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Chinese spec 'world's fastest' elevators for supertall project

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Supertall buildings call for creative vertical transportation strategies. division have annouced that they will build and install 95 elevators—including two that the manufacturer labels as the "world''s fastest"—for the Kohn Pedersen Fox -designed Guangzhou CTF Finance Center, which will be 530 meters (1,738 feet) tall. Hitachi Ltd.

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First Look: SOM's design for All Aboard Florida Fort Lauderdale rail station

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At least, that''s the plan for All Aboard Florida , the country''s only privately owned, operated, and financed railway project. Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Building Team Transit Facilities Transportation & Parking Facilities' Body Image: read more.

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Behind The Design 004: Titan Two by F9 Productions

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Self financed. With contractor? The railings on the sky deck had to fold-down in order to limit the height when transporting the structure on roads. What type of fee structure did you use on this project? Self built. This was design-build, all done by our firm. What was the construction cost for the project presented?

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HOK Architects: Architecture Office News

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Our teams create designs that benefit people’s quality of life: new workplaces, research facilities, airports and transportation terminals, retail centers, hotels, apartments, places of worship, hospitals, museums, civic centers, sports venues and parks—all the building blocks of society.

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Could Coworking Be Your Business Development Secret Weapon?

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But welcoming a contractor or engineer that I’m counting on for high-level referrals into my house does not portray the kind of professionalism I’m going for. About 50% of my leads that year had come through direct connections or referrals from other contractors and architects. Does it add an hour and a half to my meeting for transit?

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University of Arkansas Community Design Center Proposes Downtown Housing Regeneration Scheme

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Missing middle housing is not unfamiliar to the small-scale residential contractor. Developer input was certainly helpful in understanding market tolerance and financing metrics, which shape much of what gets built in everyday environments. © University of Arkansas Community Design Center.

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Architecture Articles: Building Design

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Difference between carbon neutrality and net zero Mackintosh Building Glasgow School of Art RICS and YouGov survey 2022 Next generation of knowledge work: hybrid workplaces Data-Informed Design for the User Experience at Work The fluid, sustainable future of retail Designing for Extra Care: What Can Covid Teach Us? Do We Need Libraries?