Tag: skyscraper
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Nobu Hotel and Restaurant announces expansion into the Gate to the World
Nobu Hotel and Restaurant to open in Elbtower, the most exclusive destination in Hamburg, Germany. The Elbtower will be a mixed-use development destination encompassing premium office space and the Nobu Hotel and Restaurant set within the tallest high-rise in the city. Elbtower development is Northern Germany’s tallest skyscraper and became the most attractive place…
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Wyndham Grand Adelaide will become one of the tallest hotels in South Australia
The South Australian capital has been experiencing a surge of investment, with new infrastructure projects such as the expansion of Adelaide Airport, the revamp of the Adelaide Oval, and now, the creation of one of the city’s tallest hotels. Upper-upscale Wyndham Grand Adelaide will become one of the tallest hotels in South Australia…
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Wasteful, damaging and outmoded: is it time to stop building skyscrapers?
Tall buildings are still deemed desirable, even glamorous, but experts are drawing attention to the high environmental cost of building them
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Residents at Jean Nouvel’s First Skyscraper In New York Receive Memberships at MoMA
The building’s tapering design and Jean Nouvel’s signature exposed diagrid means that the layout of each residence is unique. 53 West 53, Jean Nouvel’s First Residential Skyscraper In New York City, Announces Immediate Occupancy. Current listings range from $3.5 million for a one-bedroom to $63.82 million for a four-bedroom duplex penthouse. Residents and…
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The first residential tower in London fully-designed by world-acclaimed Foster + Partners
Principal Tower is a soaring testimony to London’s continuing influence and vision. The spectacular views of London are an integral part of the apartments – epic vistas of an epic skyline. Joining other landmarks in the City such as “The Gherkin”, “The Cheesegrater” (Leadenhall Building) and the “Walkie-Talkie” (20 Fenchurch Street), Principal Tower…
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Balfron 2.0: how Goldfinger’s utopian tower became luxury flats
The selloff of Erno Goldfinger’s landmark building in Poplar is a central element of a new plan to transform London’s East End