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The Interlace / OMA / Buro Ole Scheeren

The Interlace Architects:  OMA / Buro Ole Scheeren Client:  CapitaLand Residential Singapore  Location:  Singapore Project Year:  Commission:  2007,  Completed:  2013 Type/Function:  Residential  Site Area:  170,000m2 Program:  1,040 Residences 144,000 m2, Clubhouse / Amenities 1,500 m2, Retail 500 m2, Ancillary / MEP 24,000 m2, Basement Parking 2,600 spaces   Design Architect:  OMA, designer and partner-in-charge Ole Scheeren   Architect of Record:  RSP Architects, Planners & Engineers Pte. Ltd, Singapore   Structural Engineering:  ARUP, Beijing (Concept/SD structural engineering); RSP Architects, Planners & Engineers Pte. Ltd. (structural engineering); T.Y. Lin International Pte. Ltd., Singapore (Civil & Structural Engineering, Construction Engineering)   MEP Engineer:  Squire Mech Pte. Ltd., Singapore   Sustainability:  A...

Dongjiadu Financial City / KPF / China

Dongjiadu Financial City Architects:  Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Location:  Shanghai Tower Client:  Zhongming Bund Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.,  CMIG (China Minsheng Investment Group) Design Architect:  KPF, Aedas, ECARDI, GOA, Parsons Brinkerhoff (PB)   Type:  Master-plan, Mixed-Use Size:  700,000 m2 / 7,542,272 ft2    Building Height:  300 m    Building Function:  Office, Service Department, Commercial & Apartment   Status:  Commissioned/On-going Interior Design:  SLD Landscape Design:  Place Design Group (Shanghai)   As the new centerpiece of Shanghai's West Bund district, this complex development merges diverse programs while preserving the human scale of its traditional urban vernacular. Conceived as a coherent family of building forms, the architecture is carefully composed as a series of stepped volumes. Eleven buildings gather ov...

Huamu Lot 10 / KPF / Shanghai

Humau Lot 10 Architects:  Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates Location:  Shanghai, China Client:  Poly Real Estate Group, Shanghai Pudong Properties Group   Architect / Structure & Mechanic Engineer:  Tonji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd   Project Area:  278,858 m2 / 3,000,000 ft2    Facade Consultant:  RFR Landscape Consultant:  Aspect Studio Lighting Consultant:  OVI Design Principal:  Jeffrey A. Kenoff, AIA   Managing Principal:  Inkai Mu, AIA   Project Manager:  Sean Roche, RIBA   Senior Designer:  Katsunori Shigemi, AIA  Technical Coordinates:  Michael Linx, AIA, Eric Engdahl   Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates has unveiled details of Haumu Lot 10 in Shanghai. The three-tower scheme, totaling 279,000 square meters, is dedicated to commercial offices and future museum, positioned around a central grand plaza. ...

Mashreq Bank Headquarters / SOM / UAE

Mashreq Bank Headquarters Architects:  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Location:  Dubai, United Arab Emirates Client:  Mashreq Structural Engineer:  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Structural Material:  Concrete Building Function:  Commerical + Office Project Dates:  2013-2019 Site Area:  4,850 m2   Project Area:  40,000 m2 No. of Stories:  35 stories Building Height:  165 m MEP Engineer:  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Main Contractor:  Arabian Construction Company   Civil Consultant:  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP The 32 storey tall Mashreq Bank Headquarters with its boldly cantilevered form, will be a new landmark in the Dubai skyline. In contrast to the futuristic glass and steel towers of Dubai, this is a simple form clad in stone panels. The L-shaped typical floor plates opens to the north with its orientation allowing offices on both sides of the cou...

Pertamina Energy Tower / SOM / Indonesia

Pertamina Energy Tower Architects:  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Airmas Asri Location:  South Jakarta, Indonesia Structural Engineer:  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Wiratman  MEP Engineer:  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Project Manager:  Turner International LLC Civil Consultant:  Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Quantity Surveyor:  Rider Levett Bucknall  Building Function:  Hotel/Office, Commercial, Mixed-use Project Dates:  2012-2020 Site Area:  57,512 m2     Project Area:  557,379 m2  No. of Stories:  99 Building Height:  523 m Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has unveiled a 99 storey tower planned for the Rasuna Epicentrum neighborhood in Jakarta. Designed as a "highly sustainable headquarters" for the state-owned energy company, Pertamina, the "energy tower" aims to become a new landmark on the Indonesian capital;s skyline. Once complet...