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Author: Ruth Slavid

Editor: Yvette Higson, Liliana Silva

Designer: Anke Pohl

Contributors: Keith Griffiths, Brian Johnson, David Roberts, Ken Wai, Michael Walters, Max Connop and Simon Bowden

Printer: PUSH

Published by Aedas

First published in March 2012

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ABOUT US 06

DIVERSE 08COLLABORATIVE 16

INNOVATIVE 24

PROGRESSIVE 32INSPIRATIONAL 40

PASSIONATE 48 ADAPTABLE 56

QUALITY 64LEADERS 72

COMMUNITY 80

PROJECT LEGEND 88LOOKING FORWARD 92

TIMELINE 94OUR OFFICES 96

As it celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2012, Aedas can congratulate itself on its transformation in size and global reach, to become one of the world’s largest architects*. Formed in 2002 through the joining together of two well-established practices based in the UK and Hong Kong, Aedas today offers a diverse portfolio ranging from relatively small urban schools and other specialist building types to massive masterplans for an entire city.

In just ten years since its formation, Aedas has grown to have 32 offices in 20 different countries, and has achieved this in a way that few other practices can match: it has become a global business that is firmly rooted in the communities it serves, with a reputation that attracts the best local talent and gives them access to the most advanced knowledge and expertise from around the world.

Aedas’ growth reflects the changes in architectural consultancy worldwide, in which any company with aspirations to grow has needed to service an international market. It has done this extremely successfully by taking a unique approach, designed to give its customers the very best service.

The company establishes an office in every location where it intends to work, and has owners of the practice in each office. This allows Aedas to develop an in-depth understanding of each location, enhanced by a policy of encouraging members of the teams to play an active role in their communities. The result is architecture that is appropriate to its place while also being designed to the highest international standards.

Aedas works to give clients the buildings that they want, which will serve their needs both today and in the future. It does not have a single recognisable style, imposed from the top of the practice, but instead allows the designers working on individual projects to develop solutions that include innovation in appearance, organisation or functionality, and of course are appropriate to client needs. There is however a consistent approach to design, which means that all buildings are the result of rigorous thinking and are of high quality, however different they may look.

Aware of the challenges of the future, Aedas is committed to continuing to learn and develop so that it can create the best buildings for a world in which resources are becoming increasingly precious. All this is made possible through a commitment to research and through identifying and sharing a common intellectual platform, so that the diverse architects, landscape architects and interior designers who make up the organisation can all benefit from the latest technology, as can the equally diverse client group.

Aedas sees its success as due to this common platform which is supported on 10 ‘pillars’. It identifies these as: diverse; collaborative; innovative; progressive; inspirational; passionate; adaptable; quality; leaders; and, community. The following pages look briefly at what these pillars stand for, and highlight projects that demonstrate their success in practice.

* The practice ranked first in Building Design’s World Architecture 100, 2012

ABOUT US

Aedas designs buildings and environments which range from vast mixed-used developments and transport interchanges to individual cultural and educational buildings. Projects may be of national, regional or purely local significance. In its consultancy work it also offers advice on projects that may be as small as a single house. No project is too large or too complex to tackle, but the practice will also bring its full attention and skills to bear on projects that are more modest in scale.

Aedas’ wide geographical spread means that it has built everything from highly insulated sealed buildings in the cold dry climate of Ulan Bator, outer Mongolia where elements have to be flown in by helicopter, to timber structures in the hot and humid climate of Java, Indonesia, where it is essential to maximise breezes and so the buildings are as permeable as possible.

Buildings are diverse because they respond to the brief and to local requirements, rather than imposing a single house-style generated from a central office. The result is appropriate not only

to the climate and culture, but also to the available construction methods, ensuring that buildings are well-finished and capable of being maintained by their owners and occupants. Aedas works in a way that is appropriate to the diversity not only of design but also of procurement methods, the way that people do business, legislation and the role of professional services. At the same time, local offices can offer the very best knowledge gained from projects across the globe.

Another of Aedas’ key strengths is the diversity of talent across the entire practice. It employs architects, interior designers, landscape architects and building surveyors. Many staff are hired locally but team members are encouraged to move between offices, so that each office houses a mix of nationalities, skills and disciplines. They can bring their experience of working in many different places and on many different types of projects to design locally appropriate buildings that reflect the very best of international practice.

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Collaboration is key to the success of Aedas, both through designers collaborating with other members of the project team, and through collaboration within the practice to bring the best and most appropriate knowledge to the realisation of a design. Every design is unique and individual and that is thanks in great part to the way that the practice sets out to work closely with the stakeholders in the building – the client, the other consultants and the contractors. The practice is able to do this because it delivers the entire design. At Aedas projects are followed to the end, not designed as ‘concepts’ and then handed over to local executive architects.

Within the practice there is a culture of knowledge sharing which means that although projects are designed locally, the design team can call on specialist expertise from other team members around the globe. This may be knowledge in a particular discipline, or simply the experience of having encountered a similar specific problem previously and having come up with an elegant solution.

Collaboration is fostered through both formal and informal arrangements within the practice. While the business is structured in a way that encourages designers to consult colleagues in other places and with other skills, it is also supported by a culture of personal relationships and collaboration. Colleagues who have learnt to trust and respect each other at earlier stages in their careers, perhaps when they worked in the same office, will know that they can call on the abilities of each other wherever they may be, and that help will be given freely and generously.

This makes for an excellent working environment. More importantly from a client’s point of view, it means that when the client calls on the local skills of an Aedas office, it will also be accessing the knowledge and experience available within one of the world’s largest architectural practices.

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Aedas is a company that welcomes challenges, and will introduce innovation on projects, confident that they have been fully realised before construction and that they will work. For instance, on the Al Bahr Towers, the headquarters of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, it has designed one of the first dynamic facades in the world. Based visually on the concept of a mashrabiya screen, this secondary facade has elements that open and close in response to the position and strength of the sun, to form a vital part of the solar-shading strategy of the building.

In Hong Kong, the Express Rail Link West Kowloon Terminus, with 15 rail tracks and an area of 674,000 sq m, will be the largest underground terminus in the world. Bringing together not only the railway but also retail and office elements, plus a public park on top of the terminus, it is a hugely ambitious project with a tight schedule. Aedas had to test every idea beforehand, and be confident that it could succeed without any unpleasant surprises.

The confidence to carry out such ambitious projects comes partly from experience and the existence of a bank of talented people, and partly from the fact that the practice has dedicated research and development teams, committed to gathering new information and developing new skills and techniques which are then disseminated through the practice. The team carries out work itself, collaborates with other practices and disciplines, and sponsors research in universities and other institutions.

This goes well beyond the research that is carried out in most practices, which tends to look simply at gathering knowledge that is appropriate to an individual project.

On technically demanding projects, the computational techniques allow the practice to come up with solutions that might not otherwise have been possible. They also enable it to create standardised elements on a building where at first glance it may have seemed that every element had to be different, hence simplifying the construction process and making a solution that appeared too expensive at first sight eminently affordable.

Aedas’ advanced modelling skills helped it to develop the exciting conical form of the 47 stations on the Middle East’s first metro system, Dubai Metro in a way that made them as simple and effective to build as possible. And at Al Bahr Towers, parametric design helped it to refine the shape of the building to produce the most efficient ratio of wall to floor area.

The practice’s research in the area of sustainability has led to it developing a ‘green filter’, a means of working out which of a number of options will yield the greatest benefit in sustainability terms on an existing building.

Other areas of work include the creation of a tall-building model in collaboration with Arup, Hilson Moran and Davis Langdon to look at the effect of shape, form and key briefing decisions on the energy use of towers.

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Good architecture is about facing new challenges all the time and dealing with them in creative ways that do not put clients at risk. This is something at which Aedas excels as it can use its platform of knowledge and experience to gather all the relevant information necessary to understanding a brief, however complex. It can draw on the precedents of other buildings that it has designed previously in order to understand best practice. From there, it can step forward into new solutions, based on the latest thinking. In-depth understanding of the past and present is essential for creative imagining of the buildings of the future. Only by moving solutions forward rather than repeating designs from the past, can the practice deliver buildings that will be appropriate for the changing needs of today and tomorrow.

Through examining ideas in three dimensions and using the latest tools, Aedas is able to test new ideas thoroughly before applying them to buildings. Parametric design allows the design team to identify areas where solutions that may look simple at first will actually result in an unacceptable level of complexity, and allows it

to tune the design at an early stage before encountering problems. This means that any difficulties are identified and overcome at the design stage, rather than during or after construction, giving clients the reassurance that they can benefit from a progressive approach without exposing themselves to undue risk.

Advanced technology also makes it possible to distil a complex solution into simple graphic images, allowing the client to be involved throughout the process, and not simply presented with a final design at the end. In this way clients can become part of the development of the design, and so have confidence in its progressive elements.

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The very best designs not only satisfy all the clients’ needs and all the functional requirements, but also have something else to them, a special factor that has developed often in response to one aspect of the brief and that lends a particular excitement to the building and makes it special. It is the magic touch of inspiration that makes a building stand out. Aedas believes that it brings that element of inspiration to all its projects and that it can do so because it has created a culture within the organisation that allows creativity to flourish.

This is born out of the collegiate system that Aedas operates, in which people feel that they can talk to each other freely, and in which everybody knows that their contribution is valued. This, coupled with the base of support and knowledge that makes the team confident that all functional requirements will be addressed fully and imaginatively, gives the designers at Aedas the freedom to come up with the inspired ideas that are often triggered by some aspect of the design.

For Aedas, it is the quality of the idea that is important, and not who has produced that idea, so that even junior members of the team can be confident that their best ideas will encounter a receptive audience. It is not possible to create a system that generates inspiration, but Aedas, by employing the best designers, giving them the best tools and placing them in a sympathetic environment has done everything that it can to foster inspiration.

For members of the team, this brings great job satisfaction. Clients can be confident that when they appoint Aedas they are employing a practice where many of the best designers in architecture work, in an environment that encourages inspiration, and that their buildings should be the beneficiaries.

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The designers who work for Aedas have a passion for the very best design. They are free to explore their own ideas rather than having design approaches imposed from above, and develop the skills they need that allow them to create buildings that work for their clients and satisfy the brief while having that extra little ‘something’ that makes them special.

Aedas makes a point of employing people who have a passion to create the very best buildings and it then helps them develop through a culture of constant mentoring and tutoring, where the senior people in the practice work hard with the more junior members of their teams to help them to learn and develop. In this way, designers develop the skills that allow them to follow their passions and work in an environment that allows them to do so.

Good architects are passionate about good design, but in order to remain excited and engaged they need to be given the space to develop and the tools with which to do their best work. Aedas is dedicated to giving its younger staff all-round experience and training,

with the opportunity to work on a range of different projects in a number of different places. This ensures that they remain fresh and enthusiastic and develop the skills that will allow them in turn to manage and mentor younger staff. Along the way they develop a web of contacts who can help and support them however complex the projects that they undertake.

These designers with a passion for their work can offer clients and their projects solid, grounded knowledge combined with the latest new thinking and original ideas. For clients their building is the most important building in the world; Aedas nurtures its designers so that they can bring the same level of skill and originality to every project, enabling client and architect to share a passion for the work that they are creating together.

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By being grounded in a local environment, Aedas can be confident that the buildings that it produces are appropriate to the local conditions. It can take the very best of international experience and thinking, and adapt it to fit. This means understanding local rules and regulations, an appreciation of climate and of seismic conditions, and also creating a design that fits the way that local people want to live and work. The materials selected will be appropriate to the environment in which they will be used. At the same time, with its wide experience, the practice can take lessons learnt from one building type and apply them to other building types.

Because Aedas does not have a signature style, it can work closely with its clients to produce a building that is suited to the historic, social and environmental context, and that respects the sense of place. Every Aedas building is unique, and so is uniquely adapted to the circumstances.

By creating buildings that work today in their local environment, the practice can ensure that they will have a long life, and also suit the needs of the future. It can take knowledge of how building use is changing in other parts of the

world, and incorporate that experience within the design in order to help ‘future-proof’ its designs and ensure that the clients have invested in a building that will have a long, productive life. The practice works with futurologists to understand more about the ways in which people are using buildings and how those will change, and it uses that learning to inform its designs. It has also carried out projects on the future of the office, the type of building where requirements are changing most rapidly.

Many long-lived buildings survive because they have more than one use during their lifespan. In order to allow this to happen with the buildings that it designs, Aedas is investigating ways to develop forms and floor plates so that the buildings are more adaptable, allowing uses to change if necessary over time, and so giving them a longer usable life.

The public realm also needs to be adaptable, as the ways in which people travel change, and the times and ways in which they use public space develop. Aedas uses its understanding of these changes to inform its masterplanning work and its design of external spaces.

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Providing quality in the design and realisation of buildings is the bedrock of Aedas’ approach. It requires a solid foundation of technical knowledge, which becomes ever more important as projects grow bigger and more complex, particularly in Asia and other developing regions. It is increasingly necessary to bring a profound understanding of a whole range of building typologies to a project. On a single mixed-use project the designer may need to have an understanding of infrastructure, of the design of large spaces, of residential and of office use, and of retail design. While no individual is likely to be highly experienced in all these fields, the web of experience on which Aedas can draw means that as much expertise as is necessary can be brought to bear on a single project.

A high-quality design is one that satisfies all the technical needs of the building user and complies with all the local codes and regulations. While it should look beautiful and contain uplifting and usable spaces, it must also be functional in terms of structural integrity, durability and environmental performance. These are all areas to which Aedas pays close attention. At the

same time, quality design does not just repeat the successful solutions of the past, but moves forward to create new answers that question the past and the present to create the buildings of the future. Aedas is never afraid to question received wisdom because it knows that it has the solid technical skills that allow it to excel by taking design in new directions. This freedom to question is enhanced by the widespread adoption of three-dimensional design which makes it possible to propose and test solutions that otherwise might have seemed impossible.

Clients who commission buildings from Aedas can be confident that they are receiving designs that are built on a sound basis of the very best knowledge, from which they can move forward into new ideas with the confidence that they will be as technically appropriate as the most well-tried solutions.

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Aedas is able to lead the industry by designing projects that are larger or faster or more difficult than has been done before thanks to its unrivalled resource of talent and expertise. It is confident that it has the best knowledge because it is always feeding back information within the organisation – about failures as well as successes. It is as important to know what has not worked on a building as it is to know what has worked well. The company’s sophisticated intranet allows staff to access drawings and details of past projects, as well as to draw on the experiences of those who were involved.

It is this strong base of knowledge that allows the company to be confident that when it undertakes a project of unparalleled ambition, such as a requirement to build 10 million square feet of property in Macao at a speed that was previously unheard of, it will achieve its targets.

The company is also using its computing expertise, and particularly its expertise in three-dimensional modelling, to make the

construction process faster, safer and more reliable. It does this by transmitting information to factories making components and sub-assemblies so that as much of a project as possible can be completed within the safe and controlled environment of a factory, rather than in the less controllable environment of a building site. If work on site is reduced to the assembly of pre-made components, then the project will be less constrained by the restrictions imposed by the size of the site, by access and by the weather.

The structure of Aedas encourages as many people as possible to develop as leaders within their fields. For some this may involve taking part in research projects within the organisation. Others will be more outward facing. By lecturing, teaching or sitting on regulatory committees and organisations, they can make a contribution to their communities but also bring back vital knowledge into the company, helping Aedas not only to become a leader within the profession but also to design leading-edge buildings for its clients.

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The teams at Aedas are as firmly rooted in their communities as possible. Individuals are encouraged to play an active role, whether within local business organisations, through sport or charities, or by taking part in initiatives such as greening an area or performing in the arts. This reflects the practice’s approach to corporate social responsibility, but also its belief that only through a profound understanding of a community, whether of a village, a city, a region or a country, is it possible to deliver the very best and most appropriate architecture.

Architects at Aedas take the briefing process very seriously and communicate thoroughly with clients and potential clients, but there may well be unspoken assumptions that are so embedded in the culture of a place that nobody will think to communicate them. Through their close links with the community, members of the Aedas team, whether they were recruited locally or have moved there from another city or country, can be confident that they have built up a depth of understanding which will allow them to understand the expectations and desires of clients.

This approach also means that the architects and other designers at Aedas have a strong sense of place that they can bring to all their designs, ensuring that they are appropriate and suited to their environment. By building strong links with other design professionals, Aedas can form the most appropriate and effective partnerships on the projects that it carries out.

By making engagement with the community a priority, the practice can ensure that team members, at all levels of the organisation, will not feel that they are too busy or too pressured to participate.

In addition to their role within the local community, everybody at Aedas is part of the international Aedas community, building links within the organisation which allow them to call on the very best of expertise from around the world.

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Page 10 Holland Park School

Client: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 25,000 sq m

A new academy that consolidates an existing 1950’s campus into a more compact footprint and provides a flexible teaching environment for the 21st Century.

Page 12 Olympia 66

Client: Hang Lung Properties 221,900 sq m

Award-winning new retail centre designed with an oriental overtone. Inspired by the twin carp, a typical symbol in Chinese New Year paintings, the centre’s design is synonymous with wealth and abundance.

Page 14 Chengdu Ya’an City Panda Bio-Island Masterplan

Client: Hong Tao Architect 310,000 sq m

This masterplan addresses the area’s ecological sensitivities and creates a unique environment that will accommodate multiple facilities including a new retail centre and 6-star hotel.

Page 18 AIG Asia Headquarters

Client: AIG 7,800 sq m

The six and a half floor redesign encompassed executive areas over the top two floors, with an interconnecting staircase. Innovative use of simple materials and silk fabric and timber screens, brought a touch of Asian ambience to the space.

Page 30 Boulevard Plaza

Client: Emaar Properties PJSC62,927 sq m

Boulevard Plaza stands as a model of innovation and respect for the community. Its design realized the client’s vision for an elegant commercial development and provides flexible units that are modularized to standard layouts for simple construction, rational space and cost efficiency.

Page 34 Express Rail Link West Kowloon Terminus

Client: MTR Corporation Ltd.674,000 sq m

Connecting Hong Kong to Beijing, this high-speed rail terminus station will be part of the world’s largest rail network. With fifteen tracks it will be the largest below ground terminus station in the world and will offer the amenities of an international airport rather than a rail station, accommodating immigration domains for both Hong Kong and China.

Page 36 Darwen Academy

Client: DFES and Rod Aldridge14,000 sq m

This new academy provides a benchmark environment, bringing together teaching and learning in new ways. Accommodating 1600 students, it offers a flexible accommodation around two atriums that step up the landscape, creating varied and dynamic internal spaces within a simple exterior form.

Page 38 Star Performing Arts Centre Client: CapitaLand Ltd. and Rock Productions Pte Ltd. 62,000 sq m

The new performing arts complex will provide a rich entertainment, lifestyle and shopping experience for One North and the wider Singapore community. The design offers an imaginative approach linking all the facilities into a journey of discovery from the public to the performance venues.

Page 20 Toronto Metro Stations

Client: Toronto Transit Commission22,500 sq m

The design of two new below-ground stations will provide a strategic interchange between private car, subway, light rail and local bus services and minimise passenger circulation distances.

Page 22 Global Design Summit

Recognising the importance of design and collaboration, Aedas has developed a programme that brings together employees from around the world to collaborate and develop the best designs for a number of projects within the practice. The outcome provides each project with the expertise and fresh approach from Aedas’ global regions to create dynamic and inspirational results.

Page 26 Al Bahr Towers

Client: Abu Dhabi Investment Council52,000 sq m

The design for this new headquarters provides a landmark for the City of Abu Dhabi. Its concept, derived from an algorithmic composition, informed by Islamic principles of design, generated the design of the twin 25-storey office towers.

Page 28 MTRC Sunny Bay Station

Client: MTR Corporation Ltd.9,500 sq m

This interchange station for the Disneyland Resort Line connects the Tung Chung Line and is the starting point for a unique railway journey. Its curved fabric roof on a lightweight steel structure establishes it as a benchmark of sustainable design and integration with the natural environment.

Page 42 Arabian Performance Venue

Client: Sama Duani Llc650,890 sq m

Surrounded by sand and occupying its own island in the middle of a nature reserve, this performing arts centre features walls which contain water to become the main entry foyer to the complex. Entering the glass cube elevator, one rises out of the water and arrives at a traditional forecourt for the 2500 seat performance venue 100 m above the ground.

Page 44 Dubai Mosque

Concept Design3,500 sq m

Dedicated as a centre for information and education, this mosque incorporates contemporary design with Islamic influence. Its design begins at the dome, rep-resenting heaven and flows downwards to the main prayer and function areas which represent heaven’s accessibility to all.

Page 46 Walkden High School

Client: Salford City Council and The Learning Partnership12,280 sq m

Based on an off-site manufactured kit-of-parts, the design concept for this college will be implemented on multiple school buildings, thereby increasing value and driving down costs. The school breaks away from traditional patterns of educational delivery and offers the opportunity to update pedagogical practices typically limited by cellular arrangements of teacher-led classrooms.

Page 50 CX 2-1

Client: Prominent fi lm and entertainment company 21,468 sq m

The eight-storey complex is designed to house the regional headquarters and production facility of a world renowned film and entertainment company. The design challenges its guidelines to fulfil the various requirements, achieving an average net gross area efficiency of over 80% and creating a strong civic identity.

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Page 52 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Client: Suzhou Industrial Park Education Development and Investment Company46,160 sq m

The design of this new university takes into consideration the city’s rich cultural traditions and rapid economic development to offer a world-class university committed to the training of highly skilled experts in the fields of science, engineering, and management.

Page 54 Empire Tower

Client: Empire Holdings90,206 sq m

This 60-storey luxury residential tower maximises its presence with vertical layers expanding to its property lines. The design standardizes units and arranges the section, maximising views to the park and beyond towards the sea. This option was instrumental to the project’s financial viability as it was fundamental to pre-sales within a very competitive market.

Page 58 Xiamen International Cruise Terminal

Client: Xiamen Ports Group Co. Ltd.81,274 sq m

The design concept of this terminal building draws inspiration from the wave forms generated by the sea. The roof design allows for maximum natural lighting and ventilation within the building, also assisting with energy saving objectives.

Page 60 Pazhou Exhibition Complex

Client: Nam Fung Development159,329 sq m

Situated in an area dedicated to exhibition activities, this unique development is comprised of four distinct uses, split between two sites separated 160 metres by an existing building. Its success is the horizontal movement which maximizes a dialogue between the two sites, moving beyond the middle structure, providing a unified expression of this complex.

Page 74 Pentominium

Client: Trident International Holdings 114,543 sq m

Potentially the tallest residential tower in the world, this new building responds to the extreme conditions of the site: the density and proximity of the neighbours and the extreme environment of Dubai. The design solution offers two distinct sides. The first offers a smooth south-oriented side and the other a staggered side of alternating sky-gardens and apartments.

Page 76 Dubai Metro

Client: Road and Transport Authority Total of 70 km of lines and 45 stations

Designed as the first metro system in the Middle East, this new transport development includes 47 metro stations and related depot buildings comprised along the 47 km Red Line and the 10 km Green Line. The distinctive landmark structures provide a consistent design language capable of responding to the particular requirements of individual stations.

Page 78 The Luxe Manor

Client: Cova Holdings Ltd

Consisting of 153 standard rooms, six theme suites, a lobby, business centre and two F&B outlets, the unique design for this small boutique hotel is quirky and fun yet homely and stylish.

Page 79 The View at Sands Macao-Hotel

Client: Venetian Macao Ltd.

An exclusive top-floor lounge at The Sands, the brief demanded peerless opulence, with four private gambling rooms, a distinctive bar and lounge, and a cigar and wine room. Additionally, the option of ‘privatising’ areas was deemed vital in appealing to guests, and was therefore integrated into the overall planning.

Page 62 Alexandra House & Prince’s Building

Client: Hongkong Land 7,905 sq m

Renovations of the landmark retail centres of Hong Kong’s central district include Alexandra House, Prince’s Building and Chatter House. The design introduces flagship high-end retail stores, transforming the building facades to allow for brand exposure, enhancing the shopper’s experience.

Page 66 North Star

Client: Beijing North Star Company Ltd.161,780 sq m

Ideally positioned within a larger masterplan this new mixed-use centre serves as the anchor of the overall development. The design concept of this landmark represents water flowing between two rocks which is depicted in the retail component enveloped by the commercial and residential towers anchored to each side of the site.

Page 68 Hong Kong International Airport – North Satellite Concourse

Client: Airport Authority Hong Kong 18,900 sq m

This extension to the existing main passenger terminal at one of the world’s busiest airports provides a stand-alone fully operational passenger concourse with ten bridge-served frontal stands for aircrafts and vehicle connection to the existing Terminal 1. The new design ensures a pleasant passenger experience through arrivals, departures and transfers.

Page 70 St John’s Church of england Primary School

Client: Blackburn Diocese 1,500 sq m

Developed to maximise space and light within a small urban site, the design of this new school includes a 16 place nursery and 1FE primary school. The design addresses the site’s limitations by allocating classrooms above a ground floor dedicated to administration use. Each storey of teaching space features its own play-deck, culminating in a large rooftop playground.

Page 82 Keynsham Regeneration Project

Client: Bath & North East Somerset Council9,447 sq m

This redevelopment aims to revitalise the community, making better use of its current amenities and to ultimately encourage wider investment within the town. To achieve this, new retail units, library, links to the park and adaptable public spaces will be added.

Page 84 Welsh Assembly

Client: The National Assembly for Wales8,400 sq m

This new multi-functional office development serves as a focal point for enquiries from members of the public and offers an open floor plan to accommodate 650 workstations, reception, meeting rooms, conference facilities, library and breakout areas. The building straddles the existing embankment with a two-storey accommodation on the upper terrace and three storeys to the lower.

Page 86 Aedas in the Community Initiative

An integral part of our company values of commitment, integrity and innovation, social responsibility is incorporated into every aspect of our business activities. Using the resources of our global reach, our technology and the energy and passion of our staff, we are building stronger communities to create positive social and environmental change around the world.

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Aedas will continue to pursue its ambition to be not the biggest but the best architectural practice in the world. It will concentrate on continuing to improve its design skills and its use of technology, and continue to strengthen its interactions with the communities that it serves. It will look for opportunities in new geographic markets, and where it sees those opportunities it will approach them by setting up local offices employing local people. In this way it will maintain its unique strength as a global business that operates locally, producing locally appropriate architecture to the highest international standards. For example, it is setting up an office in Indonesia, and looking at opportunities in Cambodia and in two more cities in China.

The company recognises the challenges of a future with limited resources, with increasing urbanisation and growing concerns about

sustainability. It intends to face those challenges by further developing its expertise so that it can provide the best possible sustainable and affordable buildings.

Aedas will continue to be a learning organisation, improving its research capability and its ability to disseminate that research. It is proud of its computing expertise, and particularly of its leadership in BIM, and it will continue to develop those abilities with the aim eventually of creating the kind of immersive environments that exist in other industries, such as the automotive and airline industries.

Aedas will continue to learn from the buildings it has already completed, so that it can offer the very best in architecture, landscape design and interiors to new and existing clients, in new and existing markets.

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2002-2003Established by AHR in the UK and LPT in Asia, the practice is branded as Aedas

2005-2006Aedas begins work in earnest in the UAE with the opening of its Dubai operation

2004-2005Aedas establishes its R&D group

2006-2007Aedas establishes its Urban Design and Landscape group

2011-2012Completion of one of the world’s first dynamic facades.Today, the Aedas network has grown to include 32 offices in 20 countries

2009-2010Completion of the longest most advanced automated metro system in the world

2007-2008Aedas expands its Interiors group to Singapore & Middle East

2010-2011Aedas named as International Practice of the Year by the Architect’s Journal

2003-2004 The newly formed Aedas network includes 14 offices

2008-2009Aedas combines Building Consultancy services

Hong Kong31/F One Island East 18 Westlands Road Quarry Bay, Hong KongT +852 2861 1728 hongkong@aedas.com

AlmatyPark Palace, B/Wing, Ground Floor41 Kazibek Bi Street050010, Almaty, KazakhstanT +7 (8) 727 295 4748 almaty@aedas.com

BeijingRoom 603, E-Tower, No. C12 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang DistrictBeijing 100020, PRCT +86 (10) 6586 2020 china@aedas.com

ChengduUnit 1301, Office Tower at Shangri-La Centre Block B No.9 Bin Jiang East Road Chengdu 610021, PRCT +86 (28) 8444 1338china@aedas.com

Hanoi#17-02, Prime Centre 53 Quang Trung Street Hai Ba Trung District Hanoi, VietnamT +84 (4) 3944 9156 hanoi@aedas.com

Ho Chi Minh City6th Floor, Central Park Office Building 117-119-121 Nguyen Du St Ben Thanh Ward, District 1 Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamT +84 (8) 3911 0368 hcmc@aedas.com

KarachiF42/I Kehkashan, Block 4 Clifton, Karachi, Sindh PakistanT +92 (21) 3582 3731karachi@aedas.com

MacauAvenida Xian Xing Hai N°105 Centro Golden Dragon7 andar D, Nape, MacaoT +853 2875 5530macau@aedas.com

New Delhi1304, 13th Floor, Naurang House 21 Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi 110 001, IndiaT +91 (11) 4291 0000india@aedas.com

ShanghaiUnit 3101 K.Wah Center1010 Huai Hai Zhong Road Xuhui DistrictShanghai 200031, PRCT +86 (21) 6157 0100china@aedas.com

ShenyangRm 2-3-2, No. 19-3 Beijing Road, ShenHe District Shenyang 110013, PRCT +86 (10) 6586 2020china@aedas.com

Singapore10 Hoe Chiang Road #11-01 Keppel Towers Singapore 089315T +65 6734 4733singapore@aedas.com

Abu DhabiUnit 301, Building C2 First Gulf Bank Development Al Bateen, P.O. Box 41098 Abu Dhabi, U.A.ET +971 (2) 6359 887abudhabi@aedas.com

Bahrain5th Floor, Salahuddin Building 123, Road 402 Manama 304, P.O. Box 111 Kingdom of BahrainT +973 1721 2887bahrain@aedas.com

DohaFirst Floor, Regus BuildingD Ring Road, P.O. Box 2687Doha, State of QatarT +974 4423 1151doha@aedas.com

DubaiUnit 10-13, 8th Floor BurJuman Business Tower Trade Center Road, P.O. Box 49927 Dubai, U.A.ET +971 (4) 3557 233dubai@aedas.com

London5-8 Hardwick St London EC1R 4RG, UKT +44 (0)20 7837 9789 london@aedas.com

BirminghamColmore Plaza 20 Colmore Circus Birmingham B4 6AT, UKT +44 (0)121 456 1591 birmingham@aedas.com

Bristol8th Floor Clifton Heights Triangle West Bristol BS8 1EJ, UKT +44 (0)117 929 9146 bristol@aedas.com

Edinburgh10 Coates Crescent Edinburgh EH3 7AL, UKT +44 (0)131 226 7280 edinburgh@aedas.com

GlasgowNo 1 Cadogan Square Cadogan Street Glasgow G2 7HF, UKT +44 (0)141 225 0555 glasgow@aedas.com

HuddersfieldNorwich Union House High StreetHuddersfield HD1 2LF, UKT +44 (0)148 453 7411 huddersfield@aedas.com

KatowiceDrzymaly 9 lok. 10 40-059 Katowice, PolandT +48 32 750 6070katowice@aedas.com

Kiev38a Honchara Street01034 Kiev, Ukrainekiev@aedas.com

Leeds7 Brewery Place, Brewery Wharf Leeds LS10 1NE, UKT +44 (0)113 385 8787 leeds@aedas.com

Liverpool10 Duke Street Liverpool L1 5AS, UKT +44 (0)151 702 7000liverpool@aedas.com

ManchesterParsonage Chambers 3 The Parsonage Manchester M3 2HW, UKT +44 (0)161 828 7900 manchester@aedas.com

MoscowBolshaya Nikitskaya Street 12Block 1 (entrance 2, level 4)125009, RussiaT +7 495 629 9083moscow@aedas.com

Shrewsbury21 St Mary’s Street Shrewsbury SY1 1ED, UKT +44 (0)1743 283 000 shrewsbury@aedas.com

WarsawEmilii Plater Street 1800-688 Warsaw, PolandT +48 22 389 8500 warsaw@aedas.com

Los Angeles1319 Abbot Kinney BlvdLos Angeles, CA 90291, USAT +1 310 314 5200losangeles@aedas.com

Toronto5415 Dundas St. W, Suite 214Toronto, ON, M9B 1B5, CanadaT +1 416 237 0600canada@aedas.com

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