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Supergiant for Wuhan

(Issue of a magazine 3/2013, page 34)

In Wuhan, China at the confluence of the Yangtze and Han Rivers is being built super-skyscraper of Wuhan Greenland Center, designed by architectural firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS + GG ). Entitled Wuhan Greenland Center, the 606m pillar will comprise around 200,000 sq. m of commercial office space, 50,000 sq. m of highend residential accommodation, a 45,000 sq. m fivestar hotel, and a stunning private member’s club in a 27m-tall penthouse volume. When completed the Wuhan Greenland Center is likely to be China’s thirdtallest building, and the fourth tallest in the world. The works on the site was started in 2012 with the pouring of the slurry wall and driving of the piles.

Building as an Art

(Issue of a magazine 3/2013, page 40)

Comfortable environment is what attracts people today, while choosing a place for residence. First of all, it is a blend of natural and architectural environment, and also a presence of necessary social infrastructure. Innovative ideas, absorbing the experience of past generations, modern technology and creative philosophy, are embodied in the unique objects erected by the Concern “KROST ”. The new project of the company is a residential complex ART , which is created at the junction of architecture, fashion and art.

Structural Expression of Diagonal Tower

(Issue of a magazine 3/2013, page 46)

One more building project for the Yongsan International Business District (YIBD), worldfamous due to its creators - distinguished architects from around the world, was presented by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). The 64-storey building is located at a prominent corner of this new commercial and mixed-use district planned for the center of Seoul.

Tropical Oasis of Kuala Lumpur

(Issue of a magazine 3/2013, page 60)

Angkasa Raya, situated in Malaysia’s capital at the intersection of Jalan Ampang and Jalan P. Ramlee, directly across the well-known Petronas Twin Towers in the heart of Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC), presents a new typology in high-rise skyscraper design that overtly expresses the inhabitation of diverse urban activities in a tropical environment and captures the vibrancy of the city’s multifaceted culture. Rather than competing with the Twin Towers in the form of another “twin” or blending into the surrounding context of singular towers on a podium, Angkasa Raya offers a new contemporary reading of the capital city and stands as an icon of the harmonious and dynamic balance of Malaysia’s cultural multiplicity and diversity.

Dynamic of Tranquility

(Issue of a magazine 3/2013, page 66)

CityLife Milano is an ambitious commercial and residential development on Milan’s historic former trade fair grounds: the Fiera Milano. Three towers are part of the wider redevelopment program of this historical trade fair area of Milan, one of the largest pedestrian zones in Europe. It covers the area of about 360,000 square meters. Its implementation began in 2007, and all works are scheduled to be completed in 2015.

Canaletto in Islington

(Issue of a magazine 3/2013, page 80)

Internationally respected architects of UNStudio are bringing their visionary interpretation of how buildings should interact with their environment to a part of London which is at the nexus of some of the capital’s most creative and exciting communities. Canaletto, named after the Italian painter of the XVII century Giovanni Canaletto, reflects the modern concepts of contemporary architectural aesthetics.

Blobism: Sparkling Drop of Hope

(Issue of a magazine 3/2013, page 86)

For more than ten years, the design team of Architectural firm “Stilistika” - Vladimir Burmistrov and Ivan Zverkov, create their works in a unique brand of avantgarde and innovative blobstyle architecture, which valiantly and steadily gains the minds of the progressive part of the professional community of architects. More and more often construction investors are turning to the architecture of this singular unique modern style, generating outstanding architectural objects of one-of-a-kind and distinguished look.

The Asian Cairns

(Issue of a magazine 2/2013, page 28)

Outstanding Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut is known as specializing in sustainable projects for the future Ecopolises, always with a view to help the planet. His most recent project is Asian Cairns developed for Chinese city of Shenzhen aims against a rural exodus recurrent and uncontrolled urbanization, proposing a new sort of skyscrapers and combining it with biology, information and communication technologies.

Baku Flame Towers

(Issue of a magazine 2/2013, page 34)

Known as the ‘region of eternal fires’, Baku’s long history of fire worshiping provided the inspiration for the development’s iconic design, consisting of three flame shaped towers, each with a different function, set in a triangular shape. The architects were asked to design the Flame Towers to reflect city’s history. The project site is located on the city center neighboring two major boulevards, and some important buildings such as National Assembly of Azerbaijan, General Staff Building and Central Clinic Hospital. At the recently passed MIPIM Awards Ceremony the winners were announced. This award recognizes some of the best pieces of architecture within all areas of the real estate sector and Baku Flame Towers received the award for the “Best Hotel & Tourism Resort.”

The Vector of Development

(Issue of a magazine 2/2013, page 40)

Economic upsurge of China has led to increased mobility of the population and its concentration in large cities, and this, in turn, requires a substantial increase in residential construction. Thus there is a need to create model projects that would help the government to solve urgent problem of housing to satisfy demand of the growing urban population. Practice shows that in this situation the most suitable option can turn a complex development of territories.