Aedas

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Aedas
Company typeLimited liability company
Industry Architecture
Founded2002;22 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 has eleven international offices 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.

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 was in partnership with Davis Brody Bond and completed Building Cure, [28] and established a Seattle office to expand its footprints since then. Aedas was included in Building Design magazine’s list of the world’s ten largest architectural practices since 2006. [29] It remains in Top 10 to date. [30]

Recent work

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

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