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Zaha Hadid to help plan new London-area airport hub
The Mayor of London has appointed Zaha Hadid Architects to help create a major new airport in southeastern England. Atkins and Pascall+Watson will cooperate in creating the proposal for aviation around the capital. The mayor labeled the aggregation a "world-class team of experts" and requested a plan to examine where to build a multi-runway hub airport.
Team will evaluate short-listed proposals for £75 to £80 billion project.
The Mayor of London has appointed Zaha Hadid Architects to help create a major new airport in southeastern England.
Group of West Coast civil engineers developing building standards for tsunamis
A group of civil engineers from around the western U.S. is developing additions to the building code to address the threat of a tsunami. The engineers are taking into account the impact of the tsunami wave itself, as well as debris and the scouring around foundations as the water recedes. Some possible solutions include building on stilts along the coast or including breakaway walls on lower floors to let water flow through.
A group of civil engineers from around the western U.S. is developing additions to the building code to address the threat of a tsunami.
Construction team chosen for world's tallest building in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
A joint venture consisting of Mace and consultant EC Harris will oversee the construction of Kingdom Tower: a 1,000-meter project proposed as the tallest building in the world. Saudi firm Binladen Group will build the skyscraper, which will be three to four times as tall as London's Shard, another Mace/Harris project.
Mace, EC Harris will oversee building of 1,000-meter, $1.2 billion Kingdom Tower.
Construction team chosen for world's tallest building in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
AIA College of Fellows awards 2013 Latrobe Prize for 'The City of 7 Billion'
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows has awarded the 2013 Latrobe Prize of $100,000 for the proposal, “The City of 7 Billion.”
The research will study the impact of population growth and resource consumption on the built and natural environment at the scale of the entire world as a single urban entity. An antidote to the fragmentary analyses of current practices, this project will remove arbitrary boundaries and reframe the entire world as a continuous topography of development: the city of 7 billion.
The project team includes Bimal Mendis and Joyce Hsiang of the Yale School of Architecture and Plan B Architecture & Urbanism, LLC.
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows has awarded the 2013 Latrobe Prize of $100,000 for the proposal, “The City of 7 Billion.”
Holl videos discuss design features of Chengdu ' Porosity Block' project
Architect Steven Holl has released two short films describing the development of Sliced Porosity Block - CapitaLand Raffles City, a 3 million-sf project completed last fall in Chengdu, China. The unusual site combines concrete and glass towers with large public plazas and water features. The "valleys" in the public space were inspired by lines from the work of Du Fu, a classic Chinese poet.
Short films describe the principles that informed an urban development in China.
Architect Steven Holl has released two short films describing the development of Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China.
'Pop-up' proposal would create movable cultural venue for NYC
The Culture Shed, a proposed 170,000-sf project for New York City's Hudson Yards development, could be the ultimate in "pop-up" facilities. As designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and David Rockwell of Rockwell Group, the structure would consist of a movable synthetic shell that would slide out to cover a public plaza. Programming for the space could be diverse, from Fashion Week events to art installations to performances featuring collaborations between musicians and visual artists.
Pull-out Hudson Yards structure by Diller, Scofidio + Renfro with Rockwell Group would enclose a public plaza to make space for diverse programming.
The Culture Shed, a proposed 170,000-sf project for New York City's Hudson Yards development, could be the ultimate in "pop-up" facilities.
AIA CES class: New trends in ceiling designs and materials
This free course is worth 1.0 AIA LU/HSW
A broad array of new and improved ceiling products offers designers everything from superior acoustics and closed-loop, recycled content to eased integration with lighting systems, HVAC diffusers, fire sprinkler heads, and other overhead problems. This course describes how Building Teams are exploring ways to go beyond the treatment of ceilings as white, monolithic planes.
A broad array of new and improved ceiling products offers designers everything from superior acoustics and closed-loop, recycled content to eased integration with lighting systems, HVAC diffusers, fire sprinkler heads, and other overhead problems.
Top 10 kitchen and bath design trends for 2013
Building Teams for apartments, senior living, and other multifamily residential projects may be seeing gray this year, at least in kitchens and bathrooms. Gray color schemes for both types of spaces have grown dramatically in popularity, according to a new National Kitchen & Bath Association Top 10 trends report. Used currently in 55% of kitchens and 56% of bathrooms, gray conveys a sense of chic sophistication, according to the NKBA.
Gray color schemes and transitional styles are among the top trends identified by more than 300 kitchen and bath design experts.
Gray color schemes and transitional styles are among the top trends identified by more than 300 kitchen and bath design experts surveyed by the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA).
Pakistan to get world's tallest tower in $45 billion deal
Could Karachi become the next Abu Dhabi?
That's what investors are envisioning with a $45 billion mega deal that will fund construction of several massive developments in the Pakistani city, including a mixed-use tower that they say will dwarf the 2,722-foot-tall Burj Khalifa.
The scheme, which is financially backed, in part, by Pakistani real estate billionaire Malik Riaz Hussain and Abu Dhabi Group, also includes construction of replicas of the Seven Wonders Of The World and four different cities: a sports city, international city, medical city, and education city.
Scheme includes several massive development projects
Newly signed mega deal will fund construction of several massive developments in Karachi, including a mixed-use tower that will dwarf the Burj Khalifa.
Syracuse hospital using robots to reduce infections by 50%
Fast Company's Nina Mandell writes about how an early adopter of UV infection-control robotics—St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse—is seeing positive results. Since mid-2012, the hospital has employed the use of two robots (The UV Disinfection System from Xenex) that blast rooms with high levels of UV light to quickly sterilize the spaces.
The robots blast rooms with high levels of UV light
Fast Company's Nina Mandell writes about how an early adopter of UV infection-control robotics—St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse—is seeing positive results.
