Skyscrapers

Author

• Uffelen, Chris van

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Switzerland: Braun Publishing AG, 2012

Language

English

ISBN

9783037681145

Series

Subject(s)

• SKYSCRAPERS
• SKYSCRAPERS-DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

Notes

. . Index: p. 444-455

Abstract

Like once the main towers of the cathedrals, skyscrapers are the dominant landmarks in the cityscape of today and thereby one of the most coveted sought-after building assignments of creative architects. The design freedom of the contour and the plastic volume of the blob have long since superseded the purely orthogonal towers of the past. In addition to the most significant projects of recent years, the most spectacular towers still under construction, as well as path-breaking experimental sketches are presented by means of texts, planning material and illustrations. Comprehensive tables give the most important performance markers and provide information about the central subjects specific to this type of building, like the vertical development, safety and energy concepts.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

456 p.

Dimension

30 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Preface : A skyscraper is almost easy --
Office : One World Trade Center competition design / Studio Daniel Libeskind --
One World Trade Center / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) --
3 World Trade Center / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners --
Seven World Trade Center / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) --
200 Greenwich Street, World Trade Center / Foster+Partners --
Landmark East / Arquitectonica --
Hegau Tower / Murphy/Jahn Architects --
WestendDuo / KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten --
Poly Plaza / gmp: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects --
Torres de Hércules / Rafael de la Hoz Arquitectos --
Duna Tower / skyline architekten --
Bank Saint Petersburg / EGP Gerasimov und Partner, Sergei Tchoban, nps tchoban voss --
Astra Tower / KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten --
Dalian Twin Towers / gmp: von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects --
300 North LaSalle / Pickard Chilton --
Hearst Tower / Foster+Partners --
Süddeutscher Verlag Headquarters / GKK+Architekten, Prof. Swantje Kühn, Oliver Kühn --
O-14 / Reiser + Umemoto --
Volkswohl Bund / nps tchoban voss --
155 North Wacker / Goettsch Partners --
RWE Tower / Gerber Architekten --
Manitoba Hydro Place / KPMB, Smith Carter, Transsolar Integrated Design Consortium --
Diagonal ZeroZero Telefonica Tower / EMBA_Estudi Massip-Bosch Arquitectes --
1180 Peachtree / Pickard Chilton --
Menara Karya / Arquitectonica --
European Central Bank / Coop Himmelb(l)au Wolf D. Prix & Partner --
De Maastoren / Dam & Partners Architecten --
Königstadt Carree Alexanderplatz / STP Architekten --
Iberdrola Tower Bilbao / Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects --
Al Bidda Tower / GHD --
Sign! / Murphy/Jahn Architects --
Doha high-rise office building / Ateliers Jean Nouvel --
Westraven Office Complex / cepezed architects --
300 East Randolph / Goettsch Partners --
Business Tower 123 / 3LHD --
T1 Tower / Valode & Pistre architectes --
Al Hamra Firdous Tower / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) --
Boulevard Plaza / Aedas Limited --
Atradius Office Building / OeverZaaijer architecture and urbanism --
Torre Espacio / Pei Cobb Freed & Partners --
Torre Caja Madrid / Foster+Partners --
The New York Times Building / Renzo Piano Building Workshop, FXFOWLE Architects. Living : Dorobanti Tower / Zaha Hadid Architects --
Newton Suites / WOHA --
Holzhafen High-rise Apartments / ASTOC Architects and Planners --
The Scotts Tower SOHO / UNStudio --
The Hansar / WOHA --
A'Beckett Tower / Elenberg Fraser --
Veer Towers / Murphy/Jahn Architects --
Chicago Spire / Santiago Calatrava Architect & Engineer --
Absolute Towers / MAD Architects --
The Met / WOHA --
The Ascent at Roebling's Bridge / Studio Daniel Libeskind --
The Legacy at Millennium Park / Solomon Cordwell Buenz --
The Hyde / WOHA --
Bosco Verticale/Vertical Forest / Boeri Studio --
W Barcelona / Ricardo Bofill, Taller de Arquitectura --
Skypark / MKPL Architects --
Hotel ME / Dominique Perrault Architecture --
Orchard Suites / MKPL Architects --
Villange / 4a Architekten --
Bella Sky / 3XN Architects --
600 Fairbanks Court / Murphy/Jahn Architects --
Mixed-use : Burj Khalifa / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) --
Highlight Munich Business towers / Murphy/Jahn Architects --
Fiera Milano / Studio Daniel Libeskind --
Sunrise Tower / Zaha Hadid Architects --
Boutique Monaco / Mass Studies --
Russia Tower / Foster+Partners --
Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino / Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) --
Federation Complex / ASP Schweger Assozierte Gesamtplanung, Sergei Tchoban, nps tchoban voss --
Dubai Pearl / Schweger & Partner Architekten --
London Bridge Tower / Renzo Piano Building Workshop --
LInked Hybrid / Steven Holl Architects --
Rødovre Skyvillage / MVRDV --
Neues Zentrum Kagran / Kleihues + Kleihues Cor / Oppenheim Architecture + Design --
Shanghai IFC / Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects --
Mixed Use Center / Coop Himmelb(l)au Wolf D. Prix & Partner --
Ten Museum Park / Oppenheim Architecture + Design --
Torres Porta Fira / Toyo Ito & Associates Architects, b720 Fermin Vázquez arquitectos --
Sliced Porosity Block / Steven Holl Architects --
La Liberté / Dominique Perrault Architecture --
New Taipei City Museum of Art / Kengo Kuma & Associates --
PalaisQuartier / KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten --
KK100 / TFP Farrells --
Villas in the Sky / Henning Larsen Architects --
Shenzhen Logistic Center / JDS Architects --
U-Bora Tower / Aedas Limited --
The Beetham Hilton Tower / Ian Simpson Architects --
Energy Tower Burj-A-Taga / Gerber Architekten --
Nantes Vegetal Tower / Edouard François --
Montevideo / Mecanoo architecten --
R432 / rojkind arquitectos --
T30A Tower Hotel / Broad Group --
Beijing Yintai Center / John Portman & Associates --
Wuhan Greenland Center / Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture --
Yangqiao Park Business / logon --
NLF Nilüfer / GAD_Global Architectural Development, Dara Kırmızıtoprak Mimarlık --
Marina + Beach Towers / Oppenheim Architecture + Design --
Grand Hyatt at Chicony Plaza / Goettsch Partners --
Raffles City / UNStudio --
The Pano / WOHA --
Doha Sports Tower / AREP --
Fukoku Tower / Dominique Perrault Architecture --
Tower at Suk Al Thalath Al Gadeem / Kleihues + Kleihues --
Laminar Tower / Soriano & Asociados --
GT Tower East / ArchitectenConsort --
Crystal Towers / Henning Larsen Architects --
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower / Tange Associates --
DC Towers / Dominique Perrault Architecture --
Nuritkum Square / NBBJ --
Aeon / Reiser + Umemoto --
Diamond Towers: Wuhan Xinhau Bookstore / GKK+Architekten, Prof. Swantje Kühn, Oliver Kühn --
Turning Torso / Santiago Calatrava Architect & Engineer --
S-Trenue / Mass Studies --
CCTV Headquarters / OMA.

Exemplar(s)

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1.	00731/19	720.483 Uff S	Library - 7th Floor	Available