Erik Behrens
Erik Behrens | |
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| Born | May 14, 1975 |
| Alma mater | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Notable work | Waterloo International railway station, Al Wahda Arches, Gordie Howe International Bridge, Oxygen Park |
| Website | https://www.erikbehrens.com/ |
Erik Behrens (born 14 May 1975) is a German architect and designer.[1]
Early life and career
In 2006, Behrens moved to London to join EDAW, where he worked on the design of the London 2012 Olympic Park and its legacy development.[2] His projects have received several national and international awards, including the International Architecture Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum.[3]
In 2020, the Al Wahda Arches in Qatar, a 100-meter-tall immersive public artwork, was completed.[4][5] Behrens served as AECOM’s architecture design director and project leader for the renovation of the Waterloo International railway station.[6] In Saudi Arabia, he is leading the design for an equestrian village in the AlUla desert.[7]
Behrens is the architect of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, the longest Cable-stayed bridge in North America.[8][9] Additionally, he and James Haig Streeter were commissioned by the Qatar Foundation to design Oxygen Park in Doha.[10]
Awards
- 2022 Chicago Athenaeum International Award – Al Wahda Arches
- 2021: Chicago Athenaeum International Award – Oxygen Park[11]
- 2018: ENR Best Global Projects Award – Lusail Expressway
- 2017: Finalist World Architecture Festival – Oxygen Park
- 2016: World Architecture News Future Project Award 2016 – Underwater Domes of Istanbul, Turkey
- 2008: Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture – Greenmetropolis
- 2008: European Urban and Regional Planning Award- Greenmetropolis
Publications
- Archplus, 168 Chinesischer Hochgeschwindigkeits Urbanismus, 2004, ISSN 0587-3452
- MADA in Model, 2005, ISBN 7-80177-305-5/TU
- Urban Landscape 07, Fuck the Context, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, 2007
- Updating Germany 100 Projects for a Better Future, Hatje Cantz Verla, 2008, ISBN 978-3775722629
- New Geographies, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2008, ISBN 978-1-934510-13-1.
- Stadt Bauen, Deutscher Stadtebaupreis 2008, Jovis, ISBN 978-3-939633-88-4
- Ecological Urbanism, Co-published by Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Lars Muller Publishers, 2016, ISBN 978-3037784679
- Territories, Die Stadt aus der Landschaft entwickeln, Birkhauser, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7643-8844-7
Gallery
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Qatar’s capital, Doha, Oxygen Park
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Detroit River, Canada–United States border, Gordie Howe International Bridge
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Lusail Expressway, Onaiza, Qatar, Al Wahda Arches
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References
- ^ "Revisiting the Green Lung of Education City". Scale. 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Oxygen Park is a Green Lung in the Doha Desert". Azure. 10 October 2017.
- ^ "The World's Foremost International Distinguished Building, Landscape Architecture, and Urbanism Awards". Chicago Athenaeum.
- ^ Design, Global (12 September 2022). "Erik Behrens' Gateway Arches for AECOM in Doha transform a monotonous highway infrastructure into a monumental work of public art". Global Design News.
- ^ Behrens, Erik (1 December 2022). "soaring al wahda arches intertwine to mark qatar's thriving future & pearl-diving heritage". designboom, architecture & design magazine. Designboom.
- ^ "Waterloo Station terminal has got a new look". Wallpaper. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "AECOM reveals equestrian village with low-lying and sand-colored units in AlUla desert". World Architecture Community.
- ^ Dunlap, Keith (28 November 2023). "Gordie Howe International Bridge: 5 questions we asked architect as construction continues along U.S.-Canada border". WJXT.
- ^ "AECOM to build the longest cable-stayed bridge in north america". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 14 January 2019.
- ^ "OXYGEN PARK Doha, Qatar".
- ^ Design News, Global (11 October 2021). "Erik Behrens and James Haig Streeter at AECOM devise a man-made 'green lung' park inspired by nature complete with balloon flights above the subterranean grounds". Global Design News.