Tall buildings
Thomson, Dan
Tall buildings - 2006 - Architects' Journal 7(224) 31 August 2006, 19-42(22) .
Presents a group of wide-ranging articles on tall buildings. Covers: the changing attitudes in UK planning that are making it easier to design tall buildings; the factors that make a successful tall building and how they are exemplified in some of the best tall buildings worldwide; KPF Architects' Heron Tower projected to start construction in London in 2007; structural fire engineering and tall building design and Luz Vargas Architects' pioneering concept design for a new kind of skyscraper with its potential for high-rise living. Student proposals and public opinion.
International
Tall buildings - 2006 - Architects' Journal 7(224) 31 August 2006, 19-42(22) .
Presents a group of wide-ranging articles on tall buildings. Covers: the changing attitudes in UK planning that are making it easier to design tall buildings; the factors that make a successful tall building and how they are exemplified in some of the best tall buildings worldwide; KPF Architects' Heron Tower projected to start construction in London in 2007; structural fire engineering and tall building design and Luz Vargas Architects' pioneering concept design for a new kind of skyscraper with its potential for high-rise living. Student proposals and public opinion.
International