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Building: The Pinnacle (formerly Bishopsgate Tower)
Status: Completion expected 2012.
(As of mid February 2011, the core has reached floor 9 (45 meters) and is now clearly visible from the site’s immediate vicinity) (ref.)
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)
(KPF split in Sept 2009 – the original project team is now PLP Architecture)
Structural, Acoustics, Security and Access Engineer: Arup
Services Engineer: Hilson Moran
Main Contractor: Brookfield Multiplex
Cost Consultant and Project Manager: Davis Langdon
Façade Consultant: Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG
Specialist Lighting: Speirs and Major
Façade Access and Maintenance Consultant: REEF
Lift consultant: Jappsen Ingenieure from Berlin

AE Interests: parametric design process, Generative Components software, complex geometry, photovoltaics, wind-testing at pedestrian canopy.

“The building will contain more photovoltaic solar cells than any other building in the UK with 2,000 square metres of panelling generating up to 200 kilowatts of electricity. It will also have a double-layered skin like the Gherkin which reduces energy consumption, and just to make it a bit less expensive as £1 billion is quite a bit, all the panels in the facades will be the same size.”(ref.)

Promotional Video

UTL2011-E, UTL2011-A

Building: Rolling Bridge
Location: Paddington Basin, London, England, UK
Designer: Thomas Heatherwick
Engineer: SKM Anthony Hunts
Constr: McGraw Hill

AE Interest: Pedestrian bridge, coiling/uncoiling movement.

Building: Biomass Power Station
Location: Stockton-on-Tees, U.K., north west England, banks of river Tees
Status: approved by Cabe’s national design review panel March 2010
Architect: Thomas Heatherwick
Budget: 150M BP

AE Interest: 49 megawatt biomass renewable energy station, made of a series of curved panels to be covered in grasses.

Building: Castle House
Location: London, U.K.
Status: in progress – wind turbines being fabricated October 2009
Architect: Hamiltons Associates
Engineer: WSP Group

AE Interests: 3 large wind-turbines at top of tower, alternative energy, sustainability.

Building: Rio Tower
Location : Cotunduba Island, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Status: Competition Design
Architect : Mikou Design Studio
Client : City of Rio
Height : 150 m
Surface: 7000 m2
Budget: 17 Millions euros
Programme : Observation points, auditorium, skywalk, bungee jump platform, climbing tower, gyrodrop, cafeteria, souvenir store, urban balconies, multi-usage space.

AE Interest: Large opening cut thru building form, skyscraper, complex geometry

Building: W Hotel
Location: Austin, Texas: 200 Lavaca Street (Block 21)
Completion expected: 2010
Design Architect: Andersson-Wise Architects
Structural: Thornton Thomasetti
MEP: JJA
Executive Architect: BOKA Powell
Contractor: Austin Commercial

AE Interest: Concrete structure, mixed-use: new Austin City Limits studio location, luxury hotel and residential.

Building: Chihuly Bridge of Glass
Location: Tacoma, Washington (spanning highway to Museum of Glass).
Completed: July 2002
Owner: City of Tacoma & Museum of Glass
Architect: Andersson•Wise Architects
Design Team: Arthur Andersson, AIA (Principal-in-Charge), Chris Wise, AIA (Managing Principal), Adam Pyrek (Team Leader)
Glass Artist: Dale Chihuly
Consultant Firms:
Architectural metal: A. Zahner Company
Structural/Bridge: Andersen, Bjorstad, Kane & Jacobs
Structural/Pavilions: Putnam Collins Scott Associates
Mechanical Engineering: Energy Engineering Associates
Electrical Engineering: Hultz/BHU Consulting Engineers
CA Architect: Thomas Cook Reed Reinvald Architects
Lighting Design: Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design
Specifications: Eskilsson Architecture
Photos: Tim Hursley
Section: Andersson Wise Architects
Construction Cost: $12 Million
Gross SF: 10,000 SF

AEInterests: pedestrian bridge, steel/concrete, glass pavillions.

Building: Museum of Contemporary Art
Location: Denver, Colorado
Completed: October 2007
Architect: David Adjaye
Client: Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
Structural Engineer: Martin/Martin Inc
Mechanical Engineers: M-E Engineers Inc
Contractor: M A Mortenson Company
Contract value: $11.3 m
Gross internal area: 2508 sq m
AE Interests: Structural form, building envelope technology, natural light, integrated design.

Building: MOMA Tower
Location: next to Museum of Modern Art – New York City, New York
Status: approved Oct 2009 by City Council
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Engineer: Emmanuel Cattani

AE Interest: 82 story, 305 meters tall, tapering curved envelope, structural steel exterior (diagonal bracing).
Contains exhibit space for MOMA + 100 hotel rooms, 150 apartments.

Building: Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Location: Victory Park – Dallas, Texas
Architect: Morphosis (Thom Mayne)
Architect of Record (Dallas): Good, Fulton and Farrell
Structural Engineer: John Martin & Associates and Datum Engineers.
Preliminary Design Engineer: Buro Happold
Status Dec 2010: Under Construction

MORE ABOUT this building.

Building: Rice University Brochstein Pavillion
Location: Rice University campus, Houston, Texas
Map: link
Architect: Thomas Phifer & Partners
Landscape Architect: The Office of James Burnett
Civil Engineering: Walter P. Moore
Structural Engineering: Haynes Whaley Associates
MEP Engineering: Altieri Sebor Wieber
Lighting Design: Fisher Marantz Stone
Glazing Contractor: Haley-Greer
Contractor: Linbeck Group
Project Year: 2006-2007
Construction Year: 2007-2008
Constructed Area: 557.5 sqm
Photographs: OJB, Paul Hester & Scott Frances

AE Interest: Expressed slender structure, daylight roof monitors, steel and aluminum trellis.
TSA article

Building: Kimbell Museum Addition
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Construction: H.C. Beck Group
Construction Began: 2010
Expected Completion: 2012
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Architect of Record: Kendall-Heaton Architects
Structural Engineer: Guy Nordenson and Associates

MORE ABOUT this building.

Building: Kimbell Art Museum
Location: 3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Completed: October 1972
Architect: Louis Kahn
Structural Engineer: August Komendant
Mechanical Engineer: Cowan, Love & Jackson, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Marshall Meyers

AE Interests: Daylighting, curved concrete post-tension long-span beams form the 2 halves of the vaulted ceilings.

Kimbell Video tour

Building: Frederick C Hamilton extension to the Denver Art Museum
Location: 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204
Completed: October 2006
Design Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Architect of Record: Davis Partnership Architects
Joint Venture Partner: Davis Partnership
Contractor: M.A Mortensen Co. (Colorado)
Civil Engineers: JF Sato and Associates
Mechanical Air: Arup (LA)
Mechanical/Electrical: MKK Engineers and Arup (LA)
Structural Engineers: Arup (LA)
Structural Connection Design: Structural Consultants, Inc.
Civil Engineers: JF Sato and Associates
Landscape Architects: Studio Daniel Libeskind with Davis Partnership
Lighting Consultant: George Sexton and Associates
Theater Consultant: Auerbach Pollock Friedlander
Acoustical Consultant: Arup (LA)
Exterior Façade Consultant: Gordon H Smith, ARUP, BCE;
Wind Tunnel Testing: CPP
Vertical Transportation: HKA Elevator Consulting

AE Interests: Complex Geometry, BIM modeling, Lateral Load Design

  

Building:  Federal Courthouse – Austin, Texas
Location:  5th/San Antonio
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 (size):  $102 million  (252,420 sf)
Status:  Construction begun September 2009, expected completion 2012
Images: www.msmearch.com

 
AE Interests:  Energy Efficiency, Natural Lighting, Rainwater Collection, Complicated Floor Plates, LEED Silver Design

Building: Burj Khalifa (formerly Burj Dubai)
Location: United Arab Emirates
Status: Completed end of 2009
Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Engineer: Bill Baker at SOM
Structural Engineer: Ahmad Abdelrazaq (from SOM now working for Samsung)
Built by: Turner, Samsung, Besix, Arabtec, Grocon, Bauer AG, Middle East Foundations, Otis, Lerch Bates, Schmidlin, Al Naboodah, Laing O’Rourke

AE Interests: skyscraper, currently the world’s tallest building at 818 meters. Conceptually designed as a giant cantilever. Concrete core, 3 primary flanges, with stepping masses around the core (spiraling toward the top).

For more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_dubai

Building Case Study – MoreAEDesign

Building:  Nakheel Tower – Previously called Al Burj
Location:  Dubai, United Arab Emirates (near Jumeirah Lake Towers and Dubai Marina)
Status:  On hold until further notice.
Architect:  Woods Bagot
Engineer:  WSP Cantor Seinuk
Developer:  Nakheel Properties

AE Interest:  skyscaper – at 1400 meters to be world’s tallest building

For more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakheel_Tower

Building: Federal Building
Location: 90 7th Street, San Francisco, California
Completed:  2007
Architect: Morphosis
Structural Engineer: Arup
ME Engineer: Arup

AE Interests: building envelope, structure, sustainability, perforated metal panels, louvers, natural ventillation

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Building:  Phare Tower
Location:  Paris, France (La Défense business district)
Completion Expected: 2014 (planning approved by mayor January 2011)
Architect:  Morphosis
Structure and Facade Design: RFR Ingénieurs
MEP and Sustainable Design: IBE Consulting Engineers and OCI
Cost Consulting: Davis Langdon

AE Interests: complexity of form, parametric scripting, sustainable design strategies, natural ventilation (skyscraper), wind turbines

For more info:

http://morphopedia.com/projects/phare-tower

Welcome to AEdesign at WordPress.com!

I think the best thing to do while visiting our site is to SEARCH by typing in a city, state or country that you would like to visit – try it out right away, then come back and read what this is all about!

For those of us who are fascinated by contemporary architecture, we see the world around us quickly changing. The professions of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Building Construction are in the middle of a technological revolution. The reason for this is simple: computer technology has matured from the drawing tool we saw introduced in the 1980′s to become a very powerful shape-making, engineering analysis and construction tool. We can now design taller and more complex buildings that can only be understood with 3-dimensional computer modeling and analysis. Such complex buildings require tremendous creativity, rigor and innovation from the architecture, engineering and construction teams and are of great interest to me as a design instructor.

The world is rich with contemporary buildings that have either played an important role in this technological change or are state-of-the-art examples. None of us can travel frequently enough or read enough periodicals to keep up with all of these buildings…and so the idea for this Blog was born: To create a searchable database of buildings around the world that are notable for contemporary Architectural and Engineering design.

TRAVEL
By typing a location (ex: “San Francisco”) into the Search box at the top of the blog, you will immediately see only buildings in that location. In this way, we hope that you will be able to scout for buildings that you may want to visit while traveling. Whenever possible we provide an address which you can map on the internet or the map is imbedded in the entry itself.

IN PROGRESS
The information in this blog will start out with entries by myself, my teaching assistants and students at the University of Texas at Austin.
In the works: We plan to add two additional blogs that provide detailed essays about many of these buildings as well as a site featuring specific technologies being used in the field of architectural engineering.

That summarizes our initial intentions – this Fall 2009 semester we will have 45 students, 2 TA’s and myself regularly updating the blog. Please write us if you see something that needs correction – check back frequently and enjoy!

Gregory Brooks, Lecturer
Architectural Engineering Program
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
The Cockrell School of Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Send Email to:  gregorybrooks@mail.utexas.edu