Architecture
1980s London Buildings to Make Way for New Tower Plan
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) has devised a plan to replace Linklaters' 1980s headquarters (HQ) at 1 Silk Street in London, England, with two 20-story towers, Building Design reported in June. The...
Lakeman Liften Showcases Round Lift in New Rotterdam Museum
Lakeman Liften, a more-than-100-year-old company headquartered in Katwijk, the Netherlands, recently showcased a round hydraulic passenger lift serving the new 30-m-tall FENIX Museum of Migration in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Distinguished...
TKE Awarded 55-Unit PBB Contract at KWI
TK Elevator (TKE) announced on May 26 it will provide, install and maintain 55 Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) at Kuwait International Airport (KWI) just south of the Kuwait City center....
Indiana Church Elevator Long-Time Coming
A US$1 million elevator and disability access project has been completed at the Cathedral of St. James Episcopal Church in South Bend, Indiana, the South Bend Tribune reports. The decade-long multi-phase project...
Tokyo’s MEBS Develops Innovative Elevator Hall Lantern
Tokyo-headquartered Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corp. (MEBS) has developed a new elevator hall lantern for overseas markets that it says is the “industry's first elevator direction display that uses projection.”...
Construction Plans and Rendering of Brooklyn Tower Revealed
A rendering of and details on the construction plans for 395 Flatbush Avenue Extension, a proposed 80-story residential skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn, NY, were revealed by Mayor Eric Adams on...
TEI Involved in Elevators for New Museum Addition in NYC
Long Island City, NY-based TEI Group is among contactors working on the elevator system serving the seven-story, 60,000-ft2 New Museum addition at 231 Bowery on the Lower East Side of Manhattan,...
Savaria Acquires Western Elevator
Savaria Corp., a global leader in the accessibility industry, has announced the acquisition of Western Elevator Ltd., a premier home elevator and lift dealer based in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada....
TEI Group Awarded Major 30-Unit Contract at The Torch
NYC-headquartered TEI Group announced on April 17 it has been awarded a major 30-unit contract at The Torch, a supertall hotel skyscraper also known as 740 Eighth Avenue that will...
Port San Antonio BoD Move Innovation Tower to Finalization Phase
The Port San Antonio Board of Directors (BOD) in San Antonio, Texas, unanimously approved US$7.5 million to move its Innovation Tower project from its preliminary phase to the finalization of...
