The Cube Beirut, Lebanese Tower: Apartments

The Cube Beirut tower building

The Cube Beirut, Lebanese tower design by Orange Architects. CTBUH Awards Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa winner: a luxury apartment block in Sin el Fil, an eastern district of Beirut, by Dutch architecture firms for Lebanese development corporation Masharii. 50-metre-tall Lebanon building contains 19 apartments.

High rise buildings, tower architecture

High Rise Buildings, Tower Architecture

In an exclusive, one-to-one technical interview with Peter A. Irwin, Chairman, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc. (RWDI) Consulting Engineers & Scientists speaks to IQPC on the environmental concerns that arise for construction engineers when building the mile-high tower.

Hangzhou Gateway building tower

Hangzhou Gateway building tower

Hangzhou Gateway, China – design by JDS Architects – Julien De Smet – The concept of the building is to create a gateway that is neither closing-off or dividing the city. The 15-story tower features offices, restaurants, post office, a terraced roof garden and a sunken passage that leads through a shopping center. The rooftop terraces offer generous views to the distant nature while the stone louvers provide a sustainable solution to the office conditions. The building will become the gateway for the Gongshu District and an icon for the urban transformation of the old industrial neighborhood.

Shoreditch Tower London, Huntingdon Estate

AL_A has developed plans for a mixed-used site in the heart of London’s East End. Located between Bethnal Green Road and Redchurch Street, the scheme for the Huntingdon Industrial Estate proposes the radical transformation of a former industrial site into an innovative and energised commercial, cultural and residential centre.

Chatswood Towers: Residential Building Sydney

Chatswood Towers: Residential Building Sydney

Cox Richardson Architects are contributing to vertical urban living in Chatswood with three residential towers above Chatswood Station. This transport-oriented development takes advantage of the of the trains, shopping, bars and restaurants all available in the one location below the towers.

CITIC Headquarters Tower Hangzhou

CITIC Headquarters Tower Hangzhou

Construction has commenced on Foster + Partners first project in Hangzhou, China, with a sustainable, landmark headquarters tower for CITIC Bank. The 100-metre-high skyscraper’s bold diagonally-braced structure will establish an iconic presence for the Bank.

Silver Tree Eco Tower, London Royal Victoria Dock

The sleek 24 storey building named ‘Silvertree’ is wrapped with coloured panels on 2 sides, which provide not only solar shading but also the electrical power from embedded photo voltaic panels and solar water heating

Potters Fields London, Southwark Towers

Potters Fields London, Southwark One Tower Bridge

Squire and Partners Gains Planning Consent for Potters Fields: Berkeley Homes and Squire and Partners are delighted at Southwark Council’s decision to consent the Potters Fields plans.