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Russia Tower: Design Challenges
In the late 1990's, through a mutual acquaintance, the author met Sir Norman Foster, now Lord Foster, in connection with a project in Chicago, the author's home base. Since then, the two Principals and their firms have collaborated on a number of projects — each one unique in form and in structural detail, but each fitting into the fundamental pattern of efficient tall building structural design. The tallest example of this collaboration is the Russia Tower, a 118 story tall mixed-use building proposed for Moscow. Before addressing the Russia Tower in more detail, some background on the recent history of tall buildings will allow the building design to be placed in the context of the broader evolution of efficient tall building systems.
Russia Tower: Design Challenges
In the late 1990's, through a mutual acquaintance, the author met Sir Norman Foster, now Lord Foster, in connection with a project in Chicago, the author's home base. Since then, the two Principals and their firms have collaborated on a number of projects — each one unique in form and in structural detail, but each fitting into the fundamental pattern of efficient tall building structural design. The tallest example of this collaboration is the Russia Tower, a 118 story tall mixed-use building proposed for Moscow. Before addressing the Russia Tower in more detail, some background on the recent history of tall buildings will allow the building design to be placed in the context of the broader evolution of efficient tall building systems.
Russia Tower: Design Challenges
Halvorson, Robert A. (author)
Structures Congress 2009 ; 2009 ; Austin, Texas, United States
Structures Congress 2009 ; 1-9
2009-04-29
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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