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Dutch shipping hub is testing new ground for ambitious new projects in flood management, Giovanna Dunmall discovers...
- MS Amlin / Article / 26 days ago
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Moscow’s Skyscraper City Is Way Behind Schedule - Bloomberg
The three tallest skyscrapers in Europe have all opened since 2013 on a riverfront site 2.5 miles west of the Kremlin. All that new glass-sheathed space hit the market just as the Russian economy tanked and vacancies for premium offices in the district...
- MS Amlin / Article / 3 years ago
- www.bloomberg.com
Concrete Is Not As Strong Of A Building Material As We Thought - Fast Co.Design
Some of our favorite building materials are also the most vulnerable. Think of glass—floor-to-ceiling windows are awesome, until they fall 18 stories onto the street. But we typically think of concrete as solid. Concrete structures from ancient Rome...
- MS Amlin / Article / 3 years ago
- www.fastcodesign.com
This 34-Story Skyscraper Would Be The Tallest Wood Building In The World - Fast Co.Exist
It’s no longer just cabins that can be built from logs. In Canada, they’re gearing up for the opening of the North America’s tallest wood building—with six mighty floors. In London, a wood tower stretches to reach floor nine. But in Sweden, the architecture firm...
- MS Amlin / Article / 3 years ago
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An 'unusual' earthquake in Japan is prompting calls for new skyscraper designs - Business Insider
Scientists studying the earthquake that struck southern Japan in April have identified a number of seismological factors that made the tremor so destructive – and warn that should the same factors combine beneath a major city it could bring down a skyscraper...
- MS Amlin / Article / 3 years ago
- uk.businessinsider.com
Barely scraping the sky: why Dublin’s tallest buildings are too short - Irish Times
Dublin’s tallest planned office block, the 73m Exo at Point Village, recently got the green light from Dublin City Council – even though a building of 88m was permitted under zoning for the site. Across the river at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Kennedy Wilson is developing...
- MS Amlin / Article / 3 years ago
- www.irishtimes.com
Will Parisians embrace the city’s first skyscraper since 1973? - Financial Times
Some skyscrapers have a history of aggravating people. London’s 20 Fenchurch Street (aka the Walkie-Talkie) regularly tops lists of the most hated towers in the UK capital, while Beijing’s CCTV building has been likened to a giant pair of boxer...
- MS Amlin / Article / 3 years ago
- next.ft.com
Skyscrapers could soon be held together with glue - Dezeen
Composite materials and adhesives could "revolutionise" construction and lead to entire towers being glued together, according to American architect Greg Lynn. Carbon fibre, fibreglass and other structural plastics are lighter, stronger and cheaper than many traditional...
- MS Amlin / Article / 3 years ago
- www.dezeen.com
London's changing skyline: planned tall buildings 'almost double in two years' - The Guardian
London’s skyline is changing dramatically, with almost double the number of tall buildings in the pipeline compared to two years ago, and only three planning applications rejected over the past 12 months, according to a report by New London Architecture and GLHearn...
- MS Amlin / Article / 3 years ago
- www.theguardian.com
Melbourne’s new ‘pencil tower’ to be one of world’s skinniest skyscrapers - The Telegraph
Standing 12 metres wide and 195 metres tall above the historic Huddar Parker & Co building, Collins House will be Melbourne’s thinnest skyscraper when it is completed next year, surpassing Phoenix Apartments on Flinders Street. Phoenix claims to be the current holder...
- MS Amlin / Article / 3 years ago
- www.telegraph.co.uk