Oceania
10 October 2011
Designing for Natural Ventilation in Tall Residential Buildings
Kevin Peddie & Antonios Rofail, WINDTECH Consultants Pty Ltd
Natural Ventilation is an important part of achieving energy efficient design in many climate zones. This issue has surfaced recently with the increased awareness in...
10 October 2011
Foundation Design and Pile Testing Program for the 151 Story Incheon Tower in a Reclamation Area
Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Samsung C&T; Harry G. Poulos & Frances Badelow, Coffey Geotechnics; Sung Ho-Kim, Jinyoung ENC Enterprise
The 151 storey super high-rise building is located in an area or reclaimed land constructed over soft marine clay in Songdo, Korea and is currently...
01 November 2010
Can Tall Buildings be Child-Friendly? The Vertical Living Kids Research Project
Carolyn Whitzman, University of Melbourne
With the emergence of new high-rise residential developments occurring in tandem with economic restructuring and changing household demographics. The Vertical Living Kids Research Project is...
01 May 2010
The Vertical Garden City: Towards a New Urban Topology
Chris Abel, University of Sydney
The author reviews recent innovations in high-rise architecture in search of relevant solutions but finds them still limited by conventional urban typologies. The work of...
03 March 2008
Microclimate Study of a City in Hot and Humid Climate
Seifu A. Bekele, Ian Jones and Gokul K. Rajamani, Vipac Engineers & Scientists Ltd.
The study shows that for Dubai and the surrounding area, the recommended street orientation may promote ventilation and increase the pollution dispersion. Shadows, combined with...
03 March 2008
Lester Partridge & Eoin Loughnane, Bassett Applied Research
This paper outlines the strategies and design processes undertaken for refurbishing a 30 storey building in Sydney’s CBD. The building was originally constructed in 1976...
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