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From building to artwork: A sheet of paper, a few black lines - and 18 iconic buildings are finished.
 
For our 150th birthday, we asked Helge Jepsen, an illustrator from Essen, Germany, to sketch a selection of our most spectacular buildings and projects in a rather unusual way for civil engineers.

 

King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia



Pilgrimage route: HOCHTIEF completed the turnkey construction of this major airport in 1980: The site of the busiest airport in Saudi Arabia covers 105 square kilometers, with four terminals forming the core of the facility. Unique to the project: the Pilgrim Terminal. Its fascinating tent-roof architecture forms the largest covered area in the world and has provided shade for millions of Mecca pilgrims. Designed by Fazlur Khan, the terminal received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1983 and the Twenty-five Year Award from the American Institute of Architects in 2010.



Queensferry Crossing, Scotland


Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, USA


Olympic Stadium Munich, Germany


Gotthard Tunnel, Switzerland


Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, USA


Taipeh 101, Taipei, Taiwan


Elbe Philharmonic Hall, Hamburg, Germany


SAAOne, , Amsterdam, Netherlands


Great Belt Bridge, Denmark


Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt/Main, Germany


Salt Storage Facility, New York City, USA


SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, USA


Prague Metro, Czech Republic


Northern Beaches Hospital, Sydney, Australia


Peek & Cloppenburg, Cologne, Germany


King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia


The Spiral, New York City, USA


Aalto Theater, Essen, Germany