Research
19 March 2020
Improving the Energy Efficiency Of a Mediterranean High-Rise Envelope
This study focuses on the building envelope as the mediator between interior and exterior climatic conditions, examining its influence on energy loads. The parameters are:...
28 October 2019
New Tower Typology: Optimizing Workspaces and the Public Realm
Tel Aviv, widely recognized as the largest tech hub outside of Silicon Valley, is in the grip of unprecedented urban development. Despite having only 500,000...
20 October 2018
The Middle East: 30+ Years of Building Tall
The Middle East region is hosting its first CTBUH International Conference since 2008. In that year, there were 119 completed buildings of 150 meters or...
17 October 2016
Open Air, Sun and a Glass of Wine - Mediterranean Lifestyle in High-Rise Residential Buildings
This paper suggests a look into the local interpretation of dense vertical urbanism in Mediterranean cities through a whirlwind overview of high-rise residential development in...
26 October 2015
Tel Aviv’s Midtown/Azrieli North Development as an Integrated Complex of Tower Urbanism
Tel Aviv’s Midtown/Azrieli North Complex is the new hub of the northern central business district (CBD) that functions to connect the activity centers of the...
26 October 2015
Tall Buildings and the Sabbath Elevator
The commandment to keep the Sabbath as a day of rest appears in the Bible many times. Jewish law prescribes an intricate set of rules...
16 September 2014
Urban Renewal For A Global City
The city of Tel Aviv is over 100 years old. In 2003 UNESCO declared the center of Tel Aviv as a World Cultural Heritage Site....
16 September 2014
Diversity and Change in Vertical Urbanism
The living city is ideally composed of elements in an ecologically dynamic relationship with the urban environment. Environmental function measured over time constitutes a seminal...
01 February 2008
The Race for the Sky: Unbuilt Skyscrapers
Unbuilt skyscraper designs are noted by many architecture critics as the best in the genre of tall buildings. This paper provides an exposition of various...
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