BEHR CHAMPANA GAGNERON
President / Chief Executive Officer
Founding Partner


December 2009 - INSITE Magazine - India Future Shock: Bright Lights, Big Cities
"The amazingly talented and dynamic architect Behr Champana-Gagneron is famously associated with futuristic buildings. The forms and structures…"<Read More>
September 2008 - Adam & Eve Magazine - Dubai, UAE - Portfolio - The "Behr" Essentials: A One on One Interview with Behr Champana, Architect of the Dubai Towers Dubai <Read More>
December 1, 2007 - Tulanian Magazine - The Behr Minimum
"Competitors at architectural firms around the world were lurking, waiting, trying to get their feet in the door. Behr Champana-Gagneron looked deep within himself for a metaphor. The client, the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum…"<Read More>
2007 - Property Weekly —
"What I enjoy most in Dubai is that the clients allow us to dream with them" "A straight tower does not elicit much excitement these days. The surfeit of vertical structures clouding the Dubai skyline has seen to that…"<Read More>
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June 20, 2007 - International Construction China <Read More>
May 3, 2007 - Primera Hora - Puerto Rico - A la altura del Oriente Medio
"Siete mil quinientas millas separan a Behr Champana de su país natal cuando se encuentra en gestiones de negocios en Dubái, el más cosmopolita de los siete Emiratos Árabes Unidos…"<Read More>
January 22, 2007 - Dubai Towers is Centerpiece of $18 Billion Development
"The schematic design for Dubai Towers, a four-building complex planned for the central business district of an $18-billion project in Dubai called "The Lagoons," was unveiled Jan. 8…"<Read More>
January 22, 2007 - Atlanta Business Chronicle -
TVS designing landmark project "Halfway around the world from Atlanta, one of the city's largest architectural firms is designing a futuristic skyscraper development that will be part of a new, $18 billion Middle Eastern landmark…"<Read More>
2007 - Issue 2 - The Big Project — The Lagoons: Seven Districts: A Green-Themed Development
"A waterfront project that is located in the heart of Dubai. Yet a sensitive site that abuts the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary on the west -Dubai's famed flamingo reserve…<Read More>
September - October 2006 — Maximizing Urban Appeal: Today's Modern Convention Centers
"A convention center is, by its very nature, one of the largest and most ambitious projects a community undertakes. Its sheer size and prominence creates cultural and economic…"<Read More>
May 5, 2006 - Bent-Glass Façade Will "Eternally Light" New Dubai Skyscraper — 51-Story landmark tower to anchor new business city
"What happens when creative form and function meet searing 115 degree desert heat? "Architecture that is not routine or safe as we know it in our world," says Behr Champana…"<Read More>

March 1, 2009 - Construction Week — Let There be Light
'The Indian lighting industry is becoming as concerned for the environment as it is about consumer awareness, good engineering and aesthetic designs. Manoj Verma, chairman of the Light India International 2009 Conference and VP, consumer products & international business…'"<Read More>
February 20, 2009 - Light India International 2009 Conference
"Lighting is the single most important element in the visual environment. Over the last few years, the Indian Lighting Industry has seen phenomenal growth, upgradation in technology, products, product design and most importantly,…"<Read More>
October 2008 —Original Broadcast Video Link In English —"Impossible City " (from Discovery Channel) <Read More>
Full Video can be viewed on The Discovery Channel or purchased via Amazon.com <Read More>
2008- Video Link In Spanish - La Ciudad Imposible - (Impossible City) <Read More>
October 31, 2008 - Tulane University — News Splash & Galleries
"Tulane architecture alumnus Behr Champana is making news with his Dubai Towers project, which is shown in a Discovery Channel program…"<Read More>
July 17, 2008 - Colegio de Arquitectos de Venezuela - Concurso 100 ideas para Maracaibo
"Behr Champana Vice presidente de TVS Internacional, la firma de arquitectos que ha desarrollado en los Estados Unidos 8 de los 10 mayores..."<Read More>
December 26, 2007 - Primera Hora Newspaper : Las 10 Figuras Del 2007 - The Editor's 10 most important figures of 2007 - Fotoreportaje de las 10 figuras destacadas del 2007
"Arquitectura - Behr Champana ; Este talentoso hijo de Borinquen es el arquitecto responsable del imponente Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico…" <Read More 1> <Read More 2> <Read More 3>
January 2007 - Foundations — Ambuja Knowledge Initiative - Dubai Towers
"The landmark 'Dubai Towers' forms the centerpiece for 'The Lagoons,' a new urban development project in Dubai, UAE…"<Read More>
March 12, 2006 - Chicago Tribune: Dubai Projects Fuel U.S. Design Firms "The price of oil, in part, will determine when the boom peters out. But like some of its neighbors, the kingdom of Dubai wants to encourage broad-based economic growth to sustain it when the petrodollars evaporate…"<Read More>
March 08, 2006 - TVS Architects Design Landmark Tower in Dubai's New Central Business District
"TVS & Associates announced today that Dubai Properties, a division of Dubai Holding, has awarded the Atlanta-based architectural firm a project to design the landmark 51-story Vision Tower at Business Bay…"<Read More>
September 14, 2005 - Master Class Conference Series at Light India International Conference in New Delhi by Behr Champana Gagneron. "<Read More>
2005 - Central and Eastern European CIJ Journal: Bright future for European Convention Centers
"Behr Champana-Gagneron is Vice President of TVS International, an Atlanta-based planning and architectural company that has been involved in the designing of some of the largest convention and exhibition centers around the world…"<Read More>
March 30, 2004 - Conference Lecture on Standardization of Convention Centers Worldwide Center for Tourism Projects — San Jose, Costa Rica "Normalización en la Industria de los Eventos HOTEL HERRADURA, SAN JOSE, Costa Rica. El Instituto Internacional para la Normalizacion en la Industria de los Eventos (ISMI), con el auspicio de la Asociación de Organizadores de Congresos y Afines de Costa Rica (ADOCA)," <Read More 1> <Read More 2>

May 2002 - The New Milan-Based Exhibition System - Nuovo Polo Fiera Milano <Read More>