1. PRESS RELEASE
JANUARY 16, 2009
ATHENS, GREECE
THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT NEW CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE FROM
THIRTY-EIGHT NATIONS OPENS AT CONTEMPORARY SPACE ATHENS
The world’s foremost architectural solutions for the designs of new skyscrapers, corporate buildings, cultural
institutions, arts facilities, bridges, memorials, high-tech headquarters, sacred spaces, airports, private homes,
industrial structures, and urban planning projects from Paris to Hong Kong opens at Contemporary Space
Athens on February 19, 2009.
Contemporary Space Athens, located at 46-48 Megalou Vassiliou in the center of the Greek Capital, is a bold,
new experimental platform organized by The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies
and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design to bring state-of-the-art architecture, design,
and art to a European public audience through exhibitions, lectures, symposia, award programs, and events.
quot;New World Architecture,quot; which continues through April 19, features one hundred and fourteen (114) new
distinguished buildings and urban schemes selected in last year’s prestigious International Architecture
Awards® program for 2008. The International Architecture Awards is the only global Awards Program in
architecture of its kind, which was conceived and presented by The Chicago Athenaeum and in partnership
with The European Center to give an important overview of current design and architecture on a world scale.
The Awards Program draws important public and professional focus for the celebration and recognition of
the most important key buildings produced in this decade, underscoring the highest level of imagination and
inspiration of the “best of the best” architectural minds practicing design today. The awarded projects challenge
new approaches to design that are beyond the envelope of the everyday, while providing cities with key civic
buildings that celebrate and harmonize architecture as a high art while finding answers to the complicated
problems of environment, social context, improving quality of life, identity, and sustainability.
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2. The current exhibition opening in Athens features the latest new buidings by the world's most prestigioius
architecture offices from 34 nations: Austria, Australia, Azberbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Burkino Faso, Canada, China,
Columbia, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Egypt, Italy, Iceland, Iran, Ireland,
Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Portual, Qatar, Singapore,
Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, and United Emerites, Vietnam, and The United States.
Out of the one hundred and fourteen (114) projects selected for awards and exhibition, Great Britain received the
highest number of fourteen (14) awards followed by China and The United States with ten (10) and with Germany
having eight (8) awards. The Netherlands was awarded with six (6) distinguished awards. Both Canada, Japan,
and Mexico won five (5) awards and Austria, France, Portugal with four (4) awards each.
quot;The International Architecture Awards,quot; states Ioannis Karalias, Chairman, The European Centre for Architecture
Art Design and Urban Studies and Director of Contemporary Space Athens, quot;are the most prestigious international
architecture awards in the world. It is the premier venue for innovative and excellent design; works by world class
architects share the same platform with the relatively unknown, resulting in a comprehensive and global review of
contemporary architecture theory and practice.”
The French firm of Christian de Portzamparc won three (3) awards for new buildings in Brazil, Luxembourg, and
The Netherlands and the British firm of Foster + Partners received four (4) awards for projects in Germany, France,
and the United States while the New York, Chicago, London, and San Francisco offices of Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill won a total of nine (9) awards for towers, planning projects, and masterplans in Egypt, China, Austria,
Kuwait, The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, and the USA.
One of the boldest and largest projects awarded in 2008 is Christian de Portzamparc's Cidade da Musica in Rio de
Janerio—an absolute masterpiece of poetry and materials and an overwhelming scale that will bring an instant
landmark to this Brazilian city. Equally poetic is the Poster + Partners' Millau Viaduct—a mesmerizing marriage
of advanced engineering and striking architectural design. Staggering and expressive are the words for the CCTV
Television Headquarters in Beijing by Rem Koolhaus and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Koolhaus'
design will be, for certain, one of this Century's most notable hallmarks in the history of art and architecture.
Some of the most dazzling achievements are commissions built for public and civic architecture. The Civil Justice
Centre in Manchester by Denton Corker Marshall is a beautifully executed response to a complex program that
makes a striking contribution to the regeneration of this British city. Likewise the Antwerp Law Courts by Rogers
Stirk Harbour + Partners with it's stunning sail-like timber roof. Henning Larson's
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3. calm Reykjavik, but nonetheless takes its influence from the dramatic Icelandic landscape and the ever changing
colors—from a indigo blue to a fiery red. David Chipperfield's Museum of Modern Literature, a building in
Marbach am Necker, Germany, combines modernism and .monumental Icelandic National Concert and Conference
Center is bold and geometric as it stands in more classicism with reductive clarity, embodied in materials that give
architectural language a calm, sensual yet highly physical presence.
The latest, towering skyscraper designs include Edificio Caja Sol in Seville, Spain by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects,
which rises like a majestic giant cylinder with grace, harmony, and tremendous proportional clarity. Skidmore,
Owings & Merrill's Tyrol Tower in Wörgl, Austria mirrors the surrounding Alps with great harmony and force in
an abstraction of building and landscape while the firm's Infinity Tower twists as it soars in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. Norman Foster's Hearst Headquarters in New York combines an old tower base with an new tower to
form a powerful reinterpreted aesthetic. Foster's New York building is one of the first, most cohesive Green towers
in the USA. Hotel Crescent in Baku, Azerbaijan by Heerim Architects and Planners Co., Ltd. of Korea features a
highly abstract cresent moon tower incorporated into the overall hotel scheme and parti. Adia Headquarters in Abu
Dhabi by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (International) PA folds, twists in a way that makes the skyscraper seem
like flexible, bendable materials. Wageningen University and Research Centre, Atlas Building in Wageningen, The
Netherlands by Rafael Vignoly Architects PC., features a gridded structure over the building as a poetic gesture to the
landscape and to the otherwise simple geometry of the building it conceals. Top Code in Imola, Italy by Cristofani &
Lelli Architects is a highly intellectualized play of building skin and window fenestration as the tower leaps skyward.
Scala Tower in Copenhagen by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group is another contorted abstraction for the new urban edifice.
A new form and residential thinking comprises the exhibited private homes and multi-family buildings in the
exhibition. Reflection of Mineral in Tokyo, Japan by Atelier Tekuto Co takes the form of a severe geometric and
faceted form much like a crystalized rock. Lighthouse in Watford, Great Britain by Sheppard Robson features a large
curved shape that gives volume to the house while provides shelter as a roof. Hidden House in Klodzko, Lower
Silesia, Poland by KWK Romes Architects is the extreme of geometry and minimalism. Guna Villa in Jurmala,
Latvia by gmp-von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects takes a cubist form in deliniating living spaces. House
in Martinhal, Marthinal, Algrave, Portugal by ARX Portugal Architectos, Ida. carries the same severe geometry but
elongated. Casa No Geres in Porto, Portugal by Carcia Correia Lda. cantilevers over a ravine with brute force and
utmost elegance.
A high urban aesthetic marks the Old and New Harbour Bremerhaven in Bremerhaven, Germany by Latz + Partners,
where sympathetic historic preservation and new construction blend into a harmonized urbanism of
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4. the highest architectural quality and standard. Haus im Haus Der Handelskrammer in Hamburg, Germany by
Behnisch Architekten is another significant example where renovation and preservation are combined to create
a contemporary environment sensitive to history and a profound respect for the landmark building. Samir
Kassir Square in Beruit, Lebanon by Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architects reinterprets and reconstructs this
historic square using refined, contemporary materials and planning techniques that welcome and embrace the
public while honoring the past.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's master plan for Alexandria, Egypt is one of the largest projects awarded in 2008
and in the exhibition that demonstrates that the best architectural plans and intentions can transform the lives
of millions.
quot;New World Architecturequot; is curated by the Finnish Architecture Jouralist and Critic, Christian K. Narkiewicz-
Laine, Museum President of The Chicago Athenaeum. The exhibition is organized by Lary L. Sommers,
Director of Administration, The Chicago Athenaeum and Kieran Conlon, Director/COO, The European Centre
in Dublin, Ireland.
The new Contemporary Space Athens is centered in Rouf—the fashionable redevelopment area in central
Athens—a former, run-down industrial neighborhood that is now being transformed into a new cultural area
with the opening of museums and cultural institutions, galleries, restaurants, night clubs, apartment towers,
and studio spaces for young city artists. Greece’s innovative Athens School for the Arts is located nearby and
the site has already been pioneered with the opening of a new annex for the Benaki Museum converted from an
old Rouf factory building.
In addition to the renovation of the buildings into open galleries and Museum offices and workspaces, and
a GOOD DESIGN Cafe, plans for the new centre also include a public outdoor sculpture area dedicated to
experimental new works, performance spaces, and innovative media that will visually enhance the area and
bring a new urban life and cultural vitality to Rouf.
“In my opinion, a new cultural space, dedicated to contemporary ideas that is innovative and experimental,
would be welcomed in the City of Athens,” states Christophe Farnaud, Ambassador of France. “The European
Centre’s new facilities can have a profound impact on local Athenians and international tourists that come
to Greece with its unique public education outreach and educational mission. The Embassyof France is very
happy to cooperate with The European Centre on developing new cultural programs and exhibitions and on
future educational partnerships.quot;
In Greece, the new Contemporary Space Athens is headed by the Greek architect, Ioannis Karalias,
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5. Museum Vice President, The Chicago Athenaeum, and Chairman, The European Centre. Mr. Karalias has been
Museum Vice President of The Chicago Athenaeum since 1988 and has relocated to Athens to guide operations
in both Greece and Ireland and to direct the institution’s programming worldwide from a European base. The
European Centre is headquartered in Dubin, Ireland with an office in the United States.
“We are very pleased to develop this new museum space in the center of Athens,” states Mr. Karalias.quot;We
plan to contribute significantly into the cultural life of Athens and Europe as a whole. The total program for
Contemporary Space Athens represents a considerable cultural investment by our institution inside the European
Union to bring to our European audience the best new public education programs on the themes of modern
art and modern design and as a way to serve our institution’s ever-growing audience of European architects,
designers, artists, developers, professionals in real-estate and business, corporate executives, manufacturers and
general public.”
For more information, contact: info@europeanarch.eu.
quot;NEW WORLD ARCHITECTUREquot;
February 19-April 19, 2009
CONTEMPORARY SPACE ATHENS
46-48 Megalou Vassiliou
GR-118 54 Rouf Athens
Greece
TEL +30/210 342 8511
FAX +30/210 342 8512
Hours of Operation
Wednesday-Friday 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Saturday-Sunday 12:00 Noon to 8:00 PM
Closed Monday and Tuesday
Photographs for Publication Available Upon Request
info@europeanarch.eu
The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies
28 Butlers Court, Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Dublin 2
Ireland
TEL/FAX +353/(0) 1 6708781
www.europeanarch.eu
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6. THE INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2008
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MERCEDES-BENZ MUSEUM HOUSE IN WAKABADAI
CASA KIKE
Stuttgart, Germany Kawasaki City, Japan
Cahuita, Costa Rica
Architects: UNStudio Architects: Satoshi Okada
Architects: Gianni Botsford Architects
Client: Daimler Real Estate Architects
Client: Keith Botsford
Contractor: Züblin International GmbH Client: Noritomo Mori Atelier
Contractor: Lechenne Construction
Contractor: Tsukasa Kenchiku Keikaku
Structural Engineers: Tall
Engineers Ltd. LA PHILAMONIE DE LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg COLIN'S HOUSE
Architects: Christian de Portzamparc Tamariu, Spain
THE SAVILL BUILDING
Client: Cultural Ministry/ABP Architects: Archikubik
Berkshire, Great Britain
Contractor: INCA Client: Conlin Clarke
Architects: Glenn Howells
Engineer: Carles Gelpi
Architects
Client: The Crown Estate CIDADE DA MUSICA
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil SOLAR STANDARD
Contractor: Verry Construction Ltd.
Architects: Christian de Portzamparc Kotovo, Russia
Client: City of Rio de Janiero Architects: driendl*architects
SCALA TOWER
Client: RIGroup
Copenhagen, Denmark
Architects: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group DE CITADEL
Almere, The Netherlands THE SALT HOUSE
Client: Centerplan
Architects: Christian de Portzamparc Essex, Great Britain
Client: Bouwfunds MAD Architects: Alison Brooks
SHOWROOM KIEFER TECHNIC
Client: Eurowoningen BV Associates Ltd.
Bad Gleichenberg, Austria
Client: Withheld
Architects: Giselbrecht + Partner
PAVILLION 8 LES DOCKS QUAI Contractor: E. O. Jones + Sons
Client: Kiefer Technic
RAMBOUD Structural Engineers: Price & Myers
Contractor: Mandlbauer GmbH
Lyons, France
Architects: Odile Decq Benoît Cornette Archi- BURGO OFFICE TOWER
SCHANERLOCH BRIDGE
tects and Urban Planners Porto, Portugal
Dornbirn, Austria
Client: Rhône Saône Developpement Architects: Souto Moura Arquitectos, S.A.
Architects: Marte.Marte Architekten
Client: Burgo Fundiários S.A.
Client: City of Dornbirn
LEONARDO GLASS CUBE Contractor: San José
HEATHROW AIR TRAFFIC Bad Driburg, Germany
Architects: 3deluxe REFORM WINDOWS FACTORY
CONTROL TOWER
Client: glaskoch B. Kock Jr. GmbH & Steyr, Austria
London, Great Britain
Co. KG Architects: Hertl.Architekten ZT KEG
Architects: Rogers Stirk Harbour +
Client: Reform Fenster Ges.
Partners
PUBLIC LIBRARY AMSTERDAM m. b. H.
Client: BAA plc
Amsterdam, The Netherlands Contractors: ARGE Reform Ges. m. b. H.
ANTWERP LAW COURTS Architects: Jo Coenen & Co Architekten
Brussels, Belgium Client: City of Amsterdam, DMO THE RED RIBBON—TANGHE RIVER
Architects: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Contractor: De Nijs en Zonen PARK
Partners Qinhuangdao City, People's Republic of
Associate Architects: VK Studio MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF China
Client: Regie Der Gebouwen POLISH JEWS Architects: Turenscape (Beijing Turen De-
Warsaw, Poland sign Institute)
THE MAGGIE'S CENTRE FIFE Architects: Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamaki Associate Architects: Peking University
Scotland Associate Architects: APA Kurylowicz & As- Graduate School of Landscape Architecture
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects sociates Client: The Landscape Bureau
Client: The Maggie's Centres Client: State of Poland Contractor: The Landscape Bureau
Client: City of Warsaw
WIND AND WATER CAFE Exhibition Design: EVENT XI GALLERY
Binh Duong, Vietnam Communications Ltd. Busan, Korea
Architects: Votrongnghia Co. Ltd. Structural Engineers: ARBO Projekt Architects: Mass Studies
Client: VNLL Corporation Client: GS Engineering &
Contractor: Nghiem Dinh Toan RENOVATION AND EXTENSION Construction
OF THE ORANGERIE MUSEUM Contractor: GS Engineering &
SAMIR KASSIR SQUARE Paris, France Construction
Beirut, Lebanon Architects: Agence D'Architecture
Architects: Vladimir Djurovic Brochet-Lajus-Pueyo
Landscape Architecture
Client: Solidere
Contractor: AG Contracting

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ANN DEMEULEMEESTER SHOP TOP CODE HAZELWOOD SCHOOL
Seoul, Korea Imola (RA), Italy Glasgow, United Kingdom
Architects: Mass Studies Architects: Cristofani & Lelli Architetti Architects: GM+AD Architects
Client: Handsome Corp. Client: Imola Torre srl. Client: Glasgow City Council Education
Contractor: Geomang Design Co., Contractor: Edile Carpentieri srl. Services
Ltd. Contractor: Lock Street
Structural Engineers: TEO Structure OLD/NEW HARBOUR BREMERHAVEN
Co., Ltd. Bremerhaven, Germany TITAN CRANE CLYDEBANK
Mechanical/Electrical Engineers: Architects: Latz + Partner Glasgow, United Kingdom
HANA Consulting Engineers Co., Associate Architects/Landscape Architects: Collective Architecture
Ltd. Architects: Latz.Riehl.Partner Client: Clydebank Re-built
Landscape Architects: Garden in Project Management: B!S (Bremerhavener Contractor: Maclean & Spiers
Forest Co., Ltd. Gesellschaft fur Investitions-und Strukturför-
derung) RUTH DEECH BUILDING AT
NESTLED BOX Client: BEAN Bremerhavener Entwick- ST. ANNE'S COLLEGE
Tokyo, Japan lungsgesellschaft Alter/Neuer Hafen GmbH. Oxford, Great Britain
Architects: Tomoyuki Utsumi/Mil- Consultants: Nautik und Technik Architects: Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox
ligram Studio Building Contractor: Fa. Geidel Associates (International) PA
Associate Architects: Van Strassen-und Tiefbau GmbH. Client: St. Anne's College
Structural Design Studio Structural Engineers: Planungsgesellschaft Contractor: Leadbitter
Client: Toyoji Tamura Dittrich
Engineers: WTM Engineers UNICORN THEATRE
PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR Engineers: KSF Engineers London, Great Britain
THEORETICAL PHYSICS Lighting: Pfarré Lighting Design Architects: Keith Williams Architects
Waterloo, Canada Contractor: Bauunternehmubg Client: Unicorn Theatre
Architects: Saucier + Perrotte Archi- Contractor: Mansell Construction Services
tectes HAUS IM HAUS DER HANDELSKAMMER
Client: Perimeter Institute for Theo- HAMBURG LUFTHANSA AVIATION CENTER
retical Physics Hamburg, Germany Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Contractor: Eastern Construction Architects: Behnisch Architekten Architects: Ingenhoven Architects
Client: Handelskammer Hamburg Client: Deutsche Lufthansa AG
ASSYAFAAH MOSQUE
Singapore, Singapore VISITOR CENTRE AT BLIGH STREET SYDNEY
Architects: Forum Architects HORTPARK Sydney, Australia
Client: Majlis Ugama Islam Singa- Singapore, Singapore Architects: Ingenhoven Architects
pura (MUIS) Architects: MKPL Architects Associate Architects: Architectus
Contractor: Evan Lim & Co. Pte., Client: National Parks Board Client: DB RREEF
Ltd. Contractor: Quek Hock Seng Construction
Pte., Ltd. MUSEUM OF MODERN LITERATURE
STYIM Marbach am Necker, Germany
Tokyo, Japan CHOCOLATE MUSEUM Architects: David Chipperfield Architects
Architects: Ascot Corp. Toluca, Mexico Client: Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marback
Architects: aat + makoto yokomizo, Architects: Rojkind Arquitectos
architects Client: Néstle de México, S.A. de C.V. HOUSE IN MARTINHAL
Architects: Hase Architect, Inc. Martinhal, Algarve, Portugal
Associate Architects: Structured CASA NO GERES Architects: ARX Portugal Architectos, Ida.
Environment Porto, Portugal Client: Withheld
Client: Ascot Corp. Architects: Garça Correia Lda. Contractor: Withheld
Contractor: Nishimatsu Client: Ferreira
Construction Co., Ltd. Contractors: Vila-Meã HOTEL BOUTIQUE LA PURIFICADORA
Puebla, México
CENTRAL MARKET OF KOUDOU- NEW MERCEDES-BENZ Architects: Legorreta & Legorreta
GOU MUSEUM Associate Architects: Serrano Monjaraz
Koudougou, Burkina Faso Stuttgart, Germany Aquitectos
Architects: Laurent Séchaud, Archi- Architects: hg merz architekten Client: Plus Arrendamientos
tect, The Swiss Agency for Develop- museumsgestalter Contractor: Grupo Huitzilin S.A. de C.V.
ment and Cooperation Client: Daimler Real Estate GmbH.
Associate Architects: Mas Foulaquier THE ICELANDIC NATIONAL CONCERT &
Client: Koudougou Municipality MORA RIVER AQUARIUM CONFERENCE CENTRE
Contractor: Etablissement Public Mora, Portugal Reykjavik, Iceland
Communal Pour Le Développement Architects: Promontório Architects Architects: Henning Larsen Architects/Bat-
Client: Municipality of Mora eriid
Contractor: Teixeira Duarte Associate Architects: Olafur Eliasson
Client: Portus
Contractor: IPC Iceland Prime Contractor

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THE YOUNG VIC GUNA VILLA CENTURY LOTUS SPORTS
London, Great Britain Jurmala, Latvia CENTER
Architects: Haworth Tompkins Architects: gmp-von Gerkan, Marg and Part- Foshan, People's Republic of China
Client: Young Vic Theatre ners Architects Architects: gmp-von Gerkan, Marg and Part-
Company Client: Vincents ners Architects
Contractor: Verry Construction Contractor: Vincents Associate Architects: Chinese Partner Prac-
tice: South China University,
COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY AND RE- Architectural Design and Research Institute
AND ARTS SEARCH CENTRE, ATLAS Client: Foshan Sports Site
Mountain View, California, USA BUILDING Construction Center
Architects: Mark Cavagnero Associ- Wageningen, The Netherlands
ates Architects: Rafael Viñoly Architects PC. WADI
Client: Community School of Music Architects: Van den Oever, Zaaijer en Part- Doha, Qatar
and Arts ners Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP.
Contractor: Rudolph and Sletten Client: Wageningen University and Client: Qatar Petroleum
Contractor: Van den Oever, Zaaijer en Part-
cb 29/30 ners OVAL LINGOTTO
México City D.F., México Turin, Italy
Architects: dellekamp arquitectos BATHHOUSE Architects: HOK Sport Architecture
Client: Hospitales de México Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Associate Architects: Studio Zoppini As-
Contractor: Factor Eficiencia S.A. Architects: Ricardson Sadeki sociati
de C.V. Client: Clarissa and Heidar Sadeki Client: TOROC Agencia
Contractor: Costruzioni Cimolai Armando
GEUZENVELD WATERCUBE—NATIONAL SpA.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands SWIMMING CENTRE BEIJING
Architects: FARO Architecten Beijing, People's Republic of China AL SHARQ TOWER
Client: Het Oosten Woningcorporatie Architects: PTW Architects Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Principaal Associate Architects: China State Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP.
Contractor: Bouwbedrijf van der Construction & Engineernig Corporation Client: Al Sharq Investments
Waal Associate Architects: Shenzhen Design Insti-
tute (CSCEC+Design) LIGHTHOUSE
REFLECTION OF MINERAL Client: People's Government of Beijing Watford, Great Britain
Tokyo, Japan Municipality Architects: Sheppard Robson
Architects: Atelier Tekuto Co. Client: Beijing State-owned Assets Manage- Client: Kingspan
Client: Susumu Kamata ment Co., Ltd.
Contractor: Home Builder Co., Ltd. Contractor: China State BARD COLLEGE, THE GABRIELLE H.
Construction & Engineering Corporation REEM AND HERBERT J. KAYDEN CEN-
RESIDENCE ON STEIGER ISLAND TER FOR SCIENCE AND
Amsterdam, The Netherlands UNIVERSITY TOWN LIBRARY COMPUTATION
Architects: FARO Architecten Shenzhen, People's Republic of China Annadale-on-Hudson, New York, USA
Client: Withheld Architects: RMJM HK LTD. Architects: Rafael Viñoly Architects PC.
Contractor: Kerkhofs Montagebouw Client: Shenzhen Public Works Bcrean Client: Bard College
Contractor: Shenzhen Jian An Group Contractors: Daniel O'Connell's Sons
HOUSE IN KOMAE
Tokyo, Japan ENTER—SIPOO HIGH SCHOOL AND PIERRE DANSEREAU SCIENCE
Architects: Makoto Yamaguchi IT—COLLEGE COMPLEX
Architectural Design Sipoo, Finland Montreal,Canada
Client: Akio Shimazu Architects: K2S Architects Ltd. Architects: SAIA Barbarese Topouzanov
Contractor: Heisei Construction Co. Client: Sipoo Community Architectes
Client: KEUDA: Training Architects: Tetreault Parent Languedoc and
BIRD OBSERVATION TOWER Consortium of Central Uusimaa Associates
Heiligenhafen, Germany Contractors: YIT Construction Ltd. Client: University of Quebec in Montreal
Architects: gmp-von Gerkan, Marg Contractor: Hervé Pomerleau
and Partners Architects ADIA HEADQUARTERS Construction Inc.
Client: NAB Heiligenhafen Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
PORCIUNCULA DE LA (International) PA
MILAGROSA CHAPEL Client: Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
La Calera, Columbia (ADIA)
Architects: Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos Contractor: Samsung Engineering & Con-
Client: Beatriz Duran struction

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MANCHESTER CIVIL JUSTICE HEARST HEADQUARTERS GARDINER MUSEUM
CENTRE New York, New York Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Manchester, Great Britain Architects: Foster + Partners Architects: Kuwabara Payne McK-
Architects: Denton Corker Marshall Associate Architects: Adamson As- enna Blumberg Architects
Client: Allied London Properties sociates Client: Gardiner Museum
Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease UK Client: The Heart Corporation Contractor: Urbacon
Contractor: Turner Construction
QINGDAO OPERA HOUSE AVE FENIX FIRE STATION
Qingdao, People's Republic of China HOTEL CRESCENT México City D.F., México
Architects: RMJM HK LTD. Baku, Azerbaijan Architects: at103 + bgp arquitectura
Client: Qingdao Keda Construction Architects: Heerim Architects & Plan- Client: Government of México
Engineering Agency Co., Ltd. ners Co., Ltd. Contractor: SARE S.A.
Client: GiLAN insaat (holding)
RAJKIRI LOBLOLLY HOUSE
Phuket, Thailand CCTV TELEVISION Taylors Island, Maryland, USA
Architects: NagaConcepts HEADQUARTERS Architects: KieranTimberlake Associ-
(Thailand) Co., Ltd. Beijing, People's Republic of China ates LLP.
Client: NagaProperties Ltd. Architects: Office for Metropolitan Client: KieranTimberlake
Contractor: NagaProperties Ltd. Architecture Associates LLP.
Associate Architects: ECADI Contractor: Bensonwood Homes
PARK ZANDWEERD Client: China Central Television
Deventer, The Netherlands Contractor: Ove Arup + Partners FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR
Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Mer- THE PERFORMING ARTS
rill, LLP. DRESDEN STATION Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Client: Le Clercq Planontwikkeling REDEVELOPMENT Architects: Diamond and Schmitt
Dresden, Germany Architects Incorporated
AATRIAL HOUSE Architects: Foster + Partners Client: Canadian Opera Company
Opole, Poland Client: Deutsche Bahn AG Station & Contractor: PCL Constructors
Architects: KWK Promes Service Canada Inc.
Client: Withheld Contractor: Heitkamp Ingenieur-und
Contractor: ART-BUD Kraftwerksbau GmbH SCULPTURE BUILDING AND GAL-
LERY
HIDDEN HOUSE MILLAU VIADUCT YALE UNIVERSITY
Klodzko, Lower Silesia, Poland Millau, France New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Architects: KWK Promes Architects: Foster + Partners Architects: KieranTimberlake Associ-
Client: Edward Labowicz Associate Architects: Virlogeux ates LLP.
Contractors: ART-BUD Michel Client: Yale University
Client: French Ministry of Contractor: Shawmut Design and
100 VE—UNILEVER LONDON Equipment, Transport, Housing, Construction
HEADQUARTERS Tourism and Sea
London, Great Britain Contractor: Eiffage TP NOYES COMMUNITY
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox As- RECREATION CENTER
sociates (International) PA SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Ithaca, New York, USA
Client: Unilever Plc. Washington, D.C., USA Architects: KieranTimberlake Associ-
Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease Architects: Foster + Partners ates LLP.
Associate Architects: SmithGroup Client: Cornell University
PENRITH CAR PARK Incorporated Contractor: Pike Construction
Cumbria, United Kingdom Client: Smithsonian Institution
Architects: Sheppard Robson Contractor: Hensel Phelps JIANIANHUA CENTER
Client: Lowther Manelli Construction Company Chongquing, People's Republic of
China
POST GRADUATE RESEARCH CROSSHARBOUR TOWER Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Mer-
LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY London, Great Britain rill LLP.
COLLEGE CORK Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Mer- Client: Chongquing Financial
Cork, Ireland rill, LLP.
Architects: Wilson Architecture Client: Ballymore Properties Limited ZACATECAS
Associate Architects: Shepley Bul- México City D.F., México
finch Richardson & Abbott VICAR THEATRE Architects: bgp arquitectura
Client: University College Cork Vicar, Almeria, Spain Client: Ambitus Inmobiliara
Contractor: Michael McNamara & Architects: Carbajal Solinas Verd
Co. Arquitectos FASHAM COMPLEX
Client: Municipal Councillor for Tehran, Fasham, Iran
Culture Architects: Tarh o Amayesh
Contractor: Halsa S.A. Client: Megaps Co.
Contractor: Tarh o Amayesh

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SETRE CHAPEL NORMANDY AMERICAN
Kobe, Japan CEMETERY VISTOR CENTER
Architects: Ryuichi Ashizawa Archi- Normandy, France
tects & Associates Architects: SmithGroup
Client: Holonic Corporation Associate Architects: John Lampros Architectes
Contractor: Nakata Construction SARL
Corporation Client: American Battle
Monuments Commission
FOSHAN PEARL GYMNASIUM Contractor: American Battle Monuments Com-
Foshan, People's Republic of China mission
Architects: Mitsuru Senda + Environ-
ment Design Institute AL HAMRA FIRDOUS TOWER
Associate Architects: Kuwait City, Kuwait
The Architectural Design & Re- Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
search Institute of Guangdong Client: AJIAL Real Estate and Entertainment
Province
Client: Foshan Sports Site Construc- BEIJING FINANCE STREET
tion for the 12th Beijing, People's Republic of China
Provincial Sport Event Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
Contractor: Guangzhou 3rd Con- Client: Financial Street Holding Co., Ltd.
struction Engineering Co., Ltd.
KILLBEAR VISITOR CENTRE
COVERED PEDESTRIAN SPACE Nobel, Ontario, Canada
New York, New York, USA Architects: HOK Architects
Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Client: Killbear Provincial Park
Merrill LLP. Contractor: M. J. Dixon Construction Ltd.
Client: Brookfield Properties
EDIFICIO CAJA SOL
SNAIDERO USA SHOWROOM Sevilla, Spain
Coral Gables, Florida, USA Architects: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Architects: Giorgio Borruso Design Client: Edificio Triana S.A.
Client: Snaidero USA
STACK RESTAURANT
ALEXANDRIA EGYPT MASTER Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
PLAN Architects: Graft LLC.
Alexandria, Egypt Client: Stack
Architects: Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill LLP.
Client: EMAAR Properties
Client: Ministry of Culture, Egypt
INFINITY TOWER
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Architects: Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill LLP.
Client: Cayan Investment & Devel-
opment
Contractors: Arabtec Construction
LLC.
TYROL TOWER
Wörgl, Austria
Architects: Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill LLP.
Client: AMB Invest GmbH
THE NEW BEIJING POLY PLAZA
Beijing, China
Architects: Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill LLP.
Client: China Poly Group
Corporation