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Architectural Record have just featured their annual ‘Unbuilt Houses‘ series showcasing some very interesting concept designs of green & sustainable residential single-family dwellings.
Some of the projects are speculative, whilst others are set to be erect this year. Here is a showcase of all 8 projects.
Browse through the designs and tell us your favourite.
Thanks to Flickr users James E-R, galactic, SolarWind & mss2400 we’ve got our hands on a couple of the latest construction photos of the Trump Towers in Chicago at 401 N. Wabash Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
As at last Wednesday (12th March), level 66 (out of 92 levels) was poured in.
Construction which begun in 2005 is nearing its expected completion date of 2009 and would be expected to stand at a massive 415 metre (1,362 feet) making the multiple-use tower upon completion, the second tallest building in Chicago before the arrival of Chicago Spire in 2011.
Artists rendition of the B3C building
Massachusetts General Hospital is being demolished to make way for a new 530,000 square foot building. Named “The Building for the Third century,” or B3C, the estimated completion date is 2011/12.
These photos were taken over the last 18 months as demolition is being undertaken. Demolition firm, Costello Dismantling is undertaking the work. Due to the close proximity of other buildings and the fact that Mass General is still a fully operational hospital, the firm is taking the old construction apart almost brick by brick.
Brookfield Properties’ Hudson Yards proposal in New York “aims to bring New York into the 21st Century.”
The MTA, in co-operation with the State and City of new York, issued a request for Proposals to regenerate and rejuvenate the active rail yards on Manhattan’s far west side. Brookfield’s plans attempt to integrate Hudson Yards into the city proper whilst creating what they feel will be New York’s next great neighborhood.
The ambitious plans include Galleries, cafés, a soaring gateway, and rolling meadows. Also included is a cultural center with plans for public performances.
The Chicago Spire is a supertall skyscraper under construction in Chicago, Illinois. The skyscraper will become North America’s tallest free-standing structure and the world’s tallest all-residential building, eventually standing taller than Chicago’s Sears Tower and New York’s upcoming Freedom Tower, as well as Toronto’s CN Tower. The building was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and is being developed by Garrett Kelleher of Shelbourne Development Group, Inc. The Chicago Spire is scheduled to be completed in 2011 with 150 floors.
Construction on The Trump Soho Hotel-Condo was stopped last week after a fatal accident. A wooden scaffold workers were standing on to set concrete collapsed, causing a worker to fall 42 floors to his death, while another was lucky enough to be caught by the safety netting.
The company in charge of construction is Bovis Lend Lease, the project management arm of British building firm Bovis. This is not the first time Bovis have run into difficulties with accusations that the building is in fact illegal and should never have got planning permission in the first place. They have also run foul of the NY building code in the past on this site, and a stop work order was immediately issued along with at least four violations including:
Height: 1265 ft
Floor count: 107
Location: North Park and East North Water
Expected Completion Date: 2009
Developer: Michael Reschke - Fordham Co., Prime Group Inc.
Architect: DeStefano & Partners
Groundbreaking: 2009 (est.)
Estimated completion: 2012
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Use: Residential/Commercial
Price: Condominium units: US$800 per sq/ft.
Project Cost: US$500 million.
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