of Contradiction and Complexity, built for his mother.

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Building: Lakewood Cemetery Garden Mausoleum
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Architect and Engineer: HGA Architects and Engineers
Structural Engineer: HGA- Paul Asp, Soon Sim Hakes
Civil Engineer: HGA- Jim Husnik,
General Contractor: M.A. Mortenson Co.
Landscape Architect: Halvorson Design Partnership
Construction: Completed in 2012
Cost: $25,200,000
Size: 24,500 sq. feet

AE Interest: Challenge: needed a large building that wouldn’t overwhelm the site, slit-face gray granite exterior hand-set, clerestory to let light in, green roof and subterranean rooms with skylights create hybrid structure combining building and landscape, use of bronze and marble, set windows with glazing tape.

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Building: Auditorio de Tenerife
Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava
Formwork Engineer: PERI Group
Completion: 2003

AE Interests: slender concrete components; 100-m cantilevered wing roof; steel skeleton; reinforced concrete shell; organic sculpture; music auditorium; defy the laws of gravity; expressionist

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Building: Gallaratese II Apartments
Location: Milan, Italy
Architects: Aldo Rossi and Carlo Aymonino
Completion: 1974

AE Interests: simple architecture; colonnades; balconies; oversized cylindrical columns; Roman influence; “architectural forms and ideas developed in the past should be pursued”; microcosmic community; utopian urban ideology

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Building: The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Location: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Architect: Gordon Bunshaft of SOM
Structural Engineer: Paul Weidlinger of Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
Mechanical Engineer: Jaros, Baum, & Bolles
General Contractor: George A. Fuller Construction Company
Completion: 1963

AE Interests: modernist; marble facade; glass book tower; Vermont granite; concrete piers, prefabricated steel trusses

Articles [1,2]

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Building: Habitat Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

Architect: SHINE Architecture and TA Arquitectura

Facade Works: Josué Rincón

Civil Works: Jorge González

Completion: 2012

AE Interests: passive shading used for diffused daylight, natural ventilation through voids between panels, parametric studies composed to ensure thermal, acoustic and visual conditions were optimized in the design, ramp wraps around and into building giving increased access to disabled students, angled panels of fritted (fine porous) glass on roof to allow lighting and ventilation

Habitat ITESM rendering video

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Location: Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Architect: Herman Hertzberger

Mechanical engineer: Van Heugten

Completion: 1972

AE Interests: structuralism, nine by nine meter concrete blocks and precast concrete, glass-brick fillings, low ceilings to encourage concentration, indoor balconies with atrium spaces, Mediterranean city with an “outside” instead of standard office building, carefully planned acoustics

Centraal Beheer building tour video

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Building Name: Smith House
Location: Darien, Connecticut
Architect: Richard Meier & Partners
Completed: 1967

AE Interests: modern style, extends vertically instead of horizontally to be more cost effective and spatially interesting, built with wooden frame, 3-story glass pieces

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Building: Van Nelle Factory
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Architect: Leendert van der Vlugt, Johannes Brinkman, and Mart Stam
Structural Engineer: J.G. Wiebenga
Completed: 1931

AE Interests: Heavily influenced by Russian constructivism; Described by Le Corbusier as “factory of light”; incorporation of muchroom columns; Constructed of reinforced concrete, steel, and glass.

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Building Name: Maison À Bordeaux
Location: Boredeaux, France
Architect: Rem Koolhaas of OMA
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Completed: 1998

AE Interests: Compilation of three houses stacked upon each other; Cantilevering volume supported by steel tube that contains spiral staircase; Steel beam runs along the roof that attaches to tension cables for lateral loads.

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Building Name: Opus Hong Kong, China
Location: Mount Cameron, Hong Kong, China
Architect: Frank Gehry
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Completed: 2012
AE Interests: Helical design reduces need for load bearing walls; Composed mainly of glass; Column free floor slabs; External steel columns with glass cladding.

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Building Name: Lovell Health House
Location: Los Angeles, California
Architect: Richard Neutra
Contractor: Richard Neutra
Completion: 1929

AE Interest: suspended balconies; steel framing; open interior engaging exterior; steel-sashed windows; ‘Moon-architecture’; curtain glass windows; glass corners; industrial production

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Building Name: Parc De La Villette
Location: Paris, France
Architect: Bernard Tschumi
Completion: 1998

AE Interest: abstract form construction; design interacting with site, expansive broken-up plan, design integration with surrounding city

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Building Name: West Kowloon Terminus Station
Location: Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Architect: Aedas
Structural Engineer: BuroHappold
Bridge Engineer: BuroHappold
Facade Engineer: BuroHappold
Completion: 2018

AEInterest: complicated rood structure systems; bridge integration with roof; steel-intensive construction; high-speed rail terminal construction, garden integrated design; effective acoustical design in high traffic areas

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Building: ChinPaoSan Necropolis (Arrival Hall, Amphitheater, Pavilion)
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Local Architect: Chou Chienping Architects
Structural Engineer: Guy Nordenson and Associates
Local Structural Engineer: TH TSAI and Associates
Mechanical Engineer: Heng Kai Inc
Climate Engineer: Transsolar
Construction: Ongoing, expected completion 2019

AE Interest: intersecting spherical forms create symbolical geometry; openings in the intersecting spheres facilitate natural lighting; underwater photovoltaic cells increases efficiency by 20%; other sustainable energy strategies including geothermal heating & cooling, displacement ventilation, wind power, and rainwater collection.

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Building: The Assembly
Location: Chandigarh, India
Architect: Le Corbusier
Construction: 1951 – 1964

AE Interests: hyperboloid concrete shell structure with 15 cm average thickness; pilotis to elevate the structure; brise-soleil louvers in proportion with the golden ratio; rooftop trough to capture rainwater and provide solar shading.

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Building: Bauhaus Dessau
Location: Dessau, Germany
Architect: Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer
Furniture Designer: Marcel Breuer
Construction: 1925-1926

AE Interests: Recessed columns allow for glass curtain wall; steel framework supports expansive glass facade; delicate corner columns create sense of lightness; asymmetrical wings arranged in pinwheel configuration, alluding to aircraft propellers.

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Building: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Location: 1071 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10128
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Structural Engineer: Jaroslav Joseph Polivka
General Contractor: George Cohen
Construction: 1956 – 1959

AE Interests: among the first to use gunite (sprayed concrete), helical ramp gallery spirals up from ground floor to just below skylight, organic form juxtaposed with surrounding rectilinear urban setting

Guggenheim Museum Website

  
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Building: Fondazione Prada
Location: Largo Isarco 2, Milan, Italy 20139
Architect: OMA
Local Architect: Massimo Alvisi
Executive Architects: Alviso Kirimoto & Partners, Atelier Verticale
Structural Engineer: Favero & Milan
MEP Engineer: Favero & Milan, Prisma Engineering
Acoustics Engineer: Level Acoustics
Fire Engineer: GAE Engineering
Lighting Design: Les Eclaireurs
Construction: 2008 – 2018

AE Interests: restoration of seven buildings on old industrial site and addition of three new buildings; cladding materials of new buildings include concrete, aluminum foam, and gold leaf; ceiling height in tower increases from bottom to top, starting with 2.7 meters on ground level to 8 meters on upper floor

Fondazione Prada Website

     
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Building: Olympiastadion
Location: Spiridon-Louis-Ring 27, 80809 München, Germany
Architects: Günther Behnisch, Carlo Weber, Hermann Peltz, Fritz Auer
Structural Engineer: Frei Otto
Construction: 1968 – 1972
Capacity: 69,250

AE Interests: designed to echo the peaks and valleys of the nearby Alps; main stadium in a bomb crater from WWII; asymmetrical translucent canopy shelters spectators without casting uneven shadows on field; 271 miles of steel cables strung between 58 cast steel pylon and 8000 plexiglass panels

Building Name: Butaro Hospital
Location: Burera District, Northern Province, Rwanda
Architect: MASS Design Group
Structural Engineer: ICON Consultant Group Inc.
Sewage Plant Engineer: EcoProtection
Landscape Design: Sierra Bainbridge and Maura Rockcastle
Completed: 2011

AE Interest: prior to completion, Burera was one of the last two districts in Rwanda without a hospital; eliminated interior corridors and installed large radius ceiling fans to move air from wards to open windows; non-permeable, continuous floor to prevent bacterial growth; constructed 100% by locals, creating jobs and engendering sense of community; exterior walls constructed of local volcanic rocks and designed by local masons

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Building Name: House VI (a.k.a. Frank Residence)
Location: Cornwall, Connecticut
Architect: Peter Eisenman
Completed: 1975 (reconstructed 1987)

AE Interest: primary example of deconstructivism; ignored principle of form following function; disregarding notions of symmetry and continuity, the structural design followed the conceptual design; several beams and columns do not connect or touch the ground; inverted staircase

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Building Name: The Eames House (a.k.a. Case Study House No. 8)
Location: Pacific Palisades, California
Architect: Charles Eames and Ray Eames
Completion: 1949

AE Interest: designed on two principles: 1) preserve meadow and trees, and 2) maximize volume from minimal materials; utilized prefabricated materials (mass production); consists of two glass and steel boxes; nestled into hillside and supported by 200 ft long concrete retaining wall

Articles: [a1]

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Building: international commerce center                                                                                                Location: Kowloon, Hong Kong, China                                                                                                      Completion: 2010                                                                                                                                    Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (design) Belt Collins & Associates (landscape) Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd.                                                                                                                                                                  Developer: Sun Hung Kai Properties                                                                                                        Structural engineer: Arup                                                                                                                               Main contractor: Sanfield Building Contractors Limited

AE interests: 118(112)-story building, 484m (1588ft), in 2010, it was the 4^th tallest building in the world. In 2018, it is the world’s 11th tallest building by height and world’s fifth tallest building by the number of floors.

The main structural skeleton of the tower is formed from a high modulus, concrete inner core wall, steel and pre-stressed concrete outrigger structures and eight mega columns on the perimeter.

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Building name: Whitney Museum                                                                                                           Architect: Marcel Breuer, Hamilton P. Smith                                                                                            Location: Manhattan, New York, United State                                                                                          Completion: 1966

AE Interest:  staircase- form. Upside-down windows on the exterior. large and distinguishable open gallery spaces with suspended precast concrete grid ceilings, which are detailed to receive movable wall panels and flexible lights.

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Building: Woodland Cemetery                                                                                                                  Architect(s): Gunnar Asplund, Sigurd Lewerentz                                                                                      Location: Sockenvägen, Stockholm, Sweden                                                                                            Completion: 1940

AE Interest: It expresses on a large scale the design aspirations that characterized Swedish architecture before and after World War II, from Nordic Classicism to mature functionalism.

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Building: Center for Sustainable Chemistry
Location: Nottingham, United Kingdom
Completed: 2017
Architect: Fairhursts Design Group
Structural Engineer: AECOM
Services Engineer: AECOM
Sustainability Consulting: Best Foot Forward (acquired by Anthesis in 2013)
Project Manager: Gleeds
Contractor: Morgan Sindall

AE Interest: LEED Platinum, BREEAM Outstanding, natural ventilation, carbon neutral laboratory, UK Structural Timber Award recipient 2016, inspired the creation of a carbon assessment calculator, excess energy produced by the building will offset carbon from construction after 25 years

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Building: Bagsvaerd Church
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Completion: 1976
Architect: Jorn Utzon

AE Interests: Reinforced concrete ceilings only 12 cm thick span 17 meters, innovative lighting, concrete shell vaults

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Architect: Carlo Scarpa
Building: Brion Family Tomb
Location: Treviso, Italy
Completion: 1977
Architect: Carlo Scarpa

AE Interests: Narrative architecture, Modern style, combinations of base and precious materials,

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Building Name: Gando Primary School
Location: Gando, Burkina Faso
Architect: Diébédo Francis Kéré
Structural Engineer: Diébédo Francis Kéré
Completion: 2001

AE Interests: Natural ventilation, clay bricks, air convection, raised roof for improved ventilation, corrugated metal roof, sustainability, local resources, perforated clay

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Building Name: Casa Milà
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Architect: Antoni Gaudí
Structural Engineer: Antoni Gaudí
Completion: 1910

AE Interests: Organic architecture, nonlinear form, natural ventilation, concrete-steel construction, masonry arches, curved iron beams, curtain façade, first residential garage.

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Building Name: Gamble House
Location: Pasadena, California
Architect: Greene & Greene
Completion Date: 1908

AE Interests: Exposed wooden structure, Japanese architectural influence, Arts and Crafts architecture, earthquake technology with panel connections

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Building: Walbrook Square, Bloomberg London HQ
Location: London, England, U.K.
Completion: 2017
Architect: Foster + Partners
Structural Engineering: AKTII
Lighting and Metalwork (ceiling): SAS International

AE Interest: Sustainability, office building with pedestrian plazas, restoration of temple at site, 210meter high central ramp for circulating between floors, fresh-air ventilation at floors flowing to central atrium, complex stone shading elements. Winner of 2018 Stirling Prize.

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Building Name: National Museum of Roman Art
Location: Mérida, Spain
Date: 1980 – 1986
Architect: Rafael Moneo

AEInterested: Roman brick arch; Modern design; Awarded most significant public building in Spain from 1983 – 1993 by the Ministry of Public Works and the Council of Architectural Association of Spain.

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Building Name: National Assembly Building
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Date: 1962 – 1983
Architect: Louis Kahn
Structural Engineers: Keast & Hood, Harry Palmbaum
Mechanical Engineers: D’Ambly

AEInterest: Cast-in-place reinforced concrete and Marble; Geometric forms; Passive cooling.

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Building Name: La Maison de Verre (The Glass House)
Location: Paris, France
Architect: Pierre Chareau, Bernard Bijvoet
Completed: 1932

AE Interest: Mixed industrial, traditional, and modern styles through the use of skeleton frame steel construction with transparent, light-weight frosted glass and industrial glass blocks. Interior spacial divisions characterized by bare steel beams and mechanical elements, including an overhead trolley, a retracting stair, and a rotating screen to hide/frame the stairs.

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Building: Archimède
Location: Paris, France
Architect: Brenac & Gonzalez et Associés
Structural Engineer: SCYNA 4
Façade Engineer: VSA
Project Manager: Pierre Martin Saint Etienne
Completed: 2017

AE Interest: Compact volume and high density along the railway allows for open space. Massing/materials adjusted to urban context, façade determined by its orientation (areas with most sunlight have double-skin crystalline glass slats, north façade has metallic cladding to reproduce the reflection of glass).

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Building Name: Fallingwater (Edgar J. Kaufmann House)
Location: Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Engineers: Mendel Glickman, William Wesley Peters
Completion: 1939

AE Interests: Example of integrating nature and architecture, blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor, walls are mainly glass. Inspired by surrounding environment, which is characterized by valuable minerals, rocky and sloping landscape, plant life and forests, and small waterfalls. Cantilevered over the waterfall by reinforced concrete, tension cables eventually added after cracking of balcony floors. Strong horizontal and vertical lines.

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Building Name: Berliner Philharmonie
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: 1956-1963
Architect: Hans Scharoun
Acoustics Engineer: Lothar Cremer ; Hans Scharoun

AEInterest: organic and futuristic aesthetic; vineyard style seating arrangement; expressionist architecture

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Building Name: Rusakov Worker’s Club
Location: Moscow, Russia
Date: 1928
Architect: Konstantin Melnikov
Structural Engineer: Konstantin Melnikov ;

AEInterest: Mixed Construction of reinforced concrete frame with load bearing brick;
example of constructivist architecture ; cantilevered seating sections

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Building Name: Musée de la Romanité de Nîmes
Location: Nimes, France
Date: 2018 (opened june 2)
Architect: 2Portzamparc – Elizabeth de Portzamparc
Associate Architect: A+ Architecture
Structural Engineer: Sarl Andre Verdier
Acoustics Engineer: Gamba Acoustique
Facade Engineer: RFR Engineers

AEInterest: glass plate facade; mixture of waxed concrete, aluminium, glass and wood;  7,000 angled silk screened glass tiles;

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Building name: Fiat Works
Completed: 1923
Location: Turin, Italy
Architect:  Giaccomo Matte-Trucco
Structural Engineer: Giaccomo Matte-Trucco

AE Interest: Scale, ribbed concrete, long concrete spans, functionalist architecture

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Building Name: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Location: Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California
Architect: MAD Architects
General Contractor: Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company
HVAC Systems: HCCO Engineered Systems
Seismic Control: Earthquake Protection Systems
Completion: 2021

AE Interests: Futuristic design, above grade, seismic design, geothermal systems, green roof terrace

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Building name: National Olympic Gymnasium
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Completed: 1964
Architect: Kenzo Tange
Structural Engineers: Kawaguchi & Engineers, Yoshikatsu Tsuboi Institute
Construction: Shimizu

AE Interests: Central structural spine, cable suspension roof, aerodynamic design, metabolist movement

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Building Name:  Dymaxion House
Location:  Dearborn, Michigan
Architect:  Buckminster Fuller
Completion:  1945

AE Interests:  Self-sufficient, low maintenance, supported by a central pole with cables suspended from it allowing for non-bearing outer walls, primarily made of aluminum, weighs one and half tons which was 1% the weight of average homes, earthquake and storm resistant

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Building Name:  German Pavilion (Barcelona Pavilion)
Location:  Barcelona, Spain
Architect:  Mies van der Rohe
Completion:  1929

AE Interests:  Architectural modernism, minimalist, low horizontal orientation, roof supported by eight cruciform columns, originally built in 1928 and destroyed in 1930, rebuilt in 1986

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Building Name:  Z9 Resort
Location:  Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Architect:  Dersyn Studio
Structural Engineer:  Narathip Deekaew
Electrical Engineer:  Teeracote Konglomjake
Lighting Consultant:  Saksit Veeramas
Completion:  2017

AE Interests:  Floating lodges, natural ventilation, sustainable design, made of recycled wood, steel structure, close circuit water treatment used to treat waste before draining into lake

Articles:  [1, 2]

      
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Building Name: Abu Dhabi World Trade Center (Al Raha Beach Development)
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Architect: Foster + Partners
Completion: Undergoing construction since 2008

AE Interests: Environmental computer analysis, sinuous dynamic plan, reactive louvered shading system angled to minimize solar gain depending on orientation, soaring central atrium, form rooted in a sustainable environmental strategy that relies on a series of passive controls.

Articles: [1,2]

     
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Building Name: Villa Malaparte (Casa Come Me)
Location: Capri, Italy
Architect: Adalberto Libera, Curzio Malaparte
Local Mason: Adolfo Amitrano
Completion: 1938-1943

AE Interests: Modern Italian architecture, rationalist architecture, classical architecture, rectilinear plan, inverted pyramid staircase, freestanding curving wall on roof as a solarium.

Articles: [1,2,3]
Video: [1]

      
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Building Name: Piscina des Marés (Leça Swimming Pools)
Location: Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
Architect: Álvaro Siza
Completion: 1961-1966

AE Interests: Intentional blurring of ocean’s edge between the rock formation and built structure, swimming pools, concrete, dark wood paneling, oxidized copper roof.

Articles: [1,2]

        
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Building Name: The Glass House
Location: New Canaan, Connecticut
Architect: Philip Johnson
Completion: 1949

AE Interests: early use of industrial materials(glass, steel) in home design, minimal structure, geometry, proportion, effects of transparency and reflection, first most brilliant works of modern architecture

Articles: [1, 2]

     
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Building Name: Lever House
Location: New York, New York
Architect: Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie De Blois of SOM
Structural Engineers: Weiskopf & Pickworth
MEP Engineer: Jaros, Baum & Bolles
Main Contractor: George A. Fuller Company
Completion: 1952

AE Interests: one of the first glass-walled International Style office buildings in US, elevated on pilotis one level above ground, curtain wall made of blue-green heat-resistant glass and stainless steel (economical and aesthetic), one of the first office buildings with full A/C system, completely sealed (no windows) – help reduce cooling costs

Articles: [1, 2, 3]

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Building: Raffles City Chongqing
Location: Chongqing, China
Architect: Safdie Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineers:  Parsons Brinckerhoff Consultants (now WSP)
Façade Engineer: ALT
Completion: 2019

AE Interests: inspired by the great Chinese sailing vessels, towers linked by a conservatory (with internal streets, building program and gardens), LEED-CS (core & shell) pre-certification, hybrid outrigger system (gravity systems), curving perimeter columns with belt trusses (lateral stability)

Articles: [1, 2]

Videos: [1, 2]

    
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Building Name: Amazon Spheres
Location: Seattle, Washington
Architect: NBBJ
Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates
MEP: WSP
Construction: Sellen Construction
Completion: 2018

AE Interests: pentagonal hexecontahedron steel frame, ultra-clear/energy-efficient glass panes, 40,000 plants from 50 different countries `

Articles: [1, 2]

  
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Building Name: Seagram Building (375 Park Avenue)
Location: New York City, New York
Architect(s): Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson
Structural Engineer: Severud Associates
MEP: Jaros, Baum, & Bolles
Completion: 1958

AE Interests: Bronze + glass facade articulates structure, at the time was the model for modern skyscrapers, Mies van der Rohe’s philosophy of minimalism/functionalism, first use of high-strength bolted connections, vertical truss bracing system

    
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Building Name: Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schroder House)
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Architect: Gerrit Rietveld
Completion: 1924

AE Interest: example of De Stijl movement: rectilinear form and primary colors, sliding walls to partition first floor, corner window opens fully to the outside

Videos: [1, 2]

       
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Building Name: V&A Dundee
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Architect: Kengo Kuma
Structural Engineer: Arup
Fire Engineer: Arup
Facade Engineer: Arup
Building Services Engineer: Arup
Maritime Engineer: Arup
Contractor: BAM Construction
Completion: 2018

AE Interests: Inclined concrete shell walls, reconstituted stone facade, precast cladding panels, parametric modeling, glazed curtain walls, sea-proofing, sustainable building, geothermal energy, natural ventilation, daylighting

Articles: [1,2]

Videos: [1,2]

     
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Building Name: Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery)
Location: Berlin, Germany
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
Construction (Bauherr): Stiftung Preuss Kulturbesitz
Completion: 1968

AE Interests: cantilever roof, structural steel, modernism, glazed pavilion, natural lighting, floating roof

Articles: [1, 2, 3]

Videos: [1]

        
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Building Name: Frederick C. Robie House
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Builder: H. B. Barnard Company
Completion: 1910

AE Interests: prairie school, double-wythe masonry, iron-spotted Roman brick, cantilever roof, structural steel

Articles: [1]

Building: Biblioteca TEC
Location: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Architect: Sasaki Associates
Architects of Record: GLR Arquitectos, RDPL Arquitectos
Structural Engineering: Sasaki
BIM Manager: ConVirtus Soluciones BIM
Completion: 2017
AE Interest: Use of thermal resistant glass façade (only absorbs 23% of heat received), vertical metal shading, green screen, roof terrace with view of Cerro de la Silla, exterior light sensors to automatically open and close interior blinds and adjust air-conditioning, storm water collection system, pursuing LEED Gold certification.

Articles/Videos: [a1, v1, v2]

Building: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Architect: Le Corbusier and Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente
Structural Engineer: LeMessurier
Construction supervision: Sert, Jackson and Associate (previously Sert, Jackson & Gourley)
Completion: 1962

AE Interest: Only Le Corbusier building in North America, brise-soleil, poured-in-place concrete, large S-shaped ramp bisecting the building, free-standing structural columns.

Building: Gehry House
Location: Santa Monica, California, USA
Architect: Frank Gehry
Architects: Gehry Partners, LLP
Completion: 1979 (remodeled in 1991)

AE Interest: Frank Gehry’s private residence, early example of deconstructivism, renovation of existing house while keeping original structure nearly intact, exposed wooden structure, unique use of building materials such as glass inner wire, wood framing, corrugated metal sheets, and chain-linked fencing.

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Building Name: Jewel Changi Airport
Architect: Safdie Architects (led by Moshe Safdie)
Structural Engineer/Facade Engineer: BuroHappold Engineering
Landscape Architect: Peter Walker & Partners
Water Design Firm: WET Design
Completion: 2019

AE Interests:
Biodome structure. The Rain Vortex is the world’s tallest indoor waterfall (9 stories / 40 metres). Waterfall creates its own microclimate by creating turbulence and mist that is breezed into surrounding landscapes – prevents hot, humid climate inside dome. Predicted to receive Singapore’s GreenMark Platinum status.

Used top-down construction – deep excavation was not possible due to surrounding buildings and airport operations. Fourteen tree-like columns support 3,500 tonnes grid-shell roof facade to minimize column obstruction.

Facade uses Triple Low-E glass with 16 mm air gap to restrict noises from airport and reduce heat while preventing glaring for aircraft safety.

Architectural Rendering Video
Construction Time-Lapse Video

Articles: [a1, a2, a3, a4]
Airport Website: [1]

    
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Building Name: São Paulo Museum of Art
Architect: Lina Bo Bardi
Civil Engineer: José Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz
Construction: 1957 – 1968

AE Interest:
Structure suspended by four piers supporting two huge pre-cast concrete beams spanning 243 feet (74 metres); no interior columns interrupt interior space (floor height: 26 feet). Lower level beam is hollow. Bending moment of beams is 20,000 lbs

Bo Bardi innovated close collaboration with construction teams and emphasized artisanal value in construction.

Articles: [a1, a2, a3]
Construction Case-Study: [1]

    
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Building Name: Austrian Post Office Savings Bank
Architect: Otto Wagner
Completed: 1912

AE Interests:
Hallmark modern architecture. Follows “Impractical designs can never be beautiful.” Aestheticized the practical value of designs – from the usability of all the furniture to the hot air blowers.

Articles: [a1, a2, a3]

Building: Shenye TaiRan Building
Location: Futian District, Shenzhen, China
Architect + Structural Engineer: Zhubo Design
MEP Engineers: China Academy of Building Research; Zhubo Design
Contractor: Shenzhen Terra (Holdings) Co., Ltd
Landscape Architect: Hill Landscape Design
Completion:  2012

AE Interests:
fully landscaped rooftop terraces
crystalline volume in the center of the courtyard that serves as a light-filled central entrance to underground parking
exterior cladding utilizes materials, predominantly light stone, that reflect sun rays; inner balcony façade features dark grey aluminum

Articles, Videos:
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