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From Century to Century: Carrying on the Traditions of Modernism

(Issue of a magazine 6/2010, page 44)

Peter Pran is often named among the most creative and innovative modern architects. The winner of 15 international and national competitions, and the recipient of over two dozen prestigious professional awards, Pran is working intensively on a range of projects throughout the world. This American architect, who began his professional career working with the great architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, remains one of the leading modern developers of the International style, and a true enthusiast of implementing innovative technologies.

The Pensile Gardens of U-bora

(Issue of a magazine 6/2010, page 50)

This development of signature style by Aedas is ordered by Bando C&E Ltd for still more important financial center of Dubai - the Business Bay - straddled between the East and West. The area features numerous up-to-date tall buildings.

Coast Guards

(Issue of a magazine 6/2010, page 64)

Istanbul is a great megapolis successfully combining contemporary buildings and ancient structures, which creates its unique flavour attracting tourists from every corner of the globe. The city is situated in hilly terrain in the northwest of the country - on both sides of the Bosphorus bordered from the south by the Sea of Marmara. This is the major commercial port, the center of economic development and the main industrial city of Turkey.

Top View

(Issue of a magazine 6/2010, page 68)

A team of Romanian architects who won against 236 teams across 25 countries in the world will build a SF skyscraper in Taiwan. The 300 - 350 meter building is meant to become a new landmark for the Asian country. The Taiwan Tower will be much shorter than the country’s highest 508-metre Taipei 101 skyscraper, but will become the tallest structure in Taichung, Taiwan’s thirdlargest city.

 

The Dialogue through Centuries

(Issue of a magazine 6/2010, page 74)

CITIC PLAZA is located on North Sichuan Road of Hongkou old district in Shanghai. The site is close to the Bund area and the new CBD in the northern Bund currently under construction.

Underground Highway

(Issue of a magazine 5/2010, page 38)

Swiftly developing cities come across the universal problem - how to organize the urban traffic. The mass migration entails dramatic vehicular take-up, whilst the existing urban transportation system is often likely to be unfit for the reality of a modern city. Underdevelopment of urban motorway network and prevailing traffic conditions brake on normal operation of urban organism.

Architecture of the Period

(Issue of a magazine 5/2010, page 44)

At present, one of the most pressing themes in architecture worldwide nowadays is sustainability. The architects are tasked to come up with creative solutions to design buildings which consume less energy, emit less harmful gasses, last longer, and can adapt to changes in the future.

METROPOLIYA for a Megacity

(Issue of a magazine 5/2010, page 50)

The new ultramodern METROPOLIYA business district is one of the most promising and ambitious projects of METROPOL Development, founded in 2005 for further deployment of particularly investment- attractive projects run by the METROPOL Group - international financial and industrial holding featuring Russian capital shares. Today, the basic business field of the METROPOL Development is construction project management in Russia and abroad.

The Actual Urban Symbols

(Issue of a magazine 5/2010, page 60)

The Tall Buildings Magazine is keenly tracking the designs by of the Moscow-based architectural studio Sergey Skuratov Architects. Two years ago its leader and founder reviewed his works for Russian capital in an extensive interview. In the meantime he got several projects for other domestic cities. Now, Sergey Skuratov, the renowned native architect, is surveying his Rostov-on-Don project, shedding a little light on trying ordeal of Mosfilmovskaya Building, and also touching upon some topical issues of domestic architectural and construction practice.

The Northernmost Worldwide

(Issue of a magazine 5/2010, page 68)

Yekaterinburg City is a downtown borough in the Yekaterinburg’s urban core, which is underway now. This scheme feature four towers, two stepped office/retail facilities, hotel and conference center with shopping zone, offices, recreational center, to cafe and restaurants.