Lighting: Armani/5th Avenue Canada Line Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory Project Specs Canada Line British Columbia, Canada Busby Perkins + Will, Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden (HBBH), Hywel Jones Architect, Kasian Architecture, Stantec, VIA Architecture, and Walter Francl Architect << Return to article the People Owner: Public Private Partnership Project. Funded by the Government of Canada, Province of British Columbia, Vancouver Airport Authority, the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (Translink – formerly named Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority) and City of Vancouver. Participating Agency: City of Richmond “Design, Build, partially Finance, Operate and Maintain” project. – The Concessionaire for the Project is
Lighting: Armani/5th Avenue Canada Line Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory Milwaukee, Wisconsin Donald Grieb CLD-E illuminates a Milwaukee landmark Milwaukee’s Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, a complex of three connected structures commonly and affectionately known as “the Domes,” needed a significant revitalization. Photo courtesy CLD-E/Marty peck Designed in the late 1950s by local architect Donald Grieb and dedicated at its opening in the mid-1960s by Lady Bird Johnson, then first lady, the conservatory comprises three 15,000-square-foot conoidal domes composed of a precast concrete substructure and aluminum-framed glass. One hundred and forty feet in diameter at the base and 85 feet high, each
Vertical Theatrics: The mechanistic tower of REX/OMA’s Wyly Theatre enhances the flexibility of the performance along with connection to the world outside.
Project Specs National Stadium of Sports Affairs Council Kaohsiung, Taiwan Toyo Ito & Associates << Return to article the People Architect Ito Takenaka RLA Kaohsiung Main Stadium for 2009 World Games Design Team Construction: Fu Tsu Construction Co., Ltd. Design Team: Ito Takenaka RLA Kaohsiung Main Stadium for 2009 World Games Design Team Structural Engineers: Takenaka Corporation + Hsin-Yeh Engineering Consultants INC. Mechanical Engineers: Takenaka Corporation + Teddy & Associates Engineering Consultants Ltd. + C.C.LEE & Associates Hvacr Consulting Engineers Lighting Design: Lancaster Co., Ltd. Landscape Design: Takenaka Corporation + Laboratory for Environment & Form Interior Design: Takenaka Corporation Ricky Liu
With more than 17.4 million residents and a growing middle class eager to trade its Mao-era housing for new apartments, Beijing has been building residential towers at a breathless clip for much of the past decade.
Project Specs Linked Hybrid Beijing, China Steven Holl Architects << Return to article the People Architect Steven Holl Architects 450 W. 31st street, 11th floor T: 212-629-7262 F: 212-629-7312 Design architects Steven Holl, Li Hu Partner in Charge Li Hu Project Architect Hideki Hirahara Assistant Project Architect Yenling Chen Technical advisors Chris McVoy, Tim Bade Project Designers Garrick Ambrose, Yimei Chan, Rodolfo Dias, Gong Dong, Peter Englaender, Guido Guscianna, Young Jang, Edward Lalonde, JongSeo Lee, Richard Liu, James MacGillivray, Matthew Uselman Project team Jason Anderson, Lei Bao, Christian Beerli, Johnna Brazier, Cosimo Caggiula, Kefei Cai, Guanlan Cao, Shih-I Chow, Sofie
In a fitting match of design and program, Toyo Ito performed a feat of architectural athleticism with his National Stadium of the Sports Affairs Council in Taiwan.