Developer Nakheel announced in February that concrete work on its Palm Tower on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah was more than 80% complete, with 42 of 50 floors delivered. The remainder are expected to be delivered by the third quarter of 2018. Located in the heart of the famous artificial archipelago Palm Jumeirah, Palm Tower will have…
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Gschwendtner to Chair ISO/TC 178 Dr. Gero Gschwendtner has been appointed chair of the International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee (ISO/TC) 178, which covers elevators, escalators and moving walks. An active participant in several ISO/TC 178 Working Groups (WGs), as well as the European Committee for Standardization Technical Committee (CEN/TC) 10 and its WGs, Gschwendtner…
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Curved edges, an angled tip and a grooved green façade distinguish Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel’s (ACPV) design for the 280-m-tall Taipei Sky Tower (TST) planned by local developer Riant Capital Ltd. in the Xinyi shopping and financial district, dezeen reported. ACPV will also design interiors for Park Hyatt Taipei, one of two Hyatt hotels that…
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61-Story Tower for Growing Toronto Suburb Following “lightning-fast sales” of condominiums in multiple towers in its Transit City and Icona developments in the northern Toronto suburb of Vaughn, Cortel Group plans to build a 61-story tower with a striking, stepped design by Quadrangle, UrbanToronto.ca reported. Expo City 5 will join previous phases along Highway 7…
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A 51-story, 280-m-tall mixed-use skyscraper under construction in Singapore’s Raffles Place has a striking design designboom describes as a “tropical green oasis.” Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Carlo Ratti Associates are behind the concept, with Singapore firm RSP serving as project architect. CapitaLand Ltd. is the developer. Containing 635,000 sq. ft. of office space, nearly…
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Ziehl-Abegg Sees Plenty of Bright Spots Globally in 2018 Germany-based Ziehl-Abegg, manufacturer of elevator motors, drives and controls, entered 2018 with optimism as it reflected on record sales of EUR540 million (US$666 million) (ELEVATOR WORLD, February 2018) and positive order intake in the first few weeks of the year. CEO Peter Fenkl said sales expectations…
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39-Story Apartment Tower Breaks Ground Holliday Fenoglio Flower LP, a brokerage firm representing Houston developer Hanover Co., announced ground has been broken on Hanover River Oaks, a 39-story apartment tower in the Upper Kirby commercial district in Houston that has been in the works since 2014, the Houston Business Journal reported. Located on 1.6 acres…
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Striking BIG-Designed Towers Taking Shape in Chelsea The Eleventh, a pair of striking, twisting towers designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) (ELEVATOR WORLD, December 2016), is making its presence known in the West Chelsea neighborhood. Connected by a base housing 181,893 sq. ft. of commercial space, a hotel tower will rise 25 stories and 302…
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“Iconic” Development Moves Forward One Chicago Square, a 76- and 49-story tower project in Chicago’s River North, described by developer JDL as “iconic,” moved forward in January with the Chicago Planning Commission unanimously voting in favor of a needed zoning change, Crain’s Chicago Business reported. JDL hopes to break ground before the end of the…
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Curved Mitsubishi Electric Escalators at Wynn Boston Harbor Featuring Mitsubishi Electric’s signature curved escalators framing a US$28-million statue of the cartoon character Popeye, the lobby of Wynn Boston Harbor casino in Everett, Massachusetts, will look like something out of a dream. Mitsubishi Electric crews from Japan were onsite in February installing the units, which involved…
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