04 April 2022
Daniel Safarik, Jacob Elbrecht & William Miranda, CTBUH
The past few years have seen tremendous interest in the development of mass timber buildings of increasing height, in urban settings, many of which are...
29 July 2019
Gerran J. Lankhorst, Royal HaskoningDHV; Karel C. Terwel, IMd Raadgevende Ingenieurs; Janko Arts, Royal HaskoningDHV; Henk Jonkers, Delft University of Technology
The choice of structural system has a big influence on the environmental impact of structural materials in tall building design. This paper provides a comparison...
30 October 2017
Robert M. Foster, University of Queensland; Michael H. Ramage, University of Cambridge; Thomas Reynolds, The University of Edinburgh
Recent developments in the design and construction of progressively taller buildings using engineered timber as a structural material raise important questions about the language that...
24 February 2015
Kees Christiaanse, KCAP Rotterdam
The CTBUH is actively expanding the “Urban Habitat” portion of its mission, which calls for tall buildings to be optimally integrated into human-scaled urban environments....
18 February 2015
Nebojša Čamprag, Technical University of Darmstadt
In contrast to US cities, which allowed construction of skyscrapers in central urban areas, the post-World War II development of western Europe generally involved new...
16 September 2014
Maurice Hermens, Michiel Visscher & John Kraus, Royal HaskoningDHV
This paper shows, through the realized case project “De Karel Doorman” in Rotterdam, how ultra lightweight solutions for apartments and other building types can be...
01 May 2012
Frank van der Hoeven & Steff en Nijhuis, Delft University of Technology
The planning and construction of tall buildings is often controversial, polarizing the public on architecture and urban life. In many cases the emotional discourse focuses...
11 May 2011
John Worthington, DEGW
Having devised tall building strategies for Rotterdam, Dublin and London, he is the kind of guy who is called in as cities start to think...
10 October 2004
Karel Vollers, Delft University of Technology
The article focuses on geometric details of a 150 m high twisted tower, the built facade prototype and its general application, as well as material...
10 October 2004
J.N.J.A. Vambersky
The emergence of new building materials and new construction technologies has changed the face of the building industry. Structural steel, reinforced and precast concrete are...
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