Investor Presentaiton
Shanghai World Financial Center: Without Compromise......
Paul Katz, FAIA', Leslie Earl Robertson, NAE, Dist.M.ASCE, F.IStructE, CE, PE, SE²,
Saw Teen See, Dist.M.ASCE, CE, PE²
'Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, 2Leslie E. Robertson Associates, 30 Broad Street, 47th Floor, New York, NY 10004
Tel: +1 212 750 9000, Fax: +1 212 750 2002, Email: [email protected]
Paul Katz
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Paul Katz, Managing Principal with Kohn Pedersen Fox, joined the firm 1984, focusing his work on the planning, design,
and development of office, mixed-use and high rise buildings. He has senior responsibilities in all aspects of commercial
architecture, including business development, management, and design. In addition, he has been instrumental in establish-
ing KPF's presence in Japan, Hong Kong, and the firm's operations in Shanghai.
Presently, Mr. Katz has several projects in both design and construction phases including the KPMG headquarters at Ca-
nary Wharf, London, the Marina Bay Financial Centre in Singapore, the Shanghai World Financial Center, the International
Commerce Center and the Landmark in Hong Kong.
Some of the hotel work that Mr. Katz's has been responsible for includes the award-winning Tokyo Grand Hyatt at Roppon-
gi Hills, Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, and the Nagoya Marriott at JR Central Towers, the firm now has ten hotels in design
and construction internationally such as the Conrad in Shanghai, and the Mandarin Orientals in Las Vegas and Macau.
Mr. Katz has degrees in architecture from both the Israel Institute of Technology and Princeton University, is a registered
architect in New York, Delaware, Nevada and Connecticut, and is a member of several architectural boards.
Leslie Robertson
Amongst many other structures, Dr. Robertson is responsible for the structural design of the World Trade Center (New
York), the United States Steel Headquarters (Pittsburgh), the Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong), and the Puerta de Europa
(Madrid) as well as exceptional museums and the award-winning Miho Museum Bridge (Japan).
He is an Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and has received the IStructE Gold Medal, the
Gengo Matsui Prize as the outstanding Structural Engineer in the world, the AIA Institute Honor; and was recognized as
ENR's Construction 'Man of the Year'. Dr. Robertson is a member of the National Academy of Engineering as well as
an Honorary and Advisory Board Member of the Center of Sustainability, Accountability and Eco-Affordability for Large
Structures. He has been awarded four honorary doctorates, currently is teaching at Princeton University, and is Distin-
guished Engineering Alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley. He received ASCE's Outstanding Projects and
Leaders (OPAL) Award, AISC's J. Lloyd Kimbrough Award, Tokyo Society of Architects Honorary Fellowship and Medal,
and is the first recipient of the Henry C. Turner Award and of the Fazlur Rahman Kahn Medal.
Dr. Robertson is currently working with I.M. Pei and the Pei Partnership on the Macao Science Center in Macao, China,
and has completed designs for the Suzhou Museum in Suzhou, China and the Museum for Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. He
is also working with Kohn Pedersen Fox on the Shanghai World Financial Center, which will extend to a height of 492
meters (1614 feet). Additionally, Dr. Robertson is collaborating with Dynamic Architecture of Florence, Italy to develop
prototypical designs for the Rotating Tower.
CTBUH 8th World Congress 2008
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