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"Melbourne will now have a piece of her artistic flair," says Acting Minister for Planning Jill Hennessy. The late architect's 54-storey Collins Street tower has gained approval from the Andrews Labor Government.
"We will have to rethink the high-rise, making it offer something more, and bring some of the aspects and facilities of low-rise and street life up into the towers." 3XN's Kim Herforth Nielsen reflects on the future of high-rise design, and details the studio's work on Quay City Tower, in the latest issue of AR.
"Sky One will be seen from great distances because it is surrounded by low rise buildings and sits on the peak of Box Hill’s central hill, giving it a unique vantage point." DKO director, Jesse Linardi, discusses designing Box Hill's Sky One tower – a giant 35-storey structure set to take root in Melbourne suburb Box Hill.
The Shanghai Tower, the second tallest building in the world, features significant technological innovations, including a tapering asymmetrical form designed to reduce wind loads and a double curtain wall that creates space for garden atrium sky lobbies. The latest issue of AR explores the intimate elements of this giant, spiralling structure.
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