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The Pinnacle – London, U.K.
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.)
UTL2011-E, UTL2011-A
Rolling Bridge – London, UK
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.
Biomass Power Station – Stockton-on-Tees, U.K.
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.
Castle House Tower – London, U.K.
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.
Rio Tower – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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
W Hotel – Austin, Texas
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.
Chihuly Bridge – Tacoma, Washinton
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.
Museum of Contemporary Art – Denver, Colorado
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.
MOMA Tower – New York City, New York
Building: MOMA Tower
Location: next to Museum of Modern Art – New York City, New York
Status: approved Oct 2009 by City Council, height reduction 2011
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.
Perot Museum of Nature and Science – Dallas, Texas
Image credit: 1,2 Morphosis website, 3
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
AE Interests: Complex form, custom concrete shapes on facade, green roof. `
MORE ABOUT this building.
article/slideshow Jan 9, 2013 Architectural Record online
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Rice University Brochstein Pavillion – Houston, Texas
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
Kimbell Museum Addition – Fort Worth, Texas
Image Source: Kimbell Museum
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
Local Engineer: BDD BrocketteDavisDrake
AE Interest: Cast concrete walls, timber beams, steel/glass roof, underground, context, approach/entry sequence, expressed structure/detail. `
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Kimbell Art Museum – Fort Worth, Texas
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. `
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Denver Art Musuem – Denver, Colorado
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
Federal Courthouse – Austin, Texas
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: http://www.msmearch.com
AE Interests: Energy Efficiency, Natural Lighting, Rainwater Collection, Complicated Floor Plates, LEED Silver Design. `
Burj Khalifa – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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 2,717 feet (818 meters). Conceptually designed as a giant cantilever. Concrete core, 3 primary flanges, with stepping masses around the core (spiraling toward the top). `
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Nakheel Tower – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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
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Federal Building – San Francisco, California
Phare Tower – Paris, France
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
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