Villa in Pedralbes – Barcelona, Spain

Building: Villa in Pedralbes
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Completion Date: 2008
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Structural Engineer: Agusti Obiol, Nacho Costales & Boma SL
Service Engineer: Juan Hernez & AJ ingenier
AE Interests: sustainable structure merges with surrounding garden, oriented towards the south to ensure cross ventilation with chimneys on the northern side
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Nuragic Contemporary Arts Centre – Cagliari, Italy

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Building: Nuragic Contemporary Arts Centre
Location: Cagliari, Italy
Completion: Unbuilt
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect: Paola Cattarin
Local Architect: Luca Peralta
Environmental Sustainability: Max Fordham LLP, Neil Smith
Mechanical and electrical system: Max Fordham LLP, Neil Smith
Structure: Adams Kara Taylor
Quantity Surveyor: Building Consulting Naples, Pasquale Miele
AE Interests: 3 phase construction, large and versatile open spaces
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Guggenheim Pavilion – Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Building: Guggenheim Pavilion
Location: Biennale Park, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Completion: Pavilion Commissioned 2006
Architect: Asymptote Architects
Clients: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development & Investment Company
AE Interests: Steel Walking Bridge, Geometric Forms, Mesh Skin
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Smithsonian Institution Courtyard – Washington D.C.

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Building: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Location: 1000 Jefferson Dr SW
Completed: 2007
Architect: Foster + Partners
Architect of Record: Smith Group Inc.
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Roof Contractor: Josef Gartner
AE Interests: Roof composed of vaults that interlock to create soft curved valleys
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Updated by Patrick Wray, February 2025
Banyan Tree Corniche Bay – La Gaulette, Mauritius

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Building: Banyan Tree Corniche Bay
Location: La Gaulette, Mauritius
Completion: 2011
Architect: Foster + Partners Local architect: d’Unienville & Associates Architects Ltd
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: Arup
AE Interests: local, natural, sustainable materials, natural ventilation, solar power
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Article: [1]
Video: [1]
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts – Saint Louis, Missouri

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Building: Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
Date Completed: 2001
Architect: Tadao Ando Architects & Associates
AE Interests: structure, materials, art museum
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex – Leicester, U.K.

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Building: John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex
Location: Leicester, United Kingdom
Completion Date: 2008
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Structure: Adams Kara Taylor
Main Contractor: Sir Robert Mc Alpine
M&E/ Fire Services: WSP Group
QS & Project Management: Cyril Sweett
Traffic Engineer: Waterman Burrow Crocker
AE Interests: moiré laced membrane exterior, layered transparency for interaction between the store and city
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Lou Ruvo Alzheimer’s Institute – Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

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Building: Lou Ruvo Alzheimer’s Institute
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Completed: 2009
Architect: Gehry Partners, LLP
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk
MEP: Cosentini Associates
AE Interests: uneven stack of block units, sustainable waves of steel and glass cover, complex structure and form
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
California State University Channel Islands – Camarillo, California, U.S.

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Building: California State University Channel Islands
Location: 1 University Dr, Camarillo, CA
Completed: 2008
Architect: Foster + Partners
Architect of Record: Leo A Daly / Gruen Associates
Structural Engineer: THP Limited
Landscape Architect: AHBE
Contractor: HKA
AE Interests: Prominent roof canopy as an effective environmental device
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Mad River Boat Trips – Jackson, Wyoming, U.S.

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Building: Mad River Boat Trips
Location: 1255 S Highway 89, Jackson, Wyoming
Completed: 1996
Architect: Will Bruder
AE Interests: wedged form, large glass facade, radiant heating, evaporative cooling, lighting effects
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Library of a Poet- Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan

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Building: Library of a Poet
Location: Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
Completed: 1991
Architect: Shigeru Ban
AE Interests: paper tube, trusses, post-tensioned steel wires, span, cantilevers, sustainability
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
La Rioja Technology Transfer Centre – Logrono, Spain

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Building: La Rioja Technology Transfer Centre
Location: Logrono, Spain
Completion Date: 2007
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Architect of Record: Jesus Alfaro Lafuente
Structural Engineers: Agusti Obiol Sanchez, Nacho Costales Calvo (BOMA S.L.)
Services Engineers: Ramon Cos Gavalda, Ricardo Bergay Fernandez (Grupo J G)
Landscape Designer: Teresa Gali Izard
Contractor: Visa Y Constucciones S.A., Construcciones Jose Martin S.A.
AE Interests: linear structure, surrounded by green canopy producing a shaded microclimate, integrates landscape into the building space
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Sondica Airport Terminal & Control Tower – Bilbao, Spain

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Building: Sondica Airport Terminal & Control Tower
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Completed: 2000
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava
AE Interests: aerodynamic roof, canted glazed facade, views of the runways
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Curtain Wall House – Tokyo, Japan

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Building: Curtain Wall House
Location: Tokyo Japan
Completed: 1995
Architect: Shigeru Ban
AE Interests: creative materials, open plan, open facade, curtain, glazed doors
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Carabanchel Social Housing – Madrid, Spain

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Building: Carabanchel Social Housing
Location: Madrid, Spain
Completion Date: 2007
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Contractor: Acciona
Structural Engineer: Jesus Hierro, JHS Proyecto de Estructuras y Arquitectura, S.L.
Electrical Engineer: FASEVEN
Mechanical Engineer: ASETECNIC
Telecommunication Engineer: Raul Herranz, S.D.C.
AE Interests: sustainable, located in a regeneration area, facades have retractable screens protected from strong east-west solar exposure
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Cloud Roof Fair Extension – Riva del Garda, Italy

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Building: Cloud Roof Fair Extension
Location: Riva del Garda, Italy
Completion: Unbuilt
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
AE Interest: Environmental Design, rendering
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Riddell Advertising and Design – Jackson, Wyoming, U.S.
Municipal Theatre Auditorium – Torrevieja, Spain

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Building: Municipal Theatre Auditorium
Location: Torrevieja, Spain
Completion Date: 2006
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Architect of Record: Antonio Marquerie
Services: Consulting de Ingenieria ICA, S.L.
Structure: NB35
AE Interests: Plaza sits under cantilevered mass of the building, designed as single container to remove the proscenium
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Gehry Tower – Hannover, Germany

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Building: Gehry Tower
Location: Hannover, Germany
Completed: 2001
Architect: Frank Gehry
AE Interests: twisted stainless steel facade, ferroconcrete core optimizes ground space
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, 2020
Japan Pavilion, Expo 2000 – Hannover, Germany

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Building: Japan Pavilion, Expo 2000
Location: Hannover, Germany
Completed: 2000
Architect: Shigeru Ban
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold and Stefan Polonyi
AE Interests: low impact, grid, paper tubes, tape, DfD, design for disassembly
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Dulnyouk Publishers – Paju Book City, Korea

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Building: Dulnyouk Publishers
Location: Paju Book City, Korea
Completion Date: 2005
Architect: Foreign Office Architects
Architect of Record: Iroje architects Young Yoon Kim
Structural Engineer: SDG (Structural Design Group)
Services Engineer: BDSP Partnership
Traffic Engineer: Ninian Logan, Radlett
Structural Engineer: ALT Structural Engineering Group
Electrical Engineer: Hana High Tech Co., Ltd
Mechanical: SeAH Engineering & Technology
AE Interests: towers over valley where Paju Book City is located, has east-west orientation for good airflow, designed to maximize potential of site as an extension of surrounding gardens
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Article: [1]
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Chesa Futura – St Moritz, Switzerland

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Building: Chesa Futura
Location: St Moritz, Switzerland
Completed: 2004
Architect: Foster + Partners
Local Architect: Kuchel Architects
Consultants: ARUP, Davis Langdon & Everest, Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG, EN/ES/TE AG, Peter Walker & Partners, Reflexion AG
AE Interests: bubble-like form, local timber, pilotis elevation
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SEG Tower – Vienna, Austria

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Building: SEG Tower
Location: Vienna, Austria
Completed: 1998
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Structural Engineers: Projektierungsburo fur Industrie-, Hooch- und Tiefbauten AG
AE Interests: Intelligent glass facade, Well circulated heating and cooling system
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Al Faisaliah – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Building: Al Faisaliah
Location: Po Box 4148 Riyadh 11491 Olaya Street Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
Completed: 2000
Architect: Foster + Partners
Consultants: Buro Happold, Brian Clarke, Sandy Brown Associates, WET design
AE Interests: cantilevered sunshading, energy-efficient glass, changeable partition system
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
House 12 at Avenida de las Fuentes – Mexico City

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Building: House 12 at Avenida de las Fuentes
Location: El Pedregal de San Angel, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
Completed:1949
Architect: Luis Barragán
Associate Architect: Max Cetto
AE interests: water features, volcanic outcropping, natural and simple design
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
BBC Music Box – London, U.K.

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Building: BBC MUSIC BOX
Location: London, United Kingdom
Completion Date: Cancelled 2008
Architect: Foreign Office Architects and Andrew Ingram
Structural Engineering: Adams Kara Taylor
Acoustic Engineering: Sandy Brown Associates
Lighting Engineering: Speirs and Major Associates
QS & Project Management: Davis Langdon & Everest
Theatre Consultant: Ducks Sceno, Vaulx-en-Velin
Service Engineer: Cameron Taylor Brady
AE Interests: Transparent Organization, Linear Structure, connects the space of the studio and city visually through a glass membrane
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Cuadra San Cristóbal – Mexico City

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Building: Cuadra San Cristóbal/Egerström House
Location: Los Clubes, Mexico City, Mexico
Completed: 1968
Architect: Luis Barragán
Owner: Folke Egerström
AE Interests: house/stable, pool of water with waterfall, nature immersion, color, concrete texture
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Guangzhou Opera House – Guangzhou, China

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Building: Guangzhou Opera House
Location: Guangzhou, China
Completion: 2010
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Project Director: Woody K.T. Yao & Patrick Schumacher
Project Architect: Simon Yu
Structural Engineer: SHTK, Guangzhou Pearl River Foreign Investment Architectural Designing Institute
Theater Consultants: ENFI
Lighting Consultant: Beijing Light & View
Project Management: Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group Co. Ltd.
Building Services: Guangzhou Pearl River Foreign Investment Architectural Designing Institute
Acoustic Consultants: Marshall Day Acoustics
Construction Management: Guangzhou Construction Engineering Supervision Co. Ltd.
Main Contractor: China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co. Ltd.
AE Interests: Twin boulder design, materials, complex form, acoustics
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Budapest Bank Tower – Budapest, Hungary

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Building: Budapest Bank Tower
Location: Vaci u 190, Budapest, Hungary
Completion: Competition Entry Comission 2006
Architect: Asymptote Architecture
Developer: Orco Property Group
Structural Engineer: ARUP
AE Interests: Rotating Core, Structural Mesh Steel Skin, Varied Perforations Dependent on Loading
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The Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum and Annex – Naoshima Island, Japan

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Building: The Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum and Annex
Location: Naoshima Island, Japan
Completion: 1995
Architect: Tadao Ando
AE Interests: elliptical inner courtyard, the main building’s plan consists of three overlapping cubes and a circle and the rectangular guest wing is attached at an angle to it.
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Paper Art Museum – Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan



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Location: Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
Completed: 2002
Architect: Shigeru Ban
Structural Engineer: Hoshino Architect & Engineer
General Contractor: Obayashi Corporation
AE Interests: fiberglass reinforced panels, atrium, spacial continuity, art gallery, moving facade
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
City of Arts – Valencia, Spain
Building: City of the Arts
Location: Valencia, Spain
Completed: 2004
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava
Construction: Dragados and Necso
Stage Engineer: Waagner-Biro Bühnentechnik AG
Acoustics: Alfonso García
AE Interests: Futuristic city within a city, complex geometry, ensemble of buildings including a planetarium, science museum, oceanarium, and arts palace, white concrete.
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
JVC Entertainment Center – Guadalajara, Mexico

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Location: Guadalajara, Mexico
Completion: Unbuilt
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Structural Engineer: B+G Ingenieure
Mechanical Engineer: Pickl+Partner
AE Interests: Abstract glass design, breathable
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art – Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.

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Location: 7374 E. 2nd Street, Scottsdale, Arizona
Completed: 1999
Architect: Will Bruder
Structural Engineer: Rudow + Berry, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Steve Martino & Associates Design
AE Interests: light patters, galvanized metal envelope, natural lighting
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Article: [1]
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
EXPO.02 – Biel, Switzerland

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Location: Biel, Switzerland (Forum Arteplage)
Completion: 2002
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
AE Interests: Abstract Steel Towers
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
The Getty Center – Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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Building: The Getty Center
Location: 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA
Completed: 1997
Architect: Richard Meier
Structural Engineer: Englekirk Partners
AE Interests: bringing the individual buildings together while still keeping them different and unique, working with the topography
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Guggenheim Guadalajara – Guadalajara, Mexico

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Location: Guadalajara, Mexico
Completion: Competition Entry (non-winning)
Architect: Asymptote Architecture
AE Interests: Ceramic Tile Coating, Steel and Glass Framing
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion – Zaragoza, Spain

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Location: Zaragoza, Spain
Completed: 2008
Arhitect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect: Manuela Gatto (Associate)
Engineers: ARUP
AE Interests: water sustainability, divided into four interlocking elements inorder to distribute the weight, use of a permeable schark-scale membrane creates a micro climate utilizing the natural airflow
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Langen Foundation – Neuss, Germany

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Location: Neuss, Germany
Date Completed: 2004
Architect: Tadao Ando Architects & Associates
Architect of Record: Takenaka Europe
Structural Engineer: Ingenieurburo J. Heibjes
Mechanical Engineer: Ingenieurburo Bayr
AE Interests: natural lighting, building envelope, structure, materials, art museum
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
UFA Cinema Center – Dresden, Germany

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Location: Dresden, Germany
Completion: 1998
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Structural Engineering: B+G Ingenieure
AE Interests: Glass Structure
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Prieto Lopez House – Mexico City

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Location: Jardines del Pedregal, Mexico City, Mexico
Completed: 1950
Architect: Luis Barragán
AE Interests: lava stone, sits on various levels that create spaces
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Guggenheim Museum – Bilbao, Spain
Building: Guggenheim Museum
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Completed: 1997
Architect: Frank Gehry
Structural Engineer: SOM
MEP: Cosentini Associates
Construction: URSSA, S. Coop Ltd.
AE Interests: complex geometry, steel structure, titanium metal panel facade. `
20th c. importance: Example of solving non-linear complex architectural geometry, and creating a new digital 3D work-flow which is now common in 21st c. architecture.
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum – Osaka, Japan

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Location: Osaka, Japan
Completion: 1994
Architect: Tadao Ando
AE Interests: steel frame and reinforced concrete, long stone-paved roof is shaped like an enormous stairway which can be turned into a stage or outdoor lecture hall
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Article: [1]
Imai Hospital Daycare Center – Odate, Akita, Japan
Building: Imai Hospital Daycare Center
Location: Odate, Akita, Japan
Completed: 2001
Architect: Shigeru Ban
AE Interests: LVL, Laminated Veneer Lumber, plywood, weatherproofing, tunnel, daylighting
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Neugebauer House – Naples, Florida, U.S.

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Location: 3930 Fort Charles Drive, Naples, Florida
Completed: 1998
Architect: Richard Meier
Structural & MEP: Arup
AE Interests: linear organization, focus on waterfront side of house, views and natural lighting
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum – Lansing, Michigan, U.S.

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Location: Lansing, Michigan
Status: Completed 2012
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Client: Michigan State Univeristy
Structural Engineers: Adams Kara Taylor and SDI
AE Interests: Sharp, dynamic appearance; unique-abstract form; elegant use of steel and glass
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Article: [1]
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Antwerp Port House – Belgium

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Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Completion: 2016
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect: Joris Pauwels
Project Support: Bureau Bouwtechniek
Structural Engineers: Studieburo Mouton bvba
Service Engineers: Ingenium nv & Daidalos Peutz
Restoration: Origin
Special technology: Ingenium
Acoustics: Daidalos Peutz
AE Interests: addition to an existing building, glass and aluminum panneling
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International Library of Children’s Literature – Tokyo, Japan

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Building: International Library of Children’s Literature
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Completion: 2002
Architect: Tadao Ando
AE Interests: an addition to the previous Library, steel frame, reinforced concrete, glass extension
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Barragán House and Studio – Mexico City

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Location: Calle Francisco Ramirez 14, Tacubaya, Mexico City, Mexico
Completed: 1948
Architect: Luis Barragán
AE Interests: experimentation with spacing and characterization, lighting studies, focus on garden and nature, color, concrete texture, form, museum, modernism
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Article: [1]
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Airside Center at Zurich Airport – Zurich, Switzerland


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Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Completed: 2004
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Associate Achitect: Itten & Brechbuhl AG
Structural Engineer: Ernst Basler & Partners, Arup
Facade Consultant: Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG
AE interests: aerodynamically curved steel roof, glass walts
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Article: [1]
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
House of Music – Aalborg, Denmark

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Location: Aalborg, Denmark
Completion: 2014
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Design Principal/ Ceo: Wolf D. Prix
Project Partner: Michael Volk
Design Architect: Luzie Giencke
Project Architect: Marcelo Bernardi, Pete Rose
Local Architects: Friis & Moltke, Acoustics, Audio Visual & Theatre Design And Planning
Consultant: Arup
Structural Engineering: Rambøll, Aalborg, Denmark; B+G Ingenieure, Bollinger und Grohmann GmbH
AE Interest: contrast between curved interiors and cubic exterior; complex acoustic concept; height-adjustable ceiling suspensions
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Articles: [1]
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Ortega Garden and House – Mexico City

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Location: Calle Francisco Ramirez 20/22, Tacubaya, Mexico City, Mexico
Completed: 1943
Architect: Luis Barragán
AE Interests: Created around existing buildings, immersive nature and built environment
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Museo Picasso Malaga – Madrid, Spain

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Building: Museo Picasso Malaga
Location: C/ San Agustín 8, 29015 Malaga, Spain
Completed: 2004
Architect: Gluckman Mayner Architects
Architect of Record: Camara/Martin Delgado Arquitectos
Landscape Architect: Maria Medina
Structural Engineer: Arup
MEP Engineer: Arup
General Contractor: Ferrovial Agroman
Awards: 2006 AIA Institute Honor Awards for Architecture
AE Interests: Historic Renovation, Historic Preservation, Contemporary addition to Historic Architecture.
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Guggenheim Hermitage Museum – Vilnius, Lithuania

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Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Status: Unbuilt
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects with Patrik Schumacher
Project Architects: Thomas Vietzke, Jens Borstelmann
AE Interests: digital fabrication methods, intense use of technology to bring to life the fluidity and flow of the building, building envelope
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Related Articles: 1
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
World Business Center Solomon Tower – Busan, South Korea

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Location: Downtown Busan, South Korea
Completion: TBD (Commissioned – 2007)
Architect: Asymptote Architecture
Developer: The Solomon Group
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Lighting Consultant: L’Observatoire International Herve Descottes
AE Interests: Proposed to be one of the tallest buildings in Asia at 560m, Central Void Garden
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Jay Pritzker Pavilion- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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Building: Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Location: Millennium Park- Chicago, Illinios
Completion: 2004
Architect: Gehry Partners, LLP
Project Designer: Craig Webb
Project Architect: Manoucher Eslami
Structural Engineer: Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: McDonough Associates
Theatre Consultant/Lighting Designers: Schuler & Shook
Acoustical Consultant/Audio Systems Design: The Talaske Group
AE Interests: Framed by stainless steel panels with an overhead trellis to give the audience a full sense of the onstage sound.
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Related Article: 1
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Art of Americas Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, – Boston, MA

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Location: Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
Completion: 2009
Architect: Foster + Partners and Childs Bertman Tseckares Inc
Consultants: Weidlinger Associates, Davis Langdon, Shooshanian Engineering Inc., Gustafson
AE Interests: Central Park mimicked landscape, climate control, daylighting, addition to existing museum
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Related Article: 1
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Hotel Marques de Riscal – Elciego, Spain

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Location: Elciego, Spain
Completed: 2006
Architect: Gehry Partners, LLP
Executive Architect: IDOM
Structural Engineering: IDOM
Mechanical Engineering: IDOM
Electrical Engineering: IDOM
AE Interests: complex structure, curved steel cover, structure is lifted above site on columns
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Two World Trade Center – NYC, New York

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Location: 200 Greenwich Street, New York City, New York 10007, United States
Completion: Proposed Design
Architects: Foster + Partners and Adamson Associates
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk
Developer: Silverstein Properties
Consultants: Edgett Williams, Jaros Baum & Bolles Consulting Engineers and Permasteelisa SPA
Mechanical/electrical: Jaros Baum and Bolles
AE Interests: daylighting, light-sensored artificial lighting, sustainability, wedged rooftop
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Spaceport America – Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.

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Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
Completion: 2010
Architect: Foster + Partners
Local architects: SMPC Architects, URS Corporation
AE Interests: daylighting, landscape-inspired sinuous shape, natural ventilation, private spaceport, solar thermal panels, underfloor radiant cooling and heating
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Busan Cinema Center – Busan, South Korea

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Location: Busan, South Korea
Completion: 2011
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Client: P(B)usan International Film Festival Organzing Committee
AE Interests: Responsive changing space, bright-organic feel, overlapping zones
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Related Article: 1
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Stone Hill Center – Williamstown, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Location: 225 South Street, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Completion: 2008
Architect: Tadao Ando Architects & Associates
Landscape Architects: Reed Hilderbrand Associates
AE Interests: natural lighting, minimizing footprint on an existing site, landscaping, materials, art museum
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Related Article: 1
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Atsushi Imai Memorial Gymnasium – Odate, Akita, Japan

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Location: Odate, Akita, Japan
Completed: 2002
Architect: Shigeru Ban
Structural Engineer: TIS & Partners
Contractor: Obayashi Gumi
AE Interests: LVL, Laminated Veneer Lumber, plywood, dome, span, arches
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Steel Cloud – Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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Building: Steel Cloud
Location: Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, California
Completion: Winning Competition Entry (Project Abandoned)
Architect: Asymptote Architects
AE Interests: Utilizing Unusable Space; Steel and Glass Structure; Steep Angular Forms
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Related Article: 1
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Glenwood Waterfront – New York, U.S.
Foundation Louis Vuitton – Paris, France
Building: Foundation Louis Vuitton
Location: Paris, France (Jardin d’Acclimatation)
Completed: 2014
Architect: Gehry Partners, LLP
Consultants: Gehry Technologies
Executive Architect: Studios Architecture
Mep Engineer: Setec Batiment
Lighting: L’Observatoire International / Ingelux
Civil Engineer: Setec Bâtiment
Building Façade Consultant: RFR/TESS
Acoustical Engineer (Base Building): LAMOUREUX
Sustainable Building Consultants: S’PACE / TERAO
General Contractor: VINCI Construction
AE Interests: laminated wood + steel structure, complex form, sustainability
Article: 1,
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Footbridge Puente de la Mujer – Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Location: Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Completed: 2001
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Structural Engineer: Calatrava
AE Interests: asymmetrical design, cable-stayed suspension bridge, swing bridge, rotates 90 degrees between two fixed bridges to allow passage of water vessels
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Deer Valley Rock Art Center – Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

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Location: 3711 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona
Completed: 1994
Architect: Will Bruder
AE Interests: intergration into landscape, rustic look
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Phaeno Science Center – Wolfsburg, Germany

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Building: Phaeno Science Center
Location: Wolfsburg
Completed: 24 November 2005
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Project Architect: Christos Passas
Structural Engineers: Adams Kara Taylor, Tokarz Freirichs Leipold
Service Engineers: NEK, Buro Happold
AE Interests: Europe’s largest building made of “self-compacting concrete,” majority of building is raised off the ground allowing visitors to pass through with ease
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Related Article: ArcHello
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Garden of Fine Arts – Kyoto, Japan

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Building: Garden of Fine Arts
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Completion: 1994
Architect: Tadao Ando
AE Interests: described as “a contemporary and volumetric version of a stroll garden”; very open; large concrete beams on massive pillars, overlapping bridges and ramps, walls of falling water and pools with paintings that are floating on the surface of the water
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BMW Welt – Munich, Germany

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Location: Munich, Germany
Completed: 2007
Client: BMW AG
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Structural: B+G Ingenieure, Bollinger und Grohmann GmbH, Frankfurt
MEP: Kühn Bauer + Partner
Electrical: PRO Elektroplan, Ottobrunn
Lighting: AG-Licht, Bonn
Building Physics: Büro Dr. Pfeiler, Graz
Façade Consultant: Emmer Pfenninger + Partner AG, Münchenstein
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Landscape Design: realgruen Landschaftsarchitekten
Civil Engineering, Road Construction: Ingenieurbüro Schoenenberg
AE Interests: Lightweight bridge structure, Complexity of form.
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Related Article: WorldArchitects
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Clarke Quay – Singapore

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Location: 3 River Valley Rd, Singapore
Completion: 2006
Architect: SMC Alsop
Architect of Record: RSP Architects
Concept Engineer: AtelierOne
Environmental Engineer: ARUP
AE Interests: elegant canopies, structural steel frames.
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Eden Project – Cornwall, England, U.K.

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Location: Cornwall, England
Completed: 2001
Architect: Grimshaw Architects
Structural Engineer: SKM Anthony Hunts, ARUP
Cost Consultant: Davis Langdon & Everest
Main Contractor: McAlpine Joint Venture
AE interests: geometric shapes, efficiency, ‘biodomes’ help encapsulate humid and warm temperatures which are used for plant enclosures
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Gasometer B – Vienna, Austria

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Location: Vienna, Austria
Completion: 2001
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
Structural Engineering: Fritsch-Chiari
Mechanical and Electrical Engineers: Dipl. Ing. Pacher
Lighting Consultant: Kress & Adams
AE Intersts: Historical preservation, response to site, pilots structural system, geometric form
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Related Article: Architizer
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Paper Church – Kobe, Japan

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Location: Kobe, Japan
Completed: 1995
Disassembled: 2005
Architect: Shigeru Ban Architects
AE Interests: disaster relief, recycled materials, sustainability, design for disassembly, paper tubes
Related Article: Architect Magazine
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Stratford DLR Station – London, U.K.
Hydra Pier Pavilion – Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands


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Location: Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands
Completion: 2002
Architect: Asymptote Architecture
Architect of Record: Architektenburo Bronsvoort bna
Structural Engineers: Smit Westerman (structure); Octatube (glass structure, panels roof); VanDam (panels wall, ceiling); Lomans (installations); Lotek (watersupply)
Builder: Nijhuis Bouw bv; Chris Kreijns; Nijhuis, Utrecht; Infocus Bouwmanagement bv
Lighting Advisor: Hollands Licht (Rogier van der Heide)
AE Interests: Dams and Pumping Stations, Artificial Movement of Water, Hydra-engineering; Curved, Laminated Glass
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Related Article: Architizer
Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Zarautz Scenic Arts Center – Zarautz, Spain

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Location: Zarautz, Spain
Completed: Proposed Design
Architect: Coop Himmelb(l)au
AE Interests: Energy Efficient Roof, Simple Combination of Basic Shapes
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, 2020
Olive 8 – Seattle, Washington, U.S.

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Location: 737 Olive Way, Seattle, WA 98101
Completed: 2008
Architect: Gluckman Mayner Architects
Architect of Record: Mulvanny G2 Architecture
Structural Engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers
MEP Engineer: McKinstry
Electrical Engineer: Sparling
Civil Engineer: Bush, Roed & Hitchings, Inc.
Acoustic Consultant: BRC Acoustics
Energy/LEED Consultant: Rushing, Co.
AE Interests: Curtain Wall Technology, Fritted Glass, Sustainability, LEED.
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