Heatherwick Studio’s new ultra-luxury residence in the heart of Singapore's Admore Draycotta Area is a tranquil vertical palace of natural beauty. With an abundance of sensuous spaces, the building blossoms out of the city into a soaring vertical landscape.
Read MoreWhile the details aren’t entirely public, it looks like the block is getting a street elevator. The proposed architectural appendage will provide direct access to a rooftop bar and break up the concrete monotony of the block.
Read MoreLocal firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz has conceived a glass elevator shaft to rise up the corner of a 346-metre-high skyscraper in Chicago. The all glass shaft along the exterior will house a pair of double-deck panoramic elevators giving the city an exciting new ride.
Read MoreIn the 1950s, the world's first outside glass elevator was built installed at the hotel to the worlds amusement. From its opening in 1927 through the 1950s, the El Cortez Hotel in San Diego, California. was the most glamorous apartment-hotel in San Diego. The large "El Cortez" sign, which is illuminated at night, was added in 1937 and could be seen for miles.
Read MoreNicknamed “The Vessel,” the dynamic structure that has captured the attention of media, designers, critics, as well as visiting and resident selfie hunters alike rose out of the multi-billion dollar Hudsons Yards development in New York in early 2019. At 150ft (45 metres), stairs climb up in every direction providing the public a one of a kind vertical climb unlike anything constructed before.
Read MoreTTC’s Easier Access Program will make all subway stations accessible to everyone, regardless of their level of mobility. Today, more than half of Toronto’s stations are accessible to people with disabilities. The Toronto Transit Commission has an ongoing commitment to provide safe and courteous transit services in a manner that respects the dignity and independence of all riders
Read MoreElevator design is not something many people think of. Even professional architects, urban planners and designers overlook their significance to modern buildings and cities as a whole. Over the past decade our team of vertical transportation specialists has worked to elevate the narrative around these little spaces in a big way.
Read MoreLast month, London’s Battersea Power Station unveiled a major new attraction, a panoramic glass elevator which will travel to the top of one of Englands most iconic chimneys. Most famously know for its use on the cover image for Pink Floyds album ‘Animals’ has been apart of a redevelopment project for almost a decade.
Read MoreLocated on Princess Boulevard, The Shell Tower was built by the Shell Oil Company in 1955 for the Canadian National Exhibition. It was a glass and steel structure, almost 12 storeys in height (120’), containing a central elevator shaft, two glass staircases, and an observation deck near the top overlooking the entire CNE grounds.
Read Moreel·e·va·tor /ˈeləˌvādər/ noun
a platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels. "in the elevator she pressed the button for the lobby"
"The proposal involves the insertion of a new access to the historic centre to enhance the urban connectivity between the two parts of the town, boosting the use of the old town and avoiding social exclusion,"
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