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COVER STORY:
MIAMI NEW YORK LOS ANGELES HONG KONG SHANGHAI DUBAI MANILA PARIS MADRID LIMA SAO PAULO CAMBRIDGE
Faria Lima and Rua Lopes Neto Office Tower, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tishman Speyer While Arquitectonica is a corporation, this
Simply put, the ultimate recognition that needs and translating that into a building corporation is represented by people. I per-
Arquitectonica can receive as a direct result design that accommodates their program sonally never feel the need or the inclination
of our hard work is another commission. requirements is not an easy undertak- to go back to a service provider with whom
Repeat clients are the best way to gauge ing. When the clients are as large as ours I was dissatisfied or one that provided a
our performance; If they return, we obvi- typically are, the task becomes even more less than superior service, there are just
ously performed well enough to make the challenging. While we represent a unified too many options out there. The same is
selection of an architect for their next proj- design front, clients are not typically uni- true of architects. We have very formidable
ect an easy one. As if this were not enough, lateral in their decision making process. competition and they are always waiting in
Arquitectonica’s global presence gives us This translates into a need for us to listen the wings. How we interact, respond, react
the opportunity to not only work with these to everyone. As professionals, we need to and perform as professionals determines
great clients again, but to expand the rela- continue to listen to what our clients are the future of our working relationship with
tionships worldwide. looking for. This is an edge we have over our clients.
WT Brooklin, São Paulo, Brazil Neto Office Tower, Sao Paulo, Brazil Petrobras Headquarters - Sao Paulo
• Type : Office • Type : Mixed-Use (Office, Parking Garage) • Type : Office
• Client : W Torre • Client : Tishman Speyer - Método • Client : W Torre
WT JK BLOCO “A”, São Paulo, Brazil Alphaville / Videolar, São Paulo, Brazil Cipriani Hotel & Residences and Iguatemi
• Type : Office Tower • Type : Mixed-Use Retail Shopping Mall, São Paulo, Brazil
• Client : W Torre • Client : Tiner and Videola • Type : Hotel, Residential, Retail
• Client : W Torre
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From Left to Right: Hines “Bird Road”, Jiangwan Town Center, SM Exibit & Conference Center, Irvine Valley Performing Arts Center, Revel Resort and Casino
From Left to Right: Trinity Place, Regalia, The Gate, City Of Dreams Macau, The Bentley Beach Hotel, Vincci South Beach
The Guggenheim Gala was viewed by Melco PBL Entertainment, remarked: CITYSCAPE DUBAI
The Regalia team as the perfect match for “Our City of Dreams casino and resort will Arquitectonica on display
their one of a kind collection of “mansions set a new benchmark for a “must-see” desti-
in the sky” which they describe as “living art nation in Asia. The rapid pace of construction
installations” on the beach. progress on site is exhilarating. Full praise is
due to the efficiency and professionalism of
SKY TOWER ON SCHEDULE the Macau government, the DSSOPT, our
managing contractor and site personnel.”
Construction work on Sorouh Real Estate’s
Sky Tower Development, part of The Gate BENTLEY BEACH JOINS HILTON
District Development in Abu Dhabi, is run-
ning on schedule according to Mounir Hai- The Bentley Beach Hotel in South Beach, has Cityscape Dubai on October 16-18 2007
dar, CEO for Sorouh Real Estate. joined the Hilton Hotel Corporation in Miami welcomed more than 50,000 regional and
Beach; the Hiltons first franchise on Miami international investors, property developers,
Due for completion by late 2009, the 74 Beach. Mr. Alexander Mirza, the senior vice governmental and development authorities,
storey elliptical-shaped tower launched in president, Corporate Development, Hilton leading architects, designers, consultants
April 2006 will rise to 300 m once complet- Hotels Corporation remaked, and other senior professionals from more
ed. Facilities for the Sky Tower project will than 120 countries. More than 1,000 exhibi-
include a 145,000 SQ.FT retail mall and an “Our addition of the Bentley Beach Hotel is tors showcased their projects and services
exceptionally large sports and leisure center consistent with The Hilton Hotel Corpora- on 753,473 SFT (70,000 sqm) of prime
covering the entire podium deck featuring tion’s strategy of operating the finest proper- exhibition space.
a state of the art fitness center, swimming ties in the most outstanding locations. Our
pools, tennis courts, squash courts, spa and company has waited a long time to select Arquitectonica was represented by Peter
more. the right property to carry the Hilton name on Brannan, Michael Grimshaw, Cathy Lee, Ben-
South Beach; Bentley Beach Hotel possesses son Wright and Claire Young.
CITY OF DREAMS ON SCHEDULE a sense of style and elegance that was ideal
for our inaugural Miami Beach property.” HUDSON SQUARE WINS SILVER
Construction of The City of Dreams Resort ArquitectonicaGeo blooms again
and Casino on Cotai in Macau remains on REGENT LEAVES SOUTH BEACH
time and on budget with the June 15, 2007 Geo recently won a silver medal award from
announcement from MPEL (Melco PBL En- The Regent South Beach changed operators the Miami + Beach Bienal for their design
tertainment) indicating that the direct cost of in mid September 2007 to Vincci Hotels. of Hudson Square. Geo participated in the
the construction of City of Dreams, excluding Regent Hotels & Resorts officially left on Hudson Square project, along with other
the co-located apartment hotel tower, would September 13th at midnight, nine months firms FLAnk, LTL Architects, SpaN, and also
be US$1.85 billion and that the cost of the after opening the condo-hotel. Zakrzewski + Hyde Architects in association
land would be US$279 million. with Starr White House Landscape Architects.
Vincci Hotels, a chain based in Spain with
Mr. Lawrence Ho, Co-Chairman and CEO of properties in New York and Palo Alto, Calif., Congratulations also to Roberto Rivera from
took over the beachfront property on Friday GEO for winning the Landscape Architect of
September 14th. the Year award from Miami AIA.
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AWARDS PODIUM
AWARD WINNING DESIGNS The Related Group Corporate Headquar- DEVELOPERS AWARD EXCELLENCE
Arquitectonica recipient of AIA Awards ters Office Interiors, Miami, FL Arquitectonica achieves multiple sucesses
Five of Arquitectonica’s projects recently The Developers & Builders Alliance was
received design awards from the Miami Chap- founded by five of the most influential indi-
ter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). viduals in the industry. The group consists
An awards ceremony was held on November of Donald Trump, Jorge Perez (The Related
Group), Don Peebles (Peebles Corporation)
17th. The winning projects were:
and the Dezers (father and son).
Sarasota Herald-Tribune Headquarters, Sarasota, FL
The gala awards ceremony took place at Don-
Exaltis Tower at La Défense, Paris, France
ald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Estate in Palm Beach
Florida. Four Arquitectonica projects received
various awards from the Alliance including:
Regalia – “Project of the Year” for High-Rise
Development. The winner was Paul Murphy
and his development partners.
Marquis – “Excellence in Contracting” for
High-Rise Residential Structural. The winner
was KM Plaza construction company.
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx NY
ArtéCity – “Project of the Year” for Condo Ho-
tel, Hotel, Resorts. The winner was The Wave
Group Development (Alessandro Ferretti).
City Park Aventura – “Project of the Year” for
Mixed-Use Properties. The winner was Sky
Development Group (Yizhak Toledano).
The Related Group’s ICON Brickell, Miami, FL Bouygues Telecom Tower, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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NOTES FROM THE
WATER COOLER
ON THE ROAD AGAIN CANSTRUCTION
Arquitectonica staff in the great race Building to fight hunger
Arquitectonica employees who possessed The New York office took part in this year’s
the will power and the determination to run Canstruction, a charity event run by The
for charity and perhaps simply for personal Society for Design Administration (SDA).
growth, recently took part in the ING New Canstruction® is a design/build competition
York City Marathon on November 4th 2007. currently held in cities throughout North
America and recently in Australia. Teams of
The premier event of New York Road Runners, Clockwise from top left:
architects and engineers compete to design
the ING New York City Marathon is one of Anne Cotter and build giant structures made entirely from
the world’s great road races, drawing more Michael Grimshaw full cans of food.
Chul Moon
than 90,000 applicants. The race attracts
many world-class professional athletes, not The results are displayed to the public as
COURSE MAP
only for the more than $600,000 in prize magnificent sculptures. At the close of the
money, but also for the chance to excel in exhibitions the food is donated to local food
the media capital of the world before two banks for distribution to emergency feeding
million cheering spectators and 315 million programs.
worldwide television viewers. As any one of
the more than 700,000 past participants will Cangratulations to the following NY team
attest, crossing the finish line in Central Park members who cantributed to our design:
is one of the great thrills of a lifetime. Captains: Eric Hofmann, Bradley Bartholomew
Support Team: Sam Luckino, Charles Paray,
The first New York City Marathon, in 1970, Michael Sargent, Benay Betts, Annie Kwon,
was four-plus laps of Central Park. In 1976, Chris Barker, Aaron Bowen, Ed Kasparek,
in celebration of the U.S. bicentennial, Kyle Freeman, Jonathan Kinsley and Michael
NYRR moved the marathon to the streets Hirsch.
of New York’s five boroughs: Staten Island,
Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Manhattan.
The course united dozens of culturally and
ethnically diverse neighborhoods, passing
over five bridges, and finishing up at Tavern
on the Green in world-famous Central Park.
Bernardo Fort Brescia featured on cover Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Courthouse featured on cover The Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino featured on cover