Japan

Pair of Towers to Add to Lively Tokyo Scene

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government approved a US$1.15-billion project that aims to bring a pair of 54-story residential towers to the Kachidoki and Toyomicho district on Tokyo Bay, Japan Property Central...

Towers planned throughout the region; VT industry framework tweaked in Singapore.

Design Unveiled for Guangzhou Supertall Architecture firm Goettsch Partners has unveiled the design for a mixed-use project in Guangzhou, China, that will have a supertall tower as its centerpiece, ArchDaily...

From Tokyo to Dubai

Toshiba executive visits with TELME representatives from throughout the Middle East during The Business Interaction Meet in Dubai. by M.J. Mohamed Iqbal, EW Correspondent Shinichiro Akiba, corporate senior vice president...

Developments planned, rising across the city.

Mixed-Use High Rise Opens in Shibuya Shibuya Scramble Square, a 230-m, 46-story tower in Tokyo’s Shibuya Station District Redevelopment, has officially opened, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat...

Records set to break as landmark hotel reopens to fanfare.

Tallest Building in Japan Planned for Tokyo Mori Building Co. has unveiled plans for a redevelopment project in central Tokyo that includes what would become the tallest building in Japan,...

Tokyo, Chiba are targets of new tall developments.

Tokyo Plan With 200-m-Tall Mixed-Use Tower Approved A plan to demolish older offices, apartments, houses and temples to make way for a 200-m-tall mixed-use tower on a 1.6-ha site close...

High-profile projects progress.

High-Rise Complex Underway in Tokyo Blue Style reported on details of Bunkyo Gardens, part of the under-construction Kasuga/Korakuen station project in Tokyo. It includes four buildings: Park Court Bunkyo Koishikawa...

280-m-Tall TST Hotel Tower in Taipei Inspired by Bamboo

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...

Continued development brings more space, installation difficulties.

Elevators among Logistical Challenges of Supertall Elevators to move people efficiently throughout Mitsubishi Estate’s planned 390-m-tall, 490,000-m2 office tower in central Tokyo is among logistical challenges engineers will face as...

DLF The Arbour; image courtesy of DLF

65 Otis Elevators for Luxury Residential Development in Gurugram, India

ALIMAK INVESTS IN ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE

Alimak Invests in Robotics Technology for Building Maintenance

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Three Stuck in Elevator Shaft in Seattle Rescued

image by OleksandrPidvalnyi for Pixabay

Closings for Christmas

At the EW booth at ISEE; image courtesy of Alea Guillemi

Second ISEE Sees Success, Upcoming Events Announced