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The Flatiron of Vancouver

(Issue of a magazine 2/2012, page 82)

The 490-foot-tall Beach and Howe Twisting Residential Tower is a mixed-use building by BIG + Westbank + Dialog + Cobalt + PFS + Buro Happold + Glotman Simpson and local architect James Cheng marks the entry point to downtown Vancouver, forming a welcoming gateway to the city, while adding another unique structure to the Vancouver skyline. This project should be part of a new futuristic strategy of urban development for this Canadian city.

Polycentric Model of Cities Development

(Issue of a magazine 2/2012, page 90)

After two decades of stagnation and slackening in the Russian urban planning, “super power” aspirations returned in our country known once by its unprecedented range of architectural experiments (from Peter the Great to Soviet constructions). The last year Moscow almost doubles its area; an international competition on developing a project “Development concepts for Moscow agglomeration” is now carrying out on initiative of Russian and capital governments. A chain of dramatic events proceded; they referred to the General capital development plan in force and protest wave perceived the last administration’s attempt to legitimate results of the quite faulty architectural policy which contradicts to principals of democratic society which we want to become in.

Enshrouded

(Issue of a magazine 2/2012, page 96)

Kuwait City was first settled in the early 18th century. Its name may have derived from an earlier abandoned fort located there, called “Kut” – Arabic for a fortress by the sea, and then developed into a major industrial, business and tourist center in the Middle East. The main impetus to the development of the city was received after the end of the last century, when in the country was discovered the largest oil field. Ancient Islamic traditions intertwined with the latest achievements of European civilization, creating an original blend of Kuwait City modern architecture. High rise construction was formed here in the late 1970s, when the next wave of skyscrapers erection captured virtually the entire world.

Bionic Arch

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 38)

International model of the green building of the 21st century, the innovative and pioneering design of the Bionic Arch is part of the new master plan “Taichung Gateway – Active Gateway City”, the future urban oasis for lifestyle, innovation, culture and biodiversity in the heart of Central Taiwan. Erecting this new skyscraper for the hundredth birthday of the creation of “Taiwan R.O.C.”, Taichung City Government is to honor the local building traditions and symbolize the new Taiwan dynamics into economic, political, social and cultural achievements.

The Water Phantom

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 46)

As Mexico City continues its creative development, architects and designers appear to be taking inspiration from more and more unlikely sources. Last year on 22nd June, local architects Rojkind Arquitectos celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony of their most recent composition, R432, which concept design was stimulated by the writings of French philosopher Gaston Bachelard (1884 – 1962).

Entering the Era of the Megatall

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 52)

Within this decade we will likely witness not only the world’s first kilometertall building, but also the completion of a significant number of buildings over 600 meters (around 2,000 feet) – that’s twice the height of the Eiffel Tower. Two years ago, prior to the completion of the Burj Khalifa, this building type did not exist. And yet, by 2020, we can expect at least eight such buildings to exist internationally. The term “supertall” (which refers to a building over 300 meters) is thus no longer adequate to describe these buildings: we are entering the era of the “megatall.” This term is now officially being used by the Council to describe buildings over 600 meters in height, or double the height of a supertall.

Metropolitan Broadcaster

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 66)

Beijing TV Center was built in a modernist style in 2008 as the project developed by Nikken Sekkei, in partnership with the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design. The buildings are situated on the site, located in the central business district, 6 km east of the square Tian An Myn.

The Vertical Forest

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 72)

This year in Milan city center is planned to complete construction of two unusual residential towers - Bosco Verticale («Vertical Forest”) is a building height of 80 and 112 meters, on which roofs and facades while planting a lot of vegetation, which will be able to hold 480 big and medium size trees, 250 small size trees, 11.000 groundcover plants and 5.000 shrubs (the equivalent of a hectare of forest).

Neighborhoods in the Sky

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 78)

By 2016 in Singapore planned to be built a picturesque residential complex named The Scotts Tower (TST). This is another project which is implemented under the brand of SOHO , by analogy with similar neighborhoods in London and New York. Dutch architects UNS tudio headed by the renowned architect Ben van Berkel have developed designs for TST. It will be a unique structure, which design is distinguished by clear modern lines. Its extraordinary spatial configuration, wise arrangement of residential units and fancy vertical division create a sense of airiness and lightness.

The Tower of Light

(Issue of a magazine 1/2012, page 84)

Modern architects are seriously taking aim at the designing of so-called green buildings. Many famous craftsmen create as high-rise, as well as lowrise buildings from nonpolluting and renewable materials that consume the least possible amount of energy. In the same direction are working Italian architects from JM Schivo & Associati s.r.l.