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 LEONARD
AWARDS 2007
The
Leonard Awards is created to honour buildings outstanding for their technological
performance. With
opportunity of the Immobank - Immotech Forum, the Leonard Awards ceremony took
place in Geneva
June 12th and honored 5 buildings and art works. The
evening programme June 12th began in the magnificent Beau Rivage Hotel, with a
dinner over the honorary presence of Mr Claude Campiche, Officer at the Geneva
Economic Development Office, and the Leonard Awards ceremony sponsored by WAPIC
and Lafarge. THE
COMPANIES AND PROJECTS RECEIVING THE LEONARD AWARD WERE:  | Opening
of the Leonard Awards Ceremony: From left: Philippe Jolan, Tishman Speyer France,
Jean Francois Batoz, Lafarge, Nicole Paquin Desbiolles, President of WAPIC, Thierry
Bogaert, designer. |
Tishman Speyer
for the CBX Tower in Paris
Vinci Grands Travaux for de development of the the Rion Antirion Bridge,
in Greece. Steiner
TSC for the development of the Mercks Serono Building in Geneva Terrell
International Engineering firm for the Danske Concert Hall in Copenhagen
designed by Jean nouvel Jean-Philippe
Zoppini, for the "ors norme" marine concept, the AZ Floating Island
a real estate resort on the sea. 
CBX
TOWER BUILT BY TISHMAN SPEYER IN PARIS LA DEFENSE: REAL ESTATE SYMBOL OF THE AMERICAN
PRESENCE IN EUROPE Across
Europe, Tishman Speyer has completed over 125,000 sqm of leasing during 2006,
including among the largest leases in Frankfurt, Milan, Amsterdam, Hamburg and
Paris. Tishman Speyer was selected by EPAD, the La Défense Development Agency,
to develop a landmark tower complying with international standards
on this highly visible site. A competition for international architects was | KEY
FEATURES High quality flexible office space Façade
in clear glazing with electrical sunblinds Club room with 6m headroom on top floor
Lobby materials: floors and walls in granite, marble and glass Connections to
La Défense optic fibre system Restaurant, cafeteria and room service All office,
restaurant and cafeteria areas benefit from direct daylight 613 reserved parking
spaces in the immediate vicinity VIP and taxi drop off directly accessible from
the Boulevard Circulaire VIP car park with 13 parking spaces directly connected
to the lobby Infrastructure for aerials and satellite dishes on the roof. |
organised
by Tishman Speyer and the internationally known firm, Kohn Pedersen Fox, was awarded
the project. The result is a dramatic and elegant design that complements the
site and will be a landmark in La Défense. Situated in the middle of La Défense,
Tour CBX (The CBX Tower) benefits from the outstanding environment of this great
business district; economic attractiveness, nearby transport and services infrastructures,
leisure and shopping areas integrated into the urban context. Tour CBX was completed
in September 2005 and is considered the region’s most exciting prime office building,
receiving the prestigious Pierre d’Or development of the year award. The quality
of the development was a key factor in Dexia Crédit Local, the French-Belgian
banking group, deciding to buy the building in December 2005. Tour CBX will serve
as their regional headquarters.
SMART
BUILDING FOR MERCKS SERONO HEADQUARTER IN GENEVA, BUILT BY STEINER TSC This
is one of the region's most important building sites, along with those for Rolex
and the famous Pictet private bank has been completed. It represents an investment
of approximately CHF 330 million for 58,000 square metres of surface area. The
new complex includes Serono's global headquarters (in two separate buildings),
a research laboratory, a structure for clinical testing, an auditorium, a fitness
centre and a child care centre. Part of the construction work involves renovating
the existing buildings on the old Sécheron industrial site.
There remains room for expansion according to the future needs of the group. The
construction site extends beyond the future headquarter's perimeter and all the
way down to the lake, so as to implement the selected temperature control system
for heating and cooling. Work
is completed on building a pumping station and installing a conduit from the site
to the lake. The
lake water's energy differential will then be used to maintain building temperatures
between 20 and 26 degrees, winter and summer.
THE
RION ANTIRION BRIDGE,THE LONGER OF THE WORLD BUILT BY VINCY GRANDS TRAVAUX : A
CHALLENGE AGAINST SEISMIC ACTIVITY 
This
unique Art Work is situated in an area of high seismic activity, with the two
ends of the bridge founded on different tectonic plates, resulting in a relative
movement of almost 2cm per year. The principal supports stand in up to 65m of
water, and the main pier foundations (cast in a dry dock on-site before being
floated to an adjacent area of deep water for completion) measure 90m in diameter.
The
pier bases too were constructed on-site, before being floated into position in
the Gulf, and lowered onto the seabed using water as ballast. The four main pylons,
to which the deck sections attached, were built in concrete, using climbing shutters,
and reach 164m above sea level. Almost 20,000 tonnes of English structural steel
was shipped over for assembly into 12.5 metre-long sections for the main bridge
deck. The
three central spans measure 560m each and the two side spans, 286m. After casting
of the concrete decks onto the steel deck sections, each completed 300 tonne unit
was lifted into position between the pylons by a 1,200 tonne capacity floating
crane. Each deck section is supported by two cable stays, anchored at the top
in the steel and concrete pylon head. The 1km long Rion viaduct is also constructed
of composite steel and concrete, while the shorter Antirion viaduct is concrete/deck
slab on pre-stressed concrete beams. The whole project has been completed almost
five months inside the five year programme and within budget.
TERRELL
INTERNATIONAL Concert Hall Copenhagen Committed to design excellence,
Terrell International is a  group
of professional and independent consulting engineering firms with a wide variety
of skills adapted to the building industry world-wide. Concert Hall Copenhagen
built for the Danske Radio Broadcasting designed by Jean Nouvel
AZ
FLOTTING ISLAND: A REAL ESTATE RESORT ON THE SEA CONCEIVED BY JEAN PHILIPPE ZOPPINI Created
by the architect Jean Philippe Zoppini, this floating island should move at the
speed of 1.5 and 10 knots. With 450 000 m2 comprennant a big commercial space,
multiple activities. Batiments of glass very present to develop the luminosity
will be turned(shot) to the lagoon and to the main entrance. The infrastructures
of reception, administration and leisure activities will be placed at the lowest.
At the level superiors, swimming pools, tennis, thalasso, fitness club, mini-golf,
casinos, théatres, cinemas, showroom, museums, theater, business center, a computing
center, a health center, a cycle track and of running, in being able to welcome
up to 10 000 passengers.
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Difficult
to imagine a more prestigious prize list. On the occasion of the dinner of official
reception of the forum Immotech on 2004 which was held on February 4 in the hotel
Beau Rivage of Geneva, Nicole Paquin Desbiolles, the organizer of the event, handed
the first ones " Léonard Awards ". 
