Tall Buildings magazine interviewed Reynolds Logan, principal architect of the Rothschild Tower in Tel Aviv. Associate Partner of Richard Meier & Partners Architects told us about high-rise construction peculiarities in Israel and creative approach of design team in solving problems with local norms and conditions. He shared with the experience of realization of the first residential skyscraper for this architectural firm.
This year the Shukhov Tower, which is called one of the most prominent feats of engineering, has celebrated its 95th anniversary. The Radio Tower at Shabolovka is not only a symbol of Soviet radio and television broadcasting, it is also a world-known monument to the Russian avant-garde architecture and the most renowned construction by engineer Shukhov.
Recently have been announced the winners of the 2017 Skyscraper Competition. The award was established in 2006 to recognize outstanding ideas for vertical living. The competition is 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. These ideas, through the novel use of technology, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations, challenge the way to understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments.
The article deals with the details of the design of a unique structure created by the architectural firm FXFOWLE. The renovated building became a prime example of distinctive approach to resolving challenges in high-rise buildings construction ascribable of the famous New York zoning law. The project, which integrated programs of school and residential block, required an individual constructive system and a complex engineering solution that allowed significantly increasing the building area without breaking local legislation.
The article deals with the project of unique complex of 32 towers, designed by UnStudio, which will comprise not only real estate units. The mix-used development will provide not only comfortable housing and healthy living environment in the neighborhood, but also act as an educational institution.
The article deals with the unique project of 300-meter height wooden skyscraper. The tower was designed for the central part of London, as an iconic and sustainable building. The designs for the Barbican is the first in series of timber skyscrapers developed by Cambridge University in association with globally renowned architects and structural engineers with funding from the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
The brief called for an iconic landmark in the Nansha’s new district center to mark a new phase of district development as the new free trade zone. Nansha Kingboard Free Trade Zone Mixed-use Project designed by Aedas is located in Guangzhou - the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. This is a mixed-use development with commercial office and serviced apartment spaces, all housed in a single building.
The article based on the materials provided by architectural firm WOODS BAGOT deals with the project of the unique riverside complex, in which architects have masterly integrated commercial and recreational spaces. The reorganization of the former industrial zone includes the erection of several high-rise buildings, improvement of the embankments, creation of an extensive network of pedestrian routes and well-thought-out transport system.
American firm Oiio Architecture Studio set forward a new concept of skyscraper typology, which allows increasing gross floor ratio and economic efficiency. Complex analytical research and integration of the newest technological achievements significantly increase the chances for the implementation of this ambitious project.
Internationally renown architectural company LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture) took part in a major international competition for the design of an ecologically friendly urban settlement in Malaysia. A group of buildings step down towards this green public center and are an architectural interpretation of the rainforest, with various layers of program and vertical stratification. Each of them is an independent unit but interacting in symbiosis, each connecting and supporting each other.
