The fourth time was the charm for a young Vesa Honkonen. Only eight percent of applicants are accepted into Finland’s three university-level architecture schools, Honkonen says, but “I decided I would try for as long as it took, I felt it was my way.”
When Zhu Pei and his partner, Wu Tong, began designing Digital Beijing for a site on the western edge of the Olympic Green, the National Swimming Center and National Stadium were already under construction.
Project Specs Digital Beijing Beijing, China Studio Pei-Zhu << Return to article the People Architect Studio Pei-Zhu, Urbanus Partner Pei Zhu, Tong Wu, Hui Wang Project architect: Wentian Liu Project team: Xiaoming Zeng, Chun Li, Fan He Structure/Havc/Plumbing/Mechanical/Electrical engineering: China Institute Building Stander Design & Research Landscape design: Studio Pei-Zhu Associates in charge: Frisly Colop-Morales, He Fan, Yang Chao, Xue Dong Design Team : Liu Wentian, Li Chuen, Lin Lin, Tian Qi Associate architect(s): Mark Broom, Xiaoming Zeng the Products Structural system:
Reacting against the isolated high-rise housing projects going up all over Beijing these days, Steven Holl and his partner Li Hu designed a 720-unit complex that emphasizes connections between its various buildings and the city around them.
Project Specs Linked Hybrid Beijing, China Steven Holl Architects << Return to article the People Architect Steven Holl Architects 450 West 31st Street, 11th floor New York, NY 10001 Tel: 212.629.7262 Fax: 212.629 Design Architect: Steven Holl, Li Hu Partner-in-Charge: Li Hu Project architect: Hideki Hirahara Assistant project architect : Yenling Chen Technical advisors: Chris McVoy, Tim Bade Project designers: Gong Dong, Peter Englaender, Garrick Ambrose, Edward Lalonde, James Macgillivray, Young Jang, Rodolfo Dias, Guido Guscianna, Matthew Uselman Project team: Jason Anderson, Christian Beerli, Johnna Cressica Brazier, Shih-I Chow, Cosimo Caggiula, Kefei Cai, Guanlan Cao, Frank Cottier, Christiane Deptolla,
National Stadium lies beyond Beijing’s Fourth Ring Road, at the northern end of the imperial axis that cuts through Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.
Project Specs National Swimming Center Beijing, China PTW Architects, CSCEC+Design, and Arup << Return to article the People Architect: PTW Architects In association with CSCEC and ARUP Level 17, 9 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia Tel NO.: +61 2 9232 5877 Fax No.: +61 2 9221 4139 Design Consortium: PTW Architects + CSCEC+Design + ARUP PTW Design Team: John Bilmon, Managing Director Mark Butler, Project Architect Chris Bosse, Project Architect CSCEC+Design Team: Zhao Xiaojun, Wang Min, Shang Hong ARUP Team: Tristram Carfrae, Design Engineer Peter Macdonald, Structural Engineer Kenneth Ma, Building Services Engineer Haico Schepers, Building Physics Ken Conway, Environmental
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