residential
Two KONE MRLs for New Senior Housing Tower in the Bronx
KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided two MonoSpace® 500 DX machine-room-less (MRL) elevators for 1940 Turnbull Avenue, a new 14-story senior apartment complex in the Bronx, NYC. New York YIMBY...
Manchester Tower Plans Submitted
Hawkins\Brown’s designs for a 23-story-tall build-to-rent tower in Manchester have been submitted for planning, Architects’ Journal reports. The part-17 and part-23-story block is for a site on the corner of...
“Floating” Addition Proposed Atop Historic Toronto Apartment Building
Developer ProWinko has proposed a 10-story addition designed by Alliance that would “float” one story above a historic, four-story apartment building in Toronto’s Annex neighborhood, Urban Toronto reports. Bringing the...
Otis Vietnam To Provide and Service 28 Elevators for Hanoi Residential Tower
Otis Vietnam announced on July 8 it has been awarded a contract to provide and service four SkyRise® and 24 AriseTM elevators for LUMIÈRE Evergreen, a 40-story luxury apartment tower...
Direct-Entry Residential Elevators Gaining Popularity in the U.S.
A symbol of privacy, exclusivity and efficiency, direct-entry elevators to transport residents straight to their homes in luxury towers are gaining popularity in the U.S., says the architect who pioneered...
KONE Monospace MRLs for Mid-Rise Buildings in Two NYC Boroughs
KONE tells ELEVATOR WORLD it provided one MonoSpaceTM 500 DX machine-room-less (MRL) elevator each to two new seven-story residential buildings in Flushing, Queens, and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. At 138-25 Barclay...
Wynn Resorts and Related Unveil Rendering of Manhattan’s Hudson Yards West
Wynn Resorts and Related Cos. unveiled renderings showing Hudson Yards West, the second phase of the Hudson Yards megadevelopment on Manhattan's far west side, The Architect's Newspaper is among outlets...
Façade Work Moves Toward Completion at the Foglia Residences
Façade work is nearing completion at The Foglia Residences at Chicago Lighthouse, a nine-story mixed-use development in the Illinois Medical District, Chicago YIMBY reported in January. A collaboration between Brinshore...
31-Story Residential Scheme Approved in Birmingham, U.K.
Chapman Taylor’s plans for a 31-story residential tower scheme in Birmingham, U.K., have been given the go ahead by the local council, Building Design reports. Queen Hospital Close will contain...
Architect Proposes Alternative To Address NYC Housing Shortage
Vishaan Chakrabarti, founder of NYC-based Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) said in a New York Times opinion piece in December 2023 that PAU has prepared an analysis showing that...
