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Champion Tower
Champion Motors Tower, Allied Tower
Building
Completed
2014
Office
All-Concrete
165.3 m / 542 ft
42
3
992
15
65,785 m² / 708,104 ft²
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Proposed
Construction Start
Completed
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
These are firms that consult on the design of a building's faƧade. May often be referred to as "Cladding," "Envelope," "Exterior Wall," or "Curtain Wall" Consultant, however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "FaƧade Consultant" exclusively.
Material Supplier refers to organizations which supplied significant systems/materials for a building project (e.g. elevator suppliers, facade suppliers, etc).
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Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The CTBUH lists a project manager when a specific firm has been commissioned to oversee this aspect of a tall buildingās design/construction. When the project management efforts are handled by the developer, main contract, or architect, this field will be omitted.
The main contractor is the supervisory contractor of all construction work on a project, management of sub-contractors and vendors, etc. May be referred to as "Construction Manager," however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Main Contractor" exclusively.
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
These are firms that consult on the design of a building's faƧade. May often be referred to as "Cladding," "Envelope," "Exterior Wall," or "Curtain Wall" Consultant, however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "FaƧade Consultant" exclusively.
Material Supplier refers to organizations which supplied significant systems/materials for a building project (e.g. elevator suppliers, facade suppliers, etc).
The design of the Champion Tower is a reconciliation between the commercial and office spaces, and between two different objectives for the commercial space at ground level. The main challenge was to connect the two elements, while retaining and enhancing the street fabric. The project owner wanted to accommodate two distinctive car showrooms for Volkswagen and Audi, which led to the idea of breaking the horizontal element in order to create a more human-scaled street frontage for the development. The length of the development was also broken down by way of a pedestrian passageway through the base of the building.
The tower was similarly divided into two distinct vertical elements that have a dialogue with each other. The separation is emphasized by the recessed balconies and the change in cladding between the elements. The dialogue between elements extends up the tower, and from one side to the other, and is tempered by the gray horizontal lines binding the two sides together.
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