Aedas
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Company type | Limited liability company |
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Industry | Architecture |
Headquarters | |
Area served | International |
Key people | Chairman - Keith Griffiths Global Board - Andrew Bromberg Frank McGoldrick Ken Yip Kai Wai Kevin Jose Maxwell Connop Tony Kong Siong Ang Andy Zi Xin Wen David Clayton Christine Ching Hang Lam |
Services | Architecture, interior design, landscape, urban design, masterplanning, graphic design |
Website | www |
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Aedas is an international architectural firm that provides services in architecture, interior design, landscape design, urban design, masterplanning, and graphics. It was established in 2002 as an alliance between three existing companies in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Australia.
History
Establishment
Aedas was established in 2002 as an international alliance between British architecture firm Abbey Holford Rowe, Peddle Thorp of Australia, and LPT Architects (formerly Liang Peddle Thorpe) of Hong Kong. At that time, Peddle Thorp and LPT already had an existing alliance. The three firms were respectively renamed Aedas AHR, Aedas Peddle Thorp, and Aedas LPT.[1] It was planned to drop the suffixes over time, and the offices eventually adopted the simpler "Aedas" brand.[2]
Aedas opened its first China office in Beijing in 2002 [3] and was appointed to design Fortune Plaza 1 (2003). Other mixed-commercial projects in Beijing include TG Harbour View Apartment, R&F City, R&F Plaza and R&F Centre in Beijing. The company set up offices in Macau (2004), Shanghai (2005) and Chengdu (2005).
In Macau, Aedas delivered its first integrated casino resort project Sands Macau [4] in 2004. Aedas was commissioned as Lead Architect for The Venetian Macao (2007), [5] Four Seasons Hotel Macau (2008), Sands Cotai Central (2012), Marina Bay Sands (Singapore; 2011) [6] and The Parisian Macao (2016). [7]
The company was commissioned to design Dubai Metro (2004). The Dubai office was established in 2005 [8]and the Abu Dhabi office was set up in 2007.[9] In 2010 and 2011, Ocean Heights, [10] Boulevard Plaza[11]and Ubora Towers, [12] all in Dubai, were completed.
Work in mixed-commercial sector (2010s)
Aedas’ completed mixed-commercial projects include The Star (2012)[13] in Singapore; Starlight Place in Chongqing (2011),[14] Center 66 in Wuxi (2014), Evergrande Plaza in Chengdu (2015), Sincere Financial Center in Chongqing (2015),[15] MOKO in Hong Kong (2015), Olympia 66 in Dalian (2016), Suning Plaza in Xuzhou (2017),[16] China. 65% of Aedas’ work is in China in 2006 and 15% in Southeast Asia. [17]
Since 2014 Aedas has been advocating the design and building of high-density, high-rise city hubs. A paper “City Hubs” was written by Aedas and published by CTBUH 2016 International Conference. [18]
Work in arts and culture sector (2010s)
In 2015, Aedas acquired UK practice RHWL and Arts Team, [19] one of the leading designers of arts and cultural facilities in Europe. Recently completed projects include London Coliseum restoration (2004), Guildhall School of Music and Drama (2013) and Tara Theatre (2016) [20] in London, UK.
Selected projects
Aedas has completed more than 100 projects totaling over 100 million square feet of space around the world. [21] Projects include:
- Boulevard Plaza, Dubai, UAE [22]
- Centres of Central, Hong Kong [23]
- Hong Kong International Airport Midfield Concourse and North Satellite Concourse, Hong Kong [24]
- Olympia 66, Dalian, China
- R&F Centre, Guangzhou, China [25]
- Express Rail Link West Kowloon Terminus, Hong Kong
- Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Central Building, Suzhou, China
References
- ^ "Abbey Holford Rowe forms global alliance". Building. 15 March 2002.
- ^ "Aedas' brand identity built by Siegelgale". Design Week. 14 March 2002.
- ^ National enterprise credit information. [1] Retrieved 21 June 2017
- ^ Far East Global Group Listing. [2] Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ The Venetian Macao. [3] Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ E-architect – Marina Bay Sands. [4] Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ byme.com. [5] Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Dubai metro station. [6] Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Aedas expends in the middle east". Construction week online. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
- ^ Ocean Heights. [7] Retrieved 18 March 2014
- ^ CTBUH Database: Boulevard Plaza. [8] Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ The Global Tall Building Database of the CTBUH. U-Bora Tower. [9] Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ The Star, Andrew Bromberg at Aedas. [10] Retrieved 30 May 2014.
- ^ Starlight Place. [11] Retrieved 30 Aug 2012.
- ^ CTBUH database. [12] Retrieved 18 Aug 2016.
- ^ Suning Real Estate opens another giant shopping centre in China. [13] Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Winds of change at Aedas. [14] Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ "City hubs" (PDF). CTBUH Research paper. HK: BJ. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2005.
- ^ "Aedas snaps up RHWL". The Architects’ Journal. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ Tara Arts. [15] Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ Aedas realigns international practice. [16] Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ "Aedas Dubai design wins office and retail award". ConstructionWeekOnline.
- ^ "Modernity in Transition The Reshaping of Modern Commercial Architecture in Central" (PDF). HKIA Journal. HK: HKIA. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2001.
- ^ Airport building designs. [17] Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "R&F Center". architectmagazine.com.
External links
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