On the WAN website for those who is interested in the latest NYC developments is presented an exclusive video interview with CEO of WSP Cantor Seinuk Silvian Marcus in which the charismatic engineer takes a tour of the elegant 432 Park Avenue tower.
Recently has been completed construction of the tallest residential building in London, designed by Broadway Malyan and realized by contractor Brookfield Multiplex. The Tower, One St George Wharf rises more than 180m above the nearby River Thames and is part of the wider Nine Elms development. The Tower was one of the first major redevelopment schemes in the Nine Elms project, as Pete Vaughan, Director at Broadway Malyan explains.
Melbourne-based firm BKK Architects (Black Kosloff Knott) have received approval for their new skinny tower, set to be Melbourne’s tallest narrow skyscraper, from the city’s minster for planning, Matthew Guy.
A new 75-story residential tower is planned at 92 Fulton Street, and the building is set to be developed by the Mavrix Group. Real Estate Weekly reported that the total cost will be $ 250 million, with completion of Mavrix ‘land assemblage imminent. 92 Fulton Street will have 250,000 square feet of space, which is a dramatic increase from the site’s previous proposal, which would have only been 22,000 square feet.
The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been commissioned with the design of a new urban development project on a 45 hectare site in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. It comprises a transportation hub including five underground railway stations, a border control point and numerous commercial areas. Above ground there will be a range of tower blocks of different heights with apartments, shops and offices to form multifunctional city quarters.
The green light has been given for a new retail development and office tower designed by Broadway Malyan in Hefei, eastern China. Designed for CITIC Capital Holdings Limited (part of a larger state-owned investment company) the 170,000 sq m scheme is due to complete in 2015.
Located in Abu Dhabi’s new Al Maryah Island financial district between the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and the Cleveland Clinic, Rosewood Abu Dhabi is a new 1,099,000 sq ft (102,000 sq m) luxury, mixed-use development. The complex includes a five-star 189-room Rosewood hotel, 131 serviced apartments, banquet facilities, meeting facilities, spa, fitness centre, retail space, restaurants, and parking facilities. The inspiration for the design was derived from the falcon and the art of falconry, which has a long history in the Middle East and remains an important part of the local heritage and culture.
Office of Design & Architecture (ODA) has been selected to design the largest affordable housing scheme in New York for more than 30 years. Parcel C is Phase II of the Hunters Point South development on the Long Island City waterfront and will be overseen by developers TF Cornerstone with Selfhelp Community Services.
Local architecture firm Milroy Perera Associates and Maga Engineering have designed the Clearpoint Residencies project, which will be Sri Lanka’s first sustainable high-rise building and the world’s tallest vertical garden.
Designed by Atkins and destined for Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, the smoothly curving form rises 160m into the skyline with a concept derived from the lotus flower.
