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Harpa Concert Hall – Reykjavik, Iceland
Building: Harpa Concert Hall
Location: Rekjavik, Iceland
Completion: 2011
Architect: Henning Larsen Architects
Architect of Record: Batteríið Architects
Facade Design: Olafur Eliasson
AE Interest: facade
Garibaldi Exhibition Building – Milan, Italy
Building: Garibaldi Exhibition Building
Location: Milan, Italy
Competition won: 2006
Architect: Grimshaw
AE Interest: form
Mediacite – Liege, Belgium
Building: Mediacite
Location: Liege, Belgium
Completion: 2009
Architect: Ran Arad
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
AE Interest: roof structure – ‘complex network of steel roof ribs that undulate through the mall’
UTL2011-E, UTL2011-A?
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London 2012 Water Polo Arena – London, UK
Building: London 2012 Water Polo Arena
Location: London, UK
Completion: due 2012
Architect: David Morley Architects
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
AE Interest: air-inflated rippling roof made of recycled PVC cushions, temporary for 2012 London Olympics
UTL2011-E
Glasgow Museum of Transport – Glasgow, Scotland
Building: Glasgow Museum of Transport
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Completion: due 2011
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Services Engineer: Buro Happold
Facade Engineer: Buro Happold
AE Interest: form, wall-roof structure
UTL2011-E, UTL2011-A?
Cathedral Bridge – Derby, UK
Building: Cathedral Bridge
Location: River Derwent, Cathedral Green, Derby, UK
Completion: 2009
Architect: Ramboll UK
Bridge Engineer: Ramboll
AE Interests: cable-stayed swing bridge form, 38m span
Norwich Open Academy
Building: Norwich Open Academy
Location: Marryat Road, Norwich, UK
Completion: 2010
Architect: Sheppard Robson
Structural Engineering: Ramboll
AE Interests: Laminated timber structure
Old Livestock Market in Hereford Development
Location: Hereford, Herefordshire
Completion: due 2013
Partner: Hereford Futures
Developer/Development Manager: Stanhope
Architect: Leslie Jones
Masterplanner: Allies & Morrison
Structural Engineer: Ramboll (formerly Ramboll Whitbybird)
Services Engineer: Cudd Bentley Consulting
Cost Consultant: Cyril Sweett
Construction Manager: Pinnacle Transportation
AE Interests: regeneration of the historic city of Hereford
55 Baker Street – London, UK
Building: 55 Baker Street
Location: London, UK
Completion: 2008
Architect: Make Architects
AE Interest: form, facade, BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating
University Square Stratford – London, UK
Building: University Square Stratford
Location: East London, UK
Completion: due 2013
Architect: Make Architects
AE Interest: highly flexible teaching and administrative spaces
Siemens Sustainability Centre – London, UK
Building: Siemens sustainability centre
Location: London, UK (Royal Victoria Docks)
Completion: due 2012
Architect: Wilkinson Eyre Architects
AE Interest: Sustainability (BREEAM), building shell form
Cambridge Hauser Forum – Cambridge, UK
Building: Cambridge Hauser Forum
Location: Cambridge, UK
Completion: 2010
Architect: Wilkinson Eyre Architects
AE Interest: Sustainability
UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation – London, UK
Building: UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation
Location: London, UK
Completion: due 2015
Architect: PLP Architecture and HOK Architects
AE Interest: roof form, advance bio-medical research facility
Oxford Street Visitor Information Kiosk – London, UK
Building: Oxford Street Visitor Information Kiosk
Location: London, UK
Architect: PLP Architecture
AE Interest: ‘soaring’ glass roof
Four Seasons – London, UK
Building: Four Seasons Hotel and Residences
Location: London, UK(Heron Plaza)
Completion: due 2015
Architect: PLP Architecture
AE Interest: Skyscraper in urban London
Four Seasons – Abu Dhabi
Building: Four Seasons Hotel and Residences
Location: Abu Dhabi at Sowwah Island
Architect: PLP Architecture
World Wildlife Fund Headquarters – Woking, UK
Building: World Wildlife Fund Headquarters
Location: Woking, UK
Architect: Hopkins Architects
Structural Engineers: Expedition Engineering
AE Interest: maximizes on-site sustainable features, aims for ‘Outstanding’ BREEAM rating
Guy’s and St Thomas’ East Wing Re-cladding – London, UK
Building: Guy’s and St Thomas’ East Wing
Location: London, UK
Architect: Hopkins Architects
Engineering Consultant: ARUP
AE Interest: creates a thermal buffer zone and two new triangular atria
Paperhouse Newspaper Kiosks – London, UK
Installation: Paperhouse Newspaper kiosks
Location: London, UK at Sloane Square and Earl’s Court
Completed: 2009
Architect: Heatherwick Studio (Thomas Heatherwick)
AE Interest: ergonomic arrangement of magazine shelves, roof sections made of toughened glass
Guys Approches at Guy’s Hospital – London, UK
Building: Guys Approches at Guy’s Hospital
Location: London, UK (by London Bridge)
Completed: 2007
Architect: Heatherwick Studio (Thomas Heatherwick)
AE Interest: tiled cladding system wrapping around the boiler house fabricated from high grade stainless steel frames, with braid woven through as the “warp”
Vents at Paternoster Square – London, UK
Installation: Vents at Paternoster Square
Location: London, UK
Architect: Heatherwick Studio (Thomas Heatherwick)
AE: Interest: The aesthetic design is derived from experiments with folded paper
Royal Shakespeare Theatre Transformation – Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
Building: Royal Shakespeare Theatre Transformation
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
Architect: Bennetts Associates
Engineering: Buro Happold
AE Interest: new basement under the stage is in a flood zone next to the River Avon
UTL2011-A, UTL2011-E
Elizabeth II Court for Hampshire County Council – Winchester, UK
Building: Elizabeth II Court for Hampshire County Council
Location: Winchester, UK (just outside of London)
Architect: Bennetts Associates
AE Interests: retrofit (open plan upgrade), sustainability
New Street Square – London, UK
Building: New Street Square
Location: London, UK
Architect: Bennetts Associates
AE Interests: urban renewal, living wall
UTL2011-A, UTL2011-E
Monsoon Headquarters – London, UK
Building: Monsoon Headquarters
Location: Paddington Basin, London, UK
Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM)
Structural Engineer: Adams Kara Taylor (AKT)
AE Interst: Structural System
UTL2011-E, UTL2011-A?
Article 1
Adelaide Wharf – London, UK
Building: Adelaide Wharf
Location: Shoreditch, London, UK
Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM)
Structural Engineer: Adams Kara Taylor (AKT)
Construction: Faithful + Gould
AE Interst: Sustainability (brown roof), featured in the ‘Sustainable London’ series by The Building Centre
Victoria & Albert Museum Extension – London, UK
Building: Victoria & Albert Museum Extension
Location: London, UK
Architect: Amanda Levet Architects
AE Interests: complex geometry
Cultural Centre – Lisbon, Portugal
Building: Cultural Centre
Location: Lisbon, Portugal (on Tagus River)
Architect: Amanda Levet Architects
AE Interests: complex geometry
Globe Academy – London, UK
Building: Globe Academy
Location: London, UK
Architect: Amanda Levete Architects
Completion: 2010
AE Interests: expressed structure
Barts and the Royal London New Hospital – London, UK
Building: Barts and the Royal London New Hospitals Programme
Location: London, UK
Project Manager: Skanska
Completion: due 2016
AE Interests: Construction in urban London
Article 1
Heron Tower – London, UK
Building: Heron Tower (110 Bishopsgate)
Location: London, UK
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox
Project Manager: Skanska
Completion: 2010
AE Interests: Skyscraper, Construction in urban London
More London Development – London, UK
Building: More London Development
Location: London, UK
Completion: under construction
Architect: Norman Foster (masterplan)
Construction Delivery/Construction Management: Mace
Client: More London Development
AE Interest: BREEAM outstanding rating
100 East Road – London, UK
Building: 100 East Road
Location: Hoxton, London, UK
Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley
Program & Project Management: Mace
Client: JG Land
AE Interst: BREEAM Excellent rating
King’s Cross St Pancras Station – London, UK
Building: King’s Cross St Pancras Station
Location: London, UK
Construction: Balfour Beatty
Client: Transport for London
Completed: 2009
AE Interest: underground construction in urban London
Evelyn Grace Academy – London, UK
Building: Evelyn Grace Academy
Location: London, UK
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Project Manager: Capita Symonds
Structural Engineer: Arup
Quantity Surveyors: Davis Langdon
Landscape: Gross Max
Acoustic: Sandy Brown Associates
Fire Engineer: SAFE
CDM CO-ORD: Arup
Completion: 2010
AE Interests: complex geometry
UTL2011-A?, UTL2011-E
Nunawading Station – Melbourne, Australia
Building: Nunawading Station
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Architect: Grimshaw
Completion: 2010
AE Interests: cantilevered roof
Article 1
Perryn Road Footbridge – London, UK
Building: Perryn Road Footbridge
Location: Acton (west London), UK
Architect: Grimshaw
Main Contractor: Carillion/SH Structures
Completion: 2010
AE Interests: structural expression
The St. Botolph Building – London, UK
Building: The St. Botolph Building
Location: London, UK
Architect: Grimshaw
Structural Engineer: ARUP
Services Engineer: Roger Preston and Partners
Quantity Surveyor: Sense Cost Consultancy
Main Contractor: Skanska
Completion: 2010
AE Interests: large development in urban London
Article 1
ExCel Exhibition Center – London, UK
Building: ExCel Exhibition Center Phase II
Location: London Borough of Newham, UK
Architect: Grimshaw
Structural Engineer: McAlpine Design Group
Services Engineer: Hoare Lea
Quantity Surveyor: Gardiner & Theobald LLP
Main Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine
Project Manager: Gardiner & Theodbald LLP
Completion: Phase I (2000), Phase II (2010)
AE Interests: complex geometry, external lighting strategy
Article 1
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011- London, UK
Building: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011
Location: London, UK
Completion: due Summer 2011
Dismantled: due Fall 2011
Architect: Peter Zumthor
Client: Serpentine Gallery
AE Interest: temporary pavilion in central London
Article 1
Cloud 360 – Sungnam, South Korea
Building: Cloud 360
Architect: Kyungam Architects (Changki Yun)
Partner: Jaeyoo Yoo
Designer: Taehyung Lim, Kyeongmin Kim, Yunmi Kang
Client: Sungam District
AE Interests: complex geometry, glass technology
OVO – Wroclaw, Poland
Name: OVO (Hilton Wroclaw)
Location: Wroclaw, Poland
Client: Wings Properties
Architect: Gottersman Szmelcman Architecture
Architect of Record: Broadway Malyan Polska
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Building System Engineer: Buro Happold
AE Interests: form, located in a regeneration area, acrylic polymer facade
King Abdulla Financial District – El Seif Engineering
Building: King Abdulla Financial District Parcels 3.04 and 3.05
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Expected Completion: 2011
Design Build Contractor: El Seif Engineering
King Abdulla Financial District – Saudi Binladin Group
Building: King Abdulla Financial District Parcels 2.09, 2.14, 4.07, and 4.08
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Expected Completion: 2011
Design Build Contractor: Saudi Binladin Group
Architect: FX – FOWLE
Structural Design: Buro Happold
Building System Design: Buro Happold
AE Interest: LEED, Environmental Modeling Analysis, Natural Lighting, Solar Shading, Fast Track, Design-Build
King Abdullah Financial District Hotel
Building: King Abdullah Financial District Hotel
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Expected Completion: 2011
Architectural Design: Goettsch Partners
Contractor: Saudi Oger Ltd.
Developer: Rayadah Investment Co.
AE Interests: LEED accredited, large opening
King Abdullah Financial District – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Building: King Abdullah Financial District
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Expected Completion: 2011
Architecture Master Plan: Henning Larsen Architects
Infrastructure Design: AECOM Technology Corporation
Land Owner: Saudi Public Pension Agency
Local Architecture and Engineering Adviser: Omrania & Associates
AE Interests: Fast track development of 1.6 million sq m site, to be completed in 3.5 years, no motor traffic, currently constructing 10 design build parcels
Glass Tower – Los Angeles, California
Building: Glass Tower
Location: La Cienega and Jefferson, LosAngeles, California
Completion: Proposed
Architect: Eric Owen Moss Architects
Structural Design: Buro Happold
AE Interests: parametric design, structure, louvers
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