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BIG Unveils Skyscrapers to Join Shenzhen “Green Belt” Development
Danish architecture studio Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed the Qianhai Prisma Towers in Shenzhen, China, Dezeen reports. The two towers will be comprised of leaning volumes built on either...
Hyundai Elevator Reports Interest in Open API
Hyundai Elevator has announced that it has more than 60 participants in its open application programming interface (open API) just one year after the company disclosed the interface to the...
Fatality Reported in India Elevator Accident
A 15-year-old boy died on February 12 after being trapped in an elevator shaft at a factory in Delhi, India, India Today was among outlets to report. According to reports,...
39-Story Apartment Building Under Construction in Osaka
Updates on Osaka City Yodogawa Ward Jusanhigashi Plan, a tentatively named project located near Hankyu Juso Station in Osaka, Japan, were recently reported by Blue Style. In August 2022, construction...
Ground Broken for Major Jakarta TOD That Includes Supertall
Officials from Taspen ANS, Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. and the Japanese and Indonesian governments gathered in late January to formally break ground on the Green Energy Superblock Oasis Central Sudirman...
Accessibility at Busy Indian Rail Station Criticized
G plus recently criticized accessibility at the busy Guwahati Railway Station (GRS) in the Northeast Indian state of Assam, observing there are too few lifts and that both lifts and...
42-Story Shanghai Tower Now Complete
U.K.-based Foster + Partners has completed a 200-m, 42-story skyscraper in Shanghai, China, that is part of a drive to attract development toward the city’s eastern quarter, Building Design reports....
KONE Elevators India Named to Top Manufacturing Workplace List
KONE Elevators India, a fully owned subsidiary of KONE Corp., announced that it has been recognized by Great Place To Work® India among India's Best Workplaces™ in Manufacturing 2023, Business...
12 Rescued From Elevator in the Philippines
The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) announced firefighters rescued 12 people who were trapped inside an elevator in a commercial building in San Juan City in the Philippines on January...
Elevator Fall in India Results in Death
A 70-year-old man died and three others were injured when an elevator collapsed from the fourth floor of a commercial building in Vadodara, India, on January 28, The Indian Express...
