Features
Loving the Lifts
Workers at 222 Exhibition Street in Australia have new, top-of-the-line gear to move up. Melbourne, Australia’s 222 Exhibition Street, a 29-story, 30-plus-year-old multi-use tower, was ready for an elevator makeover...
Elevating Electchester
A VT team and an iconic Queens, New York, community come together on major elevator modernization. The 2018 off-Broadway play “Alternating Currents” explored the “solid foundation and goodwill” of the...
COVID-19 Impact, Outlook
After a hiatus in Q3 2021, a sixth industry survey reveals challenges including material shortages and bright spots, such as employment. Elevator World, Inc.; the German elevator association VFA Interlift...
Traffic Stopping
All-glass panoramic elevator design for coastal contemporary home on Florida’s Boca Ciega Bay submitted by Savaria/Florida Lifts LLC On a quiet cul-de-sac in Madeira Beach, Florida, the neighbors sometimes stop...
Connecting People and Places
A new inclined elevator in Leioa, Spain, helps locals with access. submitted by TKE The Leioa Inclined Elevator Implementation Project was designed to link the 47-m gap between Langileria Street,...
Modernising History
A goods lift modernisation in a designated Grade-I listed building St. George’s Hall in Liverpool is a building on St. George’s Place, opposite Lime Street railway station in the centre...
Elevating HS2
TK Elevator’s largest infrastructure project in the U.K. TK Elevator, a global urban mobility leader, has signed a framework agreement to deliver at least 132 victoria heavy-duty escalators, 157 evolution...
VT for an “Architectural Marvel”
Jasmin Patel (JP), executive director-R&D and overseas business, and Shalin Patel (SP), executive director-Operation, Orbis Elevator Co. Ltd., share with your author (SSP) the significance of supplying VT to the...
The Water in View
Your author takes a tour of Building II of The View by BUWOG on the Dahme River in Berlin-Gruenau, showcasing the KONE Residential Flow access system. photos by Hans-Wilhelm Berghoff...
Market Recovery
VT business in Spain and Portugal recovers to pre-pandemic levels. by Olga Quintanilla Marful The vertical-transportation (VT) market in Spain and Portugal closed 2021 with an approximate 3% recovery of...