Civil, Architecture & Construction.

Denmark-based Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) with Hijjas Architects & Planners & Ramboll Group has announced the lead masterplan design for the Penang South Islands (PSI) project.  It involves the development of three man-made islands under the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project. The project is selected as winner by the Penang State Government as international competition to design a masterplan for Peneng South Islands. The project provides a vast land reclamation which includes Penangites with approximately 4.6 Km of public beaches, 600 acres of parks and a 25 Km waterfront also connecting by autonomous transport network. Each island is modelled to form a lilypad which will be composed of mixed-use districts. The Laguna, BiodiverCity's westernmost island is an oasis for ecological living, organized around a central marina. Eight smaller islands form a miniature archiopelago. The masterplan proposal - BiodiverCity - supports the Penang 2030 vision with a clear focu...

International Finance Centre  Architects:  Cesar Pelli & Associates; Architect of Record:  Rocco Design Architects Limited  Location:  Hong Kong, China Client/Developer:  Henderson Land Development; Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited  Structural Engineering:  ARUP; Leslie E Robertson Associates MEP Engineer:  J. Roger Preston Limited   Structural Type:  Framed Tube Structural Material:  Composite (Core: Reinforced Concrete; Columns: Concrete Encased Steel; Floor Spanning: Steel) Building Height:  412 meters  Project Dates:  1998 - 2003 Building Function:  Office Main Contractor:  E Man-Sanfield JV Construction Environmental Consultant:  Westwood Hong & Associates Ltd.   Facade Consultant:  Adamson Associates; Permasteelisa Group; Israel Berger & Associates; Vidaris Inc. Landscape Consultant:  Urbis Pty Ltd.  Quantity Surveyor:  Rider...

Pixel Building Architects:  Studio 505 Location:  Carlton, Melbourne Victoria, Australia Client/Developer:  Grocon Pty. Ltd. Structural Engineer:  VDM Pty. Ltd. Project Completed:  2010 Estimated Cost:  AUD $ 6 Million Project Type:  Office Building Gross Internal Area:  11360.4 m 2 Contractor:  Grocon Constructors Pty. Ltd. Building Surveyor:  PLP Building Surveyor & Consultants Landscape Design:  Studio 505 and University of Melbourne Acoustic Engineer:  Marshall Day Acoustics Carbon Analysis (Pixelcrete):  RMIT University Centre for Design Fire Consultant:  Aurecon Town Planning Consultant:  Meredith Withers & Associates Pty. Ltd Grey Water and Carbon Embodied Analysis:  CSIRO Located on a key site at the former CUB Brewery, Pixel Building is one of Melbourne's most significant and ambitious developments. It sits perfectly between the popular inner-city suburb of...

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...