Project Specs The Heckscher Foundation for Children New York, New York Christoff:Finio Architecture << Return to article the People Architect Christoff:Finio Architecture  250 West Broadway, 4th Floor New York, NY 10013 ph: 212.219.1026 fx: 212.219.9165 www.christofffinio.com  Partners in charge:  Taryn Christoff, Martin Finio, AIA Project manager:   Jeff Hong Staff: Chris Mechaley, Mac Patoulas, John Szot, Vicky Yuan Structural and MEP engineer  Buro Happold  100 Broadway New York, NY 10005 ph: 212.334.2025 fx: 212.334.5528 www.burohappold.com  Lighting design  Rick Shaver Glass consultant Front Inc.   185 Varick Street, #300 New York, NY 10014 ph: 212.242.2220 fx: 212.242.2253 www.frontinc.com   Interiors consultant Allison Tick  Photographer

Project Specs Nicolas G. Hayek Center Tokyo, Japan Shigeru Ban Architects << Return to article the People Architect Shigeru Ban Architects 5-2-4, Matsubara, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, 156-0043 TEL:+81-(0)3-3324-6760 FAX:+81-(0)3-3324-6789 Shigeru Ban, Design Principal, New York State Registered Architect Nobutaka Hiraga, Partner, 1st Class Registered Architect Taro Okabe, Project Architect, 1st Class Registered Architect Yoshiaki Irie Grant Suzuki Interior designer: Shigeru Ban Architects (Public Areas, Offices, Multipurpose hall, Jequet Droz Boutique) Glashuter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH (Glashutte Original Boutique) Jean-Claude Camelia (Blancpain Boutique) Atelier Oï (Breguet Boutique, Leon Hatot Boutique) Design Fresco (Omega Boutique) Swatch AG (Swatch Boutique) Engineer(s): Structural: Arup Japan Mechanical:

One of the limitations of relying on images to explain architecture is that the practice can sometimes encourage viewers to see buildings primarily as objects.

Project Specs Nordpark Cable Railway Innsbruck, Austria Zaha Hadid Architects << Return to article the People Architect Zaha Hadid Architects 10 Bowling Green Lane London, EC1R 0BQ. Tel: 020 7253 5147 Fax: 020 7251 8322 Architect of record: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher Associate architect: Thomas Vietzke (project architect) & Jens Borstelmann Engineer(s): Bollinger Grohmann & Schneider Frankfurt and Vienna Baumann & Obholzer Innsbruck Consultant(s) Landscape: ILF Lighting: Zumtobel & Staff Acoustical: Helmut Prader Engineer Other: ILF General contractor: Strabag AG Renderer(s): Zaha Hadid Architects CAD system, project management, or other software used: Autodesk AutoCad Rhino   the Products Exterior

Like the imposing towers lining the edges of New York’s Central Park, the street wall of historic skyscrapers fronting on Chicago’s Grant Park exist as built topography—a man-made cliff of stone and brick that includes such seminal structures as Adler & Sullivan’s robust Auditorium Building.

Project Specs Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies Chicago, Illinois Krueck and Sexton Architects << Return to article the People Architect Krueck + Sexton Architects 221 West Erie Street Chicago, IL 60610 T: 312-787-0056 F: 312-78-8415 Ron Krueck, FAIA ' Design Principal Mark Sexton, FAIA ' Project Principal Tom Jacobs, Tim Tracey ' Project Architects Project Team: Rico Cedro AIA Yugene Cha Jamie Cook Laura Fehlberg John deKraker Sara Lundgren AIA Greg Schmidt Don Semple Heejoo Shi Paul Tebben Architect of record Krueck + Sexton Associate architect(s) VOA Project Managers: US Equities Development Institutional Project Management Engineer(s): MEP/FP & Tel/Data -

Project Specs Arabian Public Library Chicago, Illinois Krueck and Sexton Architects << Return to article the People Architect richärd+bauer 1545 W. Thomas Road Phoenix, AZ 85015 602.264.1955 Jim Richard, AIA (Design/Principal) Kelly Bauer, FIIDA (Interior Design/Principal) Steve Kennedy, AIA (Architect/Principal) Ben Perrone (Project Architect) Stacey Crumbaker, Assoc. IIDA (Interior Design/Graphics) Architect of record richärd+bauer Interior designer: Kelly Bauer, FIIDA and Stacey Crumbaker, Assoc. IIDA richärd+bauer Engineer(s): Structural: Caruso Turley Scott, Inc. Mechanical/Plumbing: Kunka Engineering Incorporated Electrical: OMB Electrical Engineers, Inc. Civil: KPFF Consulting Engineers Consultant(s): Landscape: E-Group Lighting: Roger Smith Lighting Design General contractor: Redden Construction Photographer(s): Bill Timmerman 382

Imagine Ben van Berkel as a child, traveling among the theaters of the Netherlands to listen to his mother sing in the chorus of the latest musical.

Project Specs Agora Theater Lelystad, the Netherlands UNStudio << Return to article the People Client: Gemeente Lelystad Architect UNStudio Amsterdam Ben van Berkel and Gerard Loozekoot with Jacques van Wijk Job Mouwen en Holger Hoffmann Khoi Tran Christian Veddeler Christian Bergmann Sabine Habicht Ramon Hernandez Ron Roos Rene Wysk Claudia Dorner Markus Berger Markus Jacobi Ken Okonkwo Jörgen Grahl-Madse Hanka Drdlova Realization UNStudio in collaboration with B + M, Den Haag Advisors Construction management: BBN, Houten Engineering: Pieters bouwtechniek Haarlem Theatre technique: pb|theateradviseurs Uden Acoustics / Fire strategy: DGMR Arnhem Installations: Valstar Simones Apeldoorn Lighting advise: Arup Amsterdam Contractors Contractor:

Like an expertly crafted Swiss watch, the Nicolas G. Hayek Center is an assemblage of movable pieces that work together with machinelike precision.