Nationwide manufacturer Eklund’s, Inc. crafts complete elevator cabs and custom elevator interiors for both new construction projects and renovations. Its “total elevator cab solutions” include design, manufacturing and installation of luxury, custom-crafted cabs and interiors, and a wide selection of StreamLine standard cab interiors. With customers in the U.S. from coast to coast, its projects…
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This Reader’s Platform addresses the effect of visual elevator design on impressions and perceptions. Elevators have changed since their first reference to one having been built by Archimedes in 236 BCE. Today, they not only move passengers up and down buildings in terms of transportation, they also move people emotionally in terms of design. Every…
Read More Taking the complexity out of aesthetics When planning an elevator modernization, the focus is most typically on the operational aspects of the equipment. New technologies and products are typically designed to make elevators more reliable, safer and faster. Most elevator companies have expertise in these areas, with employees trained in the mechanical and electrical aspects…
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“Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But, of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works.” – Steve Jobs Often overlooked, the elevator-cab interior is an extension of any building’s lobby – the feel of the space. Other than first-floor offices, the elevator is the one place…
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First impressions last, and cab interiors should not be overlooked. Dated, dark, dirty and damaged elevator cab interiors could leave the impression that a building and its elevators are not well maintained and even unsafe. Simple aesthetics aside, mileage really matters. The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) estimates that elevators in the U.S. and Canada…
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The evolution of cab aesthetics Elevator cabs today can be seen as moving works of art in more ways than one. Louis L.J.” Blaiotta, Jr., CEO of Columbia Elevator Products Co., Inc., opines: “It is incredible to me, in just the few decades that I have been involved in the elevator industry, cabs have progressed…
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The first installment of this series (ELEVATOR WORLD, May 2016) looked at the oscilloscope’s historical roots, including some early innovations and theoretical underpinnings, such as the Fourier Transform. This concluding article will fast-forward to the present and walk the reader through oscilloscope exercises, beginning with the simple and proceeding to the more complex. Learning Objectives…
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São Paulo’s newest corporate business center is outfitted with custom Schindler equipment. EZ Towers is located in a 16,000-m² area in Berrini Avenue, São Paulo’s newest corporate business center. With 43 elevators, two 150-m-tall towers and a built area of 164,500 m², the development stands out in the city’s skyline. The project has become an…
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The National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) convened in the historic southern U.S. city to network, trade ideas and learn. The sounds of foghorns on the Savannah River and palm fronds rustled by gentle breezes formed a tranquil backdrop for the 2016 NAEC Educational Conference at the Westin Savannah Harbor & Golf Resort on Hutchinson…
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The popular event enjoys its biggest iteration in 2016. Traditionally, the doors open at noon for attendees of the one-day, seven-hour Elevator Conference of New York (ECNY) Supplier Showcase, a tradeshow held at the elegant Villa Barone Manor in Bronx, New York. But, this year, the event’s seventh annual, attendees were lined up at the…
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