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Marshall Strabala leads 2DEFINE Architecture, a global architectural firm with offices in Shanghai, Seoul and Chicago. A multinational venture, 2DEFINE is led by American, Chinese and Korean partners and serves clients in Asia and North America.

Marshall Strabala (pronounced stray-baa-la) is well-known for designing award-winning office buildings, performing arts venues, and convention and exhibition spaces worldwide.

This includes the design of three of the world's 10 tallest buildings: the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nanjing Greenland Financial Center in Nanjing, China; and Shanghai Tower, China's tallest building to be completed in 2014 in Shanghai.

Strabala is a member of the American Institute of Architects, is LEED AP accredited, and a graduate of Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.

His more than 50 works worldwide have been honored with 10 awards and honors, including American Institute of Architects' Honor Awards (2), ASHRAE Excellence in Engineering Awards (2), and the Chicago Architecture Club’s Burnham Prize.


SELECT WORKS

• Burj Khalifa, world's tallest building at 808 meters/2650 feet, Dubai, UAE

• Shanghai Tower, 128-story office/retail tower under construction, Shanghai, China

• Houston Ballet, $47 million "Center for Dance" opened in 2011, Houston, USA

• 5 Canada Square, 16-story office tower completed in 2003, London, UK

• Hess Tower, 29-story office tower completed in 2009, Houston, USA

• Nanjing Greenland Financial Center, 89-story mixed-use tower completed in 2010, Nanjing, China

Strabala led or assisted in the design of these buildings while with SOM (Nanjing Greenland, Burj Khalifa, 5 Canada Square) and Gensler (Shanghai Tower, Houston Ballet, Hess Tower).

RESOURCES:

Learn more about Marshall Strabala at:

2DEFINE Architecture Website
www.define-arch.com

Wikipedia Page (中文, Chinese)
zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E6%AD%87%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E...


MEDIA COVERAGE

2011:

i4design Magazine, Chicago, USA
www.i4designmedia.com/features/Summer11/Suite16.php

KTRK-TV story (ABC 13), Houston, USA
abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=8068635

Houston Press story, Houston, USA:
blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2011/04/architect_marsha...

Houston CultureMap story, Houston, USA:
houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/04-09-11-in-and-outs-of...

EarthTechling.com green tech website
www.earthtechling.com/2011/04/ballet-and-green-design-tan...

2009-2010:

Houston Chronicle story, Houston, USA:
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/6556005.html

Houston Business Journal story, Houston, USA
www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2010/09/27/newscolumn...

VMSpace Magazine story, Seoul, Korea
www.vmspace.com/eng/sub_emagazine_view.asp?category=peopl...


MEDIA ONLY:

Media may reproduce these Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/architectural-design/collections/ images of Strabala's works for their stories. Please use Photo Credit as provided. If no credit information is provided, use "Photo Credit: Copyright of Marshall Strabala/2DEFINE Architecture"

Marshall is an expert on topics including: supertall building design; sustainable design of commercial buildings; and design of performing arts venues.