University of Southampton Building 30 | Southampton, EnglandCompletion Date: 2012 Project Overview The University of Southampton is situated on England’s southern coast, about 70 miles (113 km) southwest of London. The university’s Synthetic Chemistry Building—or, simply, Building 30—relies on four large exhaust fans to remove pollutants from the indoor environment and disperse them to the…
Sun And Sky Towers | Dhabi, UAECompletion Date: 2011 Project Overview Al Reem Island is a mixed-use community in Abu Dhabi that includes residential, retail, and commercial spaces. There’s even a campus of Paris’s famed Sorbonne University. Shams Abu Dhabi, Aldar’s flagship development on the island, is home to two of the tallest buildings in the…
Massachusetts General Hospital Launder Building | Boston, Mass.Completion Date: 2011 Project Overview Founded in 1811, Massachusetts General Hospital is the oldest hospital in the American New England states. When “Mass General” sought to add its new Lunder Building for advanced patient care, the design team knew that both hospital staff and the general public would…
Contemporary Arts Center at University of Irvine | Irvine, CACompletion Date: 2010 Project Overview Irvine, California is home to mild temperatures, regular winds, and low humidity. When designing their new Contemporary Arts Center, University of California Irvine wanted to take advantage of Irvine’s temperate climate to naturally ventilate the new building and maximize its sustainability.…
