Dennis Rehill

Dennis Rehill AIA, RIAI, RIBA, LEED AP

Senior Architect Dennis Rehill has extensive experience in the design of supertall, commercial, residential, mixed-use and sustainable building projects as well as master plannning in the Middle East, Asia, North America, United Kingdom and Ireland. Recently he led design efforts on AS+GG's series of Kuala Lumpur International Financial District and Vantone Great City master plans.

Before joining AS+GG in 2008, Dennis was an associate director, project architect and senior designer for Scott Tallon Walker Architects in Dublin. There he managed project teams in the design of sustainable office and residential developments from concept design through construction. He also served as co-director of a low-energy research group and specialized in twin wall facade design.

In 1999-2003, Dennis was a project architect and designer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where he worked with Adrian Smith on a number of projects, including two supertall structures, Burj Dubai and 7 South Dearborn in Chicago. And from 1996-1999, Dennis was a project architect with Architectural Concepts Inc., working on high-end single-family homes.

Education

University College Dublin, Certificate in Project Management, 2006
University College Dublin, Certificate in Professional Practice and Irish Law, 2005
Ball State University, Bachelor of Science, Environmental Design, 1999
Ball State University, Bachelor of Architecture (minor in business) 1998

Affiliations

American Institute of Architects
Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
Royal Institute of British Architects
Architects Registration Board
LEED Accredited Professional, U.S. Green Building Council
Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
BREEAM Offices Accredited (UK and Ireland)

Presentations + Publications

Conway, Richard. "New Ireland / New Ideas." Plan, November 2007:21-47.
Cullinan, Emma. "Commissioners of Irish Lights." Irish Times, 7 May 2008:6.
Kim, R.D. Albright. "7 South Dearborn." SOM, Adrian Smith FAIA of Skidmore Owings & Merrill, LLP . Seoul: Archiworld Limited, 2001: 222-227, 262.
Lepik, Andreas. "7 South Dearborn." Skyscrapers. Munich: Prestel, 2004: 22.
Lepik, Andreas. "Burj Dubai." Skyscrapers. Munich: Prestel, 2004: 148-149.
McGuire, Denise. "Sea Struck." Construction Engineer, March 2008: 26-33.
O'Regan, John and Deary, Nicola. "Riverside One." New Irish Architecture 22 Irish Architecture Awards 2007. Cork: Gandon Editions, 2007: 78-89.
Rehill, Dennis. "Concrete, Steel and Modular Systems in High Rise Construction." Architecture Ireland, July/August 2007: 62-63.
Rehill, Dennis. "Commissioners of Irish Lights." Architecture Ireland, May 2008: 24-33.
Rehill, Dennis, Arup Consulting Engineers, and Payne, Robert. "Riverside One." Architecture Ireland, May 2007: 33-45.
Rehill, Dennis. "Riverside One." Fit-Out Ireland, 2007: 24-28.
Reilly, Terence. "7 South Dearborn." Tall Buildings—Museum of Modern Art New York. Distributed Art Publishers, 2003: 170-175, 185.
Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland. "Riverside One." Irish rchitecture Awards 2007. Dublin: Nova Publishing, 2007: 63.
Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland. "Commissioners of Irish Lights." Irish Architecture Awards 2008. Dublin: Nova Publishing, 2008: 66.

Awards + Honors

American Architecture Award,King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center
Design Excellence Award, Citation of Merit, Matrix Gateway Complex
AIA Award, Design Excellence, Unbuilt Catagory, Matrix Gateway Complex
CTBUH, 2010 Global Icon Award, Burj Khalifa
CTBUH, 2010 Best Tall Building in Middle East and Africa, Burj Khalifa
Cityscape Awards, Best Mixed-Use Project in Mideast, Burj Khalifa, 2010
P/A Award, Architect Magazine, Matrix Gateway Complex
The Chicago Athenaeum/Europe, American Architecture Award 2009, Matrix Gateway Complex
The Chicago Athenaeum/Europe, International Architecture Award 2009, Matrix Gateway Complex
Maktoob Business, Best Building in the Mideast, Burj Dubai, 2009
Cityscape Awards, Irish Architecture Awards (RIAI), Highly Commended Office Building, Commissioners of Irish Lights, 2008
Dublin Airport Air Traffic Control Tower Competition Winning Entry,2008
Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, Commissioner’s of Irish Lights Office, selected for exhibition, 2008
AIA Chicago Chapter Distinguished Building Award, Virginia Beach Convention Center, 2007
BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Citation for Excellence, Virginia Beach Convention Center, 2007
Architecture Association of Ireland Award, Riverside One, McCann FitzGerald Solicitors, 2007
Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, Riverside One, selected for exhibition, 2007
Irish Architecture Awards (RIAI), Highly Commended Office Building, Riverside One, 2007
Architectural Record Citation for Excellence Award, Virginia Beach Convention Center, 2007
Convention South Magazine, Reader’s Choice Award, Winner, 2007
Real Estate & Construction Review Magazine Plaque of Honor, Virginia Beach Convention Center, 2007
Virginia Department of Environmental Equality Virginia Green Certification, Virginia Beach Convention Center, 2007
Facilities and Destinations Magazine Prime Site Award, Virginia Beach Convention Center, 2007
American Public Works Association’s Project of the Year, Virginia Beach Convention Center, 2007
AIA Chicago Citation of Merit, Virginia Beach Convention Center, 2006
Business Week/Architectural Record Citation for Excellence, Virginia Beach Convention Center, 2006

Major projects at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture:

Tianfu Ecological City
1 square-kilometer development in central China, stemming from an investigation into the relationship between high density urban living and sustainable development. Will accommodate a population of 100,000 people, or 30,000 families. Chengdu, China

Kingdom Tower
The next tallest building in the world, this multi-use Tower will feature a luxury hotel, office space, serviced apartments, luxury condominiums and the world’s highest observatory. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Yintai
360 m and 240 m twin towers inspired by the sun halo. Elegant elliptical form and unique halo fin design catch the sun movement, and create a sky garden amenity. Feature restores solar energy and transforms the building into a 24 hour light sculpture. Beijing, China

Dallas-Up Mixed-Use Development
Design scheme for diverse, mixed-income, three generation community.  Access to outdoor space and strong involvement with the local community  are emphasized in this low-rise development. Dallas, Texas

Atrium City Superphase 2
Mixed-use development featuring low, mid and high-rise residential buildings. Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Verde Residences
49-story, 1.35 million sf luxury residential tower, including duplex townhouses, 4 stories of office space and retail along a harbor promenade. Dubai, United Arab Emirates

KAPSARC Competition Entry
Competition entry for research facility for major international corporation’s headquarters. The design was developed specifically for extreme weather conditions and features a high-performance, lightweight ETFE skin, intelligent cladding to respond to solar radiation and wind, and the incorporation of a building-integrated photovoltaic system. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Kuwait University Master Plan Competition Entry
Master planning competition entry for university’s central administration facilities complex which includes administration building, conference center, convocation hall, cultural center, library, visitor center and grand mosque. Shadadiyah, Kuwait

Matrix Gateway
Designed as both an urban gateway and a self-sustaining city, this 42-story prototype would be one of the greenest, most aesthetically striking and technologically innovative mixed-use buildings in the world. Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Crystal Center
Eleven jutting, crystalline structures of varying size–with cantilevers of up to 230 feet over the water–are joined at a base largely concealed beneath the surface, creating the illusion of independent structures. Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Wings Museum
With its wings unfurled as if in midflight, this powerfully poetic structure is an evocation of the natural world at its most dynamic, and ecologically interdependent. That inspiration, combined with concepts from automobile design, has been developed into a sculptural, asymmetrical form. Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 

At Scott Tallon Walker Architects:

Commissioner of Irish Lights Office Building
65,000 sf, twin wall facade office building with adjoining workshop building. Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin Airport Air Traffic Control Tower Competition
New air traffic control tower and office facility. Huntstown, Cloghran County, Dublin

Cork Docklands Atlantic Quarter Parcels 5 & 6
160,000 sf twin wall  façade, low energy office buildings. Cork City, Ireland

Riverside One—McCann FitzGerald Solicitors
140,000 sf twin wall facade office building. South Docklands, Dublin, Ireland

Digital Hub Competition
550,000 gsf master plan for rehabilitating section of the historic Liberties. Dublin, Ireland

Tullamore Residential Development
Mixed use urban infill design for 40 residential town homes with park setting and 2,000 sf retail and 8,000 sf office building on brownfield site. Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland

Cultural Building for the Performing Arts Competition
130,000 sf office building with a 1,500 seat performing arts center. South Docklands, Dublin, Ireland

Stockyard Office Building
8,000 sm speculative office building. North Docklands, Dublin, Ireland

At SOM:

Burj Khalifa
Supertall mixed use tower comprising residential, commercial, hotel, and retail spaces. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2010

Virginia Beach Convention Center
Master planning and architectural design for a 500,000 sf facility which includes a 150,000 sf exhibit hall, a 30,000 sf ballroom and 25,000 sf of meeting space. Virginia Beach, Virginia, 2007

Lakeshore East Park Homes
60 unit luxury multi-family residential development. Chicago, Illinois

Lakeshore East Master Plan
Mixed use urban master plan - 9.7 million gsf of development - 2.2 million gsf office space, 1300 hotel rooms, 4800 residential units, 6 acre public park, and elementary school. Chicago, Illinois

Minto Residential Tower Competition
1,730,000 sf mixed use residential. Toronto, Ontario, Canada

St. Mary’s Paddington Basin Hospital Campus
Outline planning submission, 1,650,000 sf building. London, United Kingdom

7 South Dearborn
Design for proposed 110-story office, retail and residential tower with 545-car parking garage, 2 million sf.  Chicago, Illinois, 2002

 

Dennis Rehill on...

…design
I'm drawn to design because I enjoy the challenge of trying to transform an art form into a working, livable, breathable building. Likewise, I enjoy the buzz of working through program, design and tectonic issues while trying to convince the client and contractor of their viability and importance.

…where he finds inspiration
In both the physical and social context. These two elements must be rationalized at the same time, as architecture without the social context is merely an art object in the physical world.

…his favorite "moment" in architecture
The start of the early modern movement where you see the proliferation of the early Modernists like Eileen Gray, Michael Scott, Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.

…his favorite city architecturally
Venice. There is a sense of mystery to this city of the water. I enjoy the different scale of the architecture and public spaces. I enjoy the play scales between the narrow canals and pathways to the large piazzas and beaches. Not to mention the work of Carlo Scarpa…

…his favorite thing about a collaborative design process
I really enjoy the interaction between the client and the design team. Each party has their own specific agenda, and it's up to the architect to orchestrate the different parties to create the initial concept into a tangible working building.

…his biggest accomplishment at AS+GG
I believe we have collectively assembled a studio of architects that are highly creative and passionate about their work. I am really proud of the team dynamic that has formed within the studio and the high level of output we have created on projects such as the Wings Museum, Matrix Gateway Complex and Crystal Center.

…what he'd be if he weren't an architect
A teacher. I enjoy the interaction and the creative process of teaching and learning as both mutually co-exist.

…what he does when he's not designing
Exploring—whether it be traveling and experiencing new cultures, advancing my professional development or expanding my linguistic skills.