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Building Name: Crystal Palace Concert Platform
Location: Crystal Palace Park Sydenham Hill, London, UK
Status: Completed 1997
Architect: Ian Ritchie Architects Ltd
Structural Engineers: Atelier One

AE Interest: constructed from a continuous surface of self-weathering steel, acoustics

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Building Name: House 1a / Camera Jewel House
Location: East Finchley, London N2
Year: 2001
Architect: Tonkin Liu
Structural Engineer: Atelier One

AE Interests: reflecting pool, camera obscura studio, house and studio facades face and reflect each other

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Building Name: Stadthaus
Location: 24 Murray Grove, London N1 7FB, UK
Architect: Waugh Thistleton Architects
Structural Engineers: KLH and Techniker LTD
Contractor: Telford Homes PLC
Year: 2009

AE Interests: tallest timber structure in the world (nine stories), billed as carbon-negative

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Building Name: The Wellcome Trust Gibbs Building
Location: 215 Euston Rd, London, UK
Status: Completed 2004
Architect: Hopkins Architects
Structural Engineer: WSP Consulting Engineers

AE Interest: houses a Thomas Heatherwick sculpture in the main atrium, double skin glazed facade, flexible floorplans, addition to original Wellcome Trust headquarters
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Buidling Name: Richard Desmond Children’s Eye Centre
Location: Moorfields Eye Hospital, 162 City Road, London UK
Status: Completed 2007
Architect: Penoyre & Prasad
Engineer: ARUP

AE Interest: natural lighting, LED lights, use of color

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Buidling Name: City of London Information Centre
Location: St. Paul’s Churchyard, London
Status: Completed 2007
Architect: Make Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup
Contractor: Skanska UK

AE Interest: Steel structure with stainless steel cladding, energy efficient design, recycling of rainwater
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Buidling Name: Royal Ballet School Bridge of Aspiration
Location: Floral Street, London, UK
Status: Completed 2003
Architect: Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Structural Engineer: Flint and Neill

AE Interest: Advanced geometry, Rotating aluminum frames, LED lighting scheme

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Location: Kansas City, MO
Engineer: Arup
Architect: Safdie Architects with BNIM Architects

AE Interests: 1,600-seat concert hall and 1,800-seat ballet/opera house, cable-supported glass roof allowing for no interior columns, design influenced by nonlinear analysis and form-finding, combination of CIP concrete and steel framing allowed for fast tracking

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Project: Stone Vault, MLK Jr. Park
Location: Austin, Texas
Design and Structural Engineering: Ochsendorf, DeJong and Block, LLC
CNC Fabrication and Masonry: AX5 Resources and  Escobedo Construction
Expected Completion: April 2015

AE Interests: Complex geometry, 5-Axis CNC stone-cutting machine, catalyst for community activities.

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Project: Baylor University Stadium
Location: Waco, Texas
Architect: Populous
Structural and Facade Engineer: Buro Happold
Approved to proceed: 2012 (in progress)
Expected Completion date: Fall 2014

AEInterests: Stadium long span roof, facade technology, LEED rated.
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Building: The Round Tower
Location: Gloucestershire, England
Completion: 2012
Structural Engineer: Price & Myers
Main Contractor: GL50 Properties
Concrete Contractor: Stallard Construction
Architect: De Matos Ryan

AE Interests: Having suffered aging, neglect and fire, the original castle tower and subterranean dungeon were salvaged to create a medieval/contemporary hybrid residence. Naturally lit and ventilated by the open-air courtyard, this underground villa features glass-walled rooms, sun terrace, and an outdoor pool. The central interior feature is the round skylight that illuminates the interior while reflecting the circular design of the turret above. The substantial thermal mass of the concrete walls help regulate interior temperatures, proving that preserving the past while fostering innovation is the greatest strength of projects such as this.

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Building: Halley VI Research Station
Location: Brunt Ice Shelf (Lat. 75˚35’S, Long. 26˚39’W)
Completion: 2013
Engineer: AECOM
Project Manager: Karl Tuplin
Contractor: MMS Technologies
Architect: Faber Maunsell & Hugh Broughton Architects

AE Interests: Dedicated to studying the Earth’s atmosphere, the station is elevated on ‘legs’ in order to escape the accumulation of snow. The design was the result of an international design competition launched in June 2004 in collaboration with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the British Antarctic Survey. The station is comprised of 8 modules that house accommodations, laboratories, offices, generators, an observation platform and other facilities. Given the extreme environmental conditions, such as temperatures commonly below -50˚C, the cladding proved to be one of the most daunting challenges; glass-reinforced plastics (GRP) form the protective skin of the modules.

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Building: South Mountain Community Library
Location: Phoenix, Arizona [map]
Architect: Richard+Bauer

AE Interests: Rectangular form-language, copper cladding, steel structure, insulated rooftop lanterns, natural daylight, interior plate glass details.

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Building: MIT Media Lab
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Year: 2009
Architect: Maki and Associates
Project Architect: Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Client:  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Structural Engineers:  Weidlinger Associates, Inc.
MEP Engineers: Cosentini Associates

Size: 163,000 square feet
Cost: 90 Million Dollars

AE Interests: Steel Moment Frames, Low-E Glazing, Aluminum Curtain Wall Shading, Multi-Purpose

Article on Design Concepts
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Building: Giant’s Causeway Visitor Centre
Location: County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Completion Date: May 2012
Architect: Heneghan Peng Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup

AE Interest: BREEAM rating = excellent; High recycled content; Locally quarried stone;  Ground-source heating and cooling; Graywater recovery; 3 mullion types: largest made of basalt rocks around concrete cores carry roof load, medium-sized made of stacked stone, smallest with post-tensioned steel cables
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Building: Tower at PNC Plaza
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Status: Construction began in Spring 2012, Expected completion in 2015
Architect: Gensler
Structural and Mechanical Engineer: Buro Happold

AE Interests: Naturally ventilated, Steel structure with glazed double curtain wall, Automated windows, Fuel cells, Solar panels, Geothermal systems, Climate-control system, Solar chimney.

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Building: Sipopo Congress Center
Location: Equatorial Guinea, South Africa
Completion Date: June 2011
Architect: Tabanlıoğlu Architects
Structural Engineer: Emir Mühendislik, Adnan Öğüt
Contractor: Summa
AE Interests: Metal screen design and color reflects trees in the area and is placed to reduce solar gain and maintain energy efficiency, Interior alternating glass and wood panels are made to look like pineapples found in the area, All materials except the concrete had to be imported from abroad

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Building: Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
Location: HaZikaron, Jerusalem, Israel
Status: Completed 2005
Architect: Moshe Safdie and Associates
Structural Engineer: Ben Abraham Engineers Ltd.
Exhibit Design: Dorit Harel Designers Ltd.
Total Cost: $90 million
Project Area: 190,521 sq ft.

AE Interests: arcaded concrete pavilion (reminiscent of a Sukkah) exhibits changing shadow patterns, entire structure is reinforced concrete, triangular shape chosen to bring in natural daylight while simultaneously supporting the pressure of the earth above, cantilevered platform.

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Building: Museo Parc Alesia
Location: Alise-Sainte-Reine, France
Year: March 2012
Architect: Bernanrd Tschumi Architects
Size: 37 hectares
AE Interests: Wooden mesh façade surrounding the building acts as a thermal shield and limits energy consumption, exposed concrete walls, floor and ceiling, glazed rotunda

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Building: Musee Jean Cocteau
Location: Menton, France
Year: November 2011
Architect: Rudy Ricciotti Architect
Structural Engineer: Eric Vallauri
Size: 23,235 square feet
AE Interests: Complex concrete design adapted for seismic loads. Skylight glazing. Central core with white finishes.

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New Court Rothschild Bank – London
Building: New Court Rothschild Bank
Location: London
Year: November 2011
Architect: Office of Metropolitan Architecture
Structural engineer: ARUP
Size: 140,000 square feet
AE Interests: Rectilinear, Sky pavilion, structural steel design

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Building: The Barnes Foundation
Location: Philadelphia
Year: May 2012
Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
Structural Engineer: Severud Associates
MEP Engineers: Altieri Sebor and Wieber
Civil Engineers: Hunt Engineering
Size: 93,000 square feet
AE Interests: LEED Platinum certified, translucent canopy that appears to float above the stone building, rainwater collection for the site irrigation system, natural daylight, green roof, grey water re-use, intelligent lighting control system

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Building: Calder Foundation Project Space
Location: New York, New York
Year: December 2011
Architect: Stephaniegoto
Structural Engineer: Leslie E. Roberts Associates
Size: 4,000 square feet
AE Interests: Concrete slab and steel framing structural system, use of daylight and skylights, blue interference coating finish on stainless steel exterior cladding

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Building: 0-14 Tower
Location: Business Bay District, Dubai, U.A.E.
Architect: Reiser + Umemoto
Status: Completed 2010
Structure: Ysrael A. Seinuk

AE Interests: 1,326 holes of 5 different sizes give the building the swiss cheese look; 40 cm thick white concrete exoskeleton which provides shade to the building; Cooling effect created through a vacuum created by space between concrete skin and main building; Outer concrete serves as structural member and reduces need for interior beams

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Building: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Status: Completed October 2011
Architect: Preston Scott Cohen, Inc.
Structural Engineer: YSS Consulting Engineers Ltd.
Acoustics: M.G. Acoustical Consultants Ltd.
General Contractor: Hezkelevitch Engineering

AE Interests: Angular; 87 foot high atrium called ‘The Lightfall”; Complex space in center that gets simpler as a person moves to the perimeter; Atrium supports its own weight be provides no support for rest of building

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Building: Natural History Museum of Utah
Location: 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, Utah
Status: Completed 2011
Architect: Ennead Architects

AE Interest: Integrated into Wasatch Mountain Range foothills; Copper exterior panels; Mimics surrounding mountainous landscape; Angular; Expected to get LEED Gold certification

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Building: Poetry Foundation
Location: 61 W. Superior Street, Chicago, IL
Status: Completed June 2011
Architect: John Ronan Architects
Engineer: Arup; dbHMS; Terra Engineering
Acoustical: Threshold Acoustics

AE Interests: Rectilinear; Includes a library, some reading spaces, a gallery, and a garden; Oxidized zinc wrapped exterior walls

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Building: Nordpark Cable Railway
Location: Innsbruck, Austria
Status: Completed 2007
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Structural Engineers: Baumann, Obholzer Ziviltechniker, and Bollinger Grohmann Scheider ZT
Lighting Consultant: Zumbotel Lighting GmbH
Contractor: STRABAG AG

AE Interests: Connects 4 stations, base made from reinforced concrete, structure made with steel, cladding done with thermoformed glass, complex geometry, includes 820 foot long cable stayed bridge

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Building: K3 for Kukje Gallery
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Year: April 2012
Architect: SO-IL
Facade Engineering: Front Inc
Size: 32,290 square feet (gross), 13,500 square feet (building)
AE Interests: A custom made tight hand welded and grinded stainless steel rings that serves as a flexible chainmail mesh made out of metal creates a strong skin that adapts itself to the contour of the building.

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Building: El B Auditorium and Congress Hall
Location: Cartagena, Spain
Year: November 2011
Architect: Selgascano
Structural Engineering: FHECOR
MEP Engineering: JG
Acoustic Engineering: Arau Acustica
Size: 200,000 square feet
AE Interests: Walls formed of polycarbonates that provide UV protection for external facades and fire resistant interiors. Plastics were not only economical in the making of the building but are also sustainable since 99% can be recycled.

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Building: Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center
Location: New York, New York
Year: 2012
Architect/Landscape: Weiss/Manfredi
Structural and Civil engineer: Weidlinger Associates Consulting Engineers
MEP Engineers: Jaros, Baum and Bolles Consulting Engineers
Size: 22,000 square feet
AE Interests: Green roof planting to reduce solar loads, copper standing-seam roof, geo exchange system, uses earth, plants, glass, and steel as essential materials. Sustainable design. Building is on track to earn LEED Gold certification.

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Building: Universidade Agostinho Neto
Location: Luanda, Angola
Year: 2011
Architect: Perkins + Will
Landscape Architecture: Battle McCarthy
Consulting and Structural Engineers: Battle McCarthy
Size: 350,000 square feet
AE Interests: Painted aluminum sunscreens, roofs serve as airfoils, buildings allow daylight into building while minimizing solar gain and increase shadows and provide prevailing winds.

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Building: Arabian Public Library
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
Status: Completed 2008
Architect: Richärd + Bauer
General Contractor: Redden Construction, Inc.
Mechanical Engineer: Kunka Engineering Inc.

AE Interests: Inspired by the canyons of Arizona, full length windows draw in light from the interior courtyard and views of the surrounding mountains, designed for maximum energy efficiency, made from 42.8% recycled material, the building utilizes low VOC paints, and an underfloor HVAC system circulates air, lowering the temperature of the outdoor courtyard and making it bearable even in the Arizona sun

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Building: Ewha Womans University Campus Center
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Status: Completed 2008
Architect: Dominique Perrault
Structural Engineer: VP & Green Ingenerie
Mechanical Engineer: HIMEC
Civil Engineer: CG E&C

AE Interests: sensitivity to landscape, rebuilt the site’s original topography, concrete-framed structure divided into cloned halves by a valley, which resembles contemporary intervention in the landscape, granite pavers cover walking paths, insulated glazed walls supported by stainless-steel-clad aluminum framing system provide light to low interior levels, doorways provide alterations from continuos curtain walls, green roof, energy conservation of up to 25%, concrete core activation system that optimizes air flow.

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Building: Glenstone Residence and Art Museum
Location: Potomac, Maryland
Status: Completed 2007
Architect: Gwathmey Siegel and Associates

AE Interests: private residence as well as an art museum, the structure is part of an assemblage of buildings and outdoor sculptures, the 22,000-square-foot museum is a multiple volume, single-level structure clad in zinc panels and French limestone. A large, naturally lit sculpture gallery is the organizing element for a sequence of 18-feet-high gallery spaces with state-of-the-art museum environmental controls, and an administrative office suite.
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Building: Tokyo Midtown
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Status: Completed 2007
Main Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Primary Developer: Mitsui Fudosan
Structural Engineer: Nikken Sekkei
Landscape Architect: EDAW

AE Interests: modeled after Manhattan real estate, approximately 5 million square feet, mix-usage of space (office, residential, retail, restaurant, and cultural components), has activity 24/7, consists of 6 buildings by multiple architects (including Suntory Museum of Art, 21_21 Design Sight, main plaza, shopping galleria, and 54-story office tower crowned by a five-star hotel- tallest building in Tokyo), SOM produced three main office buildings, boost sluggish economy,

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Building: Parque Biblioteca España
Location: Medellin, Colombia
Status: Completed 2007
Architect: Giancarlo Mazzanti
Collaborating Architects: Andrés Sarmiento, Juan Manuel Gil, Freddy Pantoja, Camilo Mora, Pedro Saa, Alejandro Piña, Iván Ucros, Gustavo Vásquez
Structural Engineers: Sergio Tobón and Alberto Ashner

AE Interests: brick and stucco structure, boulder like structures inspired by the terrain of the Andes Mountains, the three masses are linked together by a rectilinear concrete podium, uses natural day-lighting, exterior is enclosed by a dark stone tile fabricated in the surrounding region known as “cafe pinto”,  total costs of about $4 million,
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Building: New Music Building at the Schulich School of Music
Location: Montreal, Canada
Status: Completed 2005
Architect: Saucier + Perrotte with Menkes Shooner Dagenais Architectes
Structural Engineer: Saia Deslauriers Kadanoff Leconte Brisebois Blais
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering: Pellemon Inc. / BPR
Acoustics: ARTEC

AE Interest: location of building (on a busy street), borders main music building, connects old structure with the new structure, brings local topography into building design, accommodates evolving interior space design, building is designed to look like exposed strata that had eroded from large mountains, rectangular structure, eight stories, a deep concrete band on one side 20 feet up from the ground, long staggered strip windows, black and gray zinc cladding.

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Building: Kanagawa Institute of Technology Workshop
Location: Kanagawa, Japan
Status: Completed 2008
Architect: Junya Ishigami and Associates
Structural Engineer: Yasutaka Konishi

AE Interests: exterior walls of thin glass, delicate thin steel columns, natural day lighting
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Building: Portland Aerial Tram
Location: Portland, Oregon
Status: Completed 2006
Architect: Angelil/Graham/Pfenninger/Scholl (AGPS Architecture)
Structural Engineer: Arup
Facade Engineering Specialist: Dewhurst MacFarlane and Partners

AE Interests: a freestanding tower serves as the upper station, holds 1 million pounds of tram cars and cables, tram cars made of the coarsest available expanded-aluminum mesh gives shimmering effect of cars, required extensive wind testing, towers made of high tech wood laminates, tram cars go over Portland’s oldest national historic district, two parks, 13 streets, and 8 freeway lanes.

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Building: Herning Museum of Contemporary Art
Location: Herning, Denmark
Year: 2009
Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Local Architect: Kjaer and Richter A/S
Client:  Herning Center of the Arts
Structural Engineers:  Niras
Mechanical Engineers: Niras, Transsolar
Landscape Architect: Schønherr Landskab

Size: 5,600 square meters/40,000 square meter site

AE Interests: Convex Ceilings, Curvalinear, Daylighting, Multi-Purpose Space, Two Way Truss System, Tension Suspended Roof

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Building: MAXXI/National Museum of XXI Century Arts
Location: Rome, Italy
Year: 2009
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Project Architect: Gianluca Racana
Client:  Italian Ministry of Culture, City of Rome, MAXXI Foundation
Structural Engineers:  Anthony Hunt Associates, OK Design Group, Studio S.P.C S.P.L
Lighting Engineers: Equation Lighting
Acoustics Engineers: Paul Gillerion Acoustics
Planning: ABT (Rome)

Size: 30,000 square meters

AE Interests: Complex Geometry, Cantilever Deck, Daylighting Systems, Mechanized Lighting, Concrete Technology

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Video of Interior Spaces

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Building: Reina Sofia Museum
Location: Madrid, Spain
Status: Under construction
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Structural Engineering: Esteyco
MEP Systems: JG Asociados
Lighting: Erco
Project Manager: Alberto Medem
Consultants: Higini Arau, Rafael Guijarra
Economist: Rafael Guijarro
Client: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (MNCRS), Ministry of Culture

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Building: The National Library
Location: Victoria Street, Singapore
Status: Completed 2004
Architect: TR Hamzah & Yeang
Structural and Mechanical Engineering: Buro Happold
Building Performance Simulation: Total Building Performance Team
Embodied Energy & Materials Specifications Consultant: Battle McCarthy Façade Design Consultant: Arup Façade Engineering
IT Consultant: Arup Communications
Client: The National Library Board

AE Interest: Use of Day lighting, good solar orientation, sun shading, natural ventilation, use of recycled materials in the building., very sustainable.

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Building: Federal Environmental Agency
Location: Dessau, Germany
Status: Completed 2005
Architect: Sauerbruch Hutton
Structural Engineering: Krebs & Kiefer
Structural System: HochTief Construction AG
Energy and Environmental Engineering: Zibell Willner & Partners
Consultants: ST raum a
General Constructor: Harms & Partner
Client: Federal Republic of Germany

AE Interest: the building is a case sudy in sustainable design.The architectural design of the building helps in actively reduce the energy consumption and the production of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. High thermal insulation, use of geothermal heat-exchange systems. Photo voltaic plant and thermal solar panels.

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Building: Liberal Arts and Science College
Location: Doha, Qatar
Completed: 2003
Architect: Perkins + Will and Shunji Nagata/Fox & Company
Architect of record: Kazuhiro Kojima + Kazuko and Akamatsu/C+A
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: McGuire Engineers
Project Manager: KEO International Consultants

AE Interest: Perforated metal roof, secondary GRC panel skin to adapt to harsh climate, 30, 60, 90 degree parallelograms make up facade, mosaic layout of a typical Islamic city

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Building: Academic Resource Centre
Location: Scarborough, Ontario
Completed: 2003
Architect: MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
Structural Engineer: Peter Sheffield & Associates Ltd.
Mechanical Engineer: Keen Engineering Co. Ltd
General Contractor: Walter Construction

AE Interest: exterior copper cladding, natural day lighting, exposed HVAC systems, organized based on idea of  boats being docked inside a grid, exposed steel framing

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Building: Smith College Campus Center
Location: Northampton, Massachusetts
Completed: 2003
Architect: Weiss/Manfredi Architects
Structural Engineer: Weidlinger Associates, Inc
MEP Engineer: Jaros, Baum, and Bolles Consulting Engineers
Civil Engineer: Fuss & O’Neill
Construction Manager: Daniel O’Connel’s Sons

AE intrest: White stained wood panel cladding, rainscreen made of wood, plywood, steel, and insulation, three separate buildings connected by a seismically safe bridge to the long, curved sky lit gallery, snowstorm protected skylight, serves as a pathway from street into campus

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Building: TV Asahi Headquarters
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Completed: 2003
Architect: Fumihiko Maki + Maki & Associates
Structural Engineer: Structural Design Group
Mechanical Engineer: Sogo Consultants
General Contractor: Takenaka Corporation

AE Interest: 90 ft high glass enclosed atrium, Glass Curtain Wall, 102,000 square feet floors, earthquake resistant reinforced concrete walls, walls tilted 3 degrees to prevent echos in studios, 396-foot-long Vierendeel truss, horizontal overhang for shading

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Building: The James H. Clark Center
Location: Palo Alto, California
Completed: 2003
Architect: Foster & Partners
Architect of record: MBT Architecture
Structural Engineer: Middlebrook & Louie
MEP Engineer: AlfraTech
Civil Engineer: Brian Kangas Faulk
General Contractor: Hathaway Dinwiddie

AE Interest: Glass Curtain Wall, external balconies are corridors, open, interactive laboratories, red-tiled canopies for solar shading, structural steel frame

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Building: Renault Square ComLocation: Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Completed: 2005
Architect: Jakob + MacFarlane
Structural Engineers: Setec

AE Interests: Originally a brick clad structure, rendered useless upon completion in 1984. Sat idle as a warehouse until it was transformed into the office communications center. Transformation from shed to public relations center without changing the structure, structural glass wall, glazed atrium.

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Building: Lufthansa Aviation Center
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Completed: 2007
Architect: Ingenhoven Architects
Structural Engineer: Werner Sobek Ingenieure GmbH, Stuttgart
Project Management: Arcadis Homola GmbH & Co., Frankfurt

AE Interest: With energy conservation driving its design, the building utilizes double and triple-layered glass and advanced climate control tools, including one which regulates the building’s thermal mass in absorbing or releasing heat (hydronic loop system). The structure consists of 60-foot-spans of barrel-shaped steel, and consumes 335 kwH/sq ft in energy.

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Building: Pontifical Lateran University
Location: Rome, Italy
Completed: 2007
Architect: King Roselli Architetti
Structural Engineer: Proges Engineering-Andrea and Pierfrancesco Imbrenda
General Contractor: C.P.C.- Technodir

AE Interest: Library addition to the university. Movement is invoked through a brick structure that mimics the appearance of a tower of books. Interior space is arranged according to the idea of shelves.

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Building: Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Completed: 2006
Architect: Fumihiko Maki & Maki and Associates
Structural Engineer: Jacobs Facilities Inc.
MEP Engineer: General Planner/Shah Kawasaki Architects
General Contractor: McCarthy Construction

AE Interest: Limestone cladding and modernized aesthetics. The building is designed around a vaulted atrium and maximizes open space by concentrating all fixed core elements at the ends of the building.

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Building: The Sage Gateshead
Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
Completed: 2004
Architect: Foster and Partners
Specialist Engineer: Buro Happold
Structural Engineer: Connell Mott MacDonald
Contractor: Laing O’Rourke

AE Interests: curved glass and stainless steel building with three performance spaces that are acoustically insulated from each other; acoustics were improved using concrete containing extra air bubbles; ceiling panels can be raised or lowered to manipulate the room’s sound profile; the three main performance halls (Hall One, Hall Two, and the Northern Rock Foundation Hall) are not contiguous and have gaps between the walls and ceilings

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Building: Vacheron Constantin Headquarters & Factory
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Completed: 2005
Architect: Bernard Tschumi Architects
Structural Engineer: ARUP (Matt King) and SGI
Mechanical and HVAC Engineer: ARUP (Nigel Tonks) and Enerconom
Construction Coordinator: Ortech

AE Interests: thin, flexible envelope concept; metallic sheet covering a concrete structure; wood veneer interior; direct northern lighting and filtered lighting from the south; naturally lit parking space; stairs, elevators, and three story atrium are made out of glass; composed of two wings with varying heights to meet functional needs

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Building: Shure Technology Center
Location: Niles, Illinois
Completed: 2004
Architect: Krueck & Sexton Architects
Structural Engineer: Tylk Gustafson Reckers Wilson Andrews, Consulting Engineers
Mechanical Engineer: CCJM Engineers, Ltd.
Contractor: Harbour Contractors

AE Interests: silent, polished steel and glass elevators; exposed mechanical systems; high bay steel frame; natural light controlled by fixed louvers; steel panels; some rooms have acoustic isolation for microphone product testing; and occupants can control the amount of light and air in the room

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Building: Porter Boathouse, University of Wisconsin
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Completed: 2005
Design Architect: VJAA Architects
Architect of Record: KEE Architecture
Structural and Civil Engineer: Strand Associates, Inc.
Mechanical and Electrical Engineer: KJWW Engineering Consultants
Contractor: Miron Construction Co.

AE Interests: high ceiling space that accommodates for the vast amount equipment rowers use; two rowing tanks of water for use when lakes are frozen; poured concrete apron leads to Lake Mendota; roof is shaped like sails; naturally ventilated; and natural stone used on exterior walls

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Building: Paul Klee Center
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Completed: 2005
Architect: Renzo Piano
Structural Engineer: Arup (Bob Lang)
MEP Engineer: Arup (Andrew Sedgewick)
Façade: Emmer Pfenninger
Acoustics: Müller BB

AE Interest: Bold curvilinear design; has studios for art education, a 300-seat auditorium for concerts, and a library; arches are made out of bent steel that dig into the earth; amount of natural light going into the building is controlled by exterior blinds; roof was soldered by hand

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Building: Grande Bibliothèque
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Architect: Patkau/Croft Pelletier/Menkès Shooner Dagenais architectes associés)
Structural Engineer(s): Regroupement Nicolet Chartrand Knoll Limitée / Les Consultants Géniplus inc.
Area: 400,000 sq. ft.
Cost: $70 million
Completed: 2005

AE Interests: Complex program, efficient circulation, network of circulation at its core, cantilevered staircases with terrazzo treads, glass-fronted elevators, reinforced concrete structure.

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Building: Morgan Library and Museum
Location: New York, New York, USA
Architect: Renzo Piano in collaboration with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners (BBB)
Structural Engineer(s): Robert Silman Associates
Area: 14,700 sq. ft.
Cost: $4.5 million
Completed: 2006

AE Interests: New glass and steel structures with existing architecture, renovation, preservation, new lighting.

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Building: Palo Verde Branch Library and Maryvale Community Center
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Architect: Gould Evans
Structural Engineer(s): Rudow and Berry
Civil Engineer: WRG Design
Area: 43,000 sq. ft.
Budget: $137 per sq. ft.
Completed: 2006

AE Interests: Environmental responsible, shared-used facility, open design, green principles, tight budget.

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Building: Badajoz Congress Center
Location: Badajoz, Spain
Architect: Selgas Cano
Structural Engineer(s): Fehcor
Area: 15,000 meter square.
Completed: January 2006

AE Interests: Modern-expressionist, Assembly-conference, Circle, Extruded Curves, Fiberglass, Flat roof, Geode, Translucence.

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Building: Kroon Hall
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Architect: Hopkins Architects (Great Britain) & Centerbrook Architects and Planners (Local, Connecticut)
Engineer: ARUP
AE Interests: LEED Platinum, passive/low energy systems, thermal mass, smart windows, geothermal heating/cooling (4, 1639 ft wells)
Completed: 2009

Links: [1]

Images: [1], [2], [3]

Building: VanDusen Botanical Gardens Visitor Centre
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Architect: Perkins + Will
Engineer: Fast + Epp

Completed: 2011

AE Interests: unique/universal connections, complex wood framing, prefab, free form roof structure, low cost, fast build, panelized wood forms

Links: [1]

Images: [1], [2]
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Building: UK Pavilion Shanghai Expo
Location: Shanghai, China
Architect: Heatherwick Studio
MEP Consultant: Atelier Ten
Principal Contractor: Mace

AE Interests: building material use (60,000 transparent acrylic rods), unique illumination scheme, dynamic building movement, steel and timber composite structure, cantilever frames, natural ventilation, sustainable building design (local material usage/planned material recycling effort)

Links: [1]

Images: [1], [2]

Building: AAMI Park Stadium
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Architect: Cox Architecture
Engineer: ARUP
AE Interests: highly efficient design, minimal material use (accomplished via optimizing structural elements for size and load), designed for future upgrade capability, roof permits only desirable sunlight to strike playing pitch

Links: [1]

Images: [1], [2]

Building: Culture Yard in Elsinore
Location: Elsinore, Denmark
Architect: Aart
Engineer: Soren Jensen Consulting Engineers
Completed: 10/10/2010 at 10:10
AE Interest: long span concrete beams, structural integration of new building with old, triangulated glass and steel structure, massive cantilevered 3-story structure

Links: [1]

Images: [1], [2], [3]

Building: 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Showcase
Location: Qatar
Architect: Arup
Engineer: Arup
AE Interest: carbon-neutral design, “world’s most sustainable stadium”, extremely fast design/build project, rotatable canopy roof aids with passive cooling/insulation, 100% of building energy use is from photovoltaic solar cells that respond and adjust to the sun’s path

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Building: The National Art Center
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Completed: 2007
Architect: Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates
Structural Engineering: Nihon Sekkei Inc. Susumu Nakagawa
Mechanical Engineer: Nihon Sekkei, Inc. Kunio Tani

AE Interest: Strong geometry comprised of two inverted cones; usable floor area maximized

Articles: 1 , 2 , 3

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Building: 21_21 Design Sight
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Completed: 2007
Architect: Tadao Ando Architect & Associates + Nikken Sekkei
Structural Engineer: Nikken Sekkei
Mechanical Engineer: Nikken Sekkei
Main Contractor: Takanaka Corporation + Taisei Corporation

AE Interest: The structure consists of two trapezoidal buildings which form a triangular figure. The structure is designed for fluidity through large, folded-steel roofs that taper towards the ground. This building is part of the Tokyo Midtown project, which aimed to channel the timeless elegance of Manhattan real estate.

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Building: Turrell’s skyspace installation: ‘Twilight Epiphany’
Location: Rice University, Houston, Texas 77006
Artist: James Turrell
Technical Architect: Thomas Phifer and Partners

Images and drawings: See Architectural Record online article

AE Interest: 118 foot square floating roof on slender columns, architectural concept of sky-viewing space

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Building: Rice University Brochstein Pavilion
Location: Rice University, Houston, Texas
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Architect: Thomas Phifer & Partners
Landscape Architect: The Office of James Burnett
Civil Engineering: Walter P. Moore
Structural Engineering: Haynes Whaley Associates
MEP Engineering: Altieri Sebor Wieber
Lighting Design: Fisher Marantz Stone
Glazing Contractor: Haley-Greer
Construction: Linbeck
Project Year: 2006-2007
Construction Year: 2007-2008
Constructed Area: 557.5 sqm
Photographs: OJB, Paul Hester & Scott Frances

AE Interest: Expressed slender structure, daylight roof monitors, steel and aluminum trellis.
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Building: The Menil Collection
Location: 1533 Sul Ross Street, Houston, Texas 77006
Architect: Renzo Piano
Structural Engineer: Arup
Images: Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW)
Completion 1986

AE Interests: The building’s roof has an innovative design that allows for natural interior lighting – a roof of concrete “leaves” controls the entry of light into the building.  `

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Building: Rice University East Servery
City: Houston, Texas
Architect: Hopkins Architects
Structural Engineer: Architectural Engineers Collaborative
Construction: Tellepsen Builders
Completed: December 2010

AE Interests: Expressed steel structure, very transparent building, 3-dimensional exposed custom trusses, custom steel connections and custom steel shape column details. Aluminum exterior louver system (shading structure) with steel vertical supports integrated with building structure.

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Building: Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
Location: Houston, Texas
(part of The Menil Collection, a neighborhood of museums)
Completed: 1997, fresco returned to Cyprus in February, 2012.
Architect: Francois de Menil
Engineer: Arup

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