Ideas

Ideas

Wood Solutions – Innovations and Opportunities for the 21st Century

By Adam Robertson, M.A.Sc., EIT When Gustave Eiffel, proposed building a skeletal steel structure for the Paris World Fair, he was ridiculed by professional engineers and most of high society in....

World’s largest wooden structure

Spain’s Metropol Parasol a magnet for tourists, with a honeycomb design featuring museum, farmers’ market, elevated plaza and panoramic terrace Its claim to fame – recognition as the world’s largest....

STUDIO NICOLETTI ASSOCIATI – The fleet of Putrajaya

Putrajaya residential waterfront development Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2008 – 2013 Under construction; International competition, first prize; Cityscape Dubai international award 2008; Cityscape Asia Singapore international award 2009. Project Studio Nicoletti Associati and Hijjas Kasturi Associates SDN. Client Putrajaya Holdings Ltd.,....

Aedas – Abu Dhabi Investment Council

New headquarters Al Bahr Towers PROJECT DESCRIPTION The design concept for Aedas’ innovative competition- winning design is derived from an algorithmic composition, influenced by Islamic principles of design, that has been supplemented by the application....

ATENASTUDIO – Landscape and Waterscape

At the heart of Atenastudio’s mixed use building complex in China Atenastudio, in collaboration with Archmaster studio, has developed a master plan for a new district in Wuxi, China. The plan would....

ONYX SOLAR

Building Integrated Photovoltaic   “Solar architecture is not about fashion, it’s about survival”  Sir Norman Foster Buildings are responsible for 40% of global energy consumption and the solutions proposed by this company are heading....

LAVA – Snowflake Tower

ARCHITECT LAVA - Laboratory for Visionary Architecture Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck www.l-a-v-a.net Sydney – Stuttgart – Abu Dhabi – Shanghai NAME OF PROJECT Snowflake Tower LOCATION Abu Dhabi, UAE Europe, Asia, Middle East DATE 2007 CLIENT PNYG|Marasi STATUS Feasibility study/concept design SIZE GFA 106.550 m2;....

Bionic Tower, Abu Dhabi, UAE

ARCHITECT LAVA ‐ Laboratory for Visionary Architecture Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck www.l‐a‐v‐a.net Sydney – Stuttgart – Abu Dhabi – Shanghai NAME OF PROJECT Bionic Tower, High Rise Concept LOCATION Abu Dhabi, UAE DATE 2007 CLIENT Client: Confidential STATUS Feasibility Stage SIZE Height: 240 m DESCRIPTION The....

Knowing What Counts

By Dave de Sylva Every day an article is written which we may read; a news item reported and delivered to our electronic gadgets, or a television program watched that rightfully....

JAMES LAW CYBERTECTURE

Mumbai’s Cybertecture Egg “In the 21st Century, buildings will be different from 20th Century”, say James Law Cybertecture International, “They are no longer about concrete, steel and glass, but also the....

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