Civil, Architecture & Construction.

Manitoba Hydro Place Architects:  Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (KPMB) Architects (Design Architects); Architecture 49 (Executive Architects); Transsolar (Specialist Energy/Climate Engineers); Prairie Architects Inc. (Advocate Architect) Location:  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  Client/Developer:  Manitoba Hydro  Architect of Record:  Smith Carter Architects & Engineers  Structural Engineer:  Croslier Kilgour & Partners Ltd.; Halcrow Yolles   MEP Engineer:  AECOM Main Contractor:  J.D. Strachan Construction Ltd.; PCL Constructions Eastern   Environmental Consultant:  Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH Wind Consultant:  RWDI Project Size:  695,250 s.f. Project Type:  Office Tower Construction Dates:  2005-2009 Energy Label:  LEED Platinum Certified Manitoba Hydro Place introduces a new paradigm to lead the AEC insudtry to a carbon-neutral future using a formal integrated Design Process. Every element melds performance and aesthetics: solar chimney, winter-g

The Tower at PNC Plaza  Architects: Gensler Location:  Pittsburgh, United States Client:  PNC Financial Services Group Structural Engineer:  Buro Happold Structural Material:  Composite (Core: Reinforced Concrete; Columns: Steel; Floor Spanning: Steel) Project Years:  2010-2015 Tower Gross Floor Area:  56,485 m2 / 607,999 ft2    Building Height:  166 m / 544 ft / 33 storey Development GFA:  74,322 m2 / 799,995 ft2    MEP Engineer:  Buro Happold Main Contractor:  P J Dick Inc. Acoustics Consultant:  Threshold Acoustics LLC Energy Concept Consultant:  Buro Happold Facade Consultant:  Heintges & Associates; Permasteelisa Group Geotechnical Consultant:  Langan Engineering Landscape Consultant:  LaQuatra Bonci Associates Lighting Consultant:  ESI Design; Fisher Marantz Stone; The studio company Sustainability Consultant:  Buro Happold; Paladino and Company Vertical Transportation:  Edgett Williams Consulting Group Inc. Wind Consultant:  Alan G. Davenport Wind

River Beach Tower Architects:  Perkins + Will Location:  Chicago, United States Structural Engineer:  Thornton Tomasetti Structural Material:  Timber Type:  Residential Status:  Vision The Chicago River Beach Tower is a collaborative research effort with the goal of identifying challenges and opportunities associated with designing increasingly tall mass timber structures. A key objective of the project is to explore new design potential with timber buildings, rather than substituting timber in the familiar forms of conventional construction in steel and concrete. Designed by the Chicago offices of Perkins + Will and Thornton Tomasetti in collaboration with researchers at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Natural Material Innovation, the River Beach Tower follows the program of an 80 -story, 244 meter tall timber residential tower situated along the South Branch of the Chicago River. Exposed mass timber would offer a unique experience within the resi

Azrieli Tower Architects:  Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Location:  Tel Aviv, Israel Client:  Azrieli Group Ltd   Type:  Mixed-use Project Area:  145,000 m2 / 1,560,800 ft2   Units:  133 Rooms / 171 Residences Project Proposed:  2013 Construction Start:  2019 Expected Completion:  2025 Building Height:  340 m / 1,060 ft No. of Stories:  91 Global leading architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) has unveiled design for its spiraling tower, which will be the tallest building of Tel Aviv upon its completion. Named Azrieli Tower, the building, reaching 340 meter height, will become the new icon of the renowned Azrieli Center, and will feature a vibrant mix of uses to the city's business district, and energize the skyline with its unique, aspirational form. KPF is closely working with the Azrieli Group and MZA, and KPF paid thoughtful attention to the composition of the larger complex, which includes a trio of perfectly square, circular and triang