A distinctive entry point gantry structure welcomes motorsport enthusiasts of The Motor Enclaves at Tampa, Florida. The gantry structure is made of two 40-foot-high cube containers and steel frames.
The Airedale swing bridge is the largest manually operated steel swing bridge in the UK. It provides access to a newly built housing development on the outskirts of Leeds.
The "Azerbaijan Pavilion" was an eye-catcher at Expo 2021 in Dubai. Simmetrico network and iDeas were responsible for the architecturally valuable design. Among other things, Dlubal customer Rubner Ingenieurholzbau created the structural analysis and design, and constructed the complex glued-laminated timber structure at its own site.
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project is a multi-phase binational project carried out by the Kingdom of Lesotho together with the Republic of South Africa.
The Moongate residence, located in Sedona, Arizona, USA, was exceptionally designed by the Scottsdale-based architecture and planning studio of SWABACK.
The year 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. For this occasion, a road show was planned in several cities throughout the United States of America. For this road show, a large temporary theater tent housing 1,600 seats was designed.
The LEICHT company was awarded the design phase for the Champagne Bar’s new roof, located at the Goodwood Racecourse. The planning steps included the form-finding process, the membrane and supporting steel structure approval and design, and the membrane and cable cutting patterns.
Adohi Hall, which means “woods” in Cherokee, located at the University of Arkansas (U of A), is the first university housing and mixed-use structure of its kind.
The Under Canvas company provides a unique opportunity for all-inclusive adventure glamping (glamorous camping). Established in 2009, the company has grown to include multiple luxury glamping resorts and customized events all over the country.
Chase Center Arena is the newest addition to Mission Bay in San Francisco. The state-of-the-art sports and entertainment center features 18,000 seats. The arena will host approximately 200 events annually.
Under Canvas began in 2009 with the opening of an all-inclusive glamping adventure package. It has since grown to include eight luxury glamping resorts and a customized event offering, bringing the glamping experience to life everywhere in the country.
The construction of Haus Gables, a new ground-up residential project designed and developed by architectural designer Jennifer Bonner, director of MALL, was recently completed in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
The removable grandstands are surrounded on three sides by precast seating risers in the north endzone of the Los Angeles Football club soccer stadium. The grandstands are a free-standing system. The system is comprised of aluminum trusses, which are demountable from aluminum towers.
Designed to store nearly 2 million library volumes and works of art, the University of Arkansas Library Annex in Fayetteville was built with cross-laminated timber (CLT) roofs, walls, and floors, and glulam beams, columns, and moment frames.
In May 2018, there was completed new production of the renowned Scottish whisky producer Macallan after three years of construction. The company building has a spectacular roof structure which fits perfectly into the surrounding landscape. The green roof spans over a length of more than 656 ft. It consists of five domes with tapered off canopy.
A unique installation, Conversation Plinth is a collaboration between IKD, a Boston-based architectural design firm; Bensonwood; SMARTLAM, the first CLT manufacturer in the US; and Clemson University’s Wood Utilization and Design Institute.
One of five Exhibit Columbus winners of the J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller prize, Conversation Plinth is designed to generate conversation around the use of hardwood CLTs in US construction. While softwood CLTs have been used in the construction of mid- to high-rise buildings in North America, the hardwood variety has only previously been available in Europe.
With the Crossrail railroad line in Great Britain, one of the biggest infrastructure projects of Europe is in progress. The construction costs for the 73-mile railroad line amount to about €21 billion. It runs from Reading in Berkshire in the west to Shenfield in Essex in the east, crossing through the center of London.
A branch line runs under the Thames to Woolwich and ends at the recently completed Abbey Wood Station. Its extraordinary timber roof construction has the shape of a huge manta ray which seems to hover above the station.
In September 2017, the Design Building at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst was completed. The $52 million project is one of the largest timber structures in the USA and one of the largest timber-concrete composite projects in the world.
In 2016, NEDCON received an assignment to install the steelwork for two fully-automated distribution centers for two supermarket companies. One distribution center is located in Michigan and the other distribution center is in Alberta, Canada.
The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, located in Kansas City, MO, has a floor space of 286,000 ft². The glass atrium is the signature feature of this building (dimensions L x W x H: 317 ft x 73 ft x 70 ft) which connects the main entry to both performance venues.
The new Candlewood Suites on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama is the first cross‑laminated timber (CLT) hotel constructed in the United States. It opened its doors in 2016.
This four-story hotel with 92 units serves the lodging needs of the Redstone Army post. 62,930 ft³ of cross-laminated timber and 12,925 ft³ of glued-laminated timber were used for the walls, floors, roof, stairwells, and elevator shafts.
With the dome of Louvre Abu Dhabi, a museum planned for the capital of the United Arab Emirates, a new architectural highlight will be completed by 2015. The structure, consisting of steel, has a diameter of 180 m (590.5 ft) and covers the new local branch of the Louvre Museum in Paris.
A unique timber structure has been located in the heart of London since the end of March 2014. In a period of just six months, the Austrian company WIEHAG built the roof with a total length of 984.2 ft for the Crossrail railroad station situated in the Canary Wharf business district.
In January 2011, the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg in Florida, USA, opened its doors to the public. It contains the largest collection of Dalí’s artwork outside Spain, including oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, graphics, photographs, and sculptures.
In October 2010, the Waterside Theatre opened its doors in Aylesbury, near London. In its floor plan and roof structure, the town's new emblem mirrors the shape of the Chiltern Hills in Southeast England.
The bar-shaped timber columns in the inside and outside areas refer to the depths of the forest. The facade's construction has an external supporting structure, which means that the building's envelope is actually built inside (reversed facade); it has a peanut-shaped floor plan with six different radii of curvature.
The Ferrari World Theme Park on Yas Island, UAE, is an amusement and recreation park including a Formula 1 racing circuit, shopping mall, several luxury hotels, and two golf courses.
The gigantic freeform roof of Ferrari World is the largest spatial framework ever built.
The Eden Project in Cornwall, United Kingdom is a complex of two huge biome buildings consisting of several domes and outdoor gardens. Inside the biomes, there are several thousand species of plants collected from many diverse climates and environments, which serve for biological studies and exhibitions. The Rainforest Biome was built in the second phase of The Eden Project’s development. It is kept at a tropical temperature and moisture level and covers over 1,000 varieties of tropical plants.