High-Rise
Elevator Loading Requirements for High-Rise Elevators
by Ville Josefsson and Jaakko Kalliomäki This paper was presented at the 2023 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland. Keywords: High-rise elevator, loading, sustainable use of materials, FEM...
Italian Firm Wins Design Competition for Two Vienna Towers
Italy’s Mario Cucinella Architects has won an invitation-only competition to add two multifunctional towers to Vienna, Austria’s skyline, Arch Daily reports. The project consists of two high-rise towers — 120...
Some Opinions Stated During The Panel On ‘Status Of Lifts In Buildings During Earthquake And Fire’
The team that prepare the communiqué ‘ADDITIONAL LIFT SCENARIOS SUGGESTED FOR EMERGENCIES AT SUPER HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS Yağızcan Ölmez, M.Fatih Arıcan, Pelin İspir Eserol, Serdar Tavaslıoğlu’ carried out studies to improve...
Additional Lift Scenarios Suggested for Emergencies at Super High-Rise Buildings
by Yağızcan Ölmez, M.Fatih Arıcan, Pelin İspir Eserol, Serdar Tavaslıoğlu Abstract Lift implementation terms for emergencies at high-rise buildings are defined in the currently used regulations. It is not possible...
Milwaukee’s Third-Tallest Building Could Be Redeveloped
Plans to redesign a high-rise office tower into a possible apartment, condominium or hotel project are on the drawing board at 100 East Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Urban Milwaukee...
Alimak Undertakes Elevator Work at Sydney Harbour Site
Alimak, a global elevator company in the construction and manufacturing industries, says it is helping the development of the high-rise towers of One Sydney Harbour, in Sydney, Australia. One Sydney...
San Antonio Developer Plans New High-Rise Apartment
Work is getting underway for a 32-story apartment development designer Western Urban plans in San Antonio, Texas, MYSA reports. The construction, launched under Dallas-based builder Rogers-O'Brien Construction, is set to...
Planned Building To Be Salt Lake City’s Tallest High Rise
Astra Tower, a 40-story luxury residential high-rise that will become Salt Lake City’s tallest tower, has officially broken ground, Building Design + Construction reports. The project, designed by architect firm HKS and...
Developer Lands Loan To Build Tower Project In Brooklyn
A developer planning to build a high-rise residential building and update an existing tower in NYC’s Brooklyn borough has closed on a US$72-million loan to get the project going, New York...
Troubled San Francisco Tower Continues To Tilt, Settle
San Francisco's Millennium Tower, a 58-story residential high rise in the heart of downtown that has been the target of lawsuits over its sinking, tilting foundation, continues to tilt at...
