MulvannyG2 Architecture recently designed a high-tech business park in Shanghai which was completed this month. Located in a 2.5 million-square-foot ecological green area surrounded by mountains and water, the Park provides an appealing work oasis for a growing number of high-tech businesses in China.



The Shanghai Corporation Business Headquarters Park was constructed by developer Xingyue Investment Group. As one of Shanghai’s largest and most advanced office parks, it is intended to be a magnet for international and local high-tech firms, similar to the Zhangjiang Semiconductor Research Park designed by MulvannyG2 last year, in Shanghai.

The John T. Gregorio Towers, a seven-story, 78-unit senior housing project in Linden, New Jersey, designed by Gran Kriegel Associates, has been completed.

A development of the City of Linden Housing Corporation, the project is named for former Linden mayor John T. Gregorio.  The building is located in a residential neighborhood overlooking a public park

The Department of Design and Construction for the City of New York has awarded a contract to Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA) for design services related to the rehabilitation of three health centers run by the NYC Department of Health that are located in landmark quality buildings.

The facilities include:
Astoria District Health Center (ca. 1935) – landmark quality Classical Revival building in Astoria, Queens.
Bedford District Health Center (1950) – landmark quality Modern/Art Deco building in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.

The Best of LA Architecture Applauded

From the first LEED Platinum museum in the world to an inner-city public library, the projects awarded by the American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles (AIA/LA), reveal a wealth of superlative design talent. 

  Water + Life Museums and Campus, Hemet, CA ; Lehrer + Gangi Design + Build

Twenty-five awards were given to Los Angeles-based architects for both built and un-built projects during a ceremony at the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) at Los Angeles County Art Museum (LACMA), held on June 4, 2008.  In addition, the AIA/LA Presidential Honors, as well as the Cultural Affairs Commission Architecture Awards were announced. 

Known to be one of the most competitive in the country, the annual AIA/LA awards program includes the Design Awards for built projects by Los Angeles architects, and the NEXT LA Awards for work that is unbuilt.

Eureka, California’s second largest employer adds new facilities and renovates existing structures.

Skanska USA Building Inc. has been named construction manager for a 100,000-square-foot, three-story expansion project at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, California.

The $118 million program is projected to take 31 months to complete plus an additional 11 months for the renovation of more than 12,000 square feet within the existing hospital.  The architect is Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz, previously featured on Archinnovations with the Building for the San Francisco PUC and the Seongnam City Hall in Korea

 
Steven Holl Architects has completed a new floor for D. E. Shaw Research in Manhattan. The 3000 square feet redesign for the 32nd floor includes a porous staircase and a glass enclosure which will accommodate a supercomputer designed to execute high-speed simulations of proteins and other biological macromolecules.

As a concept for this project Steven Holl Architects studied soap bubbles and the way they mysteriously nest in clusters that always take the same angle of hexagonal geometry at 120 degrees. These hexagon patterns allow for the most effective connection of bubbles while minimizing the coverage area of the bubble cluster.

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects have designed the new Wing Luke Asian Museum, scheduled to open on May 31, 2008. The firm’s design preserves and restores the historic fabric of the East Kong Yick Building and offers new and expanded space to the Wing Luke Asian Museum, a Smithsonian Institution affiliate and America’s premier pan-Asian Pacific American museum.

The Wing Luke Asian Museum is a significant addition to Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen’s portfolio of museums and cultural places, which includes an award-winning renovation of Seattle’s Frye Art Museum, the Bellingham Art and Children’s Museum (currently under construction), and the Sun Valley Center for the Arts (currently in design). The new Wing Luke Asian Museum, in Seattle’s Chinatown International District, offers space for community meetings and events, public space for the neighborhood, theatre space for performances and presentations, exhibit spaces for community art and emerging Asian Pacific American artists, family-centered learning environments and leadership development for neighborhood youth.

 



Buildings advocated for waste management are usually discreetly left out of sight. This project is a flagrant exception to the rule. Dutch Architect Erick van Egeraat has won the international competition for the design of a new incineration line in Roskilde, Denmark.

Local waste management company sought an iconic expression for the otherwise functional architecture of its next generation incineration line. Due to its large scale, the incinerator is destined to become an outstanding structure in the wide and open landscape of the Roskilde area. After its completion in 2013, the facility will produce both electricity and heating for the Roskilde district.