Ron Arad’s twisting ToHA tower nears completion in Tel Aviv

June 12, 2019 India Block 0
ToHA Tower Ron Arad

Ron Arad Architects has revealed a twisted tower that is narrow at the base but widens at the top, built as the first phase of the ToHA office complex in Tel Aviv. British-Israeli designer Ron Arad designed the offices to take advantage of a constricted site by expanding and rotating the 29-storey tower as it rises.

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Ron Arad’s twisting ToHA tower nears completion in Tel Aviv

June 12, 2019 India Block 0
ToHA Tower Ron Arad

Ron Arad Architects has revealed a twisted tower that is narrow at the base but widens at the top, built as the first phase of the ToHA office complex in Tel Aviv. British-Israeli designer Ron Arad designed the offices to take advantage of a constricted site by expanding and rotating the 29-storey tower as it rises.

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World’s first 360-degree infinity pool proposed for London skyline

June 7, 2019 India Block 0
Compass Pools has unveiled their concept for a four-sided infinity pool designed to sit on a 220-metre tower in London and accessed via a submarine-style door

Compass Pools has unveiled a concept for a four-sided infinity pool atop a London skyscraper, accessed via a submarine-style door. Called Infinity London, the project is described by the swimming pool manufacturer as “only building in the world to incorporate a 360-degree infinity pool”. The pool is imagined atop a 220-metre-high, 55-storey skyscraper. Containing 600,000

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CetraRuddy reveals art-deco New York tower designed for Rockefeller Group

June 5, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Rose Hill Tower by Rockefeller Group

CetraRuddy has designed a chevron-patterned tower for the developers of New York’s Rockefeller Center, which draws on the art deco architecture of the complex. Designed by local architecture firm CetraRuddy for the Rockefeller Group, the 45-storey Rose Hill tower is currently under construction in New York’s NoMad neighbourhood. Once complete, the condominium will feature a

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Supertall Camlica TV and Radio Tower nears completion in Istanbul

June 5, 2019 India Block 0
Supertall Istanbul TV & Radio Tower nears completion

Melike Altınışık Architects’ 369-metre-high Çamlıca TV and Radio Tower has almost completed in Istanbul, with only the engineered facade left to install. Construction began on the supertall telecommunications tower in 2011, and is due to finish later this year. When finished, it will be the highest structure above sea level in the city. With staggered,

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University of Stuttgart makes Urbach Tower from self-shaping wood

June 3, 2019 Rima Sabina Aouf 0
University of Stuttgart makes Urbach Tower from self-shaping wood

University of Stuttgart engineers have harnessed the natural shrinking process of wood as it loses moisture to create this world-first self-twisted tower in Germany. The university’s Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) built the Urbach Tower in the Rems Valley for the Remstal Garden Show.

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University of Stuttgart makes Urbach Tower from self-shaping wood

June 3, 2019 Rima Sabina Aouf 0
University of Stuttgart makes Urbach Tower from self-shaping wood

University of Stuttgart engineers have harnessed the natural shrinking process of wood as it loses moisture to create this world-first self-twisted tower in Germany. The university’s Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) built the Urbach Tower in the Rems Valley for the Remstal Garden Show.

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Steven Holl reveals pair of towers connected by plant-filled bridges in Shenzhen

April 30, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
iCarbonX Headquarters in Shenzhen, China, by Steven Holl

Steven Holl Architects has designed two glass towers linked by garden bridges, which will become the headquarters for biotech company iCarbonX in Shenzhen, China. Described by Steven Holl Architects as “living and working towers”, the development will combine a cylindrical 150-metre-high residential block with a sweeping 200-metre-high office skyscraper, intended to resemble the form of

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Heatherwick Studio reveals first images of Singapore tower with shell-like balconies

April 24, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Eden by Heatherwick Studio

Heatherwick Studio has released photos of EDEN, a 20-storey concrete tower that is nearing completion in the Orchard Road neighbourhood of Singapore. Set to complete later this year, the 104.5-metre-tall building, commissioned by Swire Properties, is Heatherwick Studio’s first residential project in Asia. Designed to “entwine nature with city apartment living”, EDEN will contain 20 luxury apartments fronted

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CTBUH names San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower world’s “best tall building”

April 12, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
CTBUH awards 2019

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects’ Salesforce Tower has won the top prize at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s annual awards for high-rise structures, beating competition from BIG and David Chipperfield. Tall buildings expert Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) gave the 1,070-feet-high (326-metre-high) tower “Best Tall Building Worldwide” in its 2019

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