Error of Omission: 50-Floor Skyscraper Lacking an Elevator
Twin towers raising up the existing skyline and joined at the top - these were supposed to be a sign of recovery in a city and country ravaged by the global financial collapse. Instead, ...
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Wooden Skyscraper: 34 Stories of Stick-Framed Architecture
If accepted and completed, this design would be the tallest wood-frame structure in the world. Counter-intuitive as it may seem, sustainable timber framing can be more eco-friendly than ...
Future Skyscraper: Arup Presents Awesome Vision for 2050
Rather than turning toward far-flung science-fiction, these designers have extrapolated current engineering techniques and evolving technologies. This skyscraper thus fuses passive power ...
Skyscraper Squatters: Lessons from Ad Hoc Vertical Slums
Take abandoned office towers without occupants, on the one hand, while people all around sleeping on the streets, on the other. One deserted structure in downtown Caracas provides a fascinating ...
Shelf Hotel: Revolutionary Approach to Modular Architecture
In the early 20th Century, urban design was under siege by Modernists who thought they had it figured out, but made a critical mistake: setting their ideas in stone (or: glass and concrete) ...
Vertical Strip Tease: Upside-Down Las Vegas Skyscraper
Vegas is a strange and sometimes-seedy speck of civilization with virtually nothing nearby of note ... save perhaps the massive Hoover Dam and its associated geology, that is. ...
Fire-Inspired: 14 Converted & New Lookout Tower Homes
Look out! These 14 tall and narrow houses rise up above the landscape to enable incredible panoramic views of rustic nature preserves, lakes and city skylines. Some are converted from old fire ...
Towers of Trash: 5000-Foot Junk Skyscrapers to Fuel Cities
The Germans have a dark joke about their low-water-consumption, eco-friendly toilets and cultural history, which goes something like this: you have to look at your garbage before you get to flush ...
Sci-Fi Fortress of Skyscrapers to Surround & Defend Japan
This is a conceptual project with a breathtaking scope: to create a perimeter of citadels surrounding Japan, protecting the island nation above, on and below the ground. ...
Tower with a Twist: Very Top-Heavy Vancouver Skyscraper
This is what creative design is all about: taking a familiar typology and turning (or twisting) it around ... not merely to show off something new and unique, but to critically respond and adapt ...
