Skyscraper Archives - RTF | Rethinking The Future https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/category/skyscraper/ Architecture Awards | Courses | Magazine Fri, 01 Jul 2022 10:04:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-rethinkingthefuture-favicon-1-32x32.jpg Skyscraper Archives - RTF | Rethinking The Future https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/category/skyscraper/ 32 32 Brazil Pavilion at expo dubai 2020 By MMBB + Ben-Avid + JPG ARQ https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/skyscraper/brazil-pavilion-at-expo-dubai-2020-by-mmbb-ben-avid-jpg-arq/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:41:45 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=342242 The pavilion features the waters of Brazil – its rivers and mangroves, birthplace of the fertility of life, a natural inheritance that underlies all discourse about sustainability on the planet. With its tensile steel structure and lightweight white fabric, the pavilion is a fabric onto which videos are projected, creating an immersive atmosphere of variable [...]

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]]> Discharge Recharge Bergkamen 2013 By KHBT https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/skyscraper/6556-discharge-recharge-bergkamen-2013-by-khbt/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 07:20:29 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=342113 As part of the Urban Lights Festival in the Ruhr Area of Germany, an architectural performance of light and sound, focusing on a tower block in the centre of Bergkamen, had been created. Simultaneously a landmark and an eyesore, the structure had been unoccupied for 15 years and was demolished by the end of 2015. Studio [...]

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]]> Revitalization of Prague’s First Skyscraper By QARTA architektura https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/skyscraper/6555-revitalization-of-pragues-first-skyscraper-by-qarta-architektura/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 07:16:14 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=342105 The former Palace of the General Pension Institute is one of the most prominent examples of Functionalist architecture in interwar Czechoslovakia. Inspired, among others, by the work of Le Corbusier, young Avant-garde architects Josef Havlíček and Karel Honzík designed an open-cross plan building – the first Prague skyscraper conceived as a solitaire amongst the typical [...]

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]]> Hengli International Headquarters in Shenzhen By Mecanoo Architecten https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/skyscraper/2007-hengli-international-headquarters-in-shenzhen-by-mecanoo-architecten/ Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:45:15 +0000 https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/?p=64251 Ranked as one of the cities with the most skyscrapers, Shenzhen is the epitome of a contemporary megalopolis. In this dense urban context, the city’s policies focus on the quality of public life and innovative green design. Architects: Mecanoo Architecten Project Name: Hengli International Headquarters in Shenzhen Status: Concept Location: China Design: 2018 Client: Hengli [...]

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]]> UNStudio completes enormous Raffles City Hangzhou complex featuring twisted glass towers https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/skyscraper/unstudio-completes-enormous-raffles-city-hangzhou-complex-featuring-twisted-glass-towers/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 09:51:19 +0000 Dutch firm UNStudio has completed a mixed-use development in the Chinese city of Hangzhou that accommodates a hotel, offices, apartments and shops, within a pair of sinuous towers connected by a podium and landscaped plaza. Architects: UNStudio Location: Hangzhou Raffles City Hangzhou was designed by UNStudio for real estate company CapitaLand. Described by the studio as “a sustainable urban hub for living, working and [...]

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]]> KPF adds Pacific Gate residential skyscraper to San Diego skyline https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/skyscraper/kpf-adds-pacific-gate-residential-skyscraper-to-san-diego-skyline/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 09:33:43 +0000 Global architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed a high-rise condo building on the San Diego waterfront, with a curved glass form that stands out from the city’s boxy towers. Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Location: United States Pacific Gate by Bosa stands 41 storeys tall at the junction of Broadway and Pacific – the main access into [...]

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]]> Skyshelter.zip is like a compressed bellow that opens into a skyscraper | Damian Granosik, Jakub Kulisa, Piotr Pańczyk https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/skyscraper/skyshelter-zip-is-like-a-compressed-bellow-that-opens-into-a-skyscraper-damian-granosik-jakub-kulisa-piotr-panczyk/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:20:05 +0000 What these designers proposed was ground-breaking enough to win them the Golden Prize at the eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2018. The premise? Instant Skyscrapers. The technique? Compressing them to make them easy to transport, and then expanding them on site. Designers: Damian Granosik, Jakub Kulisa & Piotr Pańczyk Location: Poland​ The Skyshelter.zip is literally the physical manifestation of a [...]

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]]> VIA West57 | Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/skyscraper/via-west57-bjarke-ingels-group-big/ Wed, 10 Jan 2018 11:36:04 +0000 VIΛ 57 West, designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group for the Durst Organization, introduces a new typology to New York City: the Courtscraper. The 830 000 sq ft highrise combines the density of the American skyscraper with the communal space of the European courtyard, offering 709 residential units with a lush 22 000 sq ft garden at the [...]

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]]> Leeza Soho Tower China By Zaha Hadid Architects https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/skyscraper/leeza-soho-tower-china-by-zaha-hadid-architects/ Thu, 04 Jan 2018 11:25:27 +0000 Construction is well underway on a 207-metre skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects in Beijing, which will feature a huge twisting atrium that is expected to be the world’s tallest. Located in the Lize Financial Business District – a new business, residential and transport hub in southwest Beijing – the 46-storey Leeza Soho will feature a mix of offices and shops. [...]

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