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Building: Suite Vollard
Location: Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Completion: 2004
Architect: Bruno de Franco

AE Interests: Constructed mainly from concrete, this is the world’s first fully rotating structure, turning 360 degrees every hour. Each floor has double sheets of tinted glass on the façade and is independent of the other 10 levels.

Building: Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption
Location: 1111 Gough Street, San Francisco, California
Completion: 1971
Designers: Pier Luigi Nervi and Pietro Belluschi
Architects: John Michael Lee, Paul A. Ryan and Angus McSweeney
Structural Engineer: L.F. Robinson

AE Interests: This modern, structural expressionist structure, composed entirely of reinforced concrete, has been named one of San Francisco’s top 25 buildings. The saddle roof, often said to resemble a washing machine agitator, is composed of segments of hyperbolic paraboliods. Along each of the four edges, stained-glass windows extend from floor to ceiling and allow for interior illumination.

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Building: Notre Dame du Haut
Location: Ronchamp, Haute-Saône, France
Completion: 1954
Architect: Le Corbusier

AE Interests: Primarily comprised of concrete and stone, this pilgrimage chapel is illuminated by soft, indirect light from deep inset stained-glass windows, some as thick as 7 feet. The most striking feature, the billowing roof, slopes toward the rear where rain run-ff pours into an abstract fountain.

Building: Frost Bank Tower
Location: Austin, Texas
Completion: 2004
Architect: Duda/Paine Architects, LLP and HKS, Inc

AE Interests: This 33 story, Class A office building used a cast-in-place concrete frame, 7,000 tons of reinforcing steel and a limestone and glass curtain wall. The façade features a stair-step exterior terminating in a steel and glass ‘crown’ illuminated by 220 high-intensity lights. The street level features a landscaped urban plaza with restaurants and conference facilities. The lobby floor is unique pattern of various types of stone, and houses a glass granite water feature, with limestone and wood adding architectural finishes.

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Building: LEGO House
Location: Surrey, England
Completion: 2009
Designer: James May

AE Interests: Demolished soon after its completion, this fully functioning, two story house consisted of appropriately 3.3 million LEGO bricks. The structure had a full staircase and even a working shower and toilet, all made from LEGO bricks.

Building: Vila Sari
Location: Pori, Finland
Architect: ARRAK Architects
Designer: Hannu Kiiskila
Date Completed: 2000

AE Interests: Horizontal design soaks in winter sun, deep overhangs provide shade in summer, uses 75% less energy than average house in Finland.

Building: Solar Tube
Location: Vienna, Austria
Architect: Driendl Architects
Designer: George Driendl
Date Completed: 2001

AE Interests: 21st century tree house design, concrete core, exterior steel frame, takes maximum advantage of light year round.

Building: Sea Train House
Location: Los Angeles, California
Architect: Office of Mobile Design
Designer: Jennifer Siegal
Date Completed: 2003

AE Interests: The home is almost completely recycled, the structural elements are old sea-going storage containers, some of which had been on site before the project began, glass curtain wall facade.
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Building: 1310 East Union Street
Location: Seattle, Washington
Architect: The Miller/Hull Partnership
Date Completed: 2001

AE Interests: Glass box with exposed steel structure, Argon gas infused windows.
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Building: Colorado Court
Location: Santa Monica, California
Architect: Pugh + Scarpa Architecture
Designer: Angela Brooks
Date Completed: 2002

AE Interests: Produces enough energy from its 199 blue solar panels to power 92% of energy needs

Building: 156 Reade Street
Location: New York, New York
Architect: Studio Petrarca
Date Completed: 2001

AE Interests: Glass and steel facade, heated and cooled using a geothermal pump, effectively uses natural light.
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Building: P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E Project
Location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Architect: Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten
Date Completed: 2001

AE Interests: Unique contrast between old warehouse and green angular building, construction was prefabricated, relates to the city by taking advantage of existing systems.

Building: Lippo Centre
Location: 89 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong, China
Completion: 1987
Architect: Paul Rudolph
Developer: Alan Bond

AE Interests: This pair of twin office buildings was designed to relieve the severity of skyscraper walls by using clusters of obtruding windows. The structures are said to look like koalas climbing a tree and therefore know as ‘the Koala Tree’ among the locals.

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Building: Macquarie Bank
Location: 1 Shelley Street, Sydney 
Completion: 2009
Architect: Fitzpatrick & Partners
Structural Engineers: Arup
Prime Frame Contractor: BlueScope
Subcontract Fabricators: S & L Steel
Stair structures: Allmen Engineering

AE Interests: The façade of this building features a unique ‘diagrid’ support structure, the only one of its kind in Sydney. The structure contains many innovative, environmentally sustainable technologies such as passive chilled beams and harbor water for heat rejection giving the building a 6 Star Green Star rating.

Building: Umeda Sky Building
Location: Umeda district of Kita-ku, Japan
Completion: 1993
Architect: Hiroshi Hara

AE Interests: This 40-story structure is the seventh-tallest building in Osaka City and has two towers connected at the top by bridges and escalators allowing access to ‘The Floating Garden Observatory’. The roof features a circular opening that provides an unobstructed 360-degree view.

Building: Bahá’í House of Worship
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India‎
Architect: Fariborz Sahba
Structural Engineer: Flint & Neill
Completed 1986

AE Interests: This expressionist structure is based on a flower-like design consisting of a concrete frame and precast concrete ribbed roof. The nine-sided façade is composed of twenty-seven free-standing, white marble clad forms which resemble lotus petals. Since its completion, it has won numerous awards and has attracted more than 50 million visitors.
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Building: Darcons Headquarters Building
Location: Delicias City, Chihuahua, Mexico
Completion: 2008
Architects: Jorge Cajiga, Raúl Rodríguez, Roberto Villarreal, Reyes Baeza
Structural Design: Estructuristas y Consultores
Project Management: Urbanismo y Edificación Mexicana
Structural Engineering: EASA Construcciones

AE Interests: This office structure consists of three orthogonal, stacked volumes with glazing on the opposite sides and shaded by opaque, concrete walls on the western façade. The multifunctional skin of the building is transparent, allowing for views to the exterior and also defines the shape of the frame.

Building: Cathedral of Brasilia
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
Completion: 1970
Architect: Oscar Niemeyer

AE Interests: This hyperboloid structure is constructed from sixteen, 90 ton, concrete columns. The exterior façade resembles a circular plan and is ribbed, allowing light to enter between them.

Building: Scottish Parliament Building
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Completion: 2004
Architect: Enric Miralles
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Main Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease

AE Interests: This multipurpose complex houses committee rooms, debating chambers and administration offices. The unique design is meant to reflect the Scottish landscape, its people and its culture; especially the bay windows which are made of  stainless steel and framed in oak, with oak lattices covering the glass. The structure has won many awards including the 2005 Stirling Prize.

Building: Gas Natural Headquarters
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Completion: 2007
Architect: Enric Miralles / Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT
Project Director: Josep Ustrell
Structural: Julio Martinez Calzón

AE Interests: The primary goal of this design was to combine several objectives: create an urban landmark, to reconcile with the surrounding low-rise houses and create quality public spaces. The glass façade of this structure, meant to reflect a bite from a shark, is made of 100 trapezoidal panels of stratified glass with high rigidity for safety.
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Building: The National Library
Location: Minsk, Belarus
Completion: 2006
Architect: M.K. Vinogrdov and V.V. Kramarenko

AE Interests: The library is 22 stories and its main architectural component is that is has the shape of a rhombicuboctahedron. Situated on a river bank, it has an observation deck that overlooks Minsk while the front area is commonly used for public concerts and shows. 

Building: Olympic Stadium
Location: 4141 avenue Pierre-De Coubertin, Montreal,  QC H1V 3N7, Canada
Completion: 1977
Architect: Roger Taillibert

AE Interests: This very elaborate structure, features a retractable roof which utilizes a 574 foot tower, the tallest inclined structure in the world. Often referred to as a Organic Modern architecture, the design was based on plant and animal forms, while including vertebral structures with tentacles. 

Building: UCSD Geisel Library
Location: San Diego, California
Completion: 1993
Architect: William L. Pereira

AE Interests: Originally designed as a sphere, the structural elements required too much internal space, and were relocated to the exterior, resulting in the present “lantern-like” façade. This structure is a great example of brutalist architecture with the lower section creating a pedestal for the upper levels of the tower. 

Building: Neues Museum
Location: Folkwang In Essen, Germany
Completed: Feb 2010
Architect: David Chipperfield Architects,
Client: Neubau Museum Folkwang Essen,
Structural engineer: Ingenieurberatung Pühl and Becker VBI, Seroneit and Schneider,
Services engineer: Giesen-Gillhoff-Loomans, BBT Engineers,
Facade consultant: KonTec Fassadenberatung, Pazdera AG,
Lighting engineer: Arup,
Landscape architect: Planungsbüro Meinholf Hasse

Building: Church of Hallgrímur
Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
Completion: 1986
Architect: Guðjón Samuelssondesign

AE Interests: This is the largest church in Iceland and was designed to resemble the basalt flows in the Icelandic topography. The interior has seating for 1,200 people and houses a large mechanical-action pipe organ, which is 50 feet tall and weighs 25 tons.
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Building: United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel
Location: Colorado, United States
Completion: 1962
Architect: Walter Netsch, Jr., Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Main Contractor: Robert E. McKee, Inc

AE Interests: This structure is a tubular steel frame of 100 identical, 75 foot, five ton tetrahedrons, enclosed with clear aluminum panels. Overall the chapel is 150 feet in tall, 280 feet long and 84 feet wide, with the most prominent characteristic being the row of 17 spires. In 2004 the chapel was named a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

Building: National Center for the Performing Arts
Location: No.2 West Chang’an Avenue, Xicheng District, Beijing
Completion: 2007
Architect: Paul Aandreu

AE Interests: The structure is comprised of an ellipsoid dome made of titanium and covered in glass surrounded by an artificial lake. The interior houses 5,452 seats for operas, ballet, and dances and is nearly 129,166 square feet in size.

Building: Manchester Civil Justice Centre
Location: Manchester, England
Completion: 2007
Architect: Denton Corker Marshall
Structural Engineer: Mott MacDonald
Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease

AE Interests: Best known for the ‘fingers’ at each end that cantilever out over the lower levels and the western side has an 118,403 square foot suspended glass wall, the largest in Europe. The building has won numerous awards for sustainability, prominent architecture and innovative engineering including Best Public Building Award 2007.

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Building: Willis Tower
Location: 233 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606
Completion: 1973
Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Structural Engineer: Fazlur Khan
Mechanical/Electrical Engineer: Jaros Baum and Bolles
Contractor: Diesel Construction

AE Interests: Formerly the Sears Tower, this 108 story structure is the third tallest in the United States and twenty-sixth tallest in the world. The design consists of nine square “tubes” clustered in a 3×3 matrix and contains steel, belt trusses, and louvers. `

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Building: Rainier Tower
Location: 1301 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington
Completion: 1977
Architect: Minoru Yamasaki
Structural Engineer: John Skilling

AE Interests: This forty-story tall skyscraper consists of 29 stories of occupied office space supported by a steel superstructure. While the remaining levels make up the concrete pedestal that tapers inward toward the ground which allows for the maximum amount of open space on the block.
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Building: Columbia Center Tower
Location: 701 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington
Completion: 1985
Architect: Chester Lindsey Architects
Structural Engineer: Skilling Ward Rogers Barkshire

AE Interests: Seventy-six stories of office space make this the tallest building in Washington State and the Pacific Northwest region. With a framed tube structural system, the façade is clad in Rosa Purino Carnelian granite and its structure is composed of three geometric arches.
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Building: Richmond Olympic Oval
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Architect: Cannon Design
Structural Engineering: Fast + Epp, Glotman •  Simpson Group of Companies
Civil/Marine Engineering: Delcan
Refrigeration Engineering: Sterling Engineering, Inc.

AE Interests: LEED® Silver certification, reusing thermal waste, Green building process

    
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Building: New Museum of Contemporary Art
Location: 235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
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Architects: SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa)
Structural Engineer: Guy Nordenson, Sasaki and Partners

AE Interests: Staggered box structural scheme, Exterior cladding: expanded metal mesh on corrugated aluminum panels. `

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Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
Completed: 2003
Architect: Future Systems
Client: Selfridges & Co
Engineers: Arup
Contract Value: £60 million
Contractor: Laing O’Rourke
Gross Area:  25,000m²
AE Interests: Skins is made up of thousands of aluminum disks which reflect current weather conditions and at night it is brightly illuminated in bright blue.

Building: The NS Raghaven Center for Entrepreneurial Learning
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka State, India
Completed: 2002
Architect: Chandavarkar & Thacker

AE Interests: Local material use, Habitable roof landscape

Building: House for a Film Maker
Location: Alibag, Mahatashtra, India
Completed: 2001
Architect: Rahul J Mahrotra

AE Interests: Convex metal-clad roof structure, Angled façade

Building: A5 Residence
Location: Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Completed: 2002
Architect: URBANA

AE Interests: Large openings allow natural ventilation,  Use of recycled building materials

Project: Commune by the Great Wall

Location: Badaling, Yangqin, China (Outskirts of Beijing)

Buildings & Architects:

1) Suitcase House by Gary Chang

2) Furniture House by Shigeru Ban

3) “See” and “Seen” House by Cui Kai

4) Distorted Courtyard By Rocco Yim

5) Airport by Chien Hsueh-Yi

6) Cantilever House by Antonio Ochoa

7) Bamboo Wall by Kengo Kuma

8) Shared House by Kanika R’kul

9) The Twins by Kay Ngee Tan

10) Forest House by Nobuaki Furuya

11) Split House by Yung Ho Chang

12) Club House by Seung H-Sang

Building: Bamboo Furniture House (Commune by the Great Wall)
Location: Badaling, Yanqing, China
Architect: Shigeru Ban
Completed: 2002

AE Interests: Bamboo Structure, Local Materials, simple design

Building: Suitcase House (Commune by the Great Wall)
Location: Badaling, Yanqing, China
Architect: Gary Chang
Completed: 2002

AE Interests: Cantilever structure, Reconfigurable spaces

Building: “See” and “Seen” House (Commune by the Great Wall)
Location: Badaling, Yanqing, China
Architect: Cui Kai
Completed: 2002

AE Interests: Steel structure, Reinforced Concrete structure, Aluminum Exterior Finish, Rearrangeable Rooms

Building: Distorted Courtyard House (Commune by the Great Wall)
Location: Badaling, Yanqing, China
Architect: Rocco Yim
Completed: 2002

AE Interests: curtain wall, simple design, bamboo solar shading

Building: Airport House (Commune by the Great Wall)
Location: Badaling, Yanqing, China
Architect: Chien Hsueh-Yi
Completed: 2002

AE Interests: imitates natural elements, blends into nature, unobtrusive

Building: Cantilever House (Commune by the Great Wall)
Location: Badaling, Yanqing, China
Architect: Antonio Ochoa
Completed: 2002

AE Interests: Cantilever structure, simple geometry, Concrete structure, Brick Masonry, roof garden

Building: Bamboo Wall House (Commune by the Great Wall)
Location: Badaling, Yanqing, China
Architect: Kengo Kuma
Completed: 2002

AE Interests: Bamboo structure, Glass structure, incorporates natural elements

Building: Shared House (Commune by the Great Wall)
Location: Badaling, Yanqing, China
Architect: Kanika R’kul
Completed: 2002

AE Interests: Curtain wall, minimal environmental impact

Building: The Twins House (Commune by the Great Wall)
Location: Badaling, Yanqing, China
Architect: Kay Ngee Tan
Completed: 2002

AE Interests: Cantilever roof, Masonry, imitates natural elements

Building: Forest House (Commune by the Great Wall)
Location: Badaling, Yanqing, China
Architect: Nobuaki Furuya
Completed: 2002

AE Interests: Curtain wall, Steel structure, incorporates natural elements

Building: Split House (Commune by the Great Wall)
Location: Badaling, Yanqing, China
Architect: Yung Ho Chang
Completed: 2002

AE Interests: Incorporates natural elements, glass floors, convertible design, wood frame, minimum environmental impact, ecological

Building: Protective Construction for Hamar Cathedral Ruins
Location: Hamar, Norway
Architect: Lund & Slaatto Arkitekter
Completion: 1998
Area: 2,640 sq. meters
Cost: $8,000,000

AE Interests: Constructed over 950 yr. old cathedral ruins, glass and steel skin combats condensation and low temperatures

Building: 3rd District Coastal Authority Headquarters
Location: Norvevika, Ålesund, Norway
Architect: Slyngstad Aamlid Arkitekter
Completion: 2000
Area: 1,079 sq. meters
Cost: $170,000

AE Interests: hung slate wall to shield noise, curved timber roof, secondary structure of struts and tensioned cross-bracing to support roof

Building: Sami Parliament Building
Location: Karasjok, Norway
Architect: Stein Halvorsen & Christian Sundby
Completion: 2000
Cost: $25,000,000

AE Interests: conical form, concrete modulated timer shade from low angle sun

Building: Governor’s Headquarters
Locations: Svalbard, Norway
Architect: Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Arkitekter
MNAL
Completion: 1998
Area: 1,800 sq. meters
Cost: $3,897,000

AE Interests: Cast place concrete, insulated against harsh climate, louvres on triple glazed windows reflect light onto snow and back into building to respond to periods of 24 hr. sunlight or darkness, built on existing concrete foundation, tilted walls

Building: Ecoms House
Location: Tosu City, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Completed: 2004
Architect: Riken Yamamoto
Structural Engineer: Iijima Structural Design Office

AE Interests: Made completely from prefabricated aluminum. Pieces are bolted together on site quickly and easily, making the building light and cost efficient.

Building: Service Centre in Nautholsvik
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Architect: Arkibullan
Completion: 2001
Area: 528 sq. meters
Cost: $1,341,000

AE Interests: built on sand, timber cladding, geothermal water heats surrounding waters, L-shaped and dug into hillside to protect from harsh elements
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Building:  Su Baek Dang
Location: Nam Yang Ju, Kyoung Gi, South Korea
Completed:1998
Architect: Hyo-Sang Seung

AE interests: simple geometry, efficient use of space,  steel framed pavilion

Building: The Riverwalk Kitakyushu
Location: Kitakyushu, Japan
Completed: April 2003
Architect: The Jerde Partnership

AE Interests: Massive concrete geometric figures.

Building: Oita Stadium
Location: Oita, Oita, Japan
Completed: 2001
Architect: Kisho Kurokawa
Structural Engineer: KT Group

AE Interests: Steel + reinforced concrete. Retractable roof and seating. Roof is made of a teflon membrane that allows 25% light permeability, making artificial light unnecessary during the day.

Building: Car Park, Garden & Public Space at Kringlan Shopping Mall
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Architect: Studio Granda
Structural Engineer: Verfrædistofa Sigurdur Thoroddsen
Landscape Architect: Landslag
Completion: 1999
Area: 11,506 sq. meters
Cost: $5,742,000

AE Interests: parking area, variety of materials
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Building: Art Museum
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Architect: Studio Granda
Structural Engineers : Línuhönnun
Electrical Engineers : Rafteikning
Environmental Engineers : Vídsjá / Lagnataeki
Acoustic Consultant: Steindór Gudmundsson
Completion: 2000
Area: 3,040 sq. meters
Cost: $6,040,000

AE Interests: canopy to funnel light, built onto old warehouse
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Building: Bifrost Business School Extension
Location: Bifrost, Borgarforour Iceland
Architect: Studio Granda
Completion: 2002
Area: 1,324 sq. meters
Cost: $2,700,000

AE Interests: corrugated copper facade, built on hardened lava flow, low-angle sunlight
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Building: Katuaq Culture Centre
Location: Nuuk, Greenland
Architect: Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen
Completion: 1992
Area: 4,780 sq. meters
Cost: $13,033,000

AE Interests: arctic climate, ‘floating’ wooden skin, daylighting via slits in ceilings, acoustical engineering in auditorium

Building: Nature Institute
Location: Nuuk, Greenland
Architect: KHRAS Arkitekter
Completion: 1999
Area: 2,000 sq. meters
Cost: $6,000,000

AE Interests: Positioned parallel to strong winds, natural ventilation, arctic climate

Building: Adonis Golf Club Clubhouse
Location: Yangsan, South Korea
Completed: 1999
Architect: John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects

AE interests: large, glass facade allows lighting by natural sunlight; tilted roof;

Building: Dong Heon
Location: Nam Yang Ju, Kyoung Gi, South Korea
Completed: 2000
Architect: Hyo-Sang Seung

AE interests: stilted in mid-air, harmonizes with surrounding environment

Building: Dong Kwang Methodist Church
Location: Iksan, South Korea
Completed:2002
Architect: Hyo-Sang Seung

AE interests: inclined roof, sloping sided tower

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Building: Nanjing Greenland Financial Complex (Zifeng Tower)
Location: Gulou Square, Nanjing, China
Completed: 2009
Architect & Engineer: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill

AE Interest: Stepping of building separates spaces of mixed use of building, triangular form, angled glass plane facade, central super core, structural steel, reinforced concrete, belt truss system, resistance to seismic and wind loads

Building: Kwangju Worldcup Stadium
Location: Pungam-dong, Kwangju, South Korea
Completed: 2001
Architect: Space Group

AE interests: gently curved roof spanning entire stadium covers 60% of spectator seats, equipped with a press center and multiple facilities for players and spectators, seating capacity: 42,880

Building: Dongbu Financial Centre
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Completed: 2002
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

AE interests: irregular building structure

Building: Transportation Centre, Incheon International Airport
Location: Incheon, South Korea
Completed:2002
Architect: Terry Farrell & Partners
Concept Sustainable Design and Building Services Engineering: Battle McCarthy Limited

AE interests: aluminum tile envelope; arched roofing; sleek, curved surfaces; large glass facades allow natural sunlight to flow in;

Building:  OPUS Concert Hall Building
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Completed: 1998
Architect: Hak Sik Son

AE interests:  insulated from external street noise; both acoustical and visual considerations; complex envelope using reinforced concrete frame, exposed concrete, corrugated metal, and glass facades

Building: Dongbu Church
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Completed:  2001
Architect: Jae Yong Lim

AE interests: built on a rocky, uneven site; steep, floating roof

Building: Welcomm City
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Completed: 2000
Architect: Hyo Sang Seung

AE interests: first rusty cor-ten steel façade built in South Korea, four “little houses” that stand on a concrete base

Building: House Into
Location: Espoo, Finland
Completion Date: 1998
Architect: Jyrki Tasa

AE Interests: it is dominated by an undulating eave, a triangular terrace that splits the building
and tall, diagonal pillars, structure of the house consists of a steel frame with attached timber studs
and beams, allows natural ventilation from the residing sea

Building: Cafe Carbon
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Completion Date: 2000
Architect: Niko Sirola

AE Interests: formed by a glulam frame, assembled on site from industrially prefabricated
Safe Wood glulam units, outer surface of the cafe has been carbonised by burning and creosoted
to make them weather resistant

Building: Sibelius Hall
Location: Lahti, Finland
Completion Date: 2000
Architect: Artto Palo Rossi Tikka Architects

AE Interests: incorporates three-piece adjustable acoustic canopy  to allow for great acoustic
variability, appears to be a wooden vessel encased within a glass vitrine

Building: Korkeassari Lookout Tower
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Completion Date: 2002
Architect: Ville hara, Hut Wood Studio Workshop
Structural Engineer: DI Hannu Hirsi, DI Lauri salokangas/Nuvo Engineering

AE Interests: follows the existing low stone wall and skirts around a small birch grove,
the shell structures hasover 600 bolted joints holding the 72 long battens together

Building: Lume Media Centre
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Completion Date: 2000
Architect: Heikkinen – Komonen Architects
HPAC Engineer: Asplan Oy/Harry Stenvall
Electrical Engineer: Kupari Engineering/Jarmo Elo
Construction Engineer: Finnmap Consulting/Pertti Parssinen

AE Interests: architecture relies on a balanced coordination of matrices between layers
of function, mechanical, and electrical systems, organized hierarchically into square
boulevards, back alleys, and service areas

Building: Vuotalo Cultural Centre
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Completion Date: 2000
Architect: Heikkinen – Komonen Architects

AE Interests: all activities of the building are visible through the 2-storey glazed
main facade, the opposite side is covered with stainless steel chain-link conveyor belt
which make it appear like scales of a salmon, has half-circle plan shape with two glass-
covered “canyons” sliced in to permit natural light to enter

Building: Villa Linnanmaki
Location: Somerniemi, Uusimaa, Finland
Completion Date: 2002
Architect: Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen Architects

AE Interests: located in narrow strip of woodland between fields and a lake,
uses foliage of surrounding birch trees to shade from summer sunlight

Building: Sanoma House
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Completion Date: 1999
Architect: Antti-Matti Siikala and Jan Söderlund
Structural Engineer: Magnus Malmberg Oy 
Electrical Engineer: Olof Granlund Oy 
Mechanical Engineer: Olof Granlund Oy

AE Interests: has series of glass panels that make the inside transparent, constructed predominantly
with steel to give it a modern look, designed to have easy circulation

Building: Main Building at University of Oulu
Location: Oulu, Finland
Completion Date: 2003
Architect: Virta Palaste Leinonen and Antt-Matti Siikala
Structural Engineer: Magnus Malmberg Oy 
Electrical Engineer: Olof Granlund Oy 
Mechanical Engineer: Olof Granlund Oy

AE Interests: easy to maneuver inside the building since main staircase is located
centrally, main target was to make the laboratory itself and together with the offices
convertible

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Building: Copenhagen Opera House
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Completed: October 2004
Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup
Consultant: Rambøll A/S, Theatre Plan LLP
Client: The A.P. Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation

AE Interests: 32m long cantilevered overhang, acoustics, canals excavated on both sides to emphasize structure

Building: Kone Headquarters
Location: Espoo, Finland
Completion Date: 2001
Architect: Antti-Matti Siikala
Structural Engineer: Magnus Malmberg Oy 
Electrical Engineer: Olof Granlund Oy 
Mechanical Engineer: Olof Granlund Oy

AE Interests: designed to be a basic block-like shape, it is technically durable
with main building material being glass and steel, has a lift-shaft that acts as
heat valve for offices

Building: Floating Stage
Location: Han River, Seoul, South Korea
Completed: 2009
Architect: Kyungam Architects Associates

AE Interest: dome structure, barge structure allowing the stage to float, light weight steeled frame, rotating outer walls, LED lights, curved glass facade

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Building: Kingdom Centre
Client: Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Location: King Fahad Road, Al-Olaya, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Completion: 2002
Design Architect: Ellerbe Becket
Arch/Eng/Interiors/Planning: Ellerbe Becket (consortium partner)
Architecture/Engineering Consultants: Omrania & Associates (consortium partner)
Construction Manager: Saudi Arabian Bechtel Co.
Main Contractor: El-Self Engineering Contractors
Area: 3,300,000 sq ft
Cost: $1,000,000,000
AEInterest: 990 ft in height; 230,000 m³ of concrete; curtain wall facade system totaling 85,000 m² of glass; 65 m Sky bridge