In the Infrastructure category, Foster + Partners, FR-EE won the first place award for Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de Mexico in Autodesk’s 2017 AEC Excellence Awards. Image courtesy of Foster + Partners
long concourse and multiple train platforms 150 feet beneath Grand Central Station, as well as major renovations of Harold Interlocking, the busiest railway junction in the country. Third place in the Infrastructure category went to Norconsult AS for Arna-Bergen, Ulriken Tunnel. The Arna-Bergen, Ulriken Tunnel is the first use of a tunnel boring machine in Norway. When the new parallel tunnel is finished, double tracks will run between Arna and Bergen, providing more frequent departures between the cities and updated sta- tions to accommodate the new trains. In the Building category, Dubai Future Foundation, Killa Design, Bu- roHappold Engineering, BAM Higgs & Hill, and Transgulf received the first place award for the Museum of the Future. Located adjacent to Emirates Towers in Dubai, the $136 million, 30,000-square-meter iconic building will have an instantly recognizable distorted torus shape, epitomized by its futuristic stainless-steel façade with illumi- nated glazed Arabic calligraphy. Second place in the Building category went to Tianjin Architecture
Design Institute for the Hohhot City Saihan District National Fitness Center Project. The project in Inner Mongolia is being designed and constructed to encourage participation in China’s 2016-2020 National Fitness Plan. With a site consisting of 91,437 square meters and a total construction area of 33,000 square meters, the building is divided into two zones that include a multi-functional gymnasium with 5,000 seats for sports events and fitness facilities. Dubai Expo 2020 Bureau won third place in the Building category for Expo 2020 Dubai. Between its opening day on Oct. 20, 2020 and its close on April 10, 2021, the $6.8 billion Expo 2020 Dubai will bring together 180 countries, each with its own pavilion, and the capacity to welcome as many as 270,000 visitors per day. The enclosed area of the expo will occupy 2 million square meters with the remaining 2.4 million square meters for amenities and facilities. In the Construction category, China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd. won the first place award for the Tianjin Chow Tai Fook Financial Center Project. Expected for completion in the fall of 2019, Tianjin Chow Tai Fook Financial Center will be a striking
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