NBBJ and CCDI Break Ground on Hangzhou Sports Park
Like many cities in China, Hangzhou is undergoing rapid urban change. While the city center had historically developed around the West Lake area, opportunities for industry and commerce have shifted the city’s expansion towards the Qian Tang riverfront. New construction has tripled the city’s size in the past 10 years leaving behind a modern architectural fabric that is powerful in scale, yet still in need of public place making. NBBJ, in collaboration...
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...
Tempest Holdings Launches ShoeTrap Closet Shoe Storage Systems
ShoeTrap™ was created to simplify closet shoe organization. Currently available in three sizes and three popular wood finishes to suit most home décors, the individual ShoeTrap™ displays can easily be arranged to fit tight spaces within a closet, or stacked into a custom furniture piece in an open room. A drop front glass viewing pane allows quick identification of shoes while keeping them dust free. All ShoeTrap™ interiors are lined with genuine...
Entech Solar Launches the Entech Tubular Skylight
Entech Solar, Inc. announce the launch and immediate availability of its new Entech™ Tubular Skylight, a state-of-the-art tubular skylight developed based on Entech Solar’s patented Solar Collimator™ technology. This proprietary Solar Collimator is designed to provide superior optical efficiency, increase lumen output, and improve light distribution over conventional tubular skylights, providing enhanced all-day illumination in desired areas....
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...
Christmas Tree Market Releases New Narrow Christmas Trees
ChristmasTreeMarket, a leading online retailer in discount artificial Christmas trees, announces the release of seven new narrow artificial Christmas trees. These slim trees fit perfectly into the smallest spaces. Widths for all seven of the narrow artificial Christmas trees range from 18”- 56”. They feature PVC tips, hinged tree branches for quick setup, and they are all pre lit, strung with Dura-Lit™ or UL-approved lights. Consumers are voicing...
Aqua Tower, Chicago by STUDIO GANG ARCHITECTS
In an increasingly dense city like Chicago, views from a new tower must be negotiated between existing buildings. Aqua tower considers criteria such as views, solar shading and function to derive a vertical system of contours that gives the structure its sculptural form. Its vertical topography is defined by its outdoor terraces that gradually change in plan over the length of the tower. These terraces offer a strong connection to the outdoors and...
MVRDV wins Gwanggyo City Centre Competition, near Seoul, South Korea
The Daewoo Consortium and the municipality of Gwanggyo announced the MVRDV concept design for a dense city centre winner of the developer’s competition for the future new town of Gwanggyo, located 35km south of the Korean capital Seoul. The plan consists of a series of overgrown hill shaped buildings with great programmatic diversity, aiming for high urban density and encouragement of further developments around this so-called ‘Power Centre’,...
Shanghai Tower, Tallest Building in China Breaks Ground
Shanghai Center project will be started since Nov. 29, 2008. It is proposed to be the tallest building of China after it finished. Shanghai Tower will be a 632-meter, super-tall tower sited in the heart of Shanghai’s Luijiazui Finance and Trade Zone, adjacent to the Jin Mao Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center. As the newest icon on the Shanghai skyline, Shanghai Tower’s distinctive transparent spiral form will showcase cutting-edge sustainable...
Bradley’s New Fusion Partitions Combine the Upscale Look of Stainless Steel and Granite
Impressive public spaces call for special finishes in the washroom. To meet the needs of high-end applications, Bradley introduces its exclusive line of Fusion restroom partitions that combine cool stainless steel with the warmth of natural granite. Fusion partitions are the latest addition to Bradley’s growing portfolio of “decorative high-end commercial” fixtures and accessories. The partitions feature genuine granite pilasters...
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