Aedas

Aedas
legal form
founding	2002
Seat	London , UK
management	Malcolm Ellis
sales	£ 49.6 million
Website	www.aedas.com

Aedas is the largest architecture firm in the world in terms of the number of employed architects . It emerged in 2002 from a merger of two British offices and one Hong Kong office . With 1,020 employed architects, Aedas was the fourth largest architecture firm in the world in 2007 (behind Gensler , HOK , Nikken Sekkei and ahead of Foster + Partners , SOM ).

Aedas has a total of 32 offices on all continents with the exception of Australia. The architecture office is primarily active in the United Arab Emirates, with a focus on Dubai , as there is currently high construction activity there. Aedas covers the entire spectrum of architectural services . There is also a research and development department. In the field of architecture, Aedas usually has several projects in its portfolio for almost every use. Aedas has already built cultural buildings, university and school buildings, hospitals, hotels, residential and office buildings, shopping centers, public buildings, stadiums as well as traffic and industrial buildings. When it comes to leisure and amusement buildings, Aedas is - in terms of sales - the second largest architecture firm in the world. Aedas also works in the field of town planning ( master plans, etc.) and garden and landscape architecture .

chosen projects

Ocean Heights in Dubai

One of the best-known designs is the Pentominium currently under construction in Dubai (construction currently suspended due to economic problems).

Here is a list of the most important Aedas projects:

The Venetian Macao , Macao (2007)
Ocean Heights , Dubai (2010)
Marina Bay Sands , Singapore (2010)
Administration and Information Center of Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University , Suzhou (2013)
NFL Stadium , Los Angeles (2011)

under construction:

The Wharf Times Square , Wuxi, China (under construction, 2014)
DAMAC Heights , Dubai (under construction, 2016)
Pentominium , Dubai (construction suspended)
West Kowloon Station , Hong Kong (under construction, 2015)

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.bdonline.co.uk/wa-100/wa100-2012/tables/top-100-architects/ (registration required)
^ Rowan Moore: The rise of Aedas is a triumph for efficiency. The Guardian , accessed December 18, 2011 .
↑ Aedas: Our Story (Eng.)
↑ The Big List - 2007 World Architecture 100 by the British architecture magazine Building Design .
↑ Aedas: About Us (Engl.)
↑ Aedas: Research and development (Engl.)
↑ Aedas: architectural projects (Engl.)
↑ Excerpts from the “Big List” from 2011 (PDF; 496 kB) of the British architecture magazine “Building Design”.
↑ Aedas: NFL Stadium Los Angeles, USA (Eng.)

Web links

[1] ttp://www.bdonline.co.uk/wa-100/wa100-2012/tables/top-100-architects/ (registration required)

[2] Rowan Moore: The rise of Aedas is a triumph for efficiency. The Guardian , accessed December 18, 2011 .

[3] Aedas: Our Story (Eng.)

[4] The Big List - 2007 World Architecture 100 by the British architecture magazine Building Design .

[5] Aedas: About Us (Engl.)

[6] Aedas: Research and development (Engl.)

[7] Aedas: architectural projects (Engl.)

[8] Excerpts from the “Big List” from 2011 (PDF; 496 kB) of the British architecture magazine “Building Design”.

[9] Aedas: NFL Stadium Los Angeles, USA (Eng.)