Aedas

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Aedas
Company typeLimited liability company
Industry Architecture
Founded2002;23 years ago (2002)
Headquarters
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Area served
International
Key people
 Keith Griffiths (chairman) [1]
Services
Website www.aedas.com

Aedas is an architectural firm founded by the Welsh architect Keith Griffiths. Aedas employs 1,000 staff in its twelve offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, Dubai, Riyadh, Delhi and Seattle and provides services in architecture, interior design, urban design, masterplanning and graphic design. It was established in 2002. [4]

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History

Establishment

Aedas was established in 2002 and opened its first China office in the same year. [5]

Aedas was appointed to design Fortune Plaza 1 (2003). Other mixed-commercial projects in Beijing include, 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).[ citation needed ]

Aedas Singapore was appointed to design various rail works of Jurong East Integrated Transport Hub and MRT stations. [6] Also, Aedas completed mixed-use and residential projects including The Star, [7] Shaw Tower [8] and Woodlands North Coast. [9]

In Macau, Aedas delivered its first integrated casino resort project, Sands Macau in 2004. [10] Aedas was commissioned as lead architect for The Venetian Macao (2007). [11]

The company was commissioned to design Dubai Metro (2004). The Dubai office was established in 2005 [12] and the Abu Dhabi office was set up in 2007. [13] In 2010 and 2011, Ocean Heights, [14] Boulevard Plaza [15] and Ubora Towers, [16] in Dubai, were completed.

Aedas continues to expand its presence in the Middle East with plans to establish offices in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to seize emerging opportunities in the region. The company is planning to open an office in Cairo to support the delivery of a large-scale masterplan project in Egypt.

Notable projects

Work in mixed-commercial sector (2010s)

Aedas' designed completed mixed-commercial projects include The Star in Singapore (2012), [25] Lè Architecture in Taipei (2017), Starlight Place in Chongqing (2011), [26] Center 66 in Wuxi (2014), Evergrande Plaza in Chengdu (2015), Sincere Financial Center in Chongqing (2015), [27] and Olympia 66 in Dalian (2015).

In 2006, Aedas established a Seattle office to expand its footprints and completed Building Cure [28] . Aedas was included in Building Design magazine’s list of the world’s largest architectural practices since 2006. [29] It remains in Top 15 to date. [30]

Recent work

Aedas has completed more than one-hundred projects. [31] Projects include:

References

  1. ↑ Wainwright, Oliver (2014-07-15). "China town: meet the architecture giant with Asian designs on London". The Guardian . Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  2. ↑ Barandy, Kat (2021-06-23). "Aedas to introduce its landmark 'guanyun qiantang city' to the heart of hangzhou". Designboom . Archived from the original on 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  3. ↑ Sito, Peggy (2016-04-08). "Why China's new urban playbook creates business opportunities for international architects". South China Morning Post . Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  4. ↑ Faulconbridge, James R. (2009-10-16). "The Regulation of Design in Global Architecture Firms: Embedding and Emplacing Buildings" . Urban Studies. 46 (12): 2537–2554. doi:10.1177/0042098009344227. ISSN   0042-0980. S2CID   110150461.
  5. ↑ National enterprise credit information. [ permanent dead link ] Retrieved 21 June 2017
  6. ↑ "Aedas Reveals Design for TransportHub in Singapore". ArchDaily. 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  7. ↑ Betsky, Aaron (2013-05-20). "The Star, designed by Andrew Bromberg for Aedas". www.architectmagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  8. ↑ "Singapore Shaw Tower Redevelopment // Aedas - Architizer Journal". Journal. 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  9. ↑ Howell, Paul (2021-04-20). "Aedas builds community spaces that can be accessed 24/7". Real Estate Asia. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  10. ↑ "The Asian Venice". Casino Style Magazine. 2010-04-27.
  11. ↑ "Aedas – The Venetian Macao (Macao)". Architecture Scope. Archived from the original on 2015-10-23.
  12. ↑ Griffiths, Keith (2016-11-27). "After all those towers in China, it's time to care for a few in my Welsh homeland". The Times . Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  13. ↑ "Aedas expends in the middle east". Construction week online. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  14. ↑ "Ocean Heights".[ dead link ]
  15. ↑ "Boulevard Plaza 1". Skyscraper Center. Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  16. ↑ "The Global Tall Building Database of the CTBUH. U-Bora Tower". Skyscraper center. Archived from the original on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  17. ↑ "Hong Kong West Kowloon Station / Andrew Bromberg at Aedas". ArchDaily. 2019-03-08. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  18. ↑ "Passenger Clearance Building / RSHP + Aedas". ArchDaily. 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  19. ↑ "Hong Kong International Airport Midfield Concourse". Architect Magazine. 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  20. ↑ "Chongqing Gaoke Group Ltd Office Project". architectmagazine.com. 2019-09-09. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  21. ↑ "Hengqin International Financial Center / Aedas". archdaily.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  22. ↑ "The Star Performing Arts Centre Completed In Singapore - eVolo" . Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  23. ↑ "Sandcrawler / Andrew Bromberg of Aedas". ArchDaily. 2014-08-07. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  24. ↑ "Heartland 66 | Aedas". Archello. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  25. ↑ "The Star / Andrew Bromberg of Aedas". Arch Daily. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  26. ↑ Grieco, Lauren (2012-05-16). "Aedas: starlight place". Designboom . Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  27. ↑ "Sincere Financial Center Tower A Chongqing". Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  28. ↑ "Seattle Children's Research Institute - Building Cure". www.flad.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  29. ↑ "The rise of Aedas is a triumph for efficiency". the Guardian. 2011-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  30. ↑ "WA100 2022: The big list". Building Design. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  31. ↑ "Aedas realigns international practice". Building Hong Kong. 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  32. ↑ "Aedas Dubai design wins office and retail award". ConstructionWeekOnline.
  33. ↑ "Modernity in Transition The Reshaping of Modern Commercial Architecture in Central" (PDF). HKIA Journal. HK: HKIA. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2001.
  34. ↑ Airport building designs. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  35. ↑ "R&F Center". architectmagazine.com.
  36. ↑ "Lè Architecture". architectmagazine.com.
  37. ↑ Stevens, Philip (2018-10-17). "Aedas conceives office building in taiwan as a 165-meter-tall bamboo shoot". Designboom . Archived from the original on 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
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