A radical, looping structure, the headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV) stands as an antidote to the typical skyscraper.

Project Specs China Central Television Headquarters Beijing, China Office for Metropolitan Architecture << Return to article the People Partners in charge Ole Scheeren and Rem Koolhaas Project Manager Dongmei Yao Project Architects Charles BermanDavid ChaconChris van DuijnErez EllaAdrianne FisherAnu LeinonenAndre SchmidtShohei ShigematsuHiromasa ShiraiSteven Smit Team Gabriela BojalilJoao Bravo Da CostaCatarina CanasHolly ChaconDan CheongStephane DerveauxKeren EngelmanGaspard EstourgieTieying FangPei FengSarah GibsonChris JamesAbhijit KapadeMichel van der KarPaul KroesePeter LeeXiaodong LiuStuard MaddoxJoseph MonteleoneChristina MurphyShiro OgataRoberto OteroDaan OoievaarTorsten SchroederWenchian ShiKamfai TaiFaustina TsaiJasmine TsoiXinyuan WangLuke WillisVictoria WillocksYou WuTian Tian XuDirk Zschunke With Jeffrey BolhuisGeorg BucherJohannes BuchholzPaul BurgstallerMax BurianekTim CallaghanGonzalo Laurentiu CoceangaGuillaume ColbocPedro Costa GamaDorthee DietzMelissa DowlerLodewijk

In the far-flung suburban expanses of greater Phoenix, civic life can be hard to come by.

Project Specs Arabian Public Library Scottsdale, Arizona Richärd+Bauer << Return to article the People Architect richärd+bauer 1545 W. Thomas Road Phoenix, AZ 85015 602.264.1955 Jim Richard, AIA (Design/Principal) Kelly Bauer, FIIDA (Interior Design/Principal) Steve Kennedy, AIA (Architect/Principal) Ben Perrone (Project Architect) Stacey Crumbaker, Assoc. IIDA (Interior Design/Graphics) Architect of record richärd+bauer Interior designer: Kelly Bauer, FIIDA and Stacey Crumbaker, Assoc. IIDA richärd+bauer Engineer(s): Structural: Caruso Turley Scott, Inc. Mechanical/Plumbing: Kunka Engineering Incorporated Electrical: OMB Electrical Engineers, Inc. Civil: KPFF Consulting Engineers Consultant(s): Landscape: E-Group Lighting: Roger Smith Lighting Design General contractor: Redden Construction Photographer(s): Bill Timmerman 382 N 1st Avenue

Herzog & de Meuron manipulates materials, space, and structure to transform an abandoned power station into Madrid's CaixaForum.

Project Specs CaixaForum Madrid, Spain Herzog & de Meuron << Return to article the People Architect: Herzog & de Meuron Rheinschanze 6 CH-4056 Basel Direct +41 61 385 5757 Partner: Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Harry Gugger Project Architects: Peter Ferretto, (Associate), Carlos Gerhard (Associate),Stefan Marbach (Associate), Benito Blanco (Project Manager) Project Team: Heitor Garcia Lantaron, Estelle Grosberg, Pedro Guedes, Michel Kehl, Miguel Marcelino, Gabi Mazza, Beatrice Noves Salto, Margarita Salmeron, Stefano Tagliacarne Associate architect(s): Mateu i Bausells Arquitectura, Madrid, Spain Engineer(s): Structural Engineering: WGG Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure, Basel, Switzerland NB35, Madrid, Spain MEP Engineering: Urculo Ingenieros, Madrid, Spain Consultant(s):

Project Specs Miki Disaster Management Park Beans Dome Miki, Japan Shuhei Endo Architect Institute << Return to article the People Architect: Shuhei Endo Architect Institute 6F, 3-21, Suehirocyo, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0053, Japan phone+81-6-6312-7455 Fax +81-6-6312-7456 Aoi Fujioka, Wataru Horie, Shigeaki Nakamura, Mamiko Tanaka Architect of record: 1986 Complete of the Master Course of Kyoto City University of Arts, 1988 Established Shuhei Endo Architect Institute, 2004 Professor at Salzbulg Summer Academy, Currently professor at Graduate School of Kobe University Engineer(s): Structural Engineer: Design-Structure Laboratory (Masashi Ouji) Mechanical Engineer: GE Setsubi Consultant(s): Acoustical: AER Other: Tennis Corporation General contractor: Joint Venture of