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High-rise Construction
August 25, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Large portions of some skyscrapers are useless space used to artificially enhance their height, a...
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August 25, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Choosing from 30,000 photos he took from the day construction began in 2006 to the day when con...
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August 19, 2014 | Goettsch Partners
The overall design concept is of a complex of textured buildings that would differentiate from th...
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August 15, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The tower's fish-jumping gesture is meant to symbolize the prosperity and rapid transformation of...
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August 12, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Developed by architects at NBBJ, Sunbreak uses a unique three-hinged shade that morphs from an op...
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August 06, 2014 | BD+C
With vegetated balconies reaching the full height of the 100-meter tower, the One More residentia...
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August 05, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The new concrete mix deforms instead of breaking, removing the threat of flying debris in an expl...
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July 30, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the 48-story luxury residential tower is part of a thr...
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July 24, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Authorities have decided to move 4,400 squatters out of Venezuela's third-tallest skyscraper, all...
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July 17, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The Urban Green Council addresses a concern that many "green" buildings in the U.S. have: poor in...
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July 17, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Danish design firm C.F. Møller has developed a novel way to increase community space without comp...
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July 11, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Chicago architect Jeanne Gang has designed a 40-story residential building in San Francisco that...
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July 10, 2014 | CTBUH
BioSkin, a system of water-filled ceramic pipes that cools the exterior surface of buildings and...
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June 18, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The skyscraper, which will reach 230 meters and is named Polstjärnan, or "The Pole Star," is to...
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June 17, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The Phoenix Towers are expected to reach 1 km, the same height as Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill's ...
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June 06, 2014 | Related Companies
Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group are teaming to develop Fifty Five Hudson Yards, the...
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June 03, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The Century Spire, Daniel Libeskind's latest project, has just broken ground in Century City, sou...
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May 29, 2014 | reThink Wood
The wood-industry advocacy group reThink Wood has released "...
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May 29, 2014 | BD+C Staff
In Sernecke's competition to design Sweden's tallest skyscraper, five finalists have been selecte...
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May 28, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The two-building headquarters for Turkey’s largest and oldest financial institution, Ziraat Bank,...
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May 20, 2014 | Arup
The book, co-authored by Arup's Russell Fortmeyer, illustrates the various ways architects, consu...
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May 02, 2014 | BD+C Staff
A 14-story luxury apartment block in central Bergen, Norway, will be the world's tallest timber-f...
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April 29, 2014 | BD+C Staff
From vertical farming to glowing trees (yes, glowing trees), Arup engineers imagine the future of...
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April 23, 2014 | BD+C Staff
At 32 stories, the B2 residential tower at Atlantic Yards has been widely lauded as a bellwether...
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April 09, 2014 | Julie S. Higginbotham, Senior Editor
AEC firms, developers, and investors worldwide are bullish on hotels. Our hospitality Giants shar...
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April 09, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Building Teams have been using steel decks with proven success for 75 years. Building Design+Cons...
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March 25, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The design duo discusses the founding of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects and the design of...
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March 24, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The 14-story tower, one of only two Wright-designed high-rises to be built, has been off limits t...
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March 21, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The Singapore Bamboo Skyscraper competition invited design teams to explore the possibilities of...
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