31 December 2014

Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014

Daniel Safarik, Antony Wood, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH

An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in...

16 September 2014

The Vertical Campus

Jason Haase, LMN Architects

Tech companies of all sizes are leaving the loft and heading to the high-rise. As small startups grow larger and set their sights on attracting...

01 December 2012

One of the Architecture World’s Fast Rising Stars has BIG Plans for Designing Tall Buildings

Bjarke Ingels, Bjarke Ingels Group

OMA alumnus Bjarke Ingels has made a name for his Bjarke Ingels Group with innovative, paradigm-busting projects that blend nature and functionality with new twists...

01 May 2003

Shoring Wall and Subsurface Structural Systems: IDX Tower, Seattle, Washington

David G. Winter, Shannon & Wilson; Douglas E. Loesch, MKA; Robert Hollister, Hines

This paper reports on the performance of the excavation shoring. The new building is supported on a mat footing that varies in thickness from 6...