Tall Building: Honeycomb Skyscraper (Sinosteel International Plaza)
I'm way into big buildings. They do a lot more for a city's character and future than most people recognize. So, I think it's HAWTaction [hot ak-shuh
n] to keep tabs on new projects like the Nakheel Harbour and Tower, Bahrain WTC, Honeycomb Skyscraper, Burj Dubai... in Dubai... in Pictures, CCTV and TVCC Towers, Tokyo Sky Tree, Burj Dubai (Revisited), Dancing Towers, Dynamic Tower, Dubai Towers, The Lighthouse (Paris), The Lighthouse (Dubai), Antilla, London's Super Tower, Eiffel Tower, Shuffle Tower, Full Moon, Caspian Bay, Chicago Spire, Chicago's Aqua Tower, Infinity Tower, Teardrop, Christmas Tree or the Burj Dubai.
We have seen a rich variety of Tall Building posts, from spinning towers to spherical hotels. Totally sassy. We haven't seen anything like this, though. This is the Sinosteel International Plaza, also called the Honeycomb Skyscraper.
Holy smoothness. This is coming to Detroit, Michigan in 2012. Designed by the architecture company MAD, it is made of two towers, a 358 meter office tower (1,174 feet) and a smaller 88 meter hotel (289 feet). Both have a revolutionary external honeycomb structure that provides such strength, the building requires no internal support structure.
Wait... did I say Detroit? I meant Tianjin, China.
n] to keep tabs on new projects like the Nakheel Harbour and Tower, Bahrain WTC, Honeycomb Skyscraper, Burj Dubai... in Dubai... in Pictures, CCTV and TVCC Towers, Tokyo Sky Tree, Burj Dubai (Revisited), Dancing Towers, Dynamic Tower, Dubai Towers, The Lighthouse (Paris), The Lighthouse (Dubai), Antilla, London's Super Tower, Eiffel Tower, Shuffle Tower, Full Moon, Caspian Bay, Chicago Spire, Chicago's Aqua Tower, Infinity Tower, Teardrop, Christmas Tree or the Burj Dubai.We have seen a rich variety of Tall Building posts, from spinning towers to spherical hotels. Totally sassy. We haven't seen anything like this, though. This is the Sinosteel International Plaza, also called the Honeycomb Skyscraper.
Holy smoothness. This is coming to Detroit, Michigan in 2012. Designed by the architecture company MAD, it is made of two towers, a 358 meter office tower (1,174 feet) and a smaller 88 meter hotel (289 feet). Both have a revolutionary external honeycomb structure that provides such strength, the building requires no internal support structure. Wait... did I say Detroit? I meant Tianjin, China.
I've never heard of the architecture company MAD, and I'm glad to have been introduced. This design is truly revolutionary. A significant portion of a standard building's footprint is dedicated to the steel structure that holds the building up. (Which is important...) What happens when you come up with an alternative? You have something sassy like a dome, Olympic Building: The Water Cube or this Honeycomb Skyscraper. The entire inside of the building is usable space.
The honeycomb exterior is made from five different sizes of hexagonal windows, which is a traditional shape of Chinese architecture. The architects explain a key advantage to the design choice:
MAD is a Beijing-based company, and I've been perusing their website. I'm sure we'll be seeing more of them on HAWTaction. Here's some more honeycomb candy for y'all.
The honeycomb exterior is made from five different sizes of hexagonal windows, which is a traditional shape of Chinese architecture. The architects explain a key advantage to the design choice:"The honeycomb also allows the building to be energy efficient. Although the pattern at first appears to be random, it actually responds to patterns of sun and wind on the building. By mapping the different air flows and solar direction across the site, we were able to position different sized windows accordingly, minimizing heat loss in the winter and heat gain in the summer."
MAD is a Beijing-based company, and I've been perusing their website. I'm sure we'll be seeing more of them on HAWTaction. Here's some more honeycomb candy for y'all.
Jason? Get this one on the field trip itinerary. I envision a JLF sticker in the middle of every single hexagon.
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- JLF
lol. game on.
supercool!
love it cool jo f***ing s**t gud building love it