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Sydney Greenland Centre Balcony, NSW, Australia, design by BVN Donovan Hill. When residents move into Sydney’s tallest apartment building, they will find a balcony that has all the characteristics of a verandah, sheltered, secure with unimpeded views to sit back and enjoy: called the ‘Sydney Balcony’.
Sydney Greenland Centre, NSW, Australia, design by PTW / LAVA. This interior uses latest technologies, parametric modelling and rapid prototyping. Chris Bosse, director of LAVA, said: “People in the 21st century are looking for spaces that link them to nature, and the forms found in nature – waves, canyons, clouds – create beautiful, efficient and connective spaces.”
Tintin Building, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, design by NL Architects. Nieuw-Crooswijk is a residential area in Rotterdam, strategically located near the city center and Kralingse Bos, a beautiful park, everything within 10 minutes. Large parts have recently been demolished and will soon be reconstructed
The history of the world’s tallest skyscrapers. Emporis, international provider of building data, looks back over more than 100 years of skyscraper history and presents towers that have been entitled to proudly bear the title of “World’s Tallest Building”. Two pioneering inventions from the second half of the 19th century, steel-frame construction and the elevator, set the path to construction of the world’s first skyscraper. The combination of the two was first used in 1908 in the Singer Building in New York City, USA.
Conran and Partners has been appointed to work on the maintenance and refurbishment of the tallest residential tower on the south coast of England.
The architecture and design practice will be giving its specialist advice to the board of Sussex Heights in Brighton as it looks to put together a programme of works for the Grade II listed building that includes window replacement.
The Galleria at Sowwah Square, the centerpiece of the Sowwah Square development on Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi, recently hosted its grand opening.
At 213 meters, House on Mosfilmovskaya 1 is one of the ten tallest buildings in Russia. The Total gross floor area of the development is 194,730 square meters, with gross underground floor area is 58,530 square meters.
Burj Qatar in Doha: The diameter of the cylindrical tower is 45m. The building envelope consists of two layers, a metal brise-soleil with an aluminium-and-glass curtain wall behind.
UniCredit Tower, Milan skyscraper building design by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Italy’s tallest building, it can be seen from up to six miles away. The tower is topped by a structural stainless steel spire.
The building is formed of three interconnecting elliptical towers, two of them 41 storeys high, the other 40 storeys high. The towers are linked by a communal observation terrace and garden at each of the 12th, 22nd and 32nd floors.
The world’s most renowned architecture prize for skyscrapers, the Emporis Skyscraper Award, goes this year to the Absolute World Towers in Mississauga, Canada
GDS Architects is pleased to announce that it’s 450 meter tall Tower Infinity observation tower designed by Charles Wee, has received Permit approval for construction near Incheon International Airport just outside of Seoul, Korea.
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has investigated the increasing trend towards extreme spires and other extensions of supertall (300-meter-plus) buildings that do not enclose usable space, and created a new term to describe this – Vanity Height
spatial practice designs Harbin High Speed Railway (HSR) west train station Twin Towers: office spaces, residential apartments, retail spaces and a hyper link to a new underground infra-structural hub.