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Habitat International, 1977
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the various aspects related to high-rise habitat. Another major function of high-rise habitat in addition to supporting floor loads is to provide protection from the elements—from wind, rain, lightning, and earthquake. Fire and blast are additional design criteria.
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Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the various aspects related to high-rise habitat. Another major function of high-rise habitat in addition to supporting floor loads is to provide protection from the elements—from wind, rain, lightning, and earthquake. Fire and blast are additional design criteria.
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2016
There are two categories of high rise buildings that will be discussed in this chapter. There are your regular high rise buildings, and then there are your super high rise buildings. From a fire protection standpoint, the regular high rise buildings are the ones where the fire department is not going to be able to fight the fire from the ground.
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There are two categories of high rise buildings that will be discussed in this chapter. There are your regular high rise buildings, and then there are your super high rise buildings. From a fire protection standpoint, the regular high rise buildings are the ones where the fire department is not going to be able to fight the fire from the ground.
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Refocus, 2005
All new movements throw up thinkers and activists who challenge the status quo and the Chinese-Malay ecological architect, Dr. Kenneth Yeang is no exception. His firm T.R. Hamzah and Yeang are the pioneers of ‘bio-climatic skyscrapers’ that can be found in many Asian cities, China, Japan and the Middle East and hopefully will soon be part of our own ...
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All new movements throw up thinkers and activists who challenge the status quo and the Chinese-Malay ecological architect, Dr. Kenneth Yeang is no exception. His firm T.R. Hamzah and Yeang are the pioneers of ‘bio-climatic skyscrapers’ that can be found in many Asian cities, China, Japan and the Middle East and hopefully will soon be part of our own ...
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2020
New skyscrapers are being added to global city skylines each year. With the need for further schools in cities, it is only a matter of time before educational learning within tall buildings becomes more commonplace. Precedents of tall schools around the world are limited.
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New skyscrapers are being added to global city skylines each year. With the need for further schools in cities, it is only a matter of time before educational learning within tall buildings becomes more commonplace. Precedents of tall schools around the world are limited.
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High-rise high profits high controversy
Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental LawPurpose This paper aims to explore the relationship between recent instances of corruption in land-use development and the unique political landscape of Northern Cyprus, and how the centralized planning system fuels corrupt activities in land-use laws, manipulated by residential building construction companies ...
Balkiz Yapicioglu, Can Kara
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2013
This report compares two transit-adjacent high-rise buildings located in suburban neighbourhoods in Ottawa: the Metropole (32 stories), beside Westboro transit station, and the Classics at Riviera apartment building at 1480 Riverside Drive (29 stories), beside the Hurdman Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) station.
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This report compares two transit-adjacent high-rise buildings located in suburban neighbourhoods in Ottawa: the Metropole (32 stories), beside Westboro transit station, and the Classics at Riviera apartment building at 1480 Riverside Drive (29 stories), beside the Hurdman Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) station.
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