Erik Behrens

Erik Behrens
Born	(1975-05-14) May 14, 1975 (age 50)
Alma mater	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Occupation	Architect
Notable work	Waterloo International railway station, Al Wahda Arches, Gordie Howe International Bridge, Oxygen Park
Website	https://www.erikbehrens.com/

Erik Behrens (born 14 May 1975) is a German architect and designer. ^[1]

Early life and career

In 2006, Behrens moved to London to join EDAW, where he worked on the design of the London 2012 Olympic Park and its legacy development. ^[2] His projects have received several national and international awards, including the International Architecture Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum. ^[3]

In 2020, the Al Wahda Arches in Qatar, a 100-meter-tall immersive public artwork, was completed. ^{[4] [5]} Behrens served as AECOM’s architecture design director and project leader for the renovation of the Waterloo International railway station. ^[6] InSaudi Arabia, he is leading the design for an equestrian village in the AlUla desert. ^[7]

Behrens is the architect of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, the longest Cable-stayed bridge in North America. ^{[8] [9]} Additionally, he and James Haig Streeter were commissioned by the Qatar Foundation to design Oxygen Park in Doha. ^[10]

Awards

• 2022 Chicago Athenaeum International Award – Al Wahda Arches
• 2021: Chicago Athenaeum International Award – Oxygen Park ^[11]
• 2018: ENR Best Global Projects Award – Lusail Expressway
• 2017: Finalist World Architecture Festival – Oxygen Park
• 2016: World Architecture News Future Project Award 2016 – Underwater Domes of Istanbul, Turkey
• 2008: Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture – Greenmetropolis
• 2008: European Urban and Regional Planning Award- Greenmetropolis

Publications

• Archplus, 168 Chinesischer Hochgeschwindigkeits Urbanismus, 2004, ISSN 0587-3452
• MADA in Model, 2005, ISBN 7-80177-305-5/TU
• Urban Landscape 07, Fuck the Context, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, 2007
• Updating Germany 100 Projects for a Better Future, Hatje Cantz Verla, 2008, ISBN 978-3775722629
• New Geographies, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2008, ISBN 978-1-934510-13-1.
• Stadt Bauen, Deutscher Stadtebaupreis 2008, Jovis, ISBN 978-3-939633-88-4
• Ecological Urbanism, Co-published by Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Lars Muller Publishers, 2016, ISBN 978-3037784679
• Territories, Die Stadt aus der Landschaft entwickeln, Birkhauser, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7643-8844-7

Gallery

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  Qatar’s capital, Doha, Oxygen Park
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  Detroit River, Canada–United States border, Gordie Howe International Bridge
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  Lusail Expressway, Onaiza, Qatar, Al Wahda Arches
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  Waterloo International railway station

References

1. "Revisiting the Green Lung of Education City". Scale. 5 July 2022.
2. "Oxygen Park is a Green Lung in the Doha Desert". Azure. 10 October 2017.
3. "The World's Foremost International Distinguished Building, Landscape Architecture, and Urbanism Awards". Chicago Athenaeum.
4. Design, Global (12 September 2022). "Erik Behrens' Gateway Arches for AECOM in Doha transform a monotonous highway infrastructure into a monumental work of public art". Global Design News.
5. Behrens, Erik (1 December 2022). "soaring al wahda arches intertwine to mark qatar's thriving future & pearl-diving heritage". designboom, architecture & design magazine. Designboom.
6. "Waterloo Station terminal has got a new look". Wallpaper. 6 May 2021.
7. "AECOM reveals equestrian village with low-lying and sand-colored units in AlUla desert". World Architecture Community.
8. Dunlap, Keith (28 November 2023). "Gordie Howe International Bridge: 5 questions we asked architect as construction continues along U.S.-Canada border". WJXT.
9. "AECOM to build the longest cable-stayed bridge in north america". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 14 January 2019.
10. "OXYGEN PARK Doha, Qatar".
11. Design News, Global (11 October 2021). "Erik Behrens and James Haig Streeter at AECOM devise a man-made 'green lung' park inspired by nature complete with balloon flights above the subterranean grounds". Global Design News.