Architecture
KONE Provides New Elevators for Repositioned Manhattan Office Building
KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided 16 new elevators with destination dispatch for the former CBS headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, NYC, a 38-story office building originally designed by Eero Saarinen...
Blackfriars Tower Scheme Recommended for Approval
Planning officers have recommended approval of Foster + Partners’ plans for a mammoth mixed-use development at 18 Blackfriars Road in Southwark, London, featuring a 45-story skyscraper alongside 22- and 40-story...
Switzerland Event To Focus on Cities of the Future
neext, along with host Schindler Aufzüge AG, is presenting “City of the Future – Sustainable. Connected. Worth living.” on April 25 in Lucerne, Switzerland. The program will look at the...
Sweco Lands Eur6-Million Design Contract for Finland Tramway
Stockholm, Sweden-headquartered Sweco, a leading European engineering and architecture consultancy, announced on April 17 it has been awarded a EUR6-million (US$6.4 million) contract to design the first tramway in the...
Elevators Part of Major Renovation at JPMorgan Chase Chicago HQ
A completely renovated elevator system, including 55 cars and destination-dispatch technology, is part of the first major renovation in nearly 20 years at the 60-story JPMorgan Chase headquarters (HQ) Chase...
Japan’s Tallest Building Now Complete
Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed the Mori JP Tower, now standing as Japan’s tallest building at 330 m, ArchDaily reports. Situated in the recently revitalized Azabudai Hills district, the...
Nippon Otis Digitally Connected Elevators for New Tokyo Landmark
Nippon Otis Elevator Co. provided 14 digitally connected, smart elevators to the new Azabudai Hills mixed-use complex in Tokyo, Nippon Otis announced on March 21. The order includes four Gen2®...
Clarkson + Varick Names Kirles Girgis Director of Engineering
National vertical-transportation consultancy Clarkson + Varick recently named Kirles Girgis director of engineering. With more than 10 years' experience in national leadership roles at Schindler and consulting firm Lerch Bates,...
Foster + Partners Behind Plans for World’s Tallest Building
Architects’ Journal has announced that Foster + Partners is working on a multibillion-dollar project to build the world’s tallest building — a 2-km-high skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, twice the...
Seven-Tower Scheme in the Works for London Development
Howells is working up plans to build seven mixed-use towers on a riverside plot in London opposite the O2 Arena, Building Design reports. The plot has been vacant for more...
