Civil, Architecture & Construction.

Denmark-based Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) with Hijjas Architects & Planners & Ramboll Group has announced the lead masterplan design for the Penang South Islands (PSI) project.  It involves the development of three man-made islands under the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project. The project is selected as winner by the Penang State Government as international competition to design a masterplan for Peneng South Islands. The project provides a vast land reclamation which includes Penangites with approximately 4.6 Km of public beaches, 600 acres of parks and a 25 Km waterfront also connecting by autonomous transport network. Each island is modelled to form a lilypad which will be composed of mixed-use districts. The Laguna, BiodiverCity's westernmost island is an oasis for ecological living, organized around a central marina. Eight smaller islands form a miniature archiopelago. The masterplan proposal - BiodiverCity - supports the Penang 2030 vision with a clear focu...

El Temple De La Sagrada Familia  Architect:  Antoni Gaudi   Architect of Record:  Jordi Fauli   Location:  Barcelona, Spain Client:  La Sagrada Familia Foundation  Structure Type:  Tower Building Function:  Religious Structural Material:  Composite Area: 38,000 m 2 up to now  Construction started:  1882 Estimated completion:  2026 Construction cost: € 3.000.000 per year Contractor:  Sagrada Familia Construction Board  Material:  H-Blanc   Engineering:  Buxade, Margarit i Ferrando, slp   Courtesy of Sagrada Familia Foundation Construction of the Holy Family The Sagrada Familia is the monumental symbol of Barcelona. The temple was started in 1882 and from 1883 the architect, Antoni Gaudi, was in charge of its project and construction until his death in 1926 . Courtesy of ARUP This work is built with donations and is expect...

International Finance Centre  Architects:  Cesar Pelli & Associates; Architect of Record:  Rocco Design Architects Limited  Location:  Hong Kong, China Client/Developer:  Henderson Land Development; Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited  Structural Engineering:  ARUP; Leslie E Robertson Associates MEP Engineer:  J. Roger Preston Limited   Structural Type:  Framed Tube Structural Material:  Composite (Core: Reinforced Concrete; Columns: Concrete Encased Steel; Floor Spanning: Steel) Building Height:  412 meters  Project Dates:  1998 - 2003 Building Function:  Office Main Contractor:  E Man-Sanfield JV Construction Environmental Consultant:  Westwood Hong & Associates Ltd.   Facade Consultant:  Adamson Associates; Permasteelisa Group; Israel Berger & Associates; Vidaris Inc. Landscape Consultant:  Urbis Pty Ltd.  Quantity Surveyor:  Rider...

Raffles City Chongqing Architects:  Chongqing Architecture and Design Institute; Moshe Safdie & Associates; P&T Group  Location:  Chongqing, China Owner/Developer:  Capita Malls Asia; CapitaLand Limited; Singbridge  Structural Engineering:  ARUP, East China Architectural Design & Research Institute  MEP Engineer:  Parsons Brinckerhoff Consultants Private Limited Project Size:  817,000 sq.m Development GFA:  1,134,260 m 2 / 12,209,073 ft 2    Building Height:  354.5 m / 79 story Building Function:  Residential, Office & Mixed-Use Structural Material:  Composite (Core-Reinforced Concrete; Columns-Concrete Encased Steel; Floor Spanning-Steel) Project Dates:  2011 - 2019 Facade Engineer:  ALT Limited Quantity Surveyor:  Rider Levett Bucknall   Landscape Architect:  Williams, Asselin, Ackaoui & Associates   Interior Design, Hotel &...