The wooden-stainless steel staircase comprises wooden steps supplied in various types of wood (Beech, Oak, Doussie, Wenge, Teak, Iroko) and with several finishes (oil, bleached, polyurethane varnishes, etc).
The thickness of the step and riser (73-80 mm) can vary depending on the width of the staircase. A bearing wall is necessary to anchor the steps. The cantilever staircases have a patented wall fastening system with steel pins and they are tested with a certified load test for a total capacity for each step of 150 Kg.
The banisters (registered model) are completely made of stainless steel without welds but with mechanical fastenings or with curved posts Gaudì model with 3 brass-stainless steel-copper branches or completely made of structural glass or with laser-shaped stainless steel panels. The metal parts of the banisters are completely made of stainless steel with no welds and are assembled only through mechanical fastenings. The finish can be polished or satinised.
For their first major project in Australia, international design firm Broadway Malyan has been selected by the developers behind Greater Springfield, the continent’s largest master-planned community, to design a new health-focused district around the site of Mater Private Hospital Springfield outside Brisbane. Already a healthcare hub containing the hospital, Aveo Springfield Retirement Village and a hotel, the proposed development would expand the so-called “health city” to include a hospital expansion, medical offices, residential and retail space, as well as facilities for wellness, education, research, hospitality, aged care, and start-up businesses.
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Built ideologically on Greater Springfield’s core tenets of health, education and information technology, Springfield Central Health City will be designed to promote wellness by providing opportunities for movement, incorporating natural elements for sustainability and fostering connections between the separate groups that will use the space. “To deliver the future models of healthcare that we aspire to, we have placed significant importance on connectivity and a master plan that will encourage collaboration at all levels,” said Maha Sinnathamby, Chairman of the Springfield City Group, “from the medical staff, researchers and students, through to entrepreneurs, tourists and residents of all ages.” The project will eventually include housing for over 2,500 seniors in apartment-style living, expanding the population of Greater Springfield which already numbers over 40,000.
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After a decade of work in the Asia Pacific region, Broadway Malyan worked with local partner Conrad Gargett to secure the commission through an international competition. The 52-hectare development on the southern edge of Brisbane is predicted to be built by 2030.
The World Architecture Festival has announced the shortlist for their 2018 awards slate, featuring 536 projects ranging from small family homes, to schools, stations, museums, large infrastructure and landscape projects. The world’s largest architectural award program, the WAF Awards year saw more participation this year than ever before, with more than 1000 entries received from projects located in 81 countries across the world.
At the 2018 World Architecture Festival in November, the shortlisted teams will be invited to present their designs to a jury of more than 100 international judges, who will determine the best projects within the completed and future project categories. These finalists will then move on to present to the 2018 Super Jury who will determine the winners of for the 2018 World Building of the Year, Future Project of the Year and Landscape of the Year.
Studio 44 Architects – Educational centre for gifted children, Sochi, Russia
Warren and Mahoney Architects – Lincoln University and AgResearch Joint Facility, Christchurch, New Zealand
Woods Bagot – St Mary’s Calne School Library, Calne, United Kingdom
Experimental
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AECOM – 3D printed Wave Dissipation System, Qingdao, China
Desitecture – Ariel City, China
E.L.R. Architects and Planners – Merging Architecture and Biology – Dead Sea Resurrection Project, Dead Sea, Israel
KANVA – Imago, Montreal, Canada
LandLAB – Island, Auckland, New Zealand
NIKKEN SEKKEI – Cool Tree, Tokyo, Japan
NIKKEN SEKKEI – W350Project, Tokyo, Japan
PLP Architecture – SkyPod, Shenzhen, China
RUFproject – Eine Phantastische Kunstwerk, Vancouver, Canada
Scott Brownrigg with Crown Architecture & Consulting – Reinventing New York’s Park Avenue Medians – The Wind Turbine, New York City, United States of America
ZNERA – The Smog Project, Delhi, India
Health
Aamer Architects – St John’s, Singapore, Singapore
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris – The Alder Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
HDR Inc. – Sydney University Health Precinct – Stage 1, Camperdown, Australia
Stantec Architecture – Cambridge Memorial Hospital Redevelopment, Cambridge, Canada
Studio Gang – Beloit College Powerhouse, Beloit, United States of America
White Arkitekter – Panzi Hospital Bukavu, Republic of Congo
House
Modern Office of Design + Architecture – Lakeview Residence, Calgary, Canada
Nextoffice – Guyim Vault House, Shiraz, Iran
Pilbrow & Partners – Private House in Kensington, London, United Kingdom
PROARH – The Seagull, Baćina, Croatia
RTA Studio – Arrowtown House, Arrowtown, New Zealand
SJB Architects – Sydney Harbour Residence, Sydney, Australia
Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos – Casa San Juan, Tulum, Mexico
WEST GROUP ARCHITECTURE – Glass House Snagov, Snagov, Romania
AECOM – Eco-Shoreline Design, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
AECOM and Cepezed – Schiphol New Pier, Schiphol, Netherlands
Corgan – Connect: A Mega Skyport, Multiple locations, United States of America
Hawkins\Brown – Thames Tideway Tunnel, London, United Kingdom
Monk Mackenzie + Jasmax – Te Whau, Auckland, New Zealand
Monk Mackenzie – Thiruvalluvar, Kanyakumari, India
Paul Lukez Architecture – The Floating Bridge, Boston, United States of America
Rodeo architects – Action Plan for increased city life; Strategy for a car free Oslo, Oslo, Norway
SPF:architects – Rumblefish – a.k.a. The Taylor Yard Bike & Pedestrian Bridge, Los Angeles, United States of America
Sturgess Architecture – Green Line Light Rail Transit, Calgary, Canada
ZuidZuidPlus Architects – a collaboration between Team V Architecture, Zwarts & Jansma and Bosch Slabbers – Zuidasdok Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group – Audemars Piguet Hôtel des Horlogers, Le Brassus, Switzerland
CLOU architects – Wuyi Yuansu Hot Spring Resort, Yuansu, China
Coldefy & Associates Architects Urban Planners – Tropicalia, Rang-du-Fliers, France
GOA – Alila Wuzhen, Jiaxing, China
HDR Inc. – FOMO, Fremantle, Australia
MVSA Architects with Arcadis – Holland Casino Venlo, Venlo, Netherlands
Grocery shopping is a chore hated by many, and online services have become increasingly popular for helping customers avoid crowded aisles and the struggle of carrying heavy bags.
But, these services can require hours or even days to process an order, and for picky shoppers, selecting the best items is something that must be done personally.
Now, a Russian inventor has come up with the solution to please everyone—drive through supermarkets, where everything you need is on cascading shelves and you never have to get out of the car.
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MAKING SHOPPING EASY
Russian inventor Semenov Dahir Kurmanbievich has filed a patent application for drive through supermarkets to make shopping convenient and fast.
Many companies have stepped up to make products more easily available, even at the touch of a button.
Amazon has added food delivery service to its Prime Now membership, and revealed plans for a ‘Dash’ button.
To purchase from local vendors, customers use the Prime Now app, available on iOS and Android devices.
Dash will be set up using the Amazon mobile app to assign the product you want.
Then, the Dash Button will order with a single press.
The patent application was filed by Semenov Dahir Kurmanbievich, according to The Telegraph, and the plan aims to make grocery shopping convenient and improve customer service.
And, the inventor claims, it will lower costs for the vendor.
At the entrance of the store, a display would show the available stations to customers as they drive in.
Once they’ve driven to the free slots, they will begin and end their shopping in the same place, and the cashier waits just a few feet away.
Vertical ‘elevator-type racks’ will hold all kinds of items on your shopping list, from fresh produce and bread, to six-packs of beer and perishable items, like milk.
The shelves can be changed by pressing a button, which will bring on the next set of food products.
‘The present invention is directed to solving the technical problem of improving the quality of customer service while providing maximum convenience, choice of products, [and] reducing time to service customers,’ Kurmanbievich writes in the application.
It would also reduce ‘time and costs from commercial enterprises associated with the filing and layout of goods in the sales area, where there are buyers.’
A video describing the plan shows a large, enclosed building with rows of drive-up aisles.
The groceries are sent to the cashier on a conveyor belt as you pick them, meaning your food is being bagged while you’re still shopping, so there’s no wait at the end. When the customers are finished picking out their food, all they have to do is drive forward a few feet and pay
Each car is parked in its own slot beside a vertical rack, where the customer will select the various food products without ever stepping outside the vehicle.
The groceries are sent to the cashier on a conveyor belt as you pick them, meaning your food is being bagged while you’re still shopping, so there’s no wait at the end.
When the customers are finished picking out their food, all they have to do is drive forward a few feet and pay.
The cashier will then hand over the bags, and the customer drives off.
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When the shelves are running low on their items, staff can restock using a conveyor belt that feeds to the racks.
Online grocery services, like Amazon’s food delivery program, operate with the similar goal of convenience, allowing a person to get groceries without the hassle of long lines and crowded parking lots.
Kurmanbievich’s patent, however, reveals a way for shoppers to expend minimal energy at the grocery store while still actually selecting the items themselves.
Vertical ‘elevator-type racks’ will hold all kinds of items on your shopping list, from fresh produce and bread, to six-packs of beer and perishable items, like milk. The shelves can be changed by pressing a button, which will bring on the next set of food products
When the shelves are running low on their items, staff can restock using a conveyor belt that feeds to the racks. Each car is parked in its own slot beside a vertical rack, where the customer will select the various food products without ever stepping outside the vehicle
Every four years, millions of soccer fans tune in to watch the best national teams battle it out at the World Cup—all for a chance to call themselves the best soccer team in the world. The FIFA World Cup, much like the Olympic games, encourages a great deal of development in the host country, with the addition of stadiums, infrastructure, and other programs needed to support the mass of fans who will head to cheer on their country. This year, Russia will be hosting the event and will be spending an estimated 10 billion dollars in both building new arenas, and refurbishing their existing facilities. The 2018 tournament will host 65 matches across 11 cities in 12 of the most modern stadiums in the world. We’ve compiled a list that show these impressive stadiums and arenas, and offer a glimpse as to how they will be used long after the winner of the 2018 World Cup is crowned.
Check out the twelve stadiums that will host matches in the 2018 World Cup below.
Luzhniki Stadium was constructed in only 450 days between 1955-1956, a reflection of the Soviet Union‘s strong ambitions after they returned from their first Olympics with 71 medals. With a capacity of just over 81,000, the stadium has hosted the 1980 Olympics, the 1999 UEFA Cup Final, and the Champions League final, among other international events. To prepare for the 2018 World Cup, the stands have been divided into two tiers and the athletic tracks have been removed. This arena is the site of the final World Cup match.
Located on the site of a former airfield, Spartak Stadium is the first permanent home field of 22-time Soviet/Russian champions Spartak Moscow. The exterior of the stadium features a series of connected diamonds that can be changed to reflect the colors of the teams playing that day.
Construction for the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium began in 2015, and draws on themes of wind and water in its circular form. It boasts an undulating and semi-transparent facade which lights up at night. FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod is the club team who will inherit the stadium after the conclusion of the World Cup.
Mordovia Arena is set to be one of the most colorful arenas in the 2018 World Cup with its orange, red, and white exterior. Although construction began in 2010, numerous delays, mainly due to a lack of funding, meant that the stadium was not finished until late 2017. With an initial capacity of 45,000 for the World Cup, the upper tier will be removed and transformed into a walkable concourse once it becomes the home stadium of FC Mordovia Saransk of the Russian Premier League.
Located 510 miles from Moscow, the Kazan Arena was completed in the summer of 2013 to serve as the host venue for the Summer Universidade, an international multi-sport event for university athletes. This arena also hosted a portion of the competitions at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, for which the field was replaced by two large swimming pools. If this stadium looks familiar, it’s because it was spearheaded by Populous, who also designed the new Wembley and Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium.
Holding just under 45,000 fans, the Samara Arena’s space-like design is influenced by the region’s renowned aerospace sector. Once the World Cup is over, it will be renamed the “Cosmos Arena” and become the new home field of local Krylia Sovetov.
Russia‘s fourth-largest city, Ekaterinburg is on the geographical border of Europe and Asia, at the foot of the Ural Mountains. Nominated as a World Cup host city, Ekaterinburg was faced with the dilemma of having to produce a venue that houses a minimum of 35,000 fans, as per FIFA rules. To meet this requirement, temporary additional seating was designed to stretch beyond the outside of the stadium, behind both goals.
Known typically as the Krestovsky Stadium or Zenit Arena, this venue will be dubbed the Saint Petersburg Stadium when it hosts the World Cup matches. Construction began in 2007, but due to a number of delays including a total redesign to comply with FIFA requirements and investors pulling from the project, the stadium was completed in 2017, just in time for the Confederations Cup. Equipped with a sliding field and retractable roof, the stadium is one of the most technologically advanced in the world. After the World Cup, the stadium will be home to Zenit St. Petersburg, and will also host several matches in Euro 2020.
Loosely based on Herzog and de Meuron‘s Allianz Arena, the newly built Kaliningrad Stadium has overcome a number of obstacles in order to be completed in time for the World Cup. It was initially designed to hold 45,000 seats and feature a retractable roof, but the modest, roofless, 35,000 seat venue will now host four first-group matches in the 2018 World Cup.
Another stadium built just for the World Cup, this arena features a lattice exterior and a cabled roof, making it one of the most architecturally distinct venues. After the World Cup, Volgograd Arena will be reduced to a 35,000 seat capacity and become the new home of Rotor Volgograd.
The Rostov Arena is situated on the southern bank of the River Don, and is planned to be the first development of a new city center that will be constructed over the coming years. Groundbreaking for this World Cup stadium began in 2013, during which in-tact shells from World War II were found on the site. After the World Cup, FC Rostov, the 2014 Russian Cup winners, will call this arena their new home field.
Located on the Black Sea, Sochi is the longest city in Europe, with an urban area stretching around 140 kilometers from end to end. The stadium was built as the main venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics, which explains why the stadium’s form resembles snowy, sloping mountain peaks. The open ends of the stadium, which once allowed for views of the Krasnaya Polyana mountains and the Black sea, have been filled with temporary seating to accommodate the World Cup crowds.
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The “London Mastaba” has opened in Hyde Park. A temporary sculpture floating on the Serpentine Lake, the project is the first major public outdoor sculpture in the United Kingdom designed by the artist Christo. The opening comes as new photographs by Wolfgang Volz are released which chart the construction and completion of the striking art piece.
Featuring 7,506 horizontally-stacked barrels floating on the Serpentine Lake, the Mastaba coincides with an exhibition of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work at the Serpentine Galleries featuring sculptures, drawings, collages, and photographs spanning more than 60 years.
Volz’s photographs document the construction of the scheme built to a height of 65 feet (20 meters) by a team of engineers. The barrels were specifically fabricated and painted for the sculpture, a blend of red, white, blue and mauve. The sculpture sits on a floating platform made of high-density polyethylene cubes held with weighted anchors, with a steel scaffolding frame giving the sculpture rigidity.
Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the exhibition will be the artists’ first in a UK public institution since 1979 and will showcase their long-running exploits with barrel forms, chosen initially for their sculptural effect and low cost.
The Mastaba has been supported by The Royal Parks, Westminster Council, and BlueBird Boats, but was funded by Christo, without the use of public money. The project is free for all to view from June 18th to September 23rd, at which point a majority of the materials comprising the sculpture will be removed and industrially recycled in the UK.
Like our bridges and highways, America’s public buildings are crumbling. Every year that we put off necessary repairs and renovations, we increase costs to taxpayers. Every time we repeal building codes that require structures to be more secure and resilient, we endanger life and property. Unless we include buildings in the discussion about our nation’s infrastructure renewal, taxpayers will be stuck with decrepit community places, higher bills when repairs come due and structures vulnerable to disasters and threats.
Buildings are just as vital to our safety, security and sustenance as roads, bridges and mass transit systems. In fact, a poll commissioned last year by the American Institute of Architects found that more than 80 percent of Americans see public buildings as part of the nation’s infrastructure. Schools, for example, are the second largest public infrastructure investment after transportation.
As architects and designers, we uphold the following principles:
Infrastructure includes the public buildings that house our schools, courts, libraries, community centers and affordable housing. Any conversation about investing in the nation’s infrastructure must include the structures that connect Americans.
Buildings must be a part of the infrastructure debate. Nearly all Americans (94%) agree that well-supported and maintained public buildings are important to their communities. Voters must expect policymakers to make the places where they meet, learn and conduct other business a part of any 21st century American infrastructure renewal.
New infrastructure must be resilient to a changing climate. The world has changed. Sea levels are rising, disasters and threats are increasing. Public buildings that can mitigate the damage from extreme weather and other threats are not today’s regulatory burdens, but tomorrow’s assets.
Building codes are the foundation of a resilient, safe infrastructure. We must fight efforts to weaken building codes in the quest for short-term profits. These efforts endanger life and property and jeopardize the built environment’s ability to withstand extreme weather events, devastating fires, and seismic and geologic events.
We’ve built infrastructure before; we can do it again. Existing policies are already in place that can leverage billions of dollars in federal money to spur state and local infrastructure projects like schools, libraries and community centers. The Energy Efficient Commercial tax deduction alone has created millions of jobs and billions of dollars in GDP while helping local governments design buildings that save taxpayers and communities money.
Good design yields big returns on infrastructure investment. Studies show that for every dollar spent on buildings to mitigate hazards, society saves $4 in return. Almost 40 percent of all US energy is consumed by buildings that produce carbon through heating, cooling and lighting and through their construction. Smart design that conserves energy not only reduces demand on our energy infrastructure, but lowers Americans’ tax bills.
Infrastructure must secure and unite. Innovative design techniques for public structures like U.S. embassies, promenades and borders can secure our nation’s most important spaces while enabling a free and open society. Every day that America neglects its buildings is another day that future generations are burdened by our failure to plan and design.
Whether we live in big cities or small towns, Americans have the right to quality schools, hospitals and libraries—all the infrastructure that shelter, protect and uplift our communities. The infrastructure we design today must be one that is worthy of passing down to our children tomorrow.
The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has recently released new data surveying the number of licensed architects in the United States. Conducted annually by NCARB, the 2017 Survey of Architectural Registration Boards provides exclusive insight into data from the architectural licensing boards of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. At first glance, the numbers reflect promising growth for the architecture profession. The number of architects licensed in the U.S. rose to 113,554, according to the survey, which is a 3% increase from 2016 and a 10% increase from the numbers reported a decade ago.
Even more impressive, when you compare the increase in registered architects to the U.S. population, the number of architects licensed has risen over 10% since 2008; while the total U.S. population has risen 8%, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. That equates to roughly 1 architect for every 2,900 people in the country. To put this into perspective, a medium-sized architecture firm of 50 people would theoretically have the potential to directly impact 145,000 people in the U.S.
Based on these statistics, one might assume that more architects naturally means more architecture, thus more influence from the profession in general. But that might not be the case. Read on for more data from NCARB‘s report and what it could mean for the profession as a whole.
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Over the past few years, NCARB has been making an obvious effort to streamline the path to licensure and remove unnecessary barriers. NCARB CEO Michael J. Armstrong believes the numbers in the recent report reflect their efforts. With over 5,200 candidates completing the core education, experience and examination requirements for licensure, this record high might suggest a promising future for the generations to come.
While the numbers indicate an upward trajectory for the profession overall, it’s important to step back and view this assumption from an economic perspective. With a higher supply of architects in the U.S., will this in turn mean less work for architects across the board? Economically speaking, a greater supply generally leads to a lesser demand.
In order to combat this supply and demand, it is important for the architectural profession to begin exploring more innovative ways to practice. The traditional client relationship is evolving in the age of digital media, and perhaps it is time to take advantage of this evolution through investing in new ways to find and secure work. It is an exciting time to be in any creative industry, this report proves that. Find a way to set yourself apart from the crowd–you might even end up making an impact you may not have anticipated was possible.
To learn more about NCARB’s data and the Survey of Architectural Registration Boards, visit the website here.