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Olympic Aquatic Center – London, UK

Building: Olympic Aquatic Center, 2012 Summer Olympics
Location: Stratford, London, UK
Completion: Roof complete August 2009, Bldg. complete 2011
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Services Engineer: ARUP
Construction: Balfour Beatty
AE Interests: 2012 London Summer Olympics, Complex Geometry, large-span (3 supports), Olympic Mode (w/stands) and Legacy Mode, Steel Roof Fan-Truss Structure, Software Process Maya to Rhino to Revit. Underside of roof will be red louro timber. Roofing is standing seam metal. `
GBlecLondon
UTL2011-A, UTL2011-E, UTL2011C?
Article:
BDOnline 9/10/10 – roof
“The Hotel” – Luzern, Switzerland

Building: “The Hotel”
Location: Sempacherstrasse 14, CH-6002 Luzern, Switzerland
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Construction Cost: $4.9 Million
Owner: Urs Karli
Project Manager: D.Laurent, M.Raasch, AJN
Inauguration: August 7, 2000
Original Construction of Building: 1907
AE Interests: Rennovation, Extensive use of metal and wood panels, Projections on all room ceilings
The Opus Building – Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Building: The Opus Building
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Completion: 2011
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Project Architect: Christos Passas
Local Architect: Arex Consultans
Structural Engineer: Whitbybird
Mechanical and Electrical Engineer: Whitbybird
Facade Engineer: Whitbybird
Fire Engineering: SAFE
AE Interests: Extensive use of curved glass in the void, use of lighting to enhance the view of the void at night, three separate buildings made to appear as one
Ordrupgaard Museum Extension – Copenhagen, Denmark

Building: Ordrupgaard Museum Extension
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Completed: August 2005
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect: Ken Bostock (Zaha Hadid)
Project Team: Caroline Krogh Andersen (Zaha Hadid)
Modelmaker: Riann Steenkamp (Zaha Hadid)
Associate Architect: PLH Arkitekter
Structural Engineers: Jane Wernick Associates, Birch & Krogboe
Service Engineers: Ove Arup & Parnters, Birch & Krogboe
Lighting Consultants: Arup Lighting
Acoustic Consultants: Birch & Krogboe
AE Interests: extension on an existing building, natural lighting sources, an in-situ black lava concrete skin
Central Building – BMW Plant – Leipzig, Germany

Building: Central Building – BMW Plant
Location: Leipzig Germany
Completed: 2005
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Project Architects: Jim Heverin/Lars Teichmann (Zaha Hadid)
Landscape Architect: Gross. Max
Structural Engineer: IFB Dr. Braschel AG, Anthony Hunt Associates
Lighting Design: Equation Design
AE Interests: Engineered to have all levels of employees interacting
Cagliari Contemporary Arts Centre – Cagliari, Italy

Building: Cagliari Contemporary Arts Centre
Location: Cagliari, Italy
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
Guangzhou Opera House – Guangzhou, China

Building: Guangzhou Opera House
Location: Guangzhou, China
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Project Director: Woody K.T. Yao & Patrick Schumacher
Project Architect: Simon Yu
AE Interests: Twin boulder design, materials
Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion – Zaragoza, Spain

Building: Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion
Location: Zaragoza, Spain
Completed: 2008
Arhitect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect: Manuela Gatto (Associate)
Engineers: ARUP Associates
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
Port House – Antwerp, Belgium

Building: Port House
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Expected Completion: 2013
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
Stability: Studieburo Mouton
Restoration: Origin
Special technology: Ingenium
Acoustics: Daidalos Peutz
AE Interests: addition to an existing building, glass and aluminum panneling
Guggenheim Hermitage Museum – Vilnius, Lithuania

Building: Guggenheim Hermitage Museum
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Completion: 2011
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
Phaeno Science Center – Wolfsburg, Germany

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







