Industry experts gather in London for Building Safety Act conference

Experts across the new homes and construction industry gathered together in London last week for a Building Safety Act conference to discuss the ramifications on tall buildings in England. The post Industry experts gather in London for Building Safety Act conference appeared first on Planning, BIM & Construction Today.

Supreme Court backs Tate's neighbours in privacy battle

Developers and builders of tall buildings in urban areas have been warned to take heed of a potentially landmark Supreme Court judgment handed down today.

Sean P. Clifton: Structural Engineer Catalyzes Era of More Resilient and Sustainable Skyscrapers Through Improved Wind Design

Structural engineer Sean P. Clifton owes his career trajectory to the liquid “sloshing” damper. As a graduate student at the University of Texas Austin, he watched with fascination as a guest lecturer demonstrated the action of the device—which damps a tall building’s sway—using a 1-ft-tall “homemade” oscillator to represent a skyscraper.

CTBUH names top architecture company of 2022

In Dec. 2022, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) named Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) the number one architecture company for 2022. The post CTBUH names top architecture company of 2022 appeared first on Construction Specifier.

Second staircase in tall buildings proposed

Buildings higher than 30m may be required to have a second staircase under new government proposals. The post Second staircase in tall buildings proposed appeared first on Construction Management.

CTBUH - The State of Tall Timber: A Global Audit, February 2022

A PDF copy of CTBUH's study of Tall Timber buildings is attached below. It provides a complete list of mass timber buildings worldwide, that are eight stories and higher. These buildings are completed or 'under-construction' as of February 2022 The buildings are also shown under the following classifications: - All timber - Concrete-Steel-Timber Hybrid - Concrete-Timber Hybrid - Steel-Timber Hybrid

It's History - When Chicago built the Tallest Building in the World - The story of Sears Tower

An informative video about the history of the "Sears Tower" and its construction. The video also explains the name change of the building in 2009 when it was renamed the "Willis Tower"

City Architecture Forum - 2020 Digital Lecture Series - Engineering New Architecture - 100 Leadenhall 01092020

SOM Design Partner Kent Jackson, and Dmitri Jajich, Structural Engineering Director explore SOM’s history of inventive design, and SOM’s proposal for 100 Leadenhall Street, an elegant and intricate tower created by an integrated team of expert engineers and architects, slated to reshape the City’s Eastern Cluster in the years to come

ARTiculations - What Counts As A Skyscraper? 02072018

What is the minimum standard for a building to qualify as a Skyscraper? Betty (of ARTiculations) admits that the answer is a lot more complicated than initially thought

nla - Bricks are best, 27072022

The architectural practice of Maccreanor Lavington have been designing quality housing schemes across London for 30 years. To celebrate their anniversary, Peter Murray talks to associate director Prisca Thielmann about King's Cross, tall buildings, bricks and post-covid design.

How much of an issue is creaking and swaying in tall tower blocks, are owners / residents really concerned?

What are your views on tall buildings? Is there a case to reverse think the last 10 years & has the Covid-19 pandemic now brought it into sharp focus?