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It's no HafenCity, but South Waterfront is quietly growing up
In the Travel section of last Sunday's New York Times, writer Gisela Williams takes a look at the HafenCity district in Hamburg, Germany. What she found there got me thinking about Portland's South Waterfront district. HafenCity is a new district at the site of Hamburg's central harbor on the Elbe River. It's one... Read more>>
Most Leaning Building In The World
Most Leaning Building In The World Designed By RMJM Capital Gate, the iconic leaning building in Abu Dhabi, reached halfway point. The mixed use building, designed by international architects RMJM, is currently under construction and will lean 18 degrees westward; 14 degrees more than... Read more>>
NYC Residence
Stefan Boublil designed this apartment on the 61st floor on a metropolitan tower in New York that overlooks Central Park. Here is the project description: Combining 3 smaller apartments into one at one of new york city’s most coveted uptown addresses, we delivered a stunning new... Read more>>
SOM’s Burj Dubai Becomes World’s Tallest Building
SOM announced today that the construction of the Burj Dubai has reached the 141st floor level at 1,680 feet (512.1 meters), surpassing the height of Taipei 101, which was previously the world’s tallest building at 1,667ft (508 meters). The height of the Burj Dubai, located in Dubai,... Read more>>
Water Usage in Buildings
While the efficiency of plumbing fixtures comes immediately to mind when thinking about water conservation, concerns about water usage affect many other categories of building products. Just as many buildings attempt to go off the power grid by generating electricity on site, designers... Read more>>
Vertical Farming
An article in today's New York Times spotlights a potential new building type that has already generated discussion in Portland and Seattle: vertical farming. The article talks about a proposal from a Columbia University professor to build a 30-story tower in Manhattan devoted... Read more>>
The New Museum Of Contemporary Art // New York // USA // SANAA
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA, opened on December 1st 2007. Below is an statement about the architecture provided by the museum: THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART The new New Museum of... Read more>>
Tall buildings at Pankrác have a green light
There is nothing in the way of the construction for two projects of tall buildings at Prague Pankrác plain. The building investor, ECM company, has all the necessary permissions for the residential building City Epoque as well as the near by Epoque Hotel. T.Johánek... Read more>>
Burj Dubai reaches 601 m on schedule
Burj Dubai reaches 601 m on schedule World record using Doka Formwork Technology The structure shell of the Burj Dubai is already the tallest building on the planet. On 8 th November 2007, the in-situ concreting works on the... Read more>>
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