Büro Ole Scheeren has revealed plans for an extraordinary new project named the Tencent Helix. Taking the form of four connected twisting towers, the ambitious development will serve as the new global headquarters of tech giant Tencent in Shenzhen, China.
Tencent Helix is part of a burgeoning new district in Shenzhen that Büro Ole Scheeren says is comparable in size and shape to Midtown Manhattan. Indeed, the building itself will be massive too and, to put its size into perspective, its 500,000 sq m (roughly 5.3 million sq ft) of floorspace will be almost twice that of Apple Park in California.
The four towers will reach varying heights, with the tallest topping out at a maximum of 153 m (501 ft), making it a bona fide skyscraper, while their exteriors will be finished in intricate prismatic glazed panels, ensuring lots of daylight permeates within. The individual towers will be arranged around a large lush central garden area named the Vortex Garden, which will provide staff with the opportunity to enjoy some green space and fresh air. Underneath this, inside the actual building, will be the so-called Vortex Incubator, which will host multiple recreational spaces and will be naturally illuminated with a skylight.
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Plans for an ambitious new supertall skyscraper have been revealed for Oklahoma City. Assuming the project goes ahead as expected, it will be the second-tallest skyscraper in the United States – as well as the second-tallest in the entire Western Hemisphere.
The Boardwalk at Bricktown skyscraper has been designed by AO Architects for developers Matteson Capital and Thinkbox, and is part of a larger development push in the downtown area.
It will reach a considerable height of 1,750 ft (533.4 m). To put this into perspective, this is just 26 ft (almost 8 m) short of the USA's current tallest building, the One World Trade Center, which stands at the symbolic height of 1,776 ft (541.3 m), marking the United States' Declaration of Independence in 1776. As far as world rankings go, the new skyscraper will sit at number eight, just ahead of the Guangzhou CTF Finance Center, by KPF.
https://newatlas.com/architecture/legends-tower-ao/Oklahoma's Boardwalk at Bricktown skyscraper was recently revealed as the upcoming second-tallest skyscraper in the United States. Designer AO is now aiming for even greater heights, however, and has carried out an ambitious redesign in a bid to make it the country's new tallest building.
Assuming all goes ahead as planned, the supertall skyscraper, now named the Legends Tower, will reach a maximum height of 1,907 ft (581 m), instead of the originally planned 1,750 ft (533 m). This figure is symbolic, marking the year Oklahoma became the USA's 46th state.
Dubai is full of eye-catching skyscrapers but the newly completed One Za'abeel, by Japan's Nikken Sekkei, is sure to stand out even there. The project takes the form of two adjacent towers which support a horizontal bridge section that forms the world's longest cantilever.
One Za'abeel's two skyscrapers rise to a height of 235 m (770 ft) and 305 m (1,000 ft), respectively, and contain residential space, office space, and a hotel between them. They're both situated on top of a podium building with a green roof.
The project is defined by that horizontal bridge section, named the Link, which is anchored to both towers at a height of 100 m (328 ft) above a busy highway. It measures 230 m (754 ft) in length while the cantilevering section itself (i.e. the part that juts out) measures 66 m (216 ft). The Link is topped by an infinity swimming pool and viewing points, with views of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. Its interior has more viewing points, plus restaurants and lounge areas, and it serves as a bridge to access each building.
weatheriscool wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:24 pm Extraordinary cantilevering One Za'abeel is an engineering triumph
By Adam Williams
February 02, 2024
https://newatlas.com/architecture/one-z ... en-sekkei/Dubai is full of eye-catching skyscrapers but the newly completed One Za'abeel, by Japan's Nikken Sekkei, is sure to stand out even there. The project takes the form of two adjacent towers which support a horizontal bridge section that forms the world's longest cantilever.
One Za'abeel's two skyscrapers rise to a height of 235 m (770 ft) and 305 m (1,000 ft), respectively, and contain residential space, office space, and a hotel between them. They're both situated on top of a podium building with a green roof.
The project is defined by that horizontal bridge section, named the Link, which is anchored to both towers at a height of 100 m (328 ft) above a busy highway. It measures 230 m (754 ft) in length while the cantilevering section itself (i.e. the part that juts out) measures 66 m (216 ft). The Link is topped by an infinity swimming pool and viewing points, with views of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. Its interior has more viewing points, plus restaurants and lounge areas, and it serves as a bridge to access each building.
https://newatlas.com/architecture/mori- ... -partners/Japan now boasts a new tallest skyscraper, the Mori JP Tower. Rising to a height of 325.2 m (1,066 ft) in Tokyo, the building is designed to reduce its grid-based energy usage with sustainability features and to be resilient in the face of the country's seismicity.
The Mori JP Tower was designed by Pelli Clarke & Partners and is located in the Azabudai Hills development, a burgeoning new district packed with green space which also includes buildings by Heatherwick Studio, plus two other high-rise towers.
The new skyscraper features a glazed facade and an overall form meant to evoke the shape and symmetry of a lotus flower, with a crown of four curved glass "petals." Its exterior is also illuminated with bands of integrated lighting, designed by US lighting design firm L'Observatoire International to glow pleasingly at night.
