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Neuapostolische Church – Zuchwil, Switzerland
Building: Neuapostolische Church
Location: Zuchwil, Switzerland
Structural Engineer: Conzett, Bronzini, Gartmann AG
Footbridges – Viamala, Switzerland
Structure: Traversina Foot Bridge II
Location: Viamala, Switzerland
Structural Engineer: Conzett, Bronzini, Gartmann AG- Jürg Conzett
Structure: Punt da Saransuns
Location: Viamala, Switzerland
Structural Engineer: Conzett, Bronzini, Gartmann AG – Jürg
Conzett
Bibliotheca Alexandrina – Alexandria, Egypt
Photo: Ibrahim Nafie
Building: Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Location: El Shatby, Alexandria 21526, Egypt
Architect: Snøhetta – Craig Dykers, Christoph Kapeller, Kjetil Thorsen
Structural Engineering: Mamdouh Hamza
General Contractors: Arab Contractors, Balfour Beatty Construction
AE Interests: Built on site of original 2000 year old Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Slender concrete interior will support a unique roof design that has no movement joints across its 16,000 square meter area.
Oslo Opera House – Oslo, Norway
Building: Oslo Opera House
Completed: 2008
Architect: Snøhetta
Structural Engineer: Reinertsen Engineering ANS
Acoustical Consultant: Brekke Strand Akustikk, Arup Acoustic
Feasibility Design: Jane Wernick Associates
Structural Engineer of Theatrical Equipment: Jane Wernick Associates
AE Interests: Horseshoe shape dof main auditiorium is compromise between acoustics and intimacy. Built on both land and water built on 12,000 m^2 of steel sheet piling around perimeter to stabalize foundation
Norwegian Embassy – Berlin, Germany
Building: Nowegian Embassy
Architect: Snøhetta
Structural & MEP Engineers: IGH, Berlin
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Ragnhild Momrak
AE Interests: Set in pre-existing master plan and building complex. Monumental size of building mimics those characteristic of the fjord mountains in Norway.
Braga Stadium – Braga, Portugal
Architect: Souto de Moura
Structural Engineer: AFA Associados
Landscape Design: Daniel Monteiro
General Contractor: Soares da Costa/Assoc/Ace
Completion: 2004
AE Interests: Steel cables form canopy which is modelled after acient Peruvian Inca’s suspension bridges. Under the field is a 5,000 square meter plaza to move from one side of the field to the other.
National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavillion – New York, New York
Building: National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavillion
Location: World Trade Center Site
Architect: Snøhetta
Expected completion: 2011
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk
Mechanical/Electrical Engineer: Jaros Baum and Bolles
AE Interests: Two original steel tridents from the Twin Towers will be enclosed within the Pavillion’s glass atrium.
