In Melbourne is underway construction of 75-storey tower Victoria One, designed by Australian architectural firm Elenberg Fraser. This is a mixedused proposal located in the north of Melbourne’s CBD, which is considered the most rapidly changing precinct of the city. Completion of works is scheduled for 2018.
In the heart of the urban networks of Xinyin District in full development, the AGORA GARDEN project presents a pioneer concept of sustainable residential eco-construction that aims at limiting the ecologic footprint of its inhabitants by researching the right symbiosis between the human being and the Nature.
Jinhua is located almost in the center of Zhejiang Province, China. This is a famous national historical and cultural place. Rather small by the standards of the country (its population is “only” 5,361,600 people) and the picturesque town is often called “the capital of the handicrafts.” Traditional wood carving, performed here, is famous throughout China and far beyond. Economically Jinhua has always prospered from its position as the regional collecting and processing center for agricultural and forestry products (chiefly rice and bamboo).
Last autumn started construction works on a multifunctional project of Greenland Tower in Chengdu, China, designed by AS + GG (Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture). Due to complete in 2018, this unusual crystalloid 100-storey-high skyscraper is to become the southwestern China region’s tallest building and the fourth-tallest in the nation. It will surpass the city’s current tallest buildings – the Chengdu IFS Towers and Chengdu International Finance Square Towers by over 200 meters.
People always have a desire, even those who do not dread the offending God to build the tower of Babel. The fall didn’t stop trying to continue to ascend the human, of course, subsequent attempts, is more reverence and respect. Saint- Michel chapel is established in twelfth Century, erected in the French Aiguilhe rock on. Nearly 100 meters tall igneous rock didn’t seem to stop the build, either cannot stop the pilgrims. Ancient Chinese mountaineering is undoubtedly associated with worship and ritual activities related to each other, because the landscape and human life as inherently movement and spiritual strength.
10 DESIGN has won the international design competitions for three separate projects in the Jinwan Aviation City of Zhuhai, where aviation is under a period of unprecedented growth. Zhuhai is a prefecture-level city on the southern coast of Guangdong province in China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, Zhuhai was one of the original Special Economic Zones established in the 1980s. The outstanding geographic location, a wide range of supporting infrastructure and a deep-water port serve as a major attraction for foreign capital.
What is a skyscraper? It is a tall building of glass, steel and concrete, built with the most modern materials and technologies. But more often heard seemingly incongruous words - “wooden skyscraper.” In some countries already constructed or are being erected the buildings made of wood up to 30 floors height, and in international competitions are increasingly represented projects of high-rise buildings with timber frame. The ideas to create such structures arise from the need to improve the ecological state of the environment, energy saving and scavenging the air of carbon dioxide. Such buildings reduce the negative impact on the environment, and wooden structures serve as a good substitute for expensive standard building materials, which production requires a lot of energy. The project of a tall building made of wood was also offered by the famous architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).
The second year in St. Petersburg being built the largest in the Russia multifunctional public and business complex, which includes the tallest building in Europe. Its name – Lakhta Center – is already widely known in Russia. At the same time, among overseas professionals so far very few people heard about the project. We asked the Chief Architect of the Lakhta Center and GORPROJECT CJSC – Philip Nikandrov to share with us the construction details.
At the end of the last century due to environmental decay the humanity became to focus more on the green issues. But attempts to improve the situation at that time largely consisted of landscaping, upgrading of ventilation systems and partial reduction of the industrial pollution impact on the environment. The energy crisis combusted in the 70s forced to look for ways to save existing resources and find renewable energy sources.
UK-based Chetwoods Architects are working with HuaYan Group to prepare several masterplans in China. Recently the team has released details of the Phoenix Towers, amazing pair of supertall structures, which act as the centrepiece for one of these developments: environmental masterplan for Wuhan.
