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7 steps to investigating curtain wall leaks

It is common for significant curtain wall leakage to involve multiple variables. Therefore, a comprehensive multi-faceted investigation is required to determine the origin of leakage, according to building enclosure consultants Richard Aeck and John A. Rudisill with Rimkus. 

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High-rise Construction | Mar 22, 2017

Porsche Design Tower is, unsurprisingly, a car lover’s dream

The idea behind the residential tower was to provide residents with a full single family home in the sky, complete with a private garage and pool.

High-rise Construction | Mar 20, 2017

The world’s longest skyscraper

As supertall skyscrapers continue to pop up around NYC, an architecture firm based in New York and Athens asks, ‘What if we substituted height with length?’

High-rise Construction | Mar 3, 2017

Detroit's tallest tower to rise at site of former J.L Hudson's Department Store

SHoP Architects and Hamilton Anderson Associates will design the 52-story building.

Mixed-Use | Mar 1, 2017

New hotel and residential tower coming to San Francisco’s Transbay neighborhood

The ground-up development will feature 255 hotel rooms and 69 residential units.

Mixed-Use | Feb 27, 2017

Tallest tower in Miami to begin construction in January 2019

The tower will reach a height of 1,049 feet, the maximum height permitted by the FAA in Miami.

High-rise Construction | CallisonRTKL | Feb 17, 2017

What makes a supertall tower super?

As new technologies fuel the race to build higher, three primal drivers simultaneously enable progress and keep it in check.

High-rise Construction | Feb 17, 2017

Zaha Hadid Architects-designed building to have the world’s tallest atrium

A 190-meter atrium will rise the full height of the building between two twisting sections.

High-rise Construction | Feb 8, 2017

Shanghai Tower nabs three world records for its elevators

The second tallest building in the world is officially home to the world’s fastest elevator, the tallest elevator in a building, and the fastest double-deck elevator.

Office Buildings | Feb 8, 2017

London office building employs transitional forms to mediate between the varied heights of surrounding buildings

Friars Bridge Court will provide a transition between the unvarying height of the buildings to the south and the more varied heights of the northern buildings.

High-rise Construction | Feb 6, 2017

Flexing their vanity muscles: Some of the world’s tallest buildings have hundreds of feet of non-occupiable space

The amount of the Burj Khalifa’s height that is non-occupiable is taller than most skyscrapers.

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