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Building: Medieval Museum in Waterford
Location: Cathedral Square, Waterford, Ireland
Completion: 2013
Architects: Waterford City Council Architects
Design Team: Waterford City Council Architects
Structural and Civil Engineer: Frank Fox & Associates Consultant Engineers
Project Manager: Malone O’Regan Consultants Engineers
Main Contractor: Tom O’Brien Construction Ltd

AEinterest: Building has complex geometric shape, complex shape due to surrounding buildings,  incorporation of medieval structure, complex front façade, mainly concrete structure.
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Building: Daqing Highway Passenger Transportation Hub
Location: Heilongjiang, China
Completion: 2010
Architect: Had Architects

AE Interest: ice and snow culture connotations, shape of building, open and transparent feels of interior, good flow lines, great view, connection to surrounding area

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Building: Darlarna Media Library
Location: Falun, Sweden
Architect: ADEPT
Completion: 2014
Engineer: Ramböll Sweden Ab, Sweco Systems Ab, Brandyskyddslaget
Contractor: HMB Construction Ab

AEinterest: Spiral floor plan, hexagonal shape, accommodating acoustic abilities, highly polished exterior panels, extensive wood cladding, and adequate natural lighting in outer sections.

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Building: Nk’ Mip Desert Culture Centre
Location: Osoyoos, BC VOH, Canada
Architects: DIALOG
Architect in charge: Bruce Haden
Project Architect: Brandy Dunlop
Structural Engineering: Equilibrium Consulting Inc.
Mechanical Engineering: Cobalt Engineering
Electrical Engineering: MCL Engineering
General Contractor: Greyback Construction

AEinterest: Partial submerged building, materials that reflect the surroundings, sustainable usage of surroundings, optimized solar performance, glazing on south and west sides, insulated wall, green roof, 20 to 50% savings on forced air system.

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Building: 1911 Revolution Museum
Location: Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubie, China
Completion: 2011
Architects: CADI
Architects in charge: Lu Xiaoming, Ye Wei

AEinterest: Pillar-less exhibition hall, complex symmetric geometry, steel frame structure, efficient construction, high quality environmental friendly materials, reduced usage of concrete, energy efficient air system.

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Building: Kirstenbosch Cenenary Tree Canopy Walkway
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Architect: Mark Thomas
Structural Engineers: Henry Fagan Consulting Engineers
Completed May 2014

AE Interest: lightweight non-intrusive steel structure, no visual impact within gardens, no mechanical or electrical aspects, simplicity, construction process

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Building: The Lotus Building and People’s Park
Location: Wujin, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Architects: studio505
Year: 2013

AE Interest: use of artificial lake and geothermal piles for cooling and heating, hand-laid stainless steel hexagon mosaic tiles cover all external and internal surfaces, natural ventilation

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Building Name: LAND Experience Center
Building Location: Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
Architect: Aedas
Status: Completed

AE Interests: Sculptural façade takes influence from surrounding topography.  Special steel foundation designed to allow for re-use of space and mobility (building will be relocated in its life to become a contemporary museum).  Vertical aluminum/wood façade celebrates ancient Chinese architecture while solving design problems inherent of complex geometry.

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Building Name: Dadong Art Center
Architects: de Architekten Cie + MAYU architects
Location: Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Structural Engineer: Arup Amsterdam + Tien-Hun Engineering Consultant Inc.
Acoustics Consultant: Peutz & Associates + Gade & Mortensen Akustikk + Prof. Wei-Hwa Chiang NTUST
Environment Technology Consultant: Hander Engineering & Construction Inc. + I. S. Lin & Associates
Area: 36,470 sqm
Completed 2012

AE Interest: The roof shape prevents against extreme climatic conditions such as Typhoon, Wide holes in the roof guide the water to inner springs, Warm air rises to the top roof openings generating a fresh inner draft, In order to achieve optimal acoustics in both music and theater use the ceiling of the auditorium is adjustable according to music and theater modes, Sound absorption materials are also retractable behind the wood lamella

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Buidling: Ace Hotel restoration
Location: Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
Original Architects: C. Howard Crane
Restoration Architects: Commune Design, GREC Architects, LLC
Structural Engineer: Nabih Youseef Associates

AE Interest: combines 1920’s Hollywood glamour and modern minimalism, formerly known as Grauman’s United Artists Theater
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Building: Phoenix International Media Center
Location: Beijing, China
Architect: Shao Weiping of BIAD UFo
Structural Engineers: Shu Weinong, Zhu Zhongyi, Zhou Sihong, Zhang Shizhong, Shen Zhenkai, Wang Yi, Bu Longgui
Contractor: Beijing Tianrun Construction Co.
Steel Structure: Jiangsu Huning Steel Mechanism Co.
Interior Design: SAKO Architects
Completed: 2014

AE Interest: Each structural steel member is a continuous loop along the cross-section, tied at the base and secured at the top by a service bridge that acts as a counter-balance to wind forces. Fixed to this structure, is the overlapping facade which doubles as the frame for the glazing and the housing for the MEP.

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Building: The Green Village
Location: Bali, Indoensia
Status: Completed 2010
Architect: PT Bambu
Design Consultant: Elora Hardy with IBUKU

AE Interest: Community of luxurious, self-sustainable, bamboo homes; minimal environment impact; hand-constructed to embody the strength and versatility of bamboo

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Building Name: Antalya Aquarium
Building Location: Antalya, Turkey
Architects: Bahadir Kul Architects
Engineering Consulting: Meinhardt (formerly OGP Consulting)
Construction Engineer: Sitil Yapı Construction
Status: Completed

AE Interests: World’s Largest Tunnel Aquarium (131meters x 3meters).  Sculptural façade allows for the Aquarium to vanish into the topography.  Recessed ground level allows for inhabitants to enjoy the outdoors, while providing shade and breeze.

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Building: Kadare Cultural Centre
Location: Yurihonjō, Akita, Japan
Architects: Chiaki Arai Urban and Architecture Design
Design Team: Chiaki Arai, Ryoichi Yoshizaki, Masanori Asai, Miroku Arai, Toshihiro Yano
Structural Engineer: Arup
Contractor: Toda corporation

AE interests: Concept of “Cultural Sustainability”; multiporpose transforming theater; planetarium floating above Library like a moon; A 135m-long dynamic and spacious tunnel connecting theater, Citizen Activity Room, Gallery and north and south Pocket Parks

  
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Building Name: Plaza Baquerizo Moreno
Building Location: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Architect: Juan Xavier Chávez
Collaborator: Carlos Alberto Fernández Dávila
Status: Completed

AE Interests: Materials such as exposed concrete and structural metal create a contrast of preexisting landscape, while translucent poly-carbonate allows the inhabitants to experience the landscape.  Reflection pool as well as an outdoor theater allow for the space to seamlessly integrate into the landscape whilst preserving a historical obelisk.  Dramatic solar shading covers the outdoor programs (café, reflection pool, amphitheater, playgrounds etc.)  Creates formerly unusable space on the water.

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Building: Luxury Village and Mercury Theatre
Location: Barvikha, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia
Architects: Project Meganom
Architects In Charge: Yu. Grigoryan, A. Pavlova, I. Kuleshov, P. Ivanchikov
Year: 2008
General Contractor: PSP FARMAN Company

AE interests: A deep facade of wave-shaped wooden blades gives the building dynamics and a stable structure; multifunctional transfor mer hall provided by eight hydraulic mechanisms to lower or raise the floor platforms.

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Building Name: FC Bate Football Stadium
Location: Borisov, Belarus
Architect: OFIS Architects
Client: FC Bate and Government of Belarus
Area: 32000 m2
Under Construction: 2009-2014
Contractor: Stroytres
Capacity: 13000

AE Interest: Shape provides good acoustics, Naturally ventilated covered foyer, Roof structure is made
by metal beams with metal aluminium cladding, Max height is 24 m

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Building: SAHMRI
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Year Completed: 2013
Design Architect: Woods Bagot
Structural Engineer: Aurecon
Contractor: Hindmarsh

AE Interest: Visual connection between floors via large spiral staircase | Adaptable transparent triangulated dia-grid facade | Parklands extend below lifted structure | LEED Gold

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Building: Kipco Tower
Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
Status: Completed 2012
Architects: SSH International
Developer: United Real Estate Company

AE Interests: contains office space, luxurious apartments, and commercial outlets; the offices have flexible mechanisms allowing tenants to customize the layout and improve space and facilities utilization; 360 degree panoramic view of the city and the Arabian Gulf.

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Building Name: Eyüp Cultural Center and Marriage Hall
Building Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Architect: Emre Arolat Architects
Structural: Çelik Yap
Contractor: Ayhas İnşaat
Interior Design: EAA
Status: Completed

AE Interests:  Mixed use of diverse programs (Marriage Hall, Theater, and Conference Space).  Ramp access to the coastline and surrounding neighborhoods creates a “structural landscape”.  Transparency allows for inhabitants to be connected to the mixture of activities that take place in the building (one marriage every 15 minutes on average).

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Building Name: Heart of Love River
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Architect: Malone Chang Architects
Project Architect: Yi-Heng Hsu
Structural Engineer: Tien-Hun Engineering Consultant Inc.
Year: 2007

AEInterest: perforated metal cladding filters light from within the railings; structure allows cruises to make a 360 degree turn and improves flood detention capacity

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Building: PARKROYAL on Pickering
Location: Upper Pickering Street, Singapore
Architects: WOHA
Completion: 2012
Civil and Structural Engineer: TEP Consultants Pte Ltd
Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: BECA Carter Hollings & Ferner (S. E. Asia) Pte Ltd
Main Contractor: Tiong Seng Contractors (Pte) Ltd
Landscape Consultant: Tierra Design (S) Pte Ltd
Quantity Surveyors: Rider Levett Bucknall LLP
Project Team: Wong Mun Summ, Richard Hassell, Donovan Soon, Sim Choon Heok, Francis Goh, Toh Hua Jack, Bernard Lee, Amber Dar Wagh, Mappaudang Ridwan Saleh, Evelyn Ng, Josephine Isip, John Paul R Gonzales, Tan Szue Hann, Alen Low, Pham Sing Yeong, Vanessa Ong, Novita Johana

AEInterests: achieved Singapore’s Green Mark Platinum score, greenery is conserved in a built-up high-rise city center and is multiplied vertically, balconies are covered in tropical plants and contoured surfaces based on rock formations

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Building: Akiha Ward Cultural Center
Location: 4 Shineicho, Akiha Ward, Niigata, Japan
Architects: Chiaki Arai Urban and Architecture Design
Year: 2013
Design Team: Chiaki Arai ,Ryoichi Yoshizaki, Tomonori Niimi, Akira Sogo
Structural Engineer: TIS&PARTNERS Co., Ltd.
Contractor: Taisei and Shinko and Tanaka joint venture

AE Interest:  The structure itself works to optimize sound effects; lighting effects that visually change the mass of solid concrete.

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Structure: Hovenring, Circular Cycle Bridge
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Architect: ipv Delft
Completed: 2012
Engineers: ipv Delft, Eindhoven University of Technology*, Delft University of Technology*

AE Interest: first suspended bicycle roundabout; concrete structure rather than steel; supported from beneath by columns and from above by steel cables attached to a central steel column; *engineering professors at local universities were asked to research a cable vibration problem, and they found that the wind was creating vortexes around the cables—fixed problem by applying additional dampers at cable connections

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Building: Jia Little Exhibition Center
Location: Songjiang, Shanghai, China
Architects: SKEW Collaborative
Architect In Charge: Eunice Seng, H. Koon Wee, Darren Zhou
Design Team: I-Shin Chow, Xiong Haiying, Pauline Dai, Ji Lijun, Wang Peng, Teoh Renjie, Beatrix Redlich
Area: 38,000 sqm
Year: 2011

AE interests: unique possibilities for the control of views and sun-shading; a continuous surface to promote the legibility of the building as a horizontal core system

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Building: Women’s Opportunity Center
Location: Kayonza, Rwanda
Architects: Sharon Davis Design
Completed: 2011
Structural Engineer: Osd Engineering
Water Management Engineer: Edesigndynamics
Environmental Engineer: 
Eric Rothstein
Project Manager: Bruce Engel

AEInterests: refined the brick making process to generate a sustainable building material, perforated brick walls that allow for passive cooling and solar shading, consists of a series of human-scaled pavilions

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Building: Fogo Natural Park Venue
Location: Fogo, Cape Verde
Architects: OTO
Project Team: André Castro Santos, Miguel Ribeiro de Carvalho, Nuno Teixeira Martins, Ricardo Barbosa Vicente
Year: 2013
Contractor: Armando Cunha
Client: Ministry of Agriculture

AE interests: a building be part of the landscape and the landscape being part of the building; guaranteed energy independence with solar energy system and rainfall stocking roof.

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Building Name: Watch/Watertower Sint Jansklooster
Building Location: Sint Jansklooster, Netherlands
Architects: Zecc Architecten
Project Architects: Bart Kellerhuis, Marnix van der Meer
Project Team: Tom Leerkes, Mark Gerritsen
Status: Completed

AE Interests:  National monument and now defunct water-tower transformed into a watch tower.  Architectural statement made on the interior, exterior was not renovated.  Maze of MC Escher style staircases made of contrasting wood (Oriented Strand Board) takes you 45 meters high.  Look out view over a nature preserve.

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Building: Loblolly House
Location: Taylor’s Island, Maryland
Architects: Kieran Timberlake Associates
Completed: 2006
Structural Engineer: CVM Structural Engineers
MEP Engineer: Bruce Brooks & Associates
Civil Engineer: Lane Engineering
Geotechnical Engineer: John D. Hynes & Associates, Inc.
Fabrication & Assembly: Bensonwood Homes
Construction Manager: Arena Program Management

AEInterests: assembled in 6 weeks, prefab architecture, construction process similar to the automotive and aviation industry, aluminum structure and green cover, 4 new elements of architecture: scaffold, cartridge, block, and equipment, the can be easily disassembled which allows reclamation and reuse of all materials, west wall opens up entirely with the use of polycarbonate-clad airplane hangar doors and a NanaWall, building can be disassembled and reassembled elsewhere

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Building: Tracuit Hut
Location: Tracuit, Ayer, Switzerland
Architect: Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes
Civil Engineer: Alpatec SA
HVAC Engineer: Tecnoservice Engineering SA
Completed: 2013

AE Interest: off-the-grid building, south façade acts as a solar collector, other facades reflect the surrounding landscape, prefabricated components

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Building: CAEaCLAVELES
Location: La Pereda, Spain
Status: Completed 2012
Architects: longo+roldán arquitectos
Project Architects: Víctor Longo, Ester Roldán
Structural Engineer: IS21 Ingenieria y Servicios
Client: Emma Fernández Granada

AE Interest: Designed to look similar to surrounding hills, roof garden acting as a natural extension of the ground, concrete slab curved in the shape of a helix supports the roof garden

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Building Name: Tianjin West Railway Station
Location: Beijing, China
Architect: gmp architekten
Structural Engineer: Schlaich Bergermanm und Partner
Client: Tianjin Ministry of Railway
Year: 2011

AEInterest: diamond shaped steel and glass roof construction; arch imagery conveys the city gates; technically and structurally sustainable; lightweight, far-spanning truss structure

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Structure: Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC)
Location: Anaheim, California
Design Architect: HOK
Began Construction: 2012
Expected Completion: December 2014
Project Manager & Civil Engineer: Parsons Brinkerhoff
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Enclosure Engineering: Buro Happold
General Contractor: Clark Construction
Landscape Architect: SWA Group

AE Interest: Winner of AIA TAP award for “Stellar Architecture Using BIM (Building Information Systems);” striving for LEED Platinum by using solar panels, ETFE cushions (insulating system 1/10^th the weight of glass), and a solar water heater that will be incorporated into the roof structure

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Building Name: New Maritime Museum and Exploratorium
Location: Porsgrunn, Norway
Architects: COBE Architects and Transform Architects
Structural Engineer: Sweco
Year Completed: 2013

AE Interests: Aluminum facade holds building together, reflects light and color from mountains, scaly surface due to aluminum shingles

Other Notes: Received Porsgrunn Municipality’s building practice prize 2013

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Building: Visitor Center
Location: The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Completed: 2014
Architect: Selldorf Architects, Gensler, Tadao Ando Architect & Associates
Landscape Architect: Reed Hilderbrand
Civil Engineer: Vincent P. Guntlow & Associates
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold Consulting Engineers
Consulting Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: Altieri Sebor Wieber
Project Manager: Zubatkin Owner Representation
Construction Manager: Turner Construction Company

AE Interest: Majority of materials used were recycled or locally sourced, “Ando concrete” poured into forms of birch plywood covered with phenolic surface film, integrated hydrological system links all of the campus buildings to the reflecting pool and landscape.

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Building: RELAXX Sport and Leisure Center
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Completed: 2008
Architect: Andrea Klimková and Peter Kručay (AK2)

AE Interest: Flow of building harmonizes with chaos of outside environment; “Naked” concrete legs hold up elongated structure; Two facades contrast: One side is of opaque titan-zinc cladding and the other is transparent with glazing

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Building: Tianjin Sports Arena
Location: Tianjin, China
Completed: 2010
Architect: KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten
Architect on Record: Academy of Architectural Design and City Planning Tianjin University
Developer: Tianjin University Department of Campus Construction and Planning

AE Interest: Link between campus and downtown; Translucent gold-tinted perforated steel panels are mounted 4 meters in front of the actual exterior wall to create sense of spacial depth; Rhombic shape exterior; Two foyers formed of large expanse of windows sloping upwards to let light in; Arena split up into smaller courts for everyday use

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Building: Al Hamra Firdous Tower
Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
Client: Al Hamra Real Estate and Entertainment Co.
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Associate Architect: Al-Jazera Consultants
Structural Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Consruction: Ahmadiah Contract and Trading Co.
Completed in 2011

AE Interest: 1,354 ft. tall (74 stories) office building and commercial space, tallest building in Kuwait, tallest sculpted tower in the world, form of the structure minimizes heat gain, mimics traditional Islamic architecture

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Building: Majunga Tower
Location: La Defénse, Paris, France
Status: Completed in 2014
Client: Unibail-Rodamco
Architect: Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés

AE Interest: 633 ft. tall (45 stories) office building, advanced sun shading system on tower façades, minimal carbon footprint and energy use for building of its size, winner of the BREEAM International Best Environmental Performance award in 2012

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Building Name: Journal Squared
Location: 615 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306, USA
Architect: Handel Architects, HWKN
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk Inc.
Civil Engineers: Dresdner Robin
Building Envelope Consultant: Israel Berger & Associates
Completion: 2016

AE Interests: Metal panel cladding, tallest building in New Jersey, mass morphs into small units reflecting surrounding low density neighborhoods.

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Building: City of Jaca Hockey Arena
Location: Jaca, Spain
Construction Years: 2005-2008
Architect: Coll-Barreu Arquitectos
Structural Engineer: Arup
Ice Production: Ati
Contractor: Vias

AE Interest: Representative of the European Youth Olympic Festival of Jaca 2007; Dome shape takes strength of nearby mountains with no visible facade; Membrane perceived to be soft crystal ice; Only concrete, brick, and ice under “delicate” shell

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Building Name: Wanangkura Stadium
Location: South Hedland, Australia
Architect: ARM Architecture
Structural Engineering: Aurecon
Construction: Doric Group
Completed in 2012

AE Interest: Built to withstand both cyclones and periods of extreme temperatures in the summer, uses a pixelated technique on the facade

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Building: Arena Zagreb
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Completed: 2009
Architect: UPI-2M
Structural Engineer: UPI-2M
Main Contractors: TriGránit, Ingra

AE Interest: Oval ribbed bowl structure is a landmark to otherwise underdeveloped area; Suspended roof structure minimizes extra support below; Designed to host  2009 World Men’s Handball Championship, but flexibility of grandstand allows for use of any event

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Building: BE OPEN Sound Portal
Location: Trafalgar Square, London, England
Completion: Installation in 2012
Architect: Arup
Structural: Alice Blair
Design Team: Simon Phillips (product designer), Pavlina Akritas (lighting), Ned Crowe (acoustical consultant)

AE Interest: An installation by Arup that focuses on sound and sound engineering. Comprised of two concentric circles that completely block outside noise and allow the user to experience various sounds hooked up to an advanced ambisonic sound array. This array can be hooked up to a 3D CAD model to determine proper sound design.
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Building: Hemeroscopium House
Location: Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain
Architects: Ensamble Studio
Completed: 2008
Principal in Charge: Antón García- Abril
Technical Architect: Javier Cuesta
Design Team: Elena Pérez, Débora Mesa, Jorge Consuegra, Marina Otero, Ricardo Sanz
Contractor: Materia Inorgánica

AE Interest: This building is made of completely pre-fabricated materials. It took one year to design this home, but the construction only took seven days with the help of a single crane and very coordinated construction management.

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Building Name: Grove Towers
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Architect: 3XN
Design Architect: 3XN
Executive Architect: Sandeep Shikre & Associates
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold Engineers
Completion: 2017

AE Interests: Scheme comprises 2,500 square meters of vertical gardens, horizontal ‘leaf-shaped’ solar canopies reduce solar radiation, natural cross ventilation

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Building: Windshape
Location: Lacoste, France
Architects: nArchitects & SCAD
Design Team: Eric Bunge, Mimi Hoang (Partners); Daniela Zimmer (Project Architect)
Completed: Summer 2006 Installation
Fabricatiors: nArchitects & SCAD students

AEInterests: The structure is made of white plastic pipes with white polypropylene string threaded between all of them. The combinations of these materials allows the building to flex and move with the wind while performing as a kind of wind instrument through the structure.

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Building: Greenside Link Bridge
Location: Leith Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
Architect: Broadway Malyan
Completed: 2003
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Main Contractor: Raynesway Structures

AE Interest: The main supporting structure of the bridge is a helical steel frame that engulfs the walkway. Since this bridge has a unique S-shape in plan, the analysis would not be possible without the help of a program known as LUSAS Bridge.

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Building: 2014 Incheon Asian Games Main Stadium
Location: Incheon, South Korea
Completed: 2014
Architect: Populous
Architect on Record: Heerim Architects and Planners
Structural Engineer: DongYang Structural Engineers (Dr. Kwang Ryang Chung and Jung Young Jang)
Construction Company: Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Man-Ho Han)

AE Interest: Stadium reduces down to 30,000 seats from 70,000 seats after the 17th Asian Games as a People’s Park, Dynamic form symbolizes the traditional Buddhist ritual Seung Moo dances

Articles: [1]
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Building Name: Kaliningrad Stadium
Location: Kaliningrad, Russia
Architect: Wilmotte & Associés
Structural: Vollinger & Grohmann

AE Interest: Roof can be lowered to reduce the size after the world cup from 45,000 seating to 25,000 seating, ability to remove entire upper lever seating

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Building Name: DUO
Location: Singapore
Architect: Büro Ole Scheeren
Executive Architect: DP Architects Pte Ltd
Civil and Structural Engineering: BECA Carter Hollings & Ferner (SE Asia) Pte Ltd.; Buro Happold Consulting Engineers Limited
Façade Consultant: ALT Limited, Manila
Lighting Consultant: International Lighting Architecture Bureau Pte Ltd.
Completion: 2017

AE Interests: Net-like hexagonal pattern of sunshades, concave building massing creates cool micro-climates, received BCA GreenMark Gold and Platinum ratings.

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Building Name: Reforma Towers
Location: Paseo de la Reforma Ciudad de México, Mexico
Architect: Richard Meier & Partners
Associate Architect: Diametro Arquitectos
Structural Engineer: WSP Group
Completion: 2015

AE Interests: Central void through the tower’s volume intended to maximize transparent façade, natural lighting, clad in Meier’s signature white concrete

Articles: [1]

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Building Name: Sequis Centre Tower
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Architect: KPF
Associate Architect : Wiratman & Associates
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Completion: 2017

AE Interests: all-glass rectilinear office building, LEED Platinum, multiple grand sky-gardens, shading fins and panels comprise tower’s curtain wall, locally-sourced and recycled materials embedded in the tower, storm water retention systems employed on site
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Design Architect: Dominique Perrault Architecture
Architect of Record: Hoffmann & Janz Architectes
Architectural Engineer: Perrault Projets
Structural Engineer: Bollinger & Grohmann, Gmeiner Haferl Zivilingenieure ZT GmbH

Completion: Construction of Tower I (60 stories) was complete in 2013 and Tower II (44 stories) will be complete in 2026;

AE Interest: elevated slab of the Donau-City is continued; large terrace provides direct access to the Neue Donau river; two towers are treated as two halves of a block; folds in the facade appear malleable making the building look liquid in some lights

Notes: Tower one is residential, office, and hotel space standing at 722 ft. Tower two is residential and office spaces standing at 574 ft. The height to the tip of the building is 820 ft and these are the tallest towers in Austria.

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Design Architect: Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Architect of Record: Architecture Design Institute of South China University of Technology
Structural Engineer: Arup; Architecture Design Institute of South China University of Technology
Construction Firm: China State Construction Engineering Corporation
Construction Completed: 2010

AE Interest: diamond shaped structure uses 20% less steel than similar designs; taper atrium and raked floors possible because of diamond shape

Notes: 103 stories; won 2012 RIBA Lubetkin Prize presented to the best new building outside the EU; contains offices, a conference center, retail, apartments, hotel, and sightseeing spaces at the top

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Design Architect: SOM
Architect of Record: Heerim Architects & Planners
Structural Engineer: SOM
Construction Firm: Lotte Construction Manager
Construction: began 2011; scheduled to be complete 2020

AE Interest: located on a peninsula between two bridges; use of a “Y” shaped buttress minimizes material usage and maximizes load resistance allowing different column layouts in all 4 tiers; 24 hour pedestrian walkway around base; will house retail, offices, residential, hotel and a rooftop observation deck

Notes: 107 floors; to allow for tenant custom improvements, office spaces will have open floor plates

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Design Architect: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Architect of Record: Nicolas Laisné Associés (NL*A) and Manal Rachdi Oxo Architects
Structural Engineer: André Verdier, Frank Boutté Consultants
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Landscape Designer: Bassinet Turquin Paysage
Design And Environmental Engineering : Frank Boutte Consultants

AE Interest: Aims to connect the old and new districts of Motpellier; designed to look like a tree to follow city’s theme of outdoor living; feeds off of local natural resources (units are passively cooled; solar fireplaces); contains residences, a common area, office buildings, a bar with a view and an art gallery with the intent that everyone in the city will find use in the building

Notes: Won the “Architectural Folie of the 21st Century” competition; 17 stories tall

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Building Name: Clearpoint Tower
Design Architect: Milroy Perera Associates
Architect of Record: Geoffrey Bawa of Sri Lanka
Structural Engineer: Mäga Engineering
Scheduled to be complete in 2015

AE Interest:

Will be the tallest vertical garden in the world; exterior of the building consists of planted terraces that block all exterior glass from direct sunlight to minimize solar heat gain; terraces are complete with an automatic drip irrigation system and the plants will act as sound and heat buffers, providing cleaner air to the apartments and also allowing natural ventilation to reduce air conditioning systems to a minimum.

Notes: 164 spacious apartments spread over 46 floors overlooking the Diyawanna Lake in Kotte and less than 10km from the largest city in Sri Lanka, Colombo.

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Building: MuCEM
Location: Marseille, France
Completion: 2013
Architect: Rudy Ricciotti
Associate Architect:  RCT Architects Associés
Structural Engineer: SICA

AEInterest: Extensive structural and design use of fiber-reinforced ultra high performance concrete (UHPC)

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Building: Thorncrown Chapel
Location: Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Completed: 1980
Architect: E. Fay Jones

AE Interest: Local pine used in a repeated wooden column and truss structure to mimic a forest within a forest, minimal site impact, received the 2006 AIA Twenty-five Year Award and named one of the AIA’s Top 10 structures of the 20th century.

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Name: Infinity Loop Bridge
Location: Zhuhai, China
Design Architect: 10 Design + Buro Happold
Completion: proposed 2020
Dimensions: 300 meters in length

AEinterests: Designed such that the two parabolic arches create a figure eight reflection on the water, which is a sign of prosperity in Chinese culture.

Won the World Architecture News (WAN) transport Award in 2012

  
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Building Name: Japan National Stadium for 2020 Olympics
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Architect: Zaha Hadid

AE Interest: lightweight membrane of building, strong roof structure with retractable roof, won competition in 2012 for design, represent future of Japan

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Name: Henderson Waves Bridge
Location: Mount Faber Park, Singapore
Design Architects: a collaboration between IJP corp. and RSP Architects Planners and Engineers
Structural Engineer: Adams Kara Taylor Consulting Engineers
Construction: Evan Lim & Co.
Completion: 2008
Dimensions: 274 meters (899 feet) in length

AEinterest: Is currently Singapore’s highest pedestrian bridge, with the walking deck elevation being 36 meters above the roadway that runs below.
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Building Name: Library in Anzin
Location: Anzin, France
Main Architect: Dominique Coulon
Design Team: Steve Letho Duclos and Sarah Brebbia
Structural Engineer: Philippe Clément, BATISERF
Year Completed: 2010

AE Interests: Wrapped in slices of concrete, contains many examples of triangular geometry, covered with large white veils that reflect light, looks like origami.
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Name: ECOntainer Bridge
Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel
Design Architect: Iftah Hayner of Yoav Messer Architects
Structural Engineer: Dani Vainer, Jacob & Yuval Achbert
Dimensions: 160 meters in length
Completion Date: incomplete (proposed design)

AEinterests: Has been designed for quick and easy assembly from recycled shipping containers.
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Building: Himalayas Water Tower
Location: Himalayan mountain range, China
Design team: Zhi Zheng, Honghuan Zhao, Dongbai Song

AE Interests: water sustainability; each tower is comprised of six stem-like pipes that collect and store water; can be replicated en masse; will collect water in the rainy season, purify it, freeze it into ice and store it for future use

Notes: won the 2012 9^th Annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition

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Name: Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
Design Architect: Alexandre Chan
Structural Engineer: Mário Vila Verde
Cost: $56.8 million US
Completion: 2002
Construction: Usiminas Mecanica S.A. and Via Dragados S.A.
Dimensions:  1200 meters (3900 feet) in length with the longest span being 240 meters (790 feet)

AEinterests: The suspended deck hangs from cables attached to asymmetric archways that criss-cross the roadway, making for a unique design.

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Building: 425 Park Avenue Building
Location: New York City, New York
Status: Scheduled to break ground in 2015
Client: L&L Holding Company
Architect: Foster + Partners

AE Interest: 687 ft. tall (41 Stories) office building, complex external frame allowing for column-free floor space, expected to achieve LEED Gold status.

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Building: Oasia Hotel Downtown
Location: Tanjong Pagar, Singapore
Architects: WOHA
Structural Engineer: Rider Levett Bucknall
Completed: 2016

AE Interests: growing vertical landscapes; cross-ventilation; large scale high volume low speed fans complement the sky garden design and ensure thermal comfort; created with different strata, each with its own sky garden; 30 stories; part of Singapore’s Central Business District

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