Chicago Skyscraper Gets Award for Being Bird-Friendly
2009-09-18 17:40:00 A skyscraper being built in Chicago has received an award for incorporating features that will make it bird-friendly. The Aqua Tower - designed by architect Jeanne Gang and her firm, Studio Gang Architects - includes an undulating exterior and will use fritted glass, which is etched to make it easier for birds to see. The architectural firm ...
Skyscraper Styled Bulbs Showcased at Lighting Exhibition
2009-05-21 14:50:00 From Newlaunches.com: The International Contemporary Furniture Fair is exhibiting its new ideas this year and one particular item stood out. It is Designer John Pomp's table luminaire. It looks like skyscrapers of light rising out of a fog, or from further away a giant lit snow glo
Cactus, Skyscraper Size
2009-03-25 03:33:00 A skyscraper in the shape of a cactus is planned for the new Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture in Qatar. Designed by Aesthetics Architects in Bangkok, the giant structure doesn't just look like a cactus. The shades around the building open and close in response to the heat, like cactus cells, making the cactus tower a true example of biomimicry.
Dubai Plans 'Moving' Skyscraper
2008-06-26 15:46:00 From del.icio.us hotlist: The world's first moving building, an 80-story tower with revolving floors giving a shifting shape, will be built in Dubai, its architect says. The Dynamic Tower design is made up of 80 pre-fabricated apartments which will spin independently of one a
World architects go head-to-head for new Paris skyscraper - Inquirer.net
2008-05-26 17:06:00 World architects go head-to-head for new Paris skyscraperInquirer.net, Ph-ilippines - 3 hours agoPARIS -- Paris officials will Tuesday pick between some of the world's top architects to build a landmark new skyscraper on the city's western rim to rival ...
Wind-powered rotating skyscraper in Dubai
2008-04-21 16:38:00 From Coolest Gadgets: With the flood of oil money, Dubai is a hotspot for construction with extravagant buildings being built on what was once a barren desert wasteland. The skyline has changed so much over the last 10 years compared to many other cities around the world, with ever
Bahrain WTC Wind Turbines Actually Work! [S2]
2008-04-14 10:59:00 Believed to be the world's first integrated, wind-powered mega structure, Bahrain WTC looks to be working. The above video doesn't really say anything, but it doesn't need to: those twirling...
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Takamatsu Symbol Tower
2008-04-02 16:10:00 ?????????The Takamatsu Symbol Tower near Takamatsu JR Station is the city's major landmark and part of the Sunport Takamatsu revelopment project of Takamatsu's port area.The 30-storey tower, the highest building on Shikoku, has an observation deck (open 10am-8pm) with excellent views of the Inland Sea and Takamatsu city below, plus extensive shopping and restaurant options.Takamatsu Symbol TowerTel: 087 811 2111Restaurants are open 11am-10pm; shops 10am-10pmYahoo Japan Auction ServiceBook a hotel in Japan with BookingsTokyo Serviced ApartmentsBudget accommodation in JapanHappi CoatsJapanese For Busy PeopleTagsJapan Shikoku Takamatsu Skyscraper
Escraper, Imbuing Green in Vertical Design [S2]
2008-03-31 07:58:00 Imagine you are tasked with creating an innovative skyscraper that takes into consideration historical and social context, the existing urban fabric, human scale, and the environment. Your skyscraper design can...
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Two unusual skyscraper grow in Baku
2008-03-03 05:59:00 Korea architectural company Heerim Architects trying to depart from accepted standards in the construction of skyscrapers, and an example of this is the project of two disc-skyscrapers to be built in Baku. Gemini they not be called, because they are different in appearance, but united by their similar form, location and function: they will be located on two adjacent peninsula in the same bay Caspian Sea, and the two will become hotels. Full Moon Hotel (photo) will be in the form of disk, to symbolize a full moon and look quite different, depending on what side and under what angle look at it.storey building will contain 382 rooms for guests and reaches a height of 158 m. Crescent Hotel (photo below) is in the form of arcs and symbolizes the crescent, and it just short of his sister-"Moonstruck" and rises to a height of 32 - floors.
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Surprise: World?s Tallest Structure Isn?t a Skyscraper
2008-02-22 21:08:00 Believe it or not, there are a number of structures taller even than the infamous Burj Dubai. The tallest structure in the world, however, is an unusual candidate that reaches more than twice as far down into the ocean as said tallest skyscraper reaches into the sky. The Ursa tension-leg platform is an oil-production facility ...
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Wooden Skyscraper
2008-02-22 18:04:00 Originally, the plans for this house in Archangelsk were meant to be for a 2-floor design, but ex-Russian gangster, Nikolai Sutyagin decided that the sky was the limit and defied the planning authorities (not that they were gonna do much about it anyway!) to create a 13 floor wooden monster of a house.....with his bare hands!Heaps of respect go out to this dude.[VIA]Images [VIA]
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Detective Conan Movie: Time Bombed Skyscraper
2008-02-19 20:16:00 Detective Conan Movie: Time Bombed Skyscraper Genre : Action - Adventure - Mystery Alternate title : Meitantei Conan: Tokei Jikake no Matenrou Studio : Unknown Length : 1 Movie Year :... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Where was the first skyscraper?
2008-01-30 05:24:00 As you might have guessed, it was in the United States. Tall buildings were called skyscrapers as early as the 1880s. They were built on a steel structure and had central heating, electrical pumps and lifts. In 1890, Major William Le Baron Jenney and Louis Sullivan built the first skyscraper in Chicago. This was the ...
Skyscraper with Rotating Floors
2008-01-19 14:20:00 What? Rotating floors? Yes, you heard that right, rotating, every single one of the 68 stories high skyscraper that is planned to to become a part of the Dubai skyline, maybe. It would only cost $330 million, which is a bargain, not? A single rotation would take around 90 minutes, so no problem to get sea sick if you are visiting via Philippine-builder.com (more…)
Skyscraper Creates All Its Own Energy
2008-01-11 09:34:00 Skyscraper Creates All Its Own EnergyThis skyscraper, to be built in Dubai, is called the Burj al-Taqa (’Energy Tower’), and it will pro...
Kaikyo Yume Tower
2007-12-31 06:54:00 ??????????At 153 metres, the Kaikyo Yume Tower, built in 1996 in Shimonoseki, is the tallest tower in Western Honshu.The observation deck is reached by elevators travelling at 2 metres a second and offers stunning 360 degree views over Shimonoseki and across the Kanmon Straits to Kyushu.Open daily, year round, entrance is 600 yen for adults, 300 yen for kids.The Kaikyo Yume Tower is a 5 min walk from Shimonoseki JR station.Kaikyo Yume Tower3-3-1 Buzenda-cho, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, 750-0018Tel: 0832 31 5600Yahoo Japan Auction ServiceBook a hotel in Japan with BookingsTokyo Serviced ApartmentsBudget accommodation in JapanHappi CoatsTagsJapan Yamaguchi Shimonoseki skyscraper
Spiral Towers Nagoya
2007-12-11 14:29:00 ?????????A new skyscraper in the Nagoya Station area is nearing completion. The 170m Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers building will join Midland Square and the Lucent Tower as the latest high rise in the Meieki district.The tower, which bears a passing resemblance to the Gherkin, designed by Sir Norman Foster in London, was designed by Nikken Sekkei and built by Mitsui Real Estate. The building is due to open in February 2008.Yahoo Japan Auction ServiceBook a hotel in Japan with BookingsTokyo Serviced ApartmentsBudget accommodation in JapanHappi CoatsTagsJapan skyscraper Nagoya
Schumacher Gets Skyscraper in Dubai
2007-11-21 20:21:00 Not really... actually he doesn't get anything... but a Dubai skyscraper will bear his name - the Michael Schumacher Business Avenue . The online edition of the i>Arabian Business i> reports that two towers located in the Arab financial paradise are to be named ...
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Denver skyscraper will be lit in purple for World Series games - Boston Her
2007-10-27 18:01:00 Ledger IndependentDenver skyscraper will be lit in purple for World Series gamesBoston Herald, United States - 3 hours agoBy AP DENVER - The Colorado Rockies, struggling to stay in contention in the World Series, will take any help they can get. And if the Mile High elevation ...Stark: Matsuzaka's shot at a World Series makeover ESPNWorld Series: Gallego one of many ex-A's back in Fall Classic San Francisco ChronicleRocky Mountain high: Red Sox arrive in Denver with 2-0 World ... SI.comChristian Science Monitor - MLB.comall 4,232 news articles
Denver skyscraper will be lit in purple for World Series games - Boston Her
2007-10-27 18:01:00 Ledger IndependentDenver skyscraper will be lit in purple for World Series gamesBoston Herald, United States - 3 hours agoBy AP DENVER - The Colorado Rockies, struggling to stay in contention in the World Series, will take any help they can get. And if the Mile High elevation ...Stark: Matsuzaka's shot at a World Series makeover ESPNWorld Series: Gallego one of many ex-A's back in Fall Classic San Francisco ChronicleRocky Mountain high: Red Sox arrive in Denver with 2-0 World ... SI.comChristian Science Monitor - MLB.comall 4,232 news articles
Middle East Skyscraper to Use 100% Renewable Energy.
2007-10-20 19:08:00 From Neatorama: The Burj Al-Taqa Energy Tower was designed to utilize 100% renewable energy. If completed as planned, these 68-...
Tameer announces 73 storey skyscraper worth Dh.7bn in Abu Dhabi
2007-10-15 07:19:00 Tameer, the Sharjah-based real estate developer has announced the construction of a 73 storey skyscraper 'Tameer Towers' worth Dh.7 billion in Abu Dhabi. It is a mixed-use development which is located on prime location on Shams, between the sea and the Central Park.The development, apart from the state-of-the-art commercial skyscraper, also includes, four well-designed residential towers, serviced apartment building, a seven star luxury hotel, stepped villas and townhouses, a canal and promenade with dining and retail grounds with plenty of parking space and amenities, and a private marina.The project has been designed by Gensler, the largest and well-renowned architectural firm in the world. The project consists of a gorgeously designed 73-storey international commercial tower which is more than 3000 feet, supported by a 640 foot prismatic atrium. The structure towers over the canal, which passes through its two legs, meets the private marina of the building, together forming a r...
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INDIA TOWER: India?s Greenest Skyscraper?
2007-10-15 06:55:00 Green skyscrapers seem to be all the rage these days, and now India is jumping on the bandwagon with FXFowle Architects? India Tower, currently being built in South Mumbai to house a new Park Hyatt Hotel. According to the designers, India Tower will be the greenest skyscraper in the entire country, boasting rainwater harvesting, green materials, and a possible US LEED Gold rating.Strikingly similar to Tianjin?s ?Pile of Boxes?, the 60 story, 301 meter tower is subdivided into different modules, each slightly rotated to the next. Each module is meant to signal a change in function of the tower, one being a hotel, the next residential units, one next a retail area and so on. In terms of green features, the structure would integrate everything from common-sense green strategies like shaded windows, natural ventilation, and proper site orientation and zoning to green technologies such as rainwater harvesting and eco-friendly materials.It is a good thing that developers and architects a...
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World's Greenest Skyscraper
2007-10-07 07:03:00 The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park in New York City is a $1 billion skyscraper project currently undergoing construction, on the west side of Sixth Avenue, between 42nd and 43rd Street, opposite Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan. It has been designed by Cook+Fox Architects to be one of the most highly efficient and ecologically friendly buildings in the world. Construction is expected to be complete in 2009.In Bank of America's report on the construction of the building, it cited that the design of the building will make it environmentally friendly, using technologies such as floor-to-ceiling insulating glass to contain heat and maximize natural light, and an automatic daylight dimming system. The tower also features a greywater system, which captures rainwater and reuses it. Bank of America also states that the building will be made largely of recycled and recyclable materials.Another interesting innovation is that not only is air entering the building purified to an impr...
Dubai Rotating Skyscraper Turns Heads on YouTube
2007-09-26 22:20:00 In a city where almost anything is possible, yet another improbable building is ready to take shape. A 60+ story tower will have individually rotating floors and be powered by wind turbines located between the floors. It is currently scheduled to begin construction in 2008 and be completed some two years later.
The Crooked Skyscraper Illusion
2007-08-24 17:23:00 This is really one of the amazing and tricky image done by Mr.D.White of skytopia.com.Can you belive that all lines in this image is parallel to each other.
In Moscow, a rotating Skyscraper
2007-08-18 16:06:00 One of the largest construction corporation Mirax Group signed an agreement with architect David Fisher, the head of Dynamic Architecture, to build a skyscraper in Moscow rotating. The new building (the place for him is not chosen) will be over 60 floors, most of which will revolve around a central nucleus. And the floors should move ...
Transamerica Pyramid: Most recognizable skyscraper in San Francisco
2007-08-18 04:19:00 The Transamerica Pyramid, although not the most well known of buildings in the world, but it is the most recognizable skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline. For those of you who do not remember the Transamerica Pyramid was built on the same historic site as the Montgomery Block. The beautiful looking skyscraper has a height of ...
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Twisting Skyscraper Uses Wind to Power Itself
2007-07-25 14:15:00 Dynamic architecture 1 - S-ome have called the idea outlandish. A better word seems to be insane. And yet, Dynamic Architecture, a company in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, is marching ahead with their plans for a skyscraper powered by wind turbines.read more
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Twisting Skyscraper Uses Wind to Power Itself
2007-07-25 14:15:00 Dynamic architecture 1 - S-ome have called the idea outlandish. A better word seems to be insane. And yet, Dynamic Architecture, a company in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, is marching ahead with their plans for a skyscraper powered by wind turbines.read more
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Burj Dubai - Supertall Skyscraper
2007-07-24 07:39:00 The Burj Dubai is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in the “New Downtown” of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Although not yet complete, it is currently the tallest high-rise building in the world. When it is completed, it will be the tallest man-made structure in the world. Scheduled for occupancy in 2009, the building is ...
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Dubai skyscraper world's tallest
2007-07-22 22:40:00 Dubai skyscraper world's tallest The Burj Dubai is expected to be more than 690m tall when finished in 2008An unfinished skyscraper in the Persian Gulf state of Dubai has become the world's tallest building, its developers say.Emaar Properties said the 512m (1,680ft) Burj Dubai is now taller than Taiwan's 508m (1,667ft) Taipei 101.It is thought Burj Dubai will eventually be 693m (2,275ft) tall.Height records are contentious, with dispute over what defines a "building" and what is being measured - height to the top floor or the tower's antenna.When finished the building is expected to meet the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's four criteria - the height of the structural top, highest occupied floor, the roof's top, and the spire's highest point - to become the world's tallest structure."Burj Dubai has now reached 141 storeys, more storeys than any other building in the world," the company said in a statement.There is speculation that, spire included, the final hei...
Dubai skyscraper world's tallest - BBC News
2007-07-22 13:00:00 Sydney Morning HeraldDubai skyscraper world's tallestBBC News, UK - 4 hours agoAn unfinished skyscraper in the Persian Gulf state of Dubai has become the world's tallest building, its developers say. Emaar Properties said the 512m ...Building Still Under Construction Now World's Tallest FOX NewsWorld's tallest still growing Chicago Sun-TimesTower becomes world's tallest Los Angeles TimesNDTV.com - Scotland on Sundayall 224 news articles
Open this skyscraper or I'll jump!
2007-07-04 16:00:00 The much anticipated grand opening of Lynchburg, VA?s first true skyscraper had been scheduled for July 4, 1931, but a last minute political twist changed the Oppenmeyer Tower?s fate forever. Joseph J. Oppenmeyer, a newly-transplanted European diamond mogul, commissioned the building's design and construction in 1929. Construction had been steadily progressing for three years and was only two weeks from completion, when the Federal Land and Buildings Commission passed a national ordinance that required any building over four stories tall to include an elevator.The final design for Oppenmeyer?s seventeen-story building, unbelievable by today's sensibilities, did not include an elevator. The Elevator Ordinance, as it was later referred to, infuriated the cash-strapped Oppenmeyer, who was badly in need of tenant income, as his fortune had been in slow but sure decline since the onset of the Depression. No amount of last-minute political lobbying in Washington D.C. could secure a gr...
Working on a skyscraper
2007-07-03 15:58:00 I would never work there… I bet they do not look down…
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Farming in the ?hood: Agri-skyscraper design unveiled.
2007-06-22 06:29:00 Score one for the technological optimists? club. New York City is the place to go for fine cuisine, and there?s just no doubt about it. From the second best kind of pizza in the world (come on, Chicago pizza rules) to gourmet and everything in between, if it crawls, flies, runs, or photosynthesizes its own ...
Wind-powered rotating skyscraper to be built in Dubai
2007-06-11 01:41:00 Architect, David Fisher, claims that the tower could power itself and ten other similar sized buildings. This wind powered building is set to be built in Dubai within the next 6 months. There are so many things I don’t understand about this structure. Does it require the floors to rotate in order to produce ...Related Posts:World’s 3rd-Tallest Tower Planned for SeoulLoveholic Remake Album - Re-WindWonders of IndiaFlash Element TD - flash gameRWD V8 Hyundai coupe
Nishi Shinjuku
2007-06-04 14:02:00 ???Nishi Shinjuku (i.e. West Shinjuku) is Japan?s biggest concentration of skyscrapers: no less than 30 in just a square kilometer or two. As expected, it is very much a business center and lacks the rough, streety charm of Higashi (i.e. East) Shinjuku just on the other side of Shinjuku station.There?s a sound reason for Nishi Shinjuku?s glass-and-granite forest growing where it did: geology. Apparently there is a massive slab of bedrock under the whole area that absorbs seismic shocks. The lack of damage to dwellings in the area in Tokyo?s gargantuan earthquake disaster of September 1, 1923, first alerted people to its special natural endowments.It wasn?t until the post-war economy started to boom, however, that skyscrapers began being built here, one of the first being the North Building of Keio Plaza Intercontinental Hotel in 1971 which, at 47 floors, is still a respectable height ? about average for the area.It is soon to be dwarfed, however, by the very boringly named Nishi Shi...
Extreme architecture - Self-Powered Skyscraper With Individually Rotating F
2007-05-21 18:00:00 Wind powered skyscraperWind powered skyscraper Can you imagine having a flat which changes view every morning? Or even better, several times a day? At breakfast you are viewing beautiful bonanza, lunch is in the mood of golden desert while you are high above enjoying in the sun, and in the evening colorful lights on other skyscrapers in Dubai. All that would be possible if the Dynamic Architecture building is to be constructed in Dubai. The 68-story tower will feature floors that can be individually rotated for 360˚ via voice commands from the resident in the each floor. There also seem to possibility to command entire building at once making it wonderful show for everybody outside, as it changes shape according to sound or some other theme making it look almost fluid. To turn one floor in complete circle takes 90 minutes, an thus making it possible for the seasick to live there, as the speed is not enough to cause seasickness. This project is not to be confused with Time R...
New Skyscraper Creates All Its Own Energy
2007-05-15 17:56:00 From METAEFFICIENT: A new skyscraper, to be built in Dubai, is called the Burj al-Taqa ('Energy Tower'), and it will produce 100...
City Corporation Ltd. to Launch a Skyscraper in Hadapsar
2007-05-13 11:23:00 Development of real estate in Maharashtra especially the residential segment is on high these days. With the first 22 storey residential complex to come up over a large area of 400 acre in Hadapsar, the state is soon to add a new leaf in the heritage of history of gleaming skyscrapers. The complex is promoted by ...
The Chicago Spire Skyscraper [del.icio.us]
2007-05-09 16:46:00 You already know that Chicago features one of the world's more exciting skylines. But did you know the Windy City is poised to gain more architectural flair in the air? North America's new tallest building is one the way...
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Tokyo Skyscrapers
2007-05-06 13:10:00 ??????Tokyo has more high rise buildings than any other city in the world. Tokyo's skyscrapers are built for both business and residential use, with apartment blocks over 40-50 storeys becoming the norm.The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Tocho) remains the tallest skyscraper to date at 243m. Other super high rise buildings include: the Sunshine 60 Tower in Ikebukuro at 240m, DoCoMo Yoyogi Building 240m, Roppongi Hills at 238m, the Tokyo Opera City Tower 234m, the Shinjuku Park Tower 233m, the Marunouchi Building at 179m and the Shin Marunouchi Building, both near Tokyo Station, at 198m .The Mid Town Tower in Akasaka will become the tallest skyscraper in Tokyo at 248m when it fully opens later this year.Tokyo Tower remains the highest structure in the capital at 333m.Japanese BonsaiTabi BootsTagsTokyo Japan skyscraper High Rise Architecture
Shin Marunouchi Building
2007-05-06 12:34:00 ??????The new Shin Marunouchi Building just opposite the Marunouchi exit of Tokyo Station is one of the most impressive of Tokyo's skyscrapers.The cool, black tower is 198m tall, has 38 storeys and opened on April 27, 2007. Britain's Hopkins Architects were part of the design team with Japanese partners Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei.Only the first basement floor to the seventh floor is open to the general public with the rest of the building taken up by office space.The panelled wood interior has 40 bars and restaurants catering to just about every taste. The Raimu Raito bar is women only; the Nippon Saisei Sakaba on the fifth floor is a tachinomi (stand up and drink) bar appealing to male office workers.The new building replaces the original 1952 Shin-Marubiru and hopes to pull in enough visitors to help revitalize the Marunouchi business area, whose workers traditionally ate and drank in other places, such as Ginza, after work. Most of the bars and restaurants will close at 11pm, thou...
The Race for the Tallest Skyscraper
2007-05-01 06:28:00 BusinessWeek - As long as city planners in Asia and the Middle East have the financial wherewithal and vision to keep pushing the limits of construction engineering, the global “edifice... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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The Race for the Tallest Skyscraper
2007-05-01 06:28:00 BusinessWeek - As long as city planners in Asia and the Middle East have the financial wherewithal and vision to keep pushing the limits of construction engineering, the global “edifice... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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The Race for the Tallest Skyscraper
2007-05-01 06:28:00 BusinessWeek - As long as city planners in Asia and the Middle East have the financial wherewithal and vision to keep pushing the limits of construction engineering, the global “edifice... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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