Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) celebrated the opening of the 40-story Morpheus hotel in Macau (ELEVATOR WORLD, June 2014) on June 15. Part of the City of Dreams resort, the structure consists of a pair of towers connected at ground and roof levels with a central atrium containing 12 glass elevators by Otis Hong Kong that…
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171-Unit Contract for French Railway Otis France has been awarded a contract by SNCF French Rail to install 171 escalators and moving walks for northern France. Seventy-five Otis escalators will support the future Project Eole (East-West Express) stations: Porte Maillot, CNIT-La Défense and Nanterre La Folie. The units will be deployed over seven years. The…
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Elevator World Acquires U.K. Magazine Elevation Elevator World, Inc. has acquired the U.K.-based magazine Elevation. Launched by industry veteran Ish Buckingham as a quarterly publication in 1994, Elevation specifically targets the British lift industry. Buckingham served as managing director and editor from the publication’s inception until his retirement earlier this year. It is the U.K.’s…
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Tall Towers for Downtown Toronto Dream Office REIT is seeking permission from the City of Toronto to replace an eight-story office building at 250 Dundas Street downtown with a 52-story mixed-use structure containing residences, offices and retail, Urban Toronto reported. The IBI Group-designed proposal includes 517 apartments, 12,295 m2 of office space within podium levels…
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The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) held elevator code meetings on May 14-17 in Palm Springs, California. The ASME A17 Standards committee and several other committees met to continue work on the next editions of the model codes for elevators, escalators and other conveyances, which will be published next year. Hundreds of experts from…
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Plans Foresee New Tallest Tower for Spokane, Washington Plans for a 31-story mixed-use tower in Spokane, Washington, have been filed with city officials, The Spokesman-Review reported in May. The 354-ft.-tall tower, called Riverside Station, would sit at the entrance to the University District in downtown Spokane and become the city’s tallest, surpassing the 20-story, 288-ft.-tall…
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KONE has been awarded a contract to provide the vertical-transportation package for Fifth + Broadway in the historic downtown of Nashville, Tennessee. The order includes 12 MiniSpaceTM (including six high-speed), nine MonoSpace® 500 and three MonoSpace 700 elevators, and 12 TravelMasterTM escalators. Covering more than 1 million sq. ft. and repurposing more than six acres…
Read More Bezzi Named EFESME President The European Federation for Elevator Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EFESME) has appointed a new board of directors. Massimo Bezzi was unanimously appointed president. Bezzi has been involved in the federation since its establishment and served as its vice president since 2008. EFESME added he “is deeply involved at the national, European…
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Complex With 88-Story Tower to Transform L.A. Hillside Site The former hillside location of Angels Knoll Park in Los Angeles is set to be transformed into a 1.26-million-sq.-ft., mixed-use development that includes 88- and 27-story towers, the Architect’s Newspaper reported. Handel Architects designed the buildings, and OLIN has been tapped to handle landscape design, which…
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One Seaport Reaching Toward 60th-Floor Pinnacle One Seaport, a residential tower on Maiden Lane near the waterfront in the Financial District (EW, August 2014 and December 2014), is reaching toward its 60th-floor pinnacle, with construction at the 24th floor as of June, New York YIMBY reported. Designed by Hill West, the tower is being developed…
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