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The Symbol of Fraternity

(Issue of a magazine 3/2012, page 44)

The concept of the public and business centre to be erected in Ufa (the capital city of the Republic of Bashkortostan), in Oktyabrskaya Revolutsia street, was proposed by experts of the Architectural Bureau of Yuri Vissarionov in 2008- 2009. Keeping in line with the architectural and planning assignment of Ufa city’s Department of Architecture and City Planning, as its main architectural and aesthetic objective the project aims to create an impressive highrise complex that will embody the Bashkir- Russian friendship. The building is planned to be used for office spaces, hotels, and shopping outlets which, together, will form a splendid public and municipal area.

Tokyo Skytree

(Issue of a magazine 3/2012, page 50)

In May was held the opening ceremony of the world’s tallest TV tower - Tokyo Skytree. The world’s tallest freestanding broadcasting tower at 634 meters, Tokyo Skytree has been built to replace Tokyo Tower, whose broadcast ability has become increasingly compromised by surrounding high-rise buildings. Tokyo Skytree is not only a state-of-the-art digital terrestrial broadcasting tower, but is set to join such icons as the local historic sites of Asakusa.

Architectural Mysterium Architectural Mysterium

(Issue of a magazine 3/2012, page 56)

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Tower with a «Treefort»

(Issue of a magazine 3/2012, page 72)

Guangzhou, the capital of the province of Guangdong, is one of the largest and most flourishing cities in China at present due to its role as a key national transportation hub and trading port. In the last few years a score of ambitious urban development projects has reshaped the face of the city and created a new CBD. Constantly attracting numerous internationally renowned designs and engineering companies, Guangzhou today can take pride in the realization of a number of high class building projects.

Innovations Blend

(Issue of a magazine 3/2012, page 78)

Four Skyscrapers named Regional “Best Tall Buildings” for 2012 by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Best Tall Building “Worldwide” will be announced at October Awards Ceremony. The competition organizers and award jury members noted the high activity of skyscrapers construction around the world: in the prosperous pre-crisis 2005, were commissioned only 32 towers, in 2011 - 88, and this year are scheduled for completion 96 high-rises.

Urban Forest

(Issue of a magazine 2/2012, page 42)

By the end of 2009, MAD has completed the concept design of a 385 meter high metropolitan cultural complex in the city center of Chongqing – The Urban Forest. This is the third skyscraper designed by MAD following the Absolute Towers in Toronto and the Sinosteel International Plaza in Tianjin, China. Canadian Absolute Towers is being completed, but the Urban Forest on the MAD Architects website still belongs to the category of proposed works, although originally planned to raise it to 2011.

Marina City Green Loop

(Issue of a magazine 2/2012, page 48)

While the world is looking for alternatives to fossil fuels, Algae is an unlimited source of energy, food, and most important, a remarkable natural CO_² absorber. Every industrial energy system inscribes its technological order into the urban fabric. Therefore, what shall be the shape and the fingerprint of the next ZERO CAR BON economy in the big cities? So, which spatial implications shall have Algae’s new technologies, and which potentials integrations could be imagine for Algae bioreactors in central urban areas?

Meccano Set Skyscraper

(Issue of a magazine 2/2012, page 54)

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions (SAR s) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC ), the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China’s south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. The area consists of Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories, and over 200 offshore islands, of which the largest is Lantau Island. With a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong’s population is 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent from other groups.

Architectural Mysterium

(Issue of a magazine 2/2012, page 60)

The eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of the 2012 Skyscraper Competition. The annual competition recognizes outstanding ideas that redefine skyscraper design through the use of new technologies, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations, along with studies on globalization, flexibility, adaptability, and the digital revolution. This is also an investigation on the public and private space and the role of the individual and the collective in the creation of a dynamic and adaptive vertical community. The award seeks to discover young talent, whose ideas will change the way we understand architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments.

Tehrans Syndrom

(Issue of a magazine 2/2012, page 68)

Among the works presented at the eVolo magazine competition, the jury noted by the honorable mention the project of the Iranian architects - Mahdi Kamboozia, Alireza Esfandiari, Nima Dehghani, Mohammad Ashkbar Sefat - The Tehran Tower, which we decided to talk about a little bit more detailed.