Project of the Year 2011

Shinsegae Centum City

Escalators, Moving Walks Location: Busan, South Korea Date of Completion: February 2009 Submitted by: Jin-Yeung Bae Project Description On March 3, 2009, Shinsegae Centum City opened its doors to 190,000...

University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy

Escalators, Modernization Location: Chicago Submitted by: Chris Pecak Project Description The University of Illinois at Chicago is one of the state’s oldest universities, having been founded in 1859. Its College...

Cent Escales

Escalators, New Construction Location: Tarragona, Spain Date of Completion: March 2010 Submitted by: Begoña Flores Project Description Two main problems when considering the provision of adequate access to the city...

Crescent Tower

Elevators, Modernization Location: U.A.E. Date of Completion: April 2010 Submitted by: Begoña Flores Project Description Located on the corniche of Sharjah, U.A.E., the Crescent Tower was built in 1996 as...

Marina Bay Sands

Category 1: Elevators, New Construction Location: Singapore Date of Completion: June 2010 Submitted by: Simon Barrette Project Description The Marina Bay Sands resort features three hotel towers, crowned by the...

2011 Project of the Year Awards

In the following section we are pleased to announce the results of the ELEVATOR WORLD Annual Project of the Year contest. We have highlighted the 2011 winners. Our esteemed panel...

Canopy over the escalator at the Embarcadero station; image courtesy of BART

BART’s Top 24 Accomplishments of 2024 Include Escalator Updates

Pankrác metro station platform; photo by A. Savin for Wikipedia

Year-Long Construction Closes Two Prague Metro Stations

The station is served by Schindler escalators; photo by Marc A. Hermann for the NYC Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

NYC LIRR Among “Most Beautiful for Interior Design”

At the Royal Palace of Naples, an interactive virtual elevator transports you through four centuries of life in the palace; image via Finestre sull’ Arte.

Royal Palace of Naples Introduces Interactive Virtual Elevator Exhibit

DLF The Arbour; image courtesy of DLF

65 Otis Elevators for Luxury Residential Development in Gurugram, India