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Porta Volta Fondazione Feltrinelli – Milan, Italy
Building Name: Porta Volta Fondazione Feltrinelli
Location: Milan, Italy
Completion: 2014
Architects: Herzog and de Meuron
Project Architects: Mateo Mori Meana, Thomasine Wolfensbergec
AE Interest: reflect Milanese history and tradition with its resemblance of a gate to the city, inspired by long linear Cascina buildings
Actelion Business Center – Allschwil, Switzerland
Building Name: Actelion Business Center
Location: Allschwil, Switzerland
Architect: Herzog and de Meuron, Stefan Marbach
Completed: 2010
Project Architects: Martin Fröhlich, Michael Fischer
Structural Engineering: WGG Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure AG, Basel, Switzerland
AE Interest: structured with series of k- and x-shaped bracers, spacing and arrangement of the structures allows for various views as well as the generation of courtyards and roof terraces, building focuses on a transparent work environment
Miami Art Museum – Miami, Florida
Building Name: Miami Art Museum
Location: Miami, Florida
Architect: Herzog and de Meuron, Christine Binswanger
Project Architects: Kentaro Ishida, Charles Stone, Stefan Hörner
Executive Architects: Handel Architects
Completion: 2013
AE Interest: triples the old facility’s current space, integrates the out- and indoor experience of Florida with its hanging columns of plant life throughout the structure
Plaza de España – Canary Islands, Spain
Complex: Plaza de España
Location: Canary Islands, Spain
Client: Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron
Completed: 2008
Photo Credit: Iwan Baan
AE Interest: features the past of the area while promoting a hopeful future, incorporates nature as the central theme




