San Francisco based Heller Manus Architects has been awarded the contract to design a new headquarters complex for the China Automotive Technology & Research Center (CATRC) in Tianjin. With several offices throughout China, this new building complex will serve as the main headquarters for the entire China Automotive Technology & Research Center. 

     The CATRC headquarters complex will include a high-tech office building with underground parking, conference center, library, hotel, restaurant and parking garage. The design will focus on showcasing the features of a modern, state-level research institute, creating a building plan dedicated to advanced technology, green building methods, and functional usage space while bridging the design gap between tradition and modernity. 

     The headquarters will serve as the core system of the CATRC as it relates to decision-making, management, research, design, development and operation. With contemporary facilities and personnel expertise, the new CATRC headquarters in Tianjin will establish a leading research office complex in China reflecting up-to-date international standards and a dedication to automotive innovation and industry development. 

     The CATRC is a standards-setting automotive technology research institute that functions as a liaison between China¡¯s national government and the automotive industry. It independently assists the government in conducting the formulation of automotive industrial standards and technical regulations, product certification and testing, quality system certification, industry planning and policy study, research and information services.