On the banks of the Grand Canal in Tongzhou, China, the eastern gateway to Beijing, Perkins&Will and Schmidt Hammer Lassen (SHL) designed a performing arts center comprised of three venues. While the three structures differ in scale from one another, they share a visual and material symmetry recognizable in their material application: Each of the
Architect: Gianni Botsford Architects Location: Chengdu, China Completion Date: 2024 Gianni Botsford Architects, a London-based practice, has designed a new office tower for OPPO, a Chinese electronics manufacturer. Located south of Chengdu’s city center, the new tower anchors a larger development called the Singapore Sichuan Hi Tech Innovation Park. The facade of the tower is
For over eight decades, SOM has been a leading voice in emphasizing structural poetics, or the integration of architectural and engineering efforts into built form. This mashup of rationalism and elegance was on full display at the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennale, where they collaborated with Mana Contemporary to deliver a pop-up exhibition titled “SOM: Engineering
Alejandro Chinchon holds a Graduate Degree in Architecture and has taken master courses in Landscape Architecture from the Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo in Santiago, Chile. During his studies he had the opportunity to work on Exchange Studio Projects at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina and at the University of
Toh Tsun Lim, AIA joined PEI Architects in 1994, where he has held the position of Principal since 2007, subsequently rising to Partner in 2024. Prior to his tenure at the firm, he served as a design architect in the studio of Paul Rudolph. At PEI, Mr. Lim demonstrated exceptional leadership by successfully managing the
Hajime Tanimura is an architect with over 25 years of experience in designing various building types. Since he joined Pei Partnership Architects in 1997, Mr. Tanimura has been project architect for many notable buildings, including the recently completed museum and research center for the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei and the
As Senior Vice President Development at Tavistock Development Company, he led the development and construction of Fort Lauderdale’s $1B redevelopment of Pier Sixty Six’s on a 32-acre site with luxury residences, resort, marina and retail. He comes to Pier Sixty-Six from Swire Properties, where he spent 20 years overseeing and executing complex, large-scale development projects
Agenda AGENDA Symposium – April 3 WORKSHOPS Workshops – April 4 Symposium Thursday, April 3 Times in EST Workshops Friday, April 4 Times in EST Held in person at the New York Law School, participants will engage with the industry’s leading design professionals in an intimate, classroom-style setting. Select between four thematic tracks including: sustainability,
Silas Jeffrey, Senior Associate, has been with Robert A.M. Stern Architects since 2008. His institutional projects for the office include the LEED-Platinum, Net-Zero Kohler Environmental Center at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut; the Inman Welcome Admissions Center and Dwight C. Schar Hall for the McEwen School of Communications, both at Elon University in Elon,
Larry Speck received all three of his degrees from M.I.T. where he also served as a faculty member for three years. Since joining the faculty at UT Austin, he has served as Founding Director of the Center for American Architecture and Design, Associate Dean for three years, and Dean for nine years. As an educator,
Brought to you by: Architect: Trace Architecture Office Location: Shenzhen, China Completion Date: 2023 View More Project Info Trace Architecture Office’s (TAO) In-Between Pavilion is a multilevel exhibition space wedged between two residential towers in Shenzhen’s Nantou Ancient Town. A stainless steel mesh veil is draped from the building’s exposed steel structure to shade an
Mr. Bing Lin was born in Shanghai, China. At the age of 19, Mr. Lin went to study at Washington State University. He earned Bachelor of Science in 1994, and Bachelor of Architecture, cum laude, in 1995. He received Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University in 1997. From 1995 to
With a background spanning industrial design, economics, and journalism, Principal Ruchika Modi brings a multifaceted understanding of the ways in which cities function to her architectural practice. Modi’s experiences living and working in Mumbai (then Bombay), New Delhi, and San Francisco have also influenced her nuanced view of urban planning and design, inspiring her passion
Paul Tang is the founding principal of Verse Design. Prior to establishing his current practice, Paul was a former partner of Hakomori + Tang Architecture, Pleskow Rael Tang, and was formerly the Asia Pacific Specialist with focus on China for SOM. He has taught at USC School of Architecture for over 19 years. He was
Courtenay Bauer is a Principal of Los Angeles-based architectural firm Verse Design, which has a sister studio in Shanghai. Prior to co-founding Verse Design LA in 2015, Courtenay worked as a project architect at offices on both coasts of the United States. Courtenay leverages more than 20 years of focused experience in architectural planning, design,
Derek Beaman, PE, SE, is a Senior Principal at Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA), an award- winning, 103-year-old, 155-person structural and civil engineering firm with offices in Seattle, Washington, and Chicago, Illinois. The leader of MKA’s Cultural and Convention Center Specialist Groups, Derek’s design portfolio includes new and existing-building renovations of over 60 convention center projects
Brought to you by: Architect: MVRDV Location: Shenzhen, China Completion Date: September, 2023 The Rotterdam-based firm MVRDV recently announced the completion of the Shenzhen Women and Children’s Center. The project involved the adaptive reuse of a tower that was originally constructed in 1994, but was never fully occupied due to insufficient fireproofing measures. The tower had
Brought to you by: Architect: Trace Architecture Office Location: Haikou, Hainan, China Completion Date: July 2022 Trace Architecture Office’s (TAO) latest educational project, the Haikou Jiangdong Hundao Experimental School is located in Haikou, the coastal capital of China’s Hainan province. The nearly 700,000-square-foot campus contains a high school, student dormitory, and a kindergarten. Read more
AS+GG Director Juan Betancur’s experience in designing supertall and high-performance buildings has helped him develop a comprehensive design approach that incorporates innovative ways of dealing with the issues that have plagued this building typology for decades. He believes that smart design can drastically reduce the consumption of natural resources that these complex and expensive buildings
Brought to you by: Design Architect: OLI Architecture Location: Suzhou, China Completion Date: 2023 Floating over a reflecting pool in Suzhou, China, the Ascentage Pharmaceutical Headquarters, designed by New York–based OLI Architecture, stretches upward beneath a unique, parametric exterior facade. Created for a young Hong Kong pharmaceutical company, the glass facade references the hexagonal structure
In her more than ten years of practicing architecture, Jenny has contributed to many award-winning residences in Aspen, Telluride, and New York, as well as commercial developments in China, and resort communities throughout the Western United States. Jenny became an Associate in 2021, in recognition of her key contributions to design and delivery on some
Mr. Siegel is a Principal with Stantec Architecture. He has over three decades of experience with large, complex, cultural, institutional, corporate and mixed-use development projects. He has worked with prominent international architects around the globe, Tadao Ando, Ricardo Legoretta, Gert Windgardh and Ma Yansong. His recent work has lead the design teams for the Swedish
Brought to you by: Architect: Pelli Clarke & Partners Location: Chengdu, China Completion Date: 2022 Pelli Clarke & Partners (PCP) recently completed work on the Chengdu Natural History Museum, a new institution for science and culture in China’s fourth-most populous city. The building’s complex, multifaceted form evokes the rugged topography of the Sichuan region’s mountain
Brought to you by: Neri&Hu’s extension to the Qujiang Museum of Fine Arts weaves contemporary design into a historic site, an act which reinterprets the standard of cultural monuments in Xi’an, China. Located south of the city’s Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, built in the 7th century, the project is a gateway of sorts for Xi’an’s