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Building: Peñalolen Velodrome
Location: Santiago, Chile
Status: Completed (2013)
Architect: Iglesis Prat Arquitectos
Structural Engineer: RG Ingenieros (Patricio Recabal)

AE Interest: Large suspended roof, designed with steel frames that form a tensile structure, articulated frames make up long spans, perimeter walls are made up of metal enclosures that facilitate the incorporation of natural light

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Building: Florida Polytechnic Science, Innovation and Technology Building
Location: Lakeland, FL, U.S.
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Architect of Record: Alfonso Architects
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti

AE Interest: concrete and steel columns arranged vertically to allow light to flow in, features a prominent glass and steel cupola with an operable louver system, individual hydraulic pistons operate each of the 94 louvers, continuous pergola defined by 84 arched aluminum “leaves” shade the upper level terraces and ground-level arcades

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Building: Ilham Baru
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Completion: 2015
Architect: Foster + Partners
Associate Architect: SA Architects

AE Interest: Innovative self-bracing rigid structure, large column-free spaces acomodate its mixture of functions

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Building: Willis Headquarters a Lime Street
Location: London, UK
Status: Completed, 2008
Architect: Foster + Partners
Structural Engineer: Whitbybird
Client:   The British Land Co plc, Stanhope plc

AE Interest: distinctive saw-tooth design to prevent overheating, reduce air conditioning usage and optimize the amount of natural light, a six-story planted “green wall” concept on the North side façades encourages biodiversity on the site, building services equipment is all highly energy efficient and centrally controlled to maximize performance.

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Building: Electric Ramps At The Old Centre
Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Status: Complete
Architects: Roberto Ercilla + Miguel Angel Campo
Technical Architect: Gorka Sagasti

AE Interest: The basic stainless steel and glass portico acts similarly to the shots of a film rotating around a virtual axis in sequences of one meter distances, strong emphasis on functionality given extreme winter conditions in Vitoria

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Building: Elephant House
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Architect: Foster and Partners
Structural and Mechanical Engineer: Rambøll with Buro Happold
Landscape Architect: Stig L Andersson Architects

AE Interest: An adult male elephant weighs 5.5 tons and can exert a 15 ton horizontal load on a wall. The interior walls are The glazed roof canopies are randomly patterned with leaves from four species of tree to create naturalistic dappled light.

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Building: Primorsky Aquarium
Location:Vladivostok, Russia
Architect: OJSC Primorgrajdanproekt
Structural Engineer/Contractor: NPO Mostovik, Ltd.
Status: In Progress

AE Interest: Curtain walls fabricated from custom thermal glass only made in Spain for maximum thermal insulation. Building will hold over 25,000 tons of water total, one of the largest aquariums in the world. Aquarium glass in the largest tank (7,000 tons) is up to 2 feet thick (0.6m).

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Building: 9/11 Memorial and Museum
Location: New York, NY, U.S.
Architect: Handel Architects
Landscape Architect: Peter Walker and Partners
Underground Museum Architect: Davis Brody Bond
Pavilion Architect: Snøhetta
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk
Museum Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Fountain Structural Engineer: DEW Water Architecture
Completed: 2011

AE Interest: Each reflection pool recirculates 52,000 gallons of water per minute. The stone and metal parapets that line each pool and bear victim names have built in heating and cooling systems specifically designed to allow visitors to comfortably touch the names year round.

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Project: Taiyuan Museum of Art
Location: Taiyuan, China
Client: Taiyuan City Government
Architect: Preston Scott Cohen
Structural Engineer: Zhidong Wang
Size: 40,505 square meters (435,992 square feet)
Cost: $60 million

AE Interest: Cantilevering Sections of building, abundance of natural light, steel frame structure
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Building: Saint Roch-de-l’Archigan City Hall
Location: Quebec, Canada
Architects: Affleck de la Riva Architects
Design Architect: Richard de la Riva
Project Manager: Richard de la Riva
Structural/ Mechanical/ Electrical Engineer: Leroux Beaudoin Hurens
Year: 2012

AE Interests: The city hall was originally a convent built in 1881. The project creates a dialogue between the restored heritage building and a contemporary addition housing a new entry lobby, elevator and stair-tower. Combining artisanal materials with contemporary materials, the addition provides a spacious, naturally lit lobby and up-to-date vertical circulation.
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Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects and Patrik Schumacher
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Local Architect: Ferran Pelegrina Associats SL
Structural Engineering: BOMA Brufau, Obiol, Moya & Ass. SL
M/E/P Engineering: Grupo JG. SL
Facade Engineering: Ferrés Arquitectos y Consultores.SL
Lighting Design: Architectural Lighting Solutions
Project Area: 27,650 sqm
Project Year Concepts: 2006-2011

AE Interest: The cores will be built underground and reinforced concrete, sections of tower act as cantilevers
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Building Name: Basis Terminal Galzigbahn
Location: Innsbruck, Austria
Architect: Driendl Galzigbahn
Structural engineer: Ingenieurbüro Brandner, Bernard Ingenieure ZT GmbH
Ropeway Technology: Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH
Year: 2007

AEInterest: glass material enables one to see the technical inner life; concrete anchors into slope and is a carrier of a space truss which carries off the weight of the roof; visible construction of space truss directly evolves from extreme weather conditions; form defines the function

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Building: Dalian Shell Museum
Location: Dalian, China
Architect: The Design Institute of Civil Engineering & Architecture of DUT
Engineering: The Design Institute of Civil Engineering & Architecture of DUT
Contractor: Hunter Douglas Contract
Completed: 2009

AEInterest: overlapping roof made of QuadroClad, customizable light weight aluminum panels, stable metal honeycomb between the skins, fabrication technology used in aircrafts

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Building: Tree Art Museum
Location: Beijing, China
Architect: Daipu Architects
Structural Engineer: Huang Shuangxi
Completed: 2009

AEInterest: Curvy concrete floorslab from the floor all the way to the roof, tilted concrete walls,  sloping exhibition rooms and offices, curtain walls allow for daylight to penetrate

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Building: FRAC Bretagne
Location: Rennes, France
Architect: Studio OdileDecq
Structural Engineer: Batiserf / CARIG
Completed: 2012

AEInterest: Made of reinforced concrete treated with an engineered pigmentation process, steel used for cast in frame work and structural framing, massive blocks, complexity, tinted steel

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Building: El Aleph
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Completed: 2012
Architect: Foster and Partners
Collaborating Architect: Berdichevsky-Cherry
Structural Engineer: Jose Noberto, Galay and Buro Happold
M+E Engineer: Estudio Grinner

AEInterest: sustainable (recycled or local) materials, vaulted concrete structure, flexible glazed screens, bronzed aluminum glazing and sunscreens, façade oriented to protect from various sun intensities

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Building: CSMVS – Vistor Center at the Prince of Wales Museum
Location: Mumbai, India
Architect: RMA Architects
Completed: 2011
Structural Engineers: Vijay K. Patil & Associates
Construction Engineer: Likproof India (P) LTD.

AEInterest: reflective steel and glass facade, lightweight elliptical roof, pivoted steel columns, vegetation grows though openings  in the roof
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Building: Astrup Fearnly Museum of Modern Art
Location: Oslo, Norway
Status: Completed September 2012
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Structural Engineer: AAS-Jacobsen, Seim & Hultgren

AE Interests: Two buildings divided by canal; Single swooping glass roof connects the two buildings; roof resembles sailboat masts with cable rigging reinforcement

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Building: Visitor Reception Building
Location: Novartis Campus, East Hanover, New Jersey, U.S.
Completed: January 2013
Architect: Weiss/Manfredi
Landscape Architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh
Structural Engineer: Severud Associates
MEP Engineer: Cosentini Associates
Project Manager:  Christopher Ballentine
Construction Management: Sordoni Construction

AE Interest: solar array canopy at the parking area, pleated structural ceiling, perimeter walls enclosed in energy efficient coated, self-supporting glass, certified LEED Gold.
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Building: Melbourne Recital Centre
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Status: Completed 2009
Architect: Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM)
Acoustic Consultant: Arup Acoustics
Engineering: Bonacci Group

AE Interests: World-class acoustic design; Interior clad in Australian hoop pine; Interior paneling provides reflective ledges and sound diffusions; “Box-in-box” arrangement reduces outside noise

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Building: Prada Transformer
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Status: Completed 2009 (Temporary structure, Dismantled 2009)
Architect: Rem Koolhaas of OMA
Structural Engineer: Eunmin S&D

AE Interests: Wrapped in polyvinyl skin developed by U.S. Army; Four cranes lift and rotate structure; Four basic shapes host four different types of events; Steel framing; Complex connections between steel shapes

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Building: Estadio Unico Ciudad De la Plata
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Architect: Roberto Ferreira & Arquitectos Asociados (RFArq)
Structural Engineer: Weidlinger Associates Inc. – Matthys Levy
Contractor: Birdair General Contractors
Completed: 2003

AE Interest: First stadium in South America with PTFE membrane-covered stadium; Design of two intersecting circles creates a unique game atmosphere dividing both teams.
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Building: Perth Arena
Location: Perth WA 6000, Australia
Architect: ARM Architecture & Cameron Chisholm Nicol (CCN)
Sustainability Engineer: WSP Built Ecology
Structural Engineering: Aurecon
Completed: 2012

AE Interest: One of the largest roof-mounted photo-voltaic arrays in Western Australia. Water-less urinals; Low energy fluorescent lighting in dome.
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Building: Bao’an Stadium
Location: Shanez, China
Year Completed: 2011
Architect: Meinhard von Gerkan and Partners (gmp) with Stephan Schütz & David Schenke
Structural Engineer: shlaich bergermann und partner – Sven Plieninger with Wei Chen
Lighting Design: Schlotfeld Licht

 AE Interests: Pillars inspired by the immense bamboo forests found throughout China. They create an identity that expresses the allure of the region generating a forest like feel.
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Building: Universiade Sports Center
Location: Shenzen, China
Architects: Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz with Nicolas Pomränk
Structural Concept and Design Roof: schlaich bergermann und partner – Sven Plieninger with Wei Chen
Facade Planning: Shen and Partner
Completed: 2011

AE Interest: Unique connection with the natural habitat in Shenzen. Crystalline structures in the form of stones and rocks represent continuity and stability, blending with the mountains and hills surrounding the complex.
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Building: Mazar-e-Quaid (National Mausoleum)
Location: Karachi, Pakistan
Architect: Yahya Merchant
Year: 1970

AE Interest: hosts governmental and military ceremonies, marble chosen to withstand the extremes of the local climate
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Building: Marlins Ball Park
Location: Miami, Florida, U.S.
Architect: Populous
General Contractor: Hunt Construction Group
Construction Firm: Moss Construction Management
Structural Engineer: Walter P. Moore (roof) / BNI Engineers (stadium bowl)
Completed: 2012

AE Interest: First LEED Silver Certified retractable roof stadium in baseball. Retractable outfield glass wall that allows patrons to enjoy the Miami skyline during a game.

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Building: The Lantern
Location: Sandes, Norway
Architect: AWP / Atelier Oslo
Consultants / Contractors: Kristoffer Apelandsneset AS, Timber AS

AE Interests: Composed of multiple truss structures and covered in staggered panel glass, lights in the structure give off a warm glow

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Building: JNBY
Location: Shanghai, China
Design Architect: HHD_Fun Architects
Structural Engineer: H + J International

AE Interests: Steel structure with taut, elastic waterproof material created with a low-carbon footprint, six interlocking pieces can be reassembled / disassembled for storage
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Building:  Hessing Cockpit and Acoustic Barrier

Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Design Architect: ONL (Oosterhuis_Lénárd)
Lead Designer: Kas Oosterhuis
Project Architect: Sander Boer
Structural Engineer: Meijers Staalbouw BV, Pilkington Benelux BV

AE Interest: 300 glass elements between a diagrid structure, sound barrier for residential districts

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Building: The Origin
Location: New York City, New York, U.S.
Designer: United Visual Artists

AE Interests: Multiple programmable LED lights that can change color and reacts to sound/music, approx. 10×10 m

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Building: Maple Leaf Square Canopy
Location: Toronto, Canada
Designer: United Visual Artists
Engineer: Soheil Mosun Limited

AE Interests:  A thousand modules placed in a non repeating, artificial and natural sunlight, reminiscent of light passing through leaves in a forest canopy

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Building: Guayasamin House and Museum
Location: Cumbayá, Ecuador
Completion: 2007
Architect: Diego Guayasamin
Construction: Diego Guayasamin, Gustavo Guayasamin
Structures: Otto Maldonado

AEInterests: Building designed as a sculpture for the under passing highway, dramatic exterior slanting walls mirror the local landscape

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Architect: Za Bor Architects
Architects In Charge: Peter Zaytsev, Arseniy Borisenko
Location: Moscow, Russia
Year: Concept Project
Area: 4,890 sqm

AEInterest: Complex, elongated building formed from several interpenetrative volumes.
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Project Name: Pedestrianized City Center Design
Location: Unayzah, Saudi Arabia
Completion: Conceptual Design-Roadway Begun
Architects: Erick van Egeraat

AE Interest: underground transportation and parking, entirely pedestrianized ground level, sun-shading, greenwalls, and contemporary design integration with traditional existing structures.
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Building: The Pinch Library and Community Center
Location: Yunnan, China
Completion: 2014
Architects: John Lin, Olivier Ottevaere
Project Manager: Crystal Kwan
Construction: Kunming Dianmuju Shangmao Company

AEInterests: Shelving integrated into building structure, roof functions as a slide, funded and designed as a monument to a local earthquake

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Project Name: Ningbo Yinzhou Southern CBD Portal Project Design
Location: Ningbo, China
Completed: Conceptual Design
Architects: amphibianArc
Developer: Ningbo Yinzhou Urban Construction Investment and Development Corporation

AE Interest: transit-oriented development, vertical sustainability, creating a ‘modern trade route’ referring to the Mairitime Silk Road, the development surrounding the transportation hub are divided into 2 categories-main and background buildings

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Building Name: PLAY-TIME Apartments
Location: Madrid, Spain
Completion: In Progress 2013
Architects: Elena Orte and Guilliermo Sevillano (SUMA)
Construction: Diezma Rosell Construcctiones
Structure: SANDO-COMEUT

AE Interest: Perimeter Garden,  Solar/Hypothermal Control, Vegetation, Spiral Orientation, Free Standing Envelop, Steel Tube Structure, 40+ species of plants places according to orientation making an “oasis in the middle of the city”

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Project: Hance Park Redesign Masterplan
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Completion: Conceptual Design-Finish Date 2024
Architect: Weddle Gilmore and !melk
Landscape Architect: Floor Associates
Civil Engineers: David Evans & Associates
Structural Engineers: Buro Happold
Environmental Engineering: Sherwood Design Engineers

AE Interest: urban garden, area is divided into 3 seperate spaces: valley, canyon, and plateau, microclimate , shading techniques (both natural and constructed), landscaping design.
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Project Name: City Masterplan Winning Proposal
Location: Madong, China
Completion: Conceptual Design
Architects: HYHW Architects and Planners
Consulting Company: Space Syntax

AE Interest: waterway transportation, high traffic pedestrian pathways, mix industry high density city, integration into current infrastructure, historical preservation
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Building: Library and Learning Centre University of Economics Vienna
Location: Vienna, Austria
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineer: Vasko und Partner Ingenieure
M&E Engineer: Vasko und Partner Ingenieure
Façade & Lighting Engineer: Arup
Construction: Granit
Completed 2013

AE Interest: high-quality exposed concrete, innovative formwork composed of alkus solid plastic panels, façade engineering

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Building: Digital Museum
Location: Pecica, Romania
Architect: Claudiu Ionescu
Constructor: S.c. Start S.r.l.
Construction Time: 5 months
Completion Year: 2013

AE Interest: tilted reinforced concrete walls, N-S orientation and surrounding pavement form a solar sun dial, building located in an active seismic zone
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Building: Yellow Treehouse Restaurant (The Redwoods Treehouse)
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Architect: Pacific Environments Architects Ltd. (PEL)
Engineers: Holmes Consulting
Project Managers: The Building Intelligence Group
Building Contractors: NZ Strong and Citywide Construction Ltd
Year: 2008-2009

AE Interest: Elevated treetop walkway, built 10 meters high in a redwood tree, chrysalis shape as reflection of natural surroundings, vertical timber fins for natural cooling and lighting, secured to trunk with steel saddles, had to account for fire safety.
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Building: Prahran Hotel
Location: Victoria, Australia
Architect: Techne Architects
Structural Engineer: Parkhill Freeman
Contractor: Visual Builders
Pipe Manufacturer: Humes
Client: Sand Hill Road
Year: 2013

AE Interest: This small pub was originally established in 1940 and was reconstructed in 2013. The building now incorporates 17 concrete irrigation pipes, hanging garden elements, and a steel glazed courtyard providing ample natural lighting.
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Building: Victoria Tower
Location: Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
Architect: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
Structural Engineer: Integra AB
MEP: AB Teknoplan
Client: Arthur Buchardt
Owner/Developer: Call Tower Invest AB
Year: 2011

AE Interest: Appearance changes with position of the viewer and changes in weather, curtain wall façade made up of 8 different types of glass, slight cantilever of top floors, clad entirely in glass, two-thirds of the walls are fully insulated, one of the tallest buildings in Stockholm.
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Building: Unbalance Hotel
Location: Lima, Peru
Architect: OOIIO Architecture
Status: Design Development

AE Interest: Perched on a cliff edge, frames the Pacific Ocean, peculiar and unbalanced shape.
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Building: Fuel Station and McDonalds
Location: Batumi, Georgia
Architect: Giorgi Khmaladze (Khmaladze Architects)
Structural Engineer: Capiteli
MEP: Gulfstream
Kitchen Engineering: Franke
Exterior Lighting: Erco
Year: 2013
Client: Socar

AE Interest: Reflection pool, effective separation of dining space and vehicular services, small building footprint limitations, smooth transition between floors, cantilevered giant canopy with vegetation layer acting as an ecological shield for the dining customers from the fuel station, unique geometry.
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Name: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Location: Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Architect: HOK
Architect of Record: Oger International
Completed 2009

AE Interest: LEED-NC Platinum;  less than 30 months to design and construct 5.5 million square feet of complex space across 27 buildings; 100% of wastewater reused

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Photography: Jasmin Schuller

Building Name: Doninpark
Location: Vienna, Austria
Architect: LOVE Architecture & Urbanism
Client: Hart & Haring Bauträger GmbH
Roof Specialist: Feigl und Schwartz
Load Bearing Structure Planner: ZT Kuttner
Construction Physics: ZT Kuttner
Construction Costs (€): 16,5 Mio
Area: 15,000 sqm
Year: 2013

AE Interest:Construction: Building form dictated by zoning regulations. Nonstandard scale of fenestration and alcoves. The ground floor of the building houses a shopping zone that faces the subway stop, while the first and second floors feature office space and a gym. The third floor upwards is residential quarters. The loggias are on the east side, thereby creating a distance to the street space.
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Building Name: Parkrand
Architects: MVRDV
Location: Geuzenveld, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Year : 1999-2006
Client : Het Oosten/Kristal bv, Amsterdam NL
Partners In Charge: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries
Structure: Pieters Bouwtechniek
Services And Building Physics: Cauberg Huygen Rotterdam NL
Area: 35,000 sqm
Budget : EUR 28.5 Million

AE Interest:The two open, airy blocks offer views from all sides. All apartments have an orientation to the sun and a view of the park with the perforated roof, which is repeated at the ground floor, forming two courtyards that offer light, view, and access to the apartments on the first level. The garden offers protection from rain and wind.
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Photographs: Diana Arnau

Building Name: Vertiz 950
Architects: HGR Arquitectos
Location: Doctor José María Vertiz, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
Architect In Charge: Marcos Hagerman
Developer: Ciudad Vertical
Structural Design: Mata y Triana Ingenieros Consultores
Double Facade: Hunter Douglas
Area: 3,426 sqm
Year: 2013

AE Interest: Irregular site with only 10 meters of street front. Thirteen different typologies that vary from 62 to 114 sqm were required to adjust to the site. Duplex apartments reduce up to a 70% the space used by the hallways. Double facade gives lighting to the inside, blocks the view from the outside, and works as a hand rail. Natural ventilation and illumination. Six floor green wall in central patio provides privacy to the building.
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Building Name: Nicolás San Juan
Architects: Taller 13 Arquitectura Regenerativa
Location: Benito Juárez, Federal District, Mexico
Project Architects: Patricio Guerrero, David Mandujano, Eduardo Palomino, Ruben Coxca, Belinda Garcia, Paulina Garcia, Luis Garcia, Miguel Mercado, Rafael Hop
Project Management: Elias Cattan, Yair Wolff, Allan Betech
Structure: Raul de Villafranca
Construction: Factor Eficiencia
Structural Engineering: Arco Radial
Site Co-cordinator: PCC Construcciones (Ing. Hilario Trejo)
Bamboo Specialist: Arq. Raul de Villafranca
Developer: Phi
Project Year: 2009

AE Interest: Exceptional environmental performance. Terraced urban gardens where food and ornamental plants are produced.  Program for waste management and recycling. Rainwater is collected by a cascade type system, treated in a treatment plant and reused in toilets and terraces. Interior walls of straw and frame of bamboo.
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Photographs: Christian Wöckinger, Jens Weber, Image 2

Building Name: Edelweiss Residence
Architects: Matteo Thun & Partners
Location: Katschberg, Austria
Client: FMTG AG / Falkensteiner Hotels & Residences
Architect In Charge: Oliver Hofmeister, Jens Seemueller
Project Manager Architecture: Bruno Franchi
Interior Design: Michael Catoir
Interior Designers: Sabrina Pinkes, Maren Weitz
Light Design: Simone Fumagalli
Area: 4000.0 sqm
Height: 1600 m
Year: 2009

AE Interest: Two identical layout, monolithic towers with different scales wrapped by round bodied diamond rhombus made from local larch wood that offers a variety of panoramic views. No new infrastructure for electricity or plumbing were necessary as the complex is connected to a nearby hotel that produces its own heat with a biomass generator fueled by waste-wood. Generous layouts with lines and forms that are clear and light provided by the use of natural materials.
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Building Name: 360º Building
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Completion: 2013
Architect: Isay Weinfeld
Structural Engineering: Esteng Estrutural Engenharia
Design Team: Gabriel Bicudo, Manoel Maia
Collaborators: Domingos Pascali, Marcelo Alvarenga
General Contractor: Barbara Engenharia e Construção Ltda

AE Interest: Vertical stack of “houses with yards” provides private outdoor space. Open ground floor increases communal space.
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Building Name: Støperiet (The Iron Foundry)
Location: Bergen, Norway
Completion: 2013
Architect: Link Arkitektur
Construction: Rambøll Norway

AE Interest: Preservation & modernization. Cantilever over/support through historic structure. Downtown revitalization. Fenestration dictated by structural design.
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Building Name: Ardmore Residence
Location: Singapore
Architect: UNStudio –  Ben van Berkel et al
Local architects: Architects A61, Singapore
Structure: Webstructures, Singapore
Mechanical & Electrical Consulting Engineers: J Roger Preston, Singapore
Façade: Arup, Singapore
Construction: Shimizu Corporation
Completed 2013

AE Interest: Complex, organic form. Precast concrete facade also serves as structure and brise soleil with some panels spanning four floors. Elevated structure creates green space.

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Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Year: 2013
Senior Design Architect: Scott Duncan, AIA
Design Architect: Jackie Wong, AIA
Area: 890,000 sq ft
Structural Engineering: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Owner: Rayadah Investment Company

AE Interest:  Façade provides necessary shading in Saudi Arabian climate, Horizontal fins of varying depths on the north façade are calibrated based on the actual quantity of sun falling on this surface., LEED certification, seven-story high entrance lobby, Façade provides more premium “corner style” offices

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Building: Dawang Mountain Resort Changsha
Location: Changsha, China
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Design Architects: Alexander Ott, Quirin Krumbholz, Stephan Sobl
Structural Engineer: Bollinger + Grohmann
MEP/HVAC: Buro Happold Ltd., Steve Macey
Year: Construction started in 2013

AE Interest: Constructed directly over an abandoned cement mining quarry pit and lake, 170 meter span, lighting is controlled via a central glass cone that brings in natural light, facade of hotel tower provides natural ventilation and innovative sun shading, architecture is integrated into the landscape

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Building: Ion Luxury Adventure Hotel
Location: Nesjavellir, Iceland
Architect: Minarc
Structural Engineer: Tov Verkfradistofa ehr
Contractor: Heidar Holt Contractors
Completion: 2013

AE Interest: Simple design does not overwhelm the natural beauty of the surroundings, blends effortlessly in with landscape, sustainable methods, high performance building that maximizes energy efficiency and lowers carbon footprint, natural hot springs in region provide hotel with geothermal heating and hot water
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Building: Reforma 432 Residences
Architect: Rojkind Arquitectos/ Michel Rojkind
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Project Direction and Coordination: Grupo Elipse
Completion: 2012

AE Interest: Multi-purpose building, interior is made up of customizable 70 square foot units which may be added to one another to form more complex spaces, “technical floors” located throughout the building offer structural support and are used as recreational centers for residents

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Building: La Cité des Affaires (Financial District)
Location: Saint-Etienne, France
Architect: Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
Structural Engineer: Khephern Ingenierie
Completion: 2010

AE Interest: Serpentine look of the building conveys vertical and horizontal movement, pedestrian access on all three sides formed by staggered layout of entrance portals, yellow face brings light into core of building, continuous surfaces
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Building: LIberty Mutual Boston Headquarters
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Architects: CBT Architects
Structural Engineer: Colby Company Engineering
Consulting Engineer: Bard Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers

AE Interest: window façade relates to the surrounding historical buildings, LEED Silver, won Boston Preservation Alliance Preservation Achievement Award 2014
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Building: Rosewood Abu Dhabi
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Architect: Handel Architects
Structural Engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA)
MEP Engineer: WSP Buildings
Geotechnical Engineer: Haley & Aldrich
Completion: 2013

AE Interest: Texture and lines on a falcon’s feathers inspired the design of the building, fluid form contrasts with more rectilinear construction in area, reflective glass used
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Building: Heydar Aliyev International Airport
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
Completion: 2014
Architect: Autoban
Engineers: Arup + Woods Bagot

AE Interest: unconventional use of space, wooden ‘cacoons’, use of narrative and unconventional forms, furnishing and lighting schemes, natural materials, function, human consideration
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Building: Office Building 335
Location: Novartis Campus, East Hanover, New Jersey, U.S.
Completed: December 2012
Architect: Weiss/Manfredi
Structural Engineer: Severud Associates
Mechanical Engineer: Cosentini Associates
Project Manager: Clifton Balch
Construction Manager: Turner Construction Company

AE Interest: Ascending spiral of communal double-height living rooms to create a continuous and flexible work environment, oscillating acid etched, reflective clear glass curtain wall mirrors the landscape and fills the interior with light

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Building Name: Rocks Police Station
Location: Sydney, Australia
Architects: Welsh+Major
Structural Engineer: Shreeji Consultant
Year: 2013

AE Interest: The architecture celebrates the imposing, austere qualities of the former Police Station building, whilst activating adjacent public space. Won the 2014 NSW AIA Architecture Award for Heritage-Conservation.

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Building: KPOP Curve
Location: Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Architect: Moon Hoon
Completion: 2014
Structure Engineering: POWER
Construction: JEHYO
Mechanical and Electrical Engineer: Guekdong Engineering

AEinterest: Complex geometric curved structure, two sided wall illusion, primarily concrete, natural light manipulation.

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Building: Sheikh Zayed Bridge
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Completion: 2010
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Structural Engineer: High-Point Rendel

AE Interest: curved design, geometric shapes, intricacy, dynamic lighting design, cantilevered road decks, symmetrical steel arches, fluid silhouette
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Building Name: Mont De Marsan Mediatheque
Location:Place De La Caserne Bosque, Mont-de-Marsan, France
Architect: Archi5
Completion: 2012
Associate Architect: Borja Huidobro
Engineer: Mizrahi

AEinterest: Square geometric form, outer façade acts as a mirror, diagonal grid outer wall, complex geometric form for courtyard, event diffusion of light in the courtyard.
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