Aussersihl Community Center by EM2N Architects

EM2N Architects has finished designing The Aussersihl Community Center in Zürich, Switzerland, This building is a public place that designed blending to the nature of the surrounding which is in a protected historic garden memorial. Eventhough built in such a place that full of trees, but this building is designed so well so all trees would have to be kept. Great material and color choosing is done so great by the architect it is obviously and effectively... 

House 11 by Dane Richardson

Great and modern house architecture design is done by Australian architect Dane Richardson. This famous architect has designed this house in Dunsborough, Western Australia; as his own personal residence and home office. The entire northern wall of the main living room is glazed, while the southern and western walls have small openings. Soft southern light penetrates the living room, however the northern glazing is what delivers the connection with... 

Filadelfie Administration Building, Prague, Czech Republic

The structural work for the Filadelfie building complex in Prague with its interesting ground plan is very close to completion. With the help of the PERI formwork solution, the 17-floor multi-storey building – constructed in the form of a four-blade propeller – will shortly be finished. The MULTIFLEX slab formwork system, in particular, showed itself to be extremely flexible and adaptable for forming the curved upper and massive basement slabs. Comprehensive... 

Roll-Out Concrete Floor Slab Reinforcement Beats Construction Blues

Steel reinforcement specialist Hy-Ten, has achieved sales of 10, 000 tonnes for their innovative Bamtec floor slab reinforcement system this year, roughly equivalent to their record breaking year of 2007. This represents a real increase in market share for Bamtec in a sector that some commentators estimate has shrunk by 40 percent. Hy-Ten is the exclusive licensed manufacturer in the UK and Ireland for the Bamtec system which originated in Germany.... 

In Weekly Cycles: Apartment Walls and Slabs in Fair-faced Concrete Quality

GRIDFLEX, the aluminium grid slab formwork system from PERI, once again showed its numerous advantages during its initial use in Brazil. Within a very short period of time, it has been possible to construct the floor slabs of the MaxHaus Morumbi residential complex with even, ready to-be-painted ceiling surfaces. Modern living in a rectangular form In São Paulo´s Morumbi district, 128 modern apartments are currently being constructed, spread across... 

Seewinkeltherme, Frauenkirchen, Austria. Structural work in record time: Short construction period for large-scale project

The Austrian Seewinkel hot springs resort complete with four-star hotel is currently one of the largest reinforced concrete construction projects in the Alpine Republic with a total investment in the region of 80 million euros. The HABAU group of companies were commissioned to construct the concrete frame and in so doing have succeeded in meeting two difficult challenges. On the one hand, the special form of the spiral-shaped building with mostly... 

OpernTurm, Frankfurt, Germany. Crane-free operations facilitate working processes

The Frankfurt skyline is currently being re-defined: on one of the most beautiful locations in Germany directly opposite the Alte Oper, the so-called OpernTurm is steadily rising to reach its planned height of 170 metres. 52, 000 square metres of office space is spread over 43 floors with an additional 10, 000 m² in the adjacent seven-storey podium building. The development of this inner-city large-scale construction site is associated with enormously... 

World´s Tallest Building – Burj Dubai – formed with MEVA Formwork

The Burj Dubai will be the highest building ever erected by mankind. How high is being kept a competitive secret – but it will be higher than 8900 m (2, 625 ft). The wind forces at such extreme heights are awesome: the antenna at the top of the Burj is designed for a deflection of +/- 12 m! The biggest share of the on-site concrete works is dedicated to the slabs with a total surface of 224, 808 m² for 532 slabs on 153 floor levels – an area...