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Architect Dou Zhi tried to use the way of dynamic expression to emphasize the direction and guidance of the Exhibition Center. At the same time of realizing iconic, the architecture has become a dynamic line of sight guide for the north main building group of the Innovation Park
News of ‘systems tests’, assessing the fire safety of whole buildings, from Building Research Establishment (BRE). The first test was of a wall cladding system consisting of ACM with polyethylene filler and foam insulation. 82 buildings are known to have this combination of materials in their wall cladding systems.
Faithful+Gould was founded in 1947 as a four-man Quantity Surveying business. 70 years on and they are now an integrated project and programme management consultancy with over 2,400 staff worldwide and a UK & Europe operation covering 26 offices over 7 countries.
LA construction photos – “controlled chaos comes to mind. Machinery and materials are everywhere. Cranes, 17-18 stories high delivering steel, wooden forms, compressors and equipment to hundreds of workers at specific points”.
Crowdsourced VR-enabled project to digitally reconstruct Soane’s Bank of England. Destroyed in the 1920s, Soane’s Bank of England is considered one of modern architecture’s greatest losses.
Architects: Muxin Design And Research Studio. This project is to reconstruct an office in a high-rise building, the original space is in inadequate streamlined layout with multiple irregular shapes and dead space, and the overall utilization rate is low.
The London Construction Awards are the leading and most prestigious awards ceremony for the booming London construction industry: Build Expo 2016 event, England, UK – categories information.
The show is focusing on construction projects and developments in the north and is a great chance to create new business connections and network with industry professionals across the UK. The event will feature the major contractors, suppliers, architects, developers and many more construction industry professionals from across the region.
Design: MIMA Lab. MIMA Light is the ultimate achievement in modular construction, combining an outstanding lightness with an iconic and minimal image. This home seems to levitate above the ground due to the lining of the base with mirrors
Design: Marks Barfield architects
The latest aerial view of Brighton i360 which is currently under construction on Brighton beach.
The building housing the new headquarters of Sunray Woodcraft Construction is one of the first to be completed as part of the newly positioned International Furniture Hub in Sungei Kadut, Singapore.
Tallest skyscrapers buildings: European tower architecture designs: ten tallest buildings currently under construction in Europe, notably in Russia. Construction of the continent’s future tallest skyscraper, Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg, is under way. At a height of 463m, the tapering, pointed supertall will surpass the current record-holder, Moscow’s Mercury City, by 124m.
High-rise construction in North America: Toronto continues to lead the way, and remains North America’s high-rise boomtown with 130 skyscrapers currently under construction. New York City, the “real” center of North American high-rise architecture, only appears in second place on 91 buildings.
Design: wurm+wurm architekten. This project is a renewal of an empty 1980s building: the architects re-modeled the precast concrete production facility into a modern, flexible office and workshop building.