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Out of the Spotlight: 4 WTC Stands in its Own Right Among the Giants, ENR, 2011 The shortest of the four towers on the 16- acre World Trade Center site, 4 WTC is set for completion in 2013... Full Article in PDF Format Declarations of Interdependence, ENR, 2011 The $18- billion redevelopment of the original World Trade Center, destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001, by terrorists, is loaded with memories of the tragedy... Full Article in PDF Format 2011 AIANY Design Awards, Oculus Magazine Westchester Community College Gateway Center is located at an entrance to a college whose mission is to make higher education accessible to a diverse population, the 70,000- square- foot center is a physical embodiment of the word "gateway..." Full Article in PDF Format Gateway Center, Westchester Community College - AISC National Award "Attractive and inviting facility that seamlessly blends modern architecture with indigenous materials..." Full Article in PDF format Learning Spring School, Metals in Construction The Learning Spring School (LSS) is not your average New York City independent educational institution. Established by a group of concerned parents in the fall of 2001, LSS was conceived, built, and staffed for children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders... Full Article in PDF Format Enter the Dragon - The Hanoi Marriott Hotel New York Designers are as familiar with high-rise work as any designers in the world. So when a New York-based team was assembled to deliver a new 450-room hotel and convention facility in the heart of Hanoi's new central business district, a skyscraper seemed the obvious choice to reflect the rise of Vietnam's bustling economy... Full Article in PDF format Case Study: International Commerce Centre "More than an iconic statement, the Hong Kong ICC fundamentally alters the way tall buildings are seen today. Rather than just being objects in isolation, transit integrated tall buildings represent a sustainable model for future high-rise development..." Full Article in PDF format Medgar Evers College Academic Building 1 Far from your average brick-block campus building, the new Academic Science Building 1 of Medgar Evers College, City University of New York in Brooklyn is an elegant glass and steel centerpiece for a campus poised to become a neighborhood hub... Full Text in PDF The Shanghai World Financial Center: The Slender Beauty with Mystic Heart! "Standing among the neighboring skyscrapers, the 101-floor Shanghai World Financial Center crosses the surrounding heights and challenges its friends with its slender form which some must have thought would be a serious threat..." Full Article in PDF format Tallest Building in Vietnam to Feature Cantilevered Helipad, Lotus Design, Civil Engineering, December 2009 The 68-story Tower that is expected to be the tallest building in Vietnam when it is completed, in late 2010, will have a design suggesting a lotus plant, Vietnam's national flower, and will feature a helipad at the 50th floor that will cantilever approximately 25 m from the building's facade... Full Text in PDF The Museum of Islamic Art, Architectural Record, August 2009 I.M. Pei pairs tradition with monumental Modernism in the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha for an opulent collection of art and artifacts... Full Text in PDF Paris Skyscraper to Rival Eiffel Tower, Civil Engineering, June 2009 A Striking design for the Hermitage Plaza, which will be built just northwest of Paris in La Defense, has been unveiled by the London-based architecture firm Foster + Partners... Full Article in PDF Format KPF Crowns an Ever-expanding skyline with the Shanghai World Financial Center, Architectural Record, May 2009 Any plan to build the world's tallest building requires dodging a minefield of technical, economic, and political issues... Full Article in PDF Format The Path to Success, Cornell University Civil and Environmental Engineering Update, Spring 2009 From the time SawTeen See was a child growing up in Penang, an island state of Malaysia, she knew that she wanted to build beautiful buildings... Full Article in PDF Format Best Tall Building Americas Nominee: Torre YPF "With its prismatic form, clean lines and dramatic winter garden, the new headquarters for Repsol-YPF--one of the world's top energy companies--is a dignified corporate symbol and a modern landmark for Buenos Aires..." Full Article in PDF format Natural History Museum Reflects Utah Landscape, Civil Engineering, December 2008 In a sense, the future home of the Utah Museum of Natural History enjoys a premier lakefront location, but visitors should not expect to arrive by boat... Full Article in PDF Format Engineered Urban Farm Grows atop Cardboard Tubes, Civil Engineering, August 2008 What began as a desire to create an environmentally friendly "urban farm" in the courtyards of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, in Queens, New York, has became a life-size experiment in materials and geometry... Full Article in PDF Format Museum Supported by 'Floating Box' Bracing System, Civil Engineering, July 2008 The members of the design team for the new home of the National Museum of American Jewish History, in Philadelphia, are working together closely to create a structure that seamlessly integrates form and function... Full Article in PDF Format Notable PEople, June 2007 "The stories of a few of these PEs-both past and present-are a tribute to the broad spectrum of professional engineering's achievements..." Full Article in PDF format Newseum's Media Frenzy, ENR, December 2006 "The content of the interactive museum, which has the media as its message..." full article in pdf format Bellevue Hospital Ambulatory Care Pavilion, Architectural Record, October 2006 "An estimated 10,000 people walk through the entrance to New York City's Bellevue Hospital every day, many of them surely unaware as they traverse Pei Cobb Freed & Partners' new glass atrium that the hospital is one of the oldest in the Western Hemisphere..." Full text in PDF format Bellevue Hospital Center Ambulatory Care Facility, Metals in Construction, Fall 2006 "A Glazed Pavilion Fuses Technique and Expression..." Full text in PDF format Morimoto, Architectural Record, September 2006 "Tadao Ando serves up rich visual fare with silky concrete and glowing water bottles at New York's Morimoto restaurant..." Full text in PDF format New York Hall of Science Expansion: A Steel Structure Becomes Part of the Exhibit, Metals in Construction, Spring 2006 "When the Hall of Science, a hands-on science museum in Queens, hired Polshek Partnership to expand their cramped facility, the architects were faced with a series of challenges both design oriented and logistical..." Full text in PDF format Design of Shanghai Skyscraper Altered, Civil Engineering News, December 2005 "The distinctive opening at the top of the Shanghai World Financial Center has been reconfigured from a circle to a trapezoid..." Full text in PDF format AIG Tower - Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable Development, Building Journal Hong Kong China, October 2005 "Different from the configuration of conventional buildings in Hong Kong..." Full text in PDF format Hall of Science - Innovative Project is Steel Showcase and Learning Center, New York Construction, September 2005 "The $50 million, 55,000 sq.-ft. center expands on the museum's original building, built for the 1964 World's Fair, with an exposed steel frame that illustrates concepts of structural design..." Full text in PDF format SUNY-Buffalo Life Sciences Complex, New York Construction, August 2005 "Construction on the $88 million, 290,000 sf Buffalo Life Sciences Complex in Buffalo, will finish on schedule..." Full text in PDF format New York Hall of Science, Architectural Record, May 2005 "Polshek Partnership's expansion brings vitality and new life to the Hall of Science, in a 1964 World's Fair building, in Queens, New York..." Full Article in pdf format Shanghai Tower, ENR, January 2005 "The concrete mat for the planned 492-meter-tall Shanghai World Financial Center, on deck to become the world's second tallest building, is set to be completed next month..." Full text in PDF Bellevue Hospital Center, NYCN, March 2003 "New face for oldest hospital in the country..." Full article in PDF format Prada-Soho, Award of Merit, NYCN, December 2002 "With the objective of creating a new shopping experience for Prada, a renowned fashion retailer, the project team for the Prada-Soho faced an onslaught of challenges..." Full article in PDF format Espirito Santo Plaza: Miami High-Rise Designed to Repel Floodwaters, Civil Engineering, October 2001 "The sloping face and graceful parabolic arch of the Espirito Santo Plaza--a mixed-use Miami high-rise--are likely to make it a well-known feature of the local skyline..." Full article in PDF format Shanghai World Financial Center, ENR, October 2001 "Proposed 500-meter-tall tower in Shanghai readying to restart... Full text in PDF format Publix supermarket, Building Design & Construction, May 1999 "Steel facilitates construction of distinctive structures at a Miami Beach supermarket..." Full article in PDF format 495 West Street, New York Times, May 1999 "11-Story, 9-Unit condo being built on West St..." Full Article in PDF format Window Shopping: Publix Supermarket, Architecture, March 1999 "In image-conscious Miami Beach, customers are the commodity in a new supermarket by Wood and Zapata..." Full article in PDF format Miho Museum, architecture, January 1998 "I.M. Pei's modular space frame for the Miho Museum in Japan makes the most of an earthbound site..." Full article in PDF format Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Modern Steel Construction, April 1997 "Rising boldly from the shores of Lake Erie - with part of the building actually extending out above the water - the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a vital part of the new cultural and recreational area being developed along the Cleveland waterfront..." Full article in PDF format The House that Steel Built: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, AISC, 1997 "Overlooking Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland's North Coast Harbor, this bold new landmark is comprised of five main elements..." Full article in PDF format Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Architectural Record, November 1995 "Cleveland rocks..." Full text in PDF format Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Building Design & Construction, October 1995 "Unusual requirements challenged the designers and builders of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Incorporating exposed structural steel extensively, the project utilizes bowstring trusses to support its sloped glass wall..." Full article in PDF format Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Progressive Architecture, February 1995 "Raising Rock's Reliquary..." Full text in PDF format Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ENR, October 1994 "The Sculptural house that rock built..." Full article in PDF format Bank of China, Architectural Record, January 1991 "The new Bank of China Tower, designed by I.M. Pei & Partners and located in the center of Hong Kong, is the tallest building in Asia..." Full article in PDF format San Jose Convention Center, Architectural Record, March 1990 "The 1.1-million-square-foot convention center establishes an actual and symbolic bridge between San Jose's business district and the future developments..." Full article in PDF format Leslie E. Robertson - Man of the Year, ENR, Feb. 1989 "He has a synthesizing mind, a creative mind. He can be challenged endlessly. But at the bottom line, the man is a genius..." Full article in PDF format The Bank of China, ENR, October 1988 "Streching the art of composite structures..." Full article in PDF format San Jose Convention Center, ENR, July 1988 "Unusual arched roof for San Jose convention center creates a new landmark..." Full article in PDF format University of Iowa, Iowa Architect, September-October 1986 "This fall marks the start of classes in the recently completed College of Law building on the southern edge of campus..." Full text in PDF format The Bank of China, Architectural Record, September 1985 "The Bank of China Building in Hong Kong is a stunning example of the logic of eccentricity..." Full article in PDF format AT&T Headquarters: Culmination of a Life's Work, Modern Steel Construction "A striking departure from the "glass-box" design of many high-rise office buildings is evidenced in the new $110-million AT&T corporate headquarters..." Full article in PDF format 
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