Cutting-edge architect says simplification, integration key to energy efficiency
Leonardo da Vinci DEEPHAVEN – The young architects coming out of college these days don’t want to be doing what many architects end ...
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London's emblematic 'The Gherkin' building purchased by Brazilian billionaire
Each floor rotates five degrees from the last and the only curved piece of glass on the entire building is at the very top. The Gherkin won the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Priz ...
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Building the Gherkin
Can a single building impact the career of an architect, the image of a global ... that it is almost immediately nicknamed ‘the erotic gherkin’. Will the Gherkin become the landmark they ...
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Tulip tower: Planners approve new London skyscraper
The tower would be built at 20 Bury Street, beside the Gherkin tower Planners have approved the 1,000ft (305m) Tulip tower proposed for the City of London. The skyscraper would be the second ...
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Letter: What the City will lose by demolishing CU building
Like the creator of St Paul’s Cathedral Christopher Wren, Foster’s Gherkin placed ... York’s Seagram building, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the great American architect and former ...
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The 5 most iconic skyscrapers to see in London
London, the capital of England, is most famous for its iconic monuments, but also for the modern skyscrapers in its unique ...