Art Norblin

An award-winning building that has raised industry standards for environmental sustainability and wellbeing, One Shelley Street sets a new benchmark for commercial office space in Australia.

Being close to transport links is usually a major asset for a high-rise development. But from a structural engineer’s point of view, there is perhaps such a thing as being too close. At 760ft (232m), 55 Hudson Yards is not the tallest building on the site, but it is one of the most complicated. It sits not on the Eastern Yard deck, but on the subway station itself, and the brief for the office space was also very specific.

Salesforce Tower is an iconic building on the skyline of San Francisco, and the focal point of the Transbay redevelopment area. The tower is located in the SoMa (South-of-Market) district of San Francisco, above the new transit centre which is set to become a major transportation hub for West Coast USA. At a height of 1,000 ft., it will is one of the tallest buildings west of the Mississippi river.

The new Colorado Health Foundation headquarters in Denver, Colorado, is one of the healthiest buildings of the region. The objective of this new 35,000 sq. ft. office building was to reflect the organisation’s principle of promoting health and healthcare.

Credit Suisse has relocated its headquarters to the 8th Arrondissement, a chic neighbourhood in Paris defined by the Avenue Champs Elysée. The new space combines a 19th century exterior with a modern interior.

WSP was commissioned by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to provide engineering design services, and by Mashreq Bank for construction supervision services, for Mashreq Bank’s new headquarters building, located in Dubai’s Downtown Burj Khalifa district. The 72,000m² development site is located opposite Dubai Mall and forms part of the Dubai Properties Group Masterplan area adjacent to Financial Centre Road.

Located in the financial district of Johannesburg, South Africa, 102 Rivonia Road comprises a pair of tower blocks interconnected on a number of floors. The 40,000 m²  office space in one of the towers is home to the African headquarters of global professional services firm EY, with the other tower occupied by various other tenants.

When global law firm Fish & Richardson decided to take space in the prestigious new Wharf development along the Potomac River in Washington, DC, the practice saw an opportunity to overhaul the technology services that underpin its client work.

425 Park Avenue is new 687-foot tall tower in New York located between 55th and 56th Streets in Midtown. It is the first new skyscraper built on Park Avenue in the past 50 years to be dedicated solely to office space.

A fast-track project to convert the landmark 800-room Plaza Hotel into 182 luxury private residences, 282 hotel rooms and suites, and high-end retail space, all requiring different technical solutions.