Architecture

2022 Skyscraper Competition Winners Announced

eVolo Magazine recently announced the winners of its global 2022 Skyscraper Competition. The jury selected three winners and 20 honorable mentions out of 427 project nominations. First place was awarded...

Plans for 58-Story Tower in London Get Public Airing

Plans for a new 58-story tower at 55 Bishopsgate in the City of London have been given their first public airing, Building reports. The project is being masterminded by funder...

Towers to Replace Birmingham, U.K., Landmark

Corstophine & Wright Architects have drawn up proposals to replace a 1960s development that lines one of the remaining sections of Birmingham’s Inner Ring Road with three tower blocks, the...

30-Story Residential Tower Plan Clears Hurdle in St. Louis

The 30-story, US$135-million Albion West End, a 293-unit residential tower in the Central West End area of St. Louis, moved a step closer to reality with the project granted 14...

Otis Elevators for New Residential Skyscraper Near Hudson Yards

Otis tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided 12 elevators — 10 SkyRise® and two Gen2® units — for 3ELEVEN, a 60-story residential skyscraper at 601 West 28th Street that neighbors Hudson...

Another Tower Proposed Near New Toronto Transit Station

Trollybus Urban Development Inc. is the latest developer to propose a residential tower near the new Mount Dennis Station, part of the Crosstown Line 5 light rail line at 9...

Two High-Speed Elevators for Historic Theater in Buffalo

Two high-speed, six-stop elevators are coming to the historic Shea’s Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo Rising reports. Aimed at improving accessibility, the units will be part of...

Excavation Underway for 51-Story Residential Tower in Brooklyn

Excavation is underway at 589 Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn, NYC, to make way for The Brook, a 51-story, 600-ft-tall mostly residential tower designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed...

KONE Wins Three Red Dot Awards in 2022 Competition

KONE announced on June 22 it won three prestigious Red Dot Awards in the Product Design 2022 Competition for a series of elevator interiors inspired by Indian culture, a voice-operated...

Focus on Architectural Materials and Design

ELEVATOR WORLD’S September issue will include a Special Section for the NAEC 2022 event. There will also be Products of the Year, and bonus distribution at events NAEC (U.S.), E2...