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...
Polycarbonate Sheet Deters Elements, Enhances Design of Pedestrian Areas at Canada Place
Canada’s winter will have little effect on Olympic Games visitors to Vancouver’s many attractions, thanks to the city’s planners and architects. Historically they have kept the elements at bay in their approach to infrastructure design for popular pedestrian areas, and their preparations for the Winter Games are no exception. A notable example is Vancouver BC’s Canada Place, a landmark cultural and entertainment complex. Its...
Ordos Protestant Church by Beijing Sunlay Architectural Design
Located on top of a hill of Ordos, planned as a green open space for the city, the project takes its inspiration from the topography of the land. The surrounding landscape offers a strong contrast of colors and depth, creating a rich changing background from day time to night time for the church’s settlement. It sets framed views of the church in a characterized landscape of excavated rocks proper to a city like Ordos, in Inner Mongolia. The...
Ratzeburg School Complex by Mikou Design Studio
The new schools complex in Ratzeburg is located in a mainly residential cityscape, in the middle of an area of low-density detached housing, characterised by brick architecture and pitched roofs that make up the neighbourhood’s identity. This schools complex includes an existing specialised school, a primary school and a lower form secondary school, and it aims to be a strong, identifiable landmark in its urban setting, on the scale of the city...
Atkins Celebrates Iris Bay Topping Out
Atkins officially celebrated one of the construction industry’s oldest customs, the structural ‘topping out’ of the 32-storey Iris Bay office and retail tower at Business Bay in Dubai. Aside from the distinctive architectural design of this unusually shaped commercial building, Iris Bay was an early opportunity for Atkins to explore the challenges of sustainable design in a hot climate and incorporates both passive and active environmental...
Alluser Portal FPJ190-2S ATM AREA
Alluser Industrie is proud to present the new special Portal model FPJ190-2S with ATM area (inside the Portal). This model is a “half portal” with: 2 automatic curved sliding doors on the Secure Side and 2 automatic flat sliding doors on the non-secure side. In case of emergency, this doors can be opened by pushing them (Manual Panic break-out opening of the Flats Sliding Doors). Remote Control Panel to allow an easy, intuitive control...
M-TUBE Flex, LED Light System with Flexible Light Guide
The M-TUBE is an LED light system designed as a construction set: The flexible light guide can be combined with LEDs in different colors and intensities. In this way it is possible to realize soft ambience illumination as well as illumination and lighting with strong brightness. The light is fed into the light guide from the sides. Inside the light guide it is evenly emitted along the imprinted white reflector line. As a result the M-TUBE is the first...
Parsons Brinckerhoff Completes Rosa Parks Transit Center in Detroit
The Rosa Parks Transit Center, a new multimodal facility in downtown Detroit, has been completed. The $22.5 million project was designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) on behalf of the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT). Located at Michigan and Cass Avenues, the Rosa Parks Transit Center is a 25,000-square-foot indoor facility with over two acres of exterior transit access. It enables customers to make connections to 21 DDOT bus routes, the...
1FORMTABLE by John Grabham
1FORMTABLE is an ambient display of careful designing mixed with intelligence and creative fullness. This table features a section which will house 18 dvd’s, along with an overhang surface top which creates room for snacks and beverages. The elegant curved sections will also maintain books, journals or more personal accessories. Visit John Grabham’s website
Round and Curved Automatic Doors for commercial buildings
Elegant and functional, these doors let have a wide radius of curvature for wide but also deep entrances. The round and curved doors turn an entrance into a spacious and comfortable reception. Their high architectural quality and their performance make them exceptional doors: Customised dimensions, Wide choice of finishes, Comfort and easy use, Heat insulation by airlock management, Offset digital control panel, Incorporated traffic analyser, Infrared...
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Baltix Recycled and Biobased Content Office Furniture
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