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Santiago Calatrava, a celebrated architect, engineer, and artist, launched Calatrava Valls S.A. in Zurich in 1983, after being commissioned to design and build the new Stadelhofen Station - the key city-center node in Zurich's suburban rail network. Soon after, he won the competition to design and build the Bac de Roda Bridge in Barcelona, Spain. This was the first of many projects that helped establish his international reputation. Calatrava’s Zurich-based office continues to execute world-renowned architecture such as the railway train stations in Liège, Belgium and Reggio-Emilia, Italy, as well as the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio De Janeiro. In 1989, Calatrava opened a second office in Paris, France to oversee design and construction of the Lyon-Saint-Exupéry Airport TGV Railway Station. A Valencia office was opened in 1991 to support the growing work in his birth country. Notable projects include: the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Sondica Airport in Bilbao, Oriente Station in Lisbon, the Tenerife Opera House in the Canary Islands, and the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. Calatrava's first project in the United States, the extension to the Milwaukee Art Museum, was completed in 2001. In 2003, Calatrava opened a new office in New York City to design the World Trade Center Transportation Hub at Ground Zero. In the ensuing twelve years, he has projected designs for the Performing Arts Center for Zuan Ye University outside of Taipei, as well as the Innovation, Science, and Technology building and Master Plan of Florida Polytechnic University. Micael Calatrava, the Chief Executive Officer of Calatrava International LLC, opened a branch in Qatar in 2013, followed by an office in the UAE in 2016. The firm’s most notable projects in this region include the design of Sharq Crossing in Doha, the upcoming tallest tower in the world, Dubai Creek Tower in Dubai, and the UAE Pavilion at Expo 2020. For project inquiries: admin.dubai@calatrava.com

The founders of CONIX RDBM Architects are the architects Christine Conix, Jorden Goossenaerts and Frederik Jacobs. Our organisation consists of a multidisciplinary team of 65 members operating from offices in Antwerp, Brussels, Rotterdam and Terneuzen. Because every project is unique, we do not focus on a specific building typology. Our extensive portfolio includes new buildings, reconstructions and renovations in the field of residential projects, care centres, government projects, schools, cultural projects, commercial buildings, offices, banks, industrial projects, but also property developments, masterplanning, interior design and product design. Our ultimate goal is to create architecture that offers an added value to its users as well as to the society as a whole. We want our architecture to be functional, flexible and aesthetic, for now and for the future. Since March 2017 CONIX RDBM Architects entered into a partnership with Lieve De Cock, LiPS –bridging Life.People.Space. LiPS is an advice and study office that offers innovative, evidence based solutions and process guidance for all stakeholders, who aim to create an added value in the approach of complex social and spatial challenges of various scales. www.lips.team

Follow Groupe 6 architects official account on Linkedin. All the news, the new members of the staff, the new projects. Figurant parmi les premières agences d’architecture en France, Groupe-6 est installée à Paris et Grenoble et compte près de 140 collaborateurs. L'agence Groupe-6 est née dans les années 70, revendiquant avant l'heure l'idée du collectif au point d'en faire son nom. Près de 50 ans plus tard, la pertinence de ce modèle s'impose, avec ses interactions multiples, ses complémentarités générationnelles, sa régénération permanente, sa vivacité collective. Depuis les projets fondateurs du Mémorial de Vassieux-en-Vercors au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Grenoble, du Pôle Francilien à la Caserne de Bonne, les projets de Groupe-6 démontrent sa polyvalence, son approche toujours contextuelle, la richesse de son vocabulaire architectural, son souci permanent du détail et de la qualité constructive, et sa constante attention aux usages, dans ces programmes complexes pour lesquels les architectes de Groupe-6 ont développé une véritable expertise. L’agence a livré récemment les projets de l'Hôpital Riviera-Chablais, Vaud-Valais, en Suisse, l'Ecole de Management de Normandie / Cité numérique du Havre, IntenCity Schneider Electric à Grenoble, le Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, Cap3000 à Nice, le Pôle Biologie-Pharmacie-Chimie à Saclay... D'importants chantiers sont actuellement en cours, parmi lesquels le centre d'exploitation du Grand Paris Express à Aulnay-sous-Bois et l'Hôpital de Reims.