Galleria Hall West – Seoul, South Korea

Building: Galleria Hall West
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Architect: UNStudio
Completion: 2004
Structural engineers: Arup & Partners, Arjan Habraken (Schematic Design)
AE Interest: facade that changes color and always looks different, covered in glass discs hung from a metal sub-structure backed by individually controlled LED lights
Mercedes Benz Museum – Stuttgart, Germany

Building: Mercedes Benz Museum
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Architect: UNStudio
Completion: May 2006
AE Interest: winding double helix shape, can’t see others from whereever one is standing, won an architecture contest
AT&T (Cowboy’s) Stadium- Arlington, Texas, U.S.
Building: AT&T (Cowboy’s) Stadium
Address: 925 North Collins Street, Arlington, Texas
Owner: City of Arlington
Architect: HKS, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Walter P Moore and Campbell & Associates
General Construction: Manhattan Construction
Construction from 2005-2009
The stadium of NFL’s Dallas Cowboys was the largest dome in the world, until the Singapore National Stadium was completed in June 2014. The roof has an area of 660,800 square feet with the highest point at nearly 300 feet above the field. The stadium is centered about two main steel arch box trusses, anchored to the ground on each end lying 1,225 feet apart. Two of the large panels connecting these trusses are retractable, creating an opening of 104,960 square feet in twelve minutes. The world’s largest operable glass doors are located at each end zone of the stadium, spanning 180 feet wide and 120 feet high.
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Museum of Wood – Hyogo, Japan

Building: Museum of Wood
Location: Hyogo, Japan
Completion: 1994
Architect: Tadao Ando
AE Interests: pool of water in the bottom, reinforced concrete bridge, shows relationship between manmade and natural elements, construction with Hyogo cedar wood
Federal Courthouse – Austin, Texas, U.S.
Building: Federal Courthouse
Location: 5th/San Antonio – Austin, Texas
Architect: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
Consulting Architect: Page Southerland Page
Structural Engineer: Architectural Engineers Collaborative
Mechanical Engineer: Page Southerland Page
Construction: White Construction
Cost: $102 million
Size: 252,420 Sq. ft.
Construction from September 2009-2012
Images: http://www.msmearch.com
AE Interests: Energy Efficiency, Natural Lighting, Rainwater Collection, Complicated Floor Plates, LEED Silver Design.
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Burj al-Arab – Dubai, UAE

Building: Burj al-Arab
Location: Jumeirah Beach Road, Dubai, UAE
Completion: 1999
Architect: Tom Wright
Supporting Architect: W.S. Atkins & Partners
Structural Engineer: Eversendai Engineering
MEP: DSE Engineering Group
AE Interests: Artificial Island Base, Fabric Atrium Wall, Teflon-coated Glass, Diagonal Trusses
Toyota Stadium – Toyota, Japan

Building: Toyota Stadium
Location: Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Completion Date: 2001
Architect: Kisho Kurokawa
Structural Engineering: Ove Arup & Partners
AE Interests: retractable, suspended roof, seating is always shaded, field always receives daylight
McLaren Technology Centre – Woking, U.K.

Building: McLaren Technology Centre
Location: Woking, United Kingdom
Completed: 2004
Architect: Foster and Partners
AE Interests: daylighting, natural ventilation, reuse of lake water (one third pumped naturally and two thirds via filtration system)
Royal Danish Embassy – Berlin, Germany

Building: Royal Danish Embassy
Location: The Nordic Embassy Complex, Berlin Tiergaten, Berlin, Germany
Completion Date: 1999
Architect: 3XN Architects : Kim Herforth Nielsen, Bo Boje Larsen, Kim Christiansen
AE Interests: elevator tower, curved louvers, perforated steel envelope
Birmingham New Street Station – Birmingham, U.K.

Building: Birmingham New Street Station
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Completion Date: 2010
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Structural Engineer: Adams Kara Taylor
Services Engineer: Hoare Lea
AE Interests: designed to imitate the Doppler Effect’s distortion of perception, windows will reflect the Birmingham Sky instead of surrounding buildings.
VOID SPACE/HINGED SPACE HOUSING-Fukuoka, Japan

Building: VOID SPACE/HINGED SPACE HOUSING
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Completion Date:1991
Architect: Steven Holl
AE Interest: Rooms can be added and removed as needed
Sighvatsson House – Venice, California, U.S.

Building: Sighvatsson House
Location: Venice, California
Status: Commission 2005
Architects: Rem Koolhaas OMA
AE Interests: moveable partitions between the rooms allow the house to be transformed into specific rooms or an open area, the exterior of the house is covered in a homogeneous skin to allow light in while having limited viewing from the sides of the house for privacy
Villa Dall’Ava – Paris France


Building: Villa Dall’Ava
Location: St. Cloud, Paris, France
Status: Completed in 1991
Architects: Rem Koolhaas OMA
Engineer: Marc Mimram
General Contractor: Entreprise Mare
Award: 1991 Winner Prix d’architecture du Moniteur, 1991, Paris, France
AE Interests: swimming pool lies on a concrete slab on the roof of the house, a glass pavilion lies underneath the pool containing the living room and dining room
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National Palace Museum- Taibo City, Taiwan

Location: Taibo City, Taiwan
Architect: Antoine Predock
Expected Completion: 2009
Total Area: 34,000sm (365,000sf)
Client: National Palace Museum of Taiwan
AE Interests: spiralling bronze galleries, flowing water, wood lattice structure, Taroko marble
Educatorium – Utrecht, Netherlands

Building: Educatorium
Location: University of Utrecht
Status: Completed in 1997
Architects: Rem Koolhaas OMA
Structural Engineers: ABT Adviesbureau voor Bouwtechniek bv
Awards: 1999 Gerrit Rietveld Prize
AE Interests: the design of the building is two sheets which fold and interlock to accommodate the range of programs like learning/teaching to social gathering and circulation, the concrete slab is treated as a transformable surface to fit each program, the larger auditorium is enclosed by two walls with one being made of a laminated holographic film that changes from transparent to translucent depending on the location of the viewer
Vanke Center-Shenzhen, China

Building: Vanke Center
Location: Shenzhen, China
Completion Date: 2010
Architect: Steven Holl
Structural Engineer: CABR, CCDI
Lighting Engineer: lighting consultant, L’Observatoire International
ME Engineer: CCDI
AE Interest: Structure Elevated to maximize green space and allow land and sea breeze to pass
Nelson Fine Arts Center- Tempe, Arizona, U.S.


Location: Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Architect: Antoine Predock
Completion: 1990
AE Interests: steel plate trellises, labyrinthine form, curving aqueduct provides water to fountains
Douroux House- Venice, California, U.S.

Location: Venice, California
Architect: Antoine Predock
Completion: 1991
AE Interests: one-ton cantilevered window, designed to withstand seismic activity, glass cast in concrete
LM Harbor Gateway-Copenhagen, Denmark

Building: LM Harbor Gateway
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Architect: Steven Holl
Structural Engineer: HNTB Corporation, Ted Zoli (Bridge Structural Engineer)
ME Engineer: Niras
AE Interest: cable-stay bridge between two towers that act as piers
Bryghusprojektet – Copenhagen, Denmark

Building: Bryghusprojektet
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Status: 2008 Concept Design
Architects: Rem Koolhaas OMA
Engineers: Arup
Facade: van SANTEN & Associés
AE Interests: Structurally Offset Stacked Volumes, Complex Site and Program Issues.
Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park – New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.

Building: Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Completion Date: 09/01/2005
Architect: Steven Holl
Engineer: CH2MHill, Tighe & Bond Consulting Engineers
Landscape architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates
Site sustainability consultant: Bioengineering Group
AE Interest: stainless steel exterior, ground-source heating and cooling system, recyclable materials, and natural ventilation
Central Trust Bank- Branch Bank Prototype – Lee’s Summit, Missouri, U.S.

Location: 651 NE Woods Chapel Rd, Lees Summit, MO
Completion: 2007
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
AE Interests: sustainability, high-performance glazing on windows, sunshade wrapped around building
Austin City Hall – Austin, Texas, U.S.
Building: Austin City Hall
Location: Austin, Texas
Design Architect: Antoine Predock
Local Architect: Cotera+Reed
Structural Engineer (above-grade building): P.E. Structural Consultants, Inc. PESC
Structural Engineer (below-grade parking structure): Datum Engineers, Inc.
Builder: Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
Landscape Team: Eleanor McKinney, Carolyn Kelley
Total Area: 115,000 sq. ft.
Cost: $56.6 million
AE Interests: LEED Gold, cast-in-place concrete, Lueders limestone, copper, water system incorporates Lady Bird Lake, photovoltaic cells provide solar protection. Ventilation system for the underground parking measures the level of CO2 and CO and regulates the amount of ventilation, saving a significant amount of energy and earning it a LEED innovation point.
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Encinal Tower- 1938 Broadway – Oakland, California, U.S.

Location: Oakland, California
Completion: Ongoing
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
AE Interests: enerygy efficient, diagonal braced frame, spiral form
Sliced Porosity Block-Chengdu, China
Building: Sliced Porosity Block
Location: Chengdu, China
Completion Date:Fall 2012
Architect: Steven Holl, China Academy of Building Research
Structural Engineer: China Academy of Building Research, Liu Junjin, Zhu Huosheng (senior engineer)
ME Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners
AE Interest: Heated and cooled geothermally by 400 wells, structure shaped by natural light requirements of surrounding buildings, high performance glazing, plaza water gardens harvest recycled rainwater, LEED gold
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Cathedral of Christ the Light – Oakland, California, U.S.
Location: Harrison St, Oakland, CA
Completion: 2008
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Structural Engineer: Mark Sarkisian
AE Interests: structure, use of light, material, and form
Trinity River Audubon Center- Dallas, Texas, U.S.

Architect: Antoine Predock
Owner’s Representative: Brown Reynolds Watford Architecture, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Jaster-Quintanilla and Associates
Mechanical, Civil, Electrical Engineer: Lopez Garcia Group
Engineer (other): Meers Engineering
Completion: 2008
Total Area: 21,000 sq. ft.
Cost: $14 million
AE Interests: deeply wooded site, built atop illegal dump, integration of nature, on-site wastewater treatment, uses recycled materials, conservation, photovoltaic roofing, sustainability
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Foundation Cognac-Jay – Rueil Malmaison, France

Building: Foundation Cognac-Jay
Location: Rueil Malmaison, France
Completed: 1999
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Engineers: GEC
AE Interests: Use of natural lighting
Chapel of St. Ignatius-Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Building: Chapel of St. Ignatius
Location: 901 12th Avenue, Seattle, Washington
Architect: Steven Holl
Structural Engineer: Monte Clark Engineering, Datum Engineering
Contractor: Baugh Construction
Lighting consultant: L’Observatoire International
Acoustical consultant: Peter George and Associates
ME Engineer: Abacus Engineered Systems
Completed 1997
AE Interest: Using orientation, shape, and Glass to provide different lighting throughout the day. `
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Jewish Museum Berlin – Berlin, Germany

Building: Jewish Museum Berlin
Location: Lindenstrasse 9-14, 10969 Berlin (Kreuzberg), Germany
Completion: 1999
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Landscape Architect: Müller, Knippschild, Wehberg
Structural Engineer: GSE Tragwerkplaner, IGW Ingenieurgruppe Wiese
Civil Engineer: Cziesielski + Partner
MEP Engineer: Klimasystemtechnik
Lighting Designers: Lichtplanung Dinnebier KG
Contractors: Fischer Bau (Raw Construction), Werner & Sohn (Facade), Trube & Kings (Windows)
AE Interests: the design of the Museum engenders a fundamental rethinking of architecture in relation to its program; the social, political and cultural history of the Jews in Germany from the 4th century to the present
Latino Cultural Center- Dallas, Texas, U.S.

Location: Dallas, Texas
Completion: 2003
Architect: Legorreta & Legorreta
Executive Architect: Halff Associates
Structural Engineer: Halff Engineers
Contractor: Thomas S. Byrne Ltd.
AE Interests: Function, Space, Color,modular terra-cotta veneer system of tiles
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New Residence at the Swiss Embassy – Washington D.C., U.S.

Building: New Residence at the Swiss Embassy
Location: 2900 Cathedral Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008
Completion Date: September 2006
Architect: Steven Holl
Structural Engineer: A. F. & J. Steffen Consulting Engineers, Robert Silman Associates
Contractor: James G. Davis Construction, Niersberger Gebäudetechnik Pforzheim GmbH
Landscape architect: Robert Gissinger
ME Engineer: B2E Consulting Engineers, B+B Energietechnik AG
AE Interest: Passive Solar Heating, “sedum” green roof, “Minergie Standards”
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences – Manama, Bahrain

Location: center of Bahrain Bay
Completion date: 2011
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
AE Interests: golden metal folden in intricate geometrical patterns, use of technology
Imperial War Museum – Manchester, England, U.K.

Building:Imperial War Museum
Location: Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester M17 1TZ, Great Britain
Completion: 2001
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Association with Architect of Record: Leach Rhodes Walker
Project Management: Gardiner and Theobald Management Services
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Mechanical Engineer: Mott MacDonald
Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine, Ltd.
AE Interests: the building is the interlocking of three shards representing earth, air, and water; the concept for the project is that of a globe shattered into fragments and then reassembled as an iconic emblem of conflict
Arcapita Bank Headquarters – Manama, Bahrain

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Coordinates: 26°14’59 “N 50°34’58″E
Completion: 2009
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Contractor: Murray & Roberts
AE Interests: sculptural form, use of light
CCTV Headquarters- Beijing, China
Building: Central Chinese Television Headquarters (CCTV HQ)
Location: 32 E 3rd Ring Road Middle, Chaoyang, Beijing, China
Architects: Rem Koolhaas OMA
Associate Architects and Engineers: ECADI- East China Architecture & Design Institute
Structural Engineers: Arup
Completed 2012
AE Interests: the building is a contiunous loop of vertical and horizontal sections. Earthquake design, complex angular tower. `
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Glass Courtyard – Berlin, Germany

Building:Glass Courtyard
Location: Jewish Museum Berlin, Lindenstrasse 9-14, 10969 Berlin, Germany
Completion: 2007
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Architect of Record: Reese Architekten
Structural Engineer: GSE, Ingenieur;gesellschaft mbH
Raw Construction: Markische Ingenieur Bau
MEP Engineer: Clean Room Consulting Gmbh
Lighting Designer: Studio Dinnebier
AE Interests: has a transparent glass roof and curtain walls that offer unobstructed views of the garden. In the summer, sliding doors can be opened along the lower front elevation to transform the courtyard into an outdoor space
Simmons Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

Building: Simmons Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: 229 Vassar St
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Completion Date: 2002
Architect: Steven Holl in collaboration with Perry Dean Rogers Architects
Structural Engineer: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Contractor: Daniel O’Connell’s Sons
Lighting Engineer: lighting consultant, Fisher Marantz Stone
ME Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners
AE Interest: Using Shape to provide Natural Lighting and Air Movement
Skyscraper Museum – Battery Park City, New York, U.S.

Location: 39 Battery Pl, New York, NY 10280
Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Contractor: Tishman Construction
Structural Engineers: SOM
AE Interests: polished stainless steel floors and ceiling creates a infinitely vertical space, use of materials
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Billingsgate Market – London, England, U.K.
Building: Billingsgate Market
Location: London, England
Completion: 1988
Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership
Structural Design: Ove Arup & Partners
Contractor(s): Taylor Woodrow, Management Contracting Ltd.
AE Interests: culture, leisure, renovation, historic building, conversion,
Felix Nussbaum Museum – Osnabrueck, Germany

Building: Felix Nussbaum Museum
Location: Heger-Tor-Wall 28, 49078 Osnabrück, Germany
Completion: Summer 1998
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Architect of Record: Reinders & Partner
Structural Engineer: Watermann
Landscape Architect: Müller, Knippschild, Wehberg
Mechanical Engineer: Jäger & Partner, Beratende Ingenieure
Lighting Designer: Dinnebier Licht
Contractor: Reinders and Partner
AE Interests: precise symbolic programme with an unusual way of arranging space, questions the regular geometries of Berlin’s historical blocks
Linked Hybrid-Beijing, China
Building: Linked Hybrid
Location: Beijing, China
Architect: Steven Holl
Structural Engineer: Guy Nordenson and Associates, China Academy of Building Research
Lighting consultant:L’Observatoire International
ME Engineer:Transsolar, Beijing Capital Engineering Architecture Design Co. LTD, Cosentini Associates
Curtain wall consultant: Front Inc., Xi’an Aircraft Industry Company LTD, Yuanda Curtain-wall, Jianghe, Xi-Fei
Landscape architect: Steven Holl Architects, EDAW Beijing, TSLD
Completed 2009
AE Interest: Geothermal Wells, roof gardens, At 220,000 square meters(~2,368,080 square feet) it is one of the largest Green residential projects in the world, LEED Gold Rating. Pedestrian bridges between buildings, earthquake design.
The Highline – New York City, New York, U.S.
Building: The Highline
Location: New York City, New York
Architect: Diller + Scofidio
Completion: 2009
AE Interest: turned an abandoned elevated railroad in the middle of New York City into a park, emphasis on blending architecture and nature.
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Writing with Light House – Long Island, New York, U.S.

Building: Writing with Light House
Location: Long Island, New York
Status: Complete, 2004
Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Structural engineer: Silman Associates, PC.
General contractor: Koral Bros. Inc.
AE interests: free-form design, wood beams, open balloon frame, geometric shape, interesting natural lighting
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San Francisco International Airport International Terminal – San Francisco, California, U.S.
Building: San Francisco International Airport International Terminal
Location: San Francisco, California, U.S.
(Junction of Highways 101 and 380)
Completion: 2000
Architecture: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Structural and Civil Engineering: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
AE Interests: structure, aesthetics, base-isolated structure
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London Metropolitan University Graduate Centre – London, England, U.K.

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Building: London Metropolitan University Graduate Centre
Location: Graduate Centre, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB, England
Completion: 2004
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Structural Engineer: Cadogan Tietz
Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing: WSP Group
Contractor: Costain
AE Interests: a very “Libeskind-like” form which animates a rather dull and grey part of northern London, serves not only as a facility to enhance the staff and student experience, but also as a rentable community space
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St. Jakob-Park – Basel, Switzerland

Building Name: St. Jakob-Park
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Completion: 2001
Architect: Herzog and de Meuron
AE Interests: solar-powered, unique shape, outer skin with color changing effects
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Memoria e Luce – Padua, Italy

Building: Memoria e Luce (9/11 Memorial)
Location: Giardini delle Porte Contarine, Via Giotto, 35137 Padua PD, Italy
Completion: 2007
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Structural Engineer: AMIS Agenziamilanostrutture
Lighting Design: iGuzzini
Contractor: Permasteelisa
AE Interests: features a twisted steel beam salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, lighting and architecture make the memorial intriguing and effective
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Jacob K Javits Convention Center – New York City, New York, U.S.
Building: Jacob K Javits Convention Center
Location: New York City, New York, USA
Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership
Structural Design: Leslie E. Robertson Associates, Expedition Engineering Ltd.
Client(s): Empire State Development Corporation/Convention Center Development Corporation
AE Interests: civic, renovation
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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art-Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
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Building: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Location: 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Completion Date: June 2007
Architect: Steven Holl
Structural Engineer: Guy Nordenson and Associates
Lighting Consultant: Renfro Design Group
Glass Consultant: R.A. Heintges & Associates
Landscape architect:Gould Evans Goodman Associates
ME Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners / W.L. Cassell & Associates
AE Interests: Museum design, natural lighting, glass, green roof, translucent.
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Royal Ontario Museum – Toronto, Ontario

Building: Royal Ontario Museum
Location: 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6, Canada
Completion: 2007
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Landscape Architect: Quinn Design Associates
Structural Engineer: Arup, Halsall Associates
Mechanical Engineer: Arup, TMP Consulting Engineers
Electrical Engineer: Arup, MBII
Joint Venture Partner: Bregman+ Hamann Architects
Contractor: Vanbots Construction
AE Interests: geometry and combination of planes, intended as a renovation, but became an addition, it has become a dynamic center for the city
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Library of Birmingham – Birmingham, England, U.K.
Building: Library of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham, England
Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership
Structural Design: Arup
Services Engineer: BDSP Partnership
AE Interests: civic, education, day-lighting, innovative library design, renovation
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Studio Weil – Mallorca, Spain

Building: Studio Weil
Location: CMO. San Carlos, Port d’Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Completion: 2003
Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Structural Engineers: Adolfo Alonso Dura, Gracia Lopez Pationo
Joint Venture Partner: Jaime Vidal Contesi
Lighting Designers: Studio Dinnebier
Contractor: Goccisa
AE Interests: The architecture in its form, materiality and geometry illuminates, complements and gives voice to the art of Barbara Weil
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Prada Epicenter – Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

Building: Prada Epicenter Store
Location: 343 North Rodeo Drive Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California
Status: Completed 2004
Architects: Rem Koolhaas OMA
Associate Architects: Brand+Allen Architects
Structural Engineers: Ove Arup & Partners
Hydraulic Wall Engineers: Hamilton Engineering
AE Interests: Re-interpretation of high-end retail experience including: front entry with no doors (air-curtain, plasma imaging in dressing rooms, custom artificial sponge wall material, structural laminated-glass grand stair, glass that switches from translucent to transparent electronically, hydraulic storefront wall that “closes” store at night.
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Design for Manufacture / Oxley Woods – Milton Keynes, England, U.K.

Building: Oxley Woods
Location: Milton Keynes, England
Completion: Under Construction
Architect: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Manufacturer: Wood Newton Ltd.
Services Engineer: RYBKA
AE Interests: residential, Green building, pre-manufactured
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Guardian Towers- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Architect: Lab architecture studio
Built by: Dubai Contracting Company
Expected Completion: 2010
AE Interests: fractured and offset structure, underground parking, central location, residential and office use
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Crystal Cathedral International Center for Possibility Thinking – Garden Grove, California, U.S.

Building: Crystal Cathedral International Center for Possibility Thinking
Location: Garden Grove, California
Completed: 2003
Architect: Richard Meier and Partners Architects LLP
Structural Engineer: Syska Hennessy Group
AE Interests: Made energy efficient by high performance glazing, automated day light controls, high efficiency lighting, and energy efficient HVAC systems
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Former Swissair North American Headquarters Building – Melville, New York, U.S.

Building: Former Swissair North American Headquarters Building
Location: Melville, New York
Completed: 1995
Architect: Richard Meier and Partners Architects LLP
Structural Engineer: Ove Arup and Partners
AE Interests: Prefabricated slab and cast-in-place concrete columns for more economic design
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Theater de Stoep – Spijkenisse, The Netherlands

Building: Theater de Stoep
Location: Spijkenisse, The Netherlands
Completion: 2008
Architect: UNStudio
AE Interest: efficient and logical design elements, sculptural stairway
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Music Theatre – Graz, Austria

Building: Music Theatre
Location: Graz, Austria
Completion: 2008
Architect: UNStudio
Engineering: Arup
AE Interest: glittering mesh envelope, repetitive exterior pattern, spiraling constuction in interior
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Reichstag Building Dome – Berlin, Germany

Building: New German Parliament Reichstag
Location: Ebertstraße 10117 Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Completed: 1999
Architect: Foster and Partners
Architect of Record: Foster and Partners
Structural Engineer: Leonhardt, Andrae und Partner
Project Manager: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Projektsteuerung
AE Interests: Radical energy strategy, uses vegetable oil as bio-fuel
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Soho Shangdu – Beijing, China


Location: Beijing, China
Architects: Lab architecture studio, Chinese Design Institute, CABR
Principal Architect: Peter Davidson (Lab)
Landscape Architect: Oculus
Engineer: Arup
Lighting: Light Design partnership
Completion: July 2007
AE Interests: faceted glass and aluminum surfaces, specialized LED/reflector lighting system, inverted triangles with 4 meter cantilever, heat control
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ZVE Fraunhofer Institute – Stuttgart, Germany

Building: ZVE (Centre for Virtual Engineering) Fraunhofer Institute
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Completion: 2006
Architect: UNStudio
Structural Engineer: BKSI
Mechanical Engineer: Rentschler und Riedesser
Electric Engineer: Müller und Bleher
AE Interest: open fluid design, diagrammatic, blended into the campus
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Raffles City Hangzhou – Hangzhou, China
Building: Raffles City Hangzhou
Location: Hangzhou, China
Completion: 2008
Architect: UNStudio
LEED Enigineer: Arup
Facade Engineer: Meinhardt Façade Technology
AE Interest: curving and twisting exterior walls, extremely unique shape for multistory buildings
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Sunset Doheny Hotel – West Hollywood, California, U.S.

Building: Sunset Doheny Hotel
Location:9040 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, California
Completed: Unbuilt
Architect: Eric Owen Moss Architects
Developer: Weintraub Financial Services
AE Interests: structure, curtain wall
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Riyadh Business Center- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Architect: Lab architecture studio
Site Area: 39,124 sq. meters
Total Floor Area: 90,000 sq. meters
AE Interests: Perforated aluminum skin, ‘domino’ structure, solar protection
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New Amsterdam Plein and Pavilion – New York City, New York, U.S.

Building: New Amsterdam Plein and Pavilion
Location: New York City, New York
Completion: September 9, 2009 (unveiling)
Architect: UNStudio
Lighting Design and Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection Engineering: Buro Happold
AE Interest: pinwheel shape, programmatic design for its functions
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I’Park City – Suwon, Korea

Building (group of buildings): I’Park City
Location: Suwon, Korea
Completion: 2008
Architect: UNStudio
Landscape Architect: Lodewijk Baljon
Local Architect: Heerim architects and planners
AE Interest: utilizes form and color, displays 6 different themes separating the clusters
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Hudson Riverfront Performing Arts Center, U.S.
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Building: Hudson Riverfront Performing Arts Center
Location:1500 Harbor Boulevard Weehawken, New Jersey 07086
Architect: Diller + Scofidio
Expected Completion: 2010
AE Interests: structural stability, womblike performance space
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Alice Tully Hall – New York City, New York, U.S.
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Building: Alice Tully Hall
Location: Performance Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, New York
Architect: Diller + Scofidio
Completion: 2009
Original Architect: Pietro Belluschi
Original Construction:1969
Structural/Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineers: Arup
AE Interests: instead of completely demolishing the original building it was used as part of the renovation, three-story high glass-enclosed lobby
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Eyebeam Museum of Art and Technology – New York City, New York, U.S.
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Building: Eyebeam Museum of Art and Technology
Location: Chelsea District, New York City, New York
Architect: Diller + Scofidio
Expected Completion: 2011
Structural and Mechanical Engineer: Arup–Markus Schulte, Mahadev Ramen, Nigel Tonks
Geo-Technical Engineers: Mueser Rutledge
AE Interests: façade, functionality, structural stability
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Y House – Catskills, New York, U.S.

Building: Y House
Location: Catskills, New York
Status: Complete, 1999
Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Structural engineer: Robert Silman Associates
AE Interest: splitting two arms, color scheme, natural light, steel framing, iron-oxide red, geometric shape, cantilevered outdoor balconies
For more info:
http://www.stevenholl.com/project-detail.php?type=houses&id=44&page=0
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Antwerp Law Courts – Antwerp, Belgium

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Building Name: Antwerp Law Courts
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Completion: 2005
Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership
Co-Architect: VK Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup/Bureau Van Kerckhove
Services Engineer: Arup/Bureau Van Kerckhove
AE interests: use of natural light, steel, environmental issues including energy
Awards: International Architecture Award (2008), RIBA European Award (2007)
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Museum of Image & Sound – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Building: Museum of Image & Sound
Location: Copacana Beach Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Architect: Diller + Scofidio
Expected Completion: 2011
AE Intersets: geometry, façade , Structural Stability
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Planar House – Paradise Valley, New Mexico, U.S.

Building: Planar House
Location: Paradise Valley, New Mexico
Status: Completed, 2005
Architect: Steven Holl Architects
Structural engineer: Rudow & Berry
Mechanical engineer: Roy Otterbein
Civil engineer: Fleet Fisher Engineering
Awards: NY AIA Merit Award, USA, 2006
AE Interest: perforated sheets of Cor-Ten steel, tilt up concrete walls, natural light, ramp leading to rooftop sculpture garden, geometric design
For more information:
http://www.stevenholl.com/project-detail.php?type=houses&id=57&page=0
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Institute of Contemporary Art – Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Building: Institute of Contemporary Art
Location:100 Northern Ave Boston Massachusetts 02210
Architect: Diller + Scofidio
Completion: 2006
Collaborating Architects: Perry Dean Rogers & Partners
Consultant Engineers: Arup
Contractor: George B. H. Macomber Company
AE Intersets: exterior grand staircase, interior theater wrapped in glass on three sides, gallery area floating above the structure below like an overhead canopy
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Banca Popolare di Lodi Headquarters – Lodi, Italy

Building: Banca Popolare di Lodi Headquarters
Location: Lodi, Italy
Completion: 2001
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Structural Engineering: M.S.C.
Acoustics: Müller BBM
AE Interests: Cylindrical bodies, terracotta cladding upheld by a steel base.
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Bordeaux Law Courts – Bordeaux, France

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Building Name: Bordeaux Law Courts
Location: Bordeaux, France
Completion: 1998
Architect: Richard Rogers Partnership
Structural Engineer: Arup, OtH Sud-Ouest
Services Engineer: OtH Sud-Ouest, Arup
AE interests: wood, flask-volumes, daylight use
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EMI Music France Headquarters – Paris, France

Buiding: EMI Music France Heaquarters
Location: Paris, France
Completion: 2005
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Structural Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners
Cost Consultant: GEC Ingénierie
Acoustics: Peutz & Associés
AE Interests: Glass shed roofs for natural lighting, terracotta cladding.
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