Architecture Category
LM project: An architectural marvel! Author: zenon Nov 30,2008
Winner of the contest for a new building complex on the Copenhagen waterfront, the LM project by the Copenhagen Gateway is not only a town gate, but also a bridge that will expand new cogent vicinity around the Copenhagen Harbor and connect Marmormolen with Langeliniekaj. After completion, the new structure will turn out to be one of the architectural marvels around the nation that will bridge the gap between the slow and steady life of countryside and the fast and embellished lifestyle of the urban environment.
KPF takes it tall Author: zenon Nov 23,2008
Shanghai World Financial Center named ‘Best Tall Building Overall’ by CTBUH
Shanghai World Financial Center has been named ‘Best Tall Building Overall’ at the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) international Tall Building Awards last night. The Centre, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, was commended at the awards ceremony in Chicago for its “clear and elegant form, dramatic at all scales through a connection metaphorically of the earth and skyâ€. The CTBUH also announced the structural design as ‘revolutionary’.
Research and Development Building Istanbul Author: zenon Nov 23,2008
Design for sustainable Research and Development centre
Located on the outskirts of Istanbul in the Tübitak Marmara Research Center Zone, this building serves as the research & development and technological centre for a private telecommunications company. Taking the site context, views and orientation into consideration the building offers a single storey entry, rising to four storeys on the office side. Owing to the fact that it is the technological center, the building exhibits the highest technological standards. Special attention has been given in the building’s design to ensure a low energy, ecologically friendly, sustainable outcome was achieved.
