Architecture
73-Story 1000M With Otis Elevators Tops Out in Chicago
The final floor of concrete has been poured for the 73-story 1000M in Chicago’s South Loop, with McHugh Construction serving as general contractor, Urbanize Chicago reports. McHugh Senior Project Manager...
Sydney Firm Wins Design Competition for Towers on Parramatta Waterfront
Sydney architecture firm Chrofi has won a design competition for a 52-story mixed-use tower and an eight-story commercial building on the waterfront in Parramatta, Australia, Sydney’s “second CBD,” Architecture AU...
ZHA Announced as Architect for Sustainable Daxia Tower in China
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) announced it was recently named architect for the 210-m, 127,220-m2 Daxia Tower in the high-tech zone of Xi’an, China, by client Daxia Group. With a gently...
Schindler Offers Eight AIA Lunch & Learn VT Courses
Schindler is currently offering eight accredited Lunch & Learn courses covering topics such as touchless technology, destination dispatching systems for elevators, escalator architectural features, moving walk applications and more. Each...
CTBUH Announces New Assemblies
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has announced three new assemblies: SMART technologies, tenants and visual artists. With the goal of facilitating discussion and outputs regarding best...
Accessibility for a “Cultural Crown Jewel”
Team conquers challenges to provide quiet, efficient elevators for the new AIP on the campus of L.A.’s Wilshire Boulevard Temple. submitted by Syska Hennessy Groupphotos courtesy of Mitsubishi Electric US,...
Permit Issued for ZHA-Designed “Architectural Highlight of Vilnius”
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) recently announced the City of Vilnius, Lithuania, has issued a building permit for Business Stadium Central, designed by ZHA for Lithuanian developer Hanner and destined to...
Schindler To Participate in First Edition of GEE in Milan
Schindler announced on May 11 its participation in the first edition of the Global Elevator Exhibition (GEE) on November 15-17 at Fiera Milano Rho in Milan, Italy. The international trade...
Two-Tower Scheme Approved in West London
Volumetric modular housebuilder Tide Construction, working with contractor Vision, has been given full planning permission by the Greater London Authority (GLA) to build a 32-story, 462 home co-living scheme in...
MAD’s First South American Building To Be Tallest in Quito
Chinese architecture studio MAD has revealed visuals of Qondesa, a skyscraper for Ecuador’s capital Quito, reports dezeen. The mixed-use tower would be taller than Danish studio BIG’s nearby 133-m-tall IQON...
