BusinessWeek and Architectural Record announced the 2007 Architectural Awards.
The submissions are:
1. Award of Excellence - InterActiveCorp Headquarters - New York
Architect: Gehry Partners/Studios Architecture
2. Award of Excellence - Young Center For The Performing Arts - Toronto
Architect: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
3. Award of Excellence - U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters - Suitland Md.
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
4. Award of Excellence - Navy Federal Credit Union Heritage Oaks Center, Building One - Pensacola, Fla.
Architect: ASD
5. Citation for Excellence - Four Seasons Center For The Performing Arts - TorontoArchitect: Diamond & Schmitt Architects
6. Citation for Excellence - Hearst Tower - New York
Architect: Foster + Partners/Gensler
7. Citation for Excellence - Hubbell Lighting Headquarters - Greenville, S.C.
Architect: McMillan Smith & Partners Architects
8. Citation for Excellence - SJ Berwin - London
Architect: HOK
9. Citation for Excellence - San Diego Padres Ballpark/ Petco Park - San Diego
Architect: Antoine Predock Architect/HOK Sports
10. Citation for Excellence -Gardiner Museum - Toronto
Architect: Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
The Qatari government is close to buying most of London’s £400m Shard of Glass development, skyscraper that has not yet been built, Doha Time reported.
The 66-storey London Bridge Tower, otherwise known as the Shard of Glass, is built in south London this will become one of the tallest buildings in Europe.
Michael Schumacher, a veritable landmark in motor racing history, is to become an actual landmark.
To enable Schuey to continue to tower over the rest of the field, so to speak, a German company undertaking construction projects in the Gulf emirate of Dubai is building the Michael Schumacher Business Avenue. The construction project is to be highlighted by a 29-floor dual-purpose commercial/residential tower. The champion himself is expected to fly out to Dubai – where he already has his own island – to kick-start the project, which is expected to begin construction within the next three months.
Believe it or not, Schumacher won’t be the first German-speaking, former Ferrari-driving, multiple-world-championship-winning F1 driver to get a complex named after him in the Dubai development: the Niki Lauda Twin Towers are located nearby.
Kuwait is building the world’s tallest tower at 1,001 meters in Madinat al Hareer, also known as the City of Silk. When completed, the Burj Mubarak al-Kabir will beat a residential tower undergoing construction in Dubai estimated to rise between 700 to 800 meters.
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