Etudes de cas

Olympus Oil Rig, Gulf of Mexico, USA, 2012

Oil_Rig Offshore oil rigs have stringent design considerations for mechanical and control systems. Special materials and durability is a must to last in the conditions of salt air. This requires that the mechanicals have special skills.

St. Louis Zoo, Missouri, USA, 2012

ZooStLouis_Sealion Sea Lion Sound is a new exhibit for the Zoo of St. Louis, opening in June 2012. According to the zoo's website: “For the first time anywhere in North America, visitors will walk through an underwater tunnel into the sea lions' habitat to see the animals swimming all around them!....

Sony Corporation Sony City Osaki, Tokyo, Japan, 2012

sonycityosaki_tokyo The R&D facility of Sony Corporation at Sony City Osaki is equipped with a wide range of energy-saving features that ensure an outstanding environmental performance. These include....

Kuhlenwall Karree, Duisburg, Germany, 2012

kuhlenwall The administration building of Sparkasse Duisburg, situated at a first class location in Duisburg’s downtown, became revitalized entirely. In constructional and ecological terms the building was brought to an as-good-as-new-level.

Iberdrola Tower, Bilbao, Spain, 2011

iberdrola-tower-at-night-640x640x80Iberdrola tower is situated in Bilbao, the biggest city of the Basque country, in the North of Spain. The concrete, steel and glass giant is 165 m (541 ft) high, consists of 41 floors and comprises a total of 50 000 square meters. Construction started....