Tag Skyscraper

06-04-2015

The best of the week: skyscrapers and towers

Skyscrapers are the buildings that define a city’s skyline, symbols of innovation on the cutting edge of building techniques and technologies, technical systems and materials engineering.

01-04-2015

Park Tower, Antwerp by Studio Farris

The architects from Studio Farris, known to our readers for their conversion of an old barn into Lennik House, have designed Park Tower in Antwerp.

25-03-2015

Andrew Maynard Architects’ Tower House: the house as village in Australia

Architect Andrew Maynard demonstrates how we can design sustainable architecture on the basis of conversations about art, politics, culture and children’s drawings. The Australian architect decided to renew the S. and P. home by building an open village inspired by their children’s drawings.

03-02-2015

Mario Cucinella One Airport Square in Accra - Ghana

Work is nearing completion at One Airport Square, a multipurpose 17000 sqm building designed by MC Architects in partnership with Politecnica Ingegneria e Architettura in Accra, Ghana.

12-01-2015

One Central Park “Best Tall Building Worldwide” 2014

One Central Park, the highrise designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel, has been named “Best Tall Building Worldwide” 2014 by the CTBUH (the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat).

17-09-2014

The new London skyline

Visitors to the 2014 Open House are invited to discover the new London skyline, and the silhouette of the buildings on the key which is the historic symbol of the event has changed.

03-09-2014

FNB JoBurg Art Fair 2014, focusing on photography.

The connection of Livegreenblog and Floornature with South Africa continues even after the 25th UIA 2014 world conference in Durban.

02-09-2014

Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture exhibition

An exhibition at the Design Museum in London celebrates one of the masters of 20th century architecture, Louis Kahn.