MIPIM Asia 2006: Close Up On Architecture

MIPIM Asia 2006: Close Up On Architecture

September 12, 2006

    HONG KONG, Sept. 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Architects
from around the world will converge on Hong Kong this month
to attend the first edition of MIPIM Asia, the international
Asia Pacific property market, which takes place September
27-29 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

    MIPIM Asia, which will bring together leading companies
involved in the international real estate business, is
proving particularly popular with architecture specialists.
 To date, some 50 architecture practices from 19 countries
will be attending the three-day event.  Three weeks before
its opening, MIPIM Asia already registered some 1,500 real
estate professionals and 228 exhibiting companies from 42
countries.

    "The dynamism of the Asia Pacific real estate
business is generating some truly extraordinary projects
which provide exciting opportunities for architects around
the world," says Gilles Saint Georges Chaumet,
Director of MIPIM Asia.  "By bringing together the key
players from Asia Pacific with their international
counterparts, including architects, we hope MIPIM Asia will
contribute to fuelling this dynamism."

    Architecture companies attending the show include:  

    Atkins China Ltd. -- the company has been appointed to
build the TEDA towers in the port of Tianjin.  These three
towers will be among China's tallest, with the highest
tower measuring 356 meters and hosting 400 apartments, a
400-room hotel, offices and shopping areas.  A total of
400,000 sq. m. of surface area will be created, and the
project is programmed for 2009.

    EDAW (Hong Kong) -- is a global, land-based design and
planning consultancy with large-scale projects throughout
the US, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. 
Important public projects in China include the Beijing
Olympic Aquatic Park, the award-winning historical
preservation and tourism development plan for Qiaonan
Village, the large-scale waterfront master plans and
landscape designs for Jinji Lake in Suzhou and Wuxi Li Lake
in Wuxi, and the Macau Cotai resort master plan.

    Ong & Ong Architects Ltd. (Singapore) -- founded in
1972, with a track record of more than 500 projects, this
architects practice is widely known in the Asia Pacific
region.  Already active in Vietnam, Ong & Ong plans to
start business in Malaysia, India, the Philippines and in
China.  

    Benoy (United Kingdom) -- an international firm based
in London and Hong Kong, whose projects cover a broad range
of targets, such as retailers, leisure, and more recently
residences, transport and even the renovation of entire
neighborhoods.  These projects include Village Renovation
(Hong Kong), Century Boulevard (Shanghai), and APM Kwun
Tong (Hong Kong). 

    Japan Hayakawa Architectural Design (Japan) -- this
architects practice, widely known for projects that combine
modern design, technology and the environment, was founded
in Tokyo in 1990 and opened a branch in Shanghai in 2004. 
Among ongoing projects is the impressive hotel centre
planned for the Shanghai EXPO in 2010.

    Archetype Group (Vietnam) -- based in Ho Chi Minh
Ville, the architecture and project management practice is
specialized in designing individual houses and buildings as
well as developing large-scale urban and industrial areas. 
In 10 years, Archetype has expanded into Cambodia, India
and Thailand.  Their projects include Saigon Pearl
Residential Towers, Bodhi Tree Resort, Lafarge Cement
Factory, Trung Yen Luxury apartment, and the British
Embassy.

    AEDAS (Hong Kong) -- operating in the United Kingdom,
China, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore, this organisation
specialised in architecture, design and urban planning is
highly focused on environmental issues.  Large-scale
projects include North Star (Beijing) and West Kowloon
Cultural district (HK).  

    Woodhead (Australia) -- this famous firm of architects
is competing for the creation of a new urban district --
Diamond Island -- in Ho Chi Minh Ville (Vietnam).  Other
ongoing projects include Chongqing Fortune Plaza involving
the design of several hotels and apartments covering
100,000 sq. m. in Chongqing in China, and Beijing Olive
Town, an over-56,000 sq. m. shopping area in the Chinese
capital. 

    KOW (Netherlands) -- one of the major independent
architects firms in Holland which also delivers
communication solutions for the real estate sector and is
now developing in the Asia Pacific region.  One of its
hallmarks is adapting techniques and materials to highly
eclectic projects such as an electricity generating plant,
and a 5-star hotel in Chengdu (China) covering 100,000 sq.
m.

    MIPIM Asia is organising a theme lunch on architecture
in partnership with Benoy.  It will take place on Wednesday
27 September at 12.15 p.m. 

    Check the full list of exhibitors at
http://www.mipimasia.com .

    For more information, please contact: 

     Ms Belinda Chan
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

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