Erik Behrens
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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]
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
