27 October 2015

Urban Planning in Dubai, Cultural and Human Scale Context

The rapid urbanization of Dubai and regional Middle Eastern cities presents challenges with respect to the traditional local city fabric and the advent of modern...

06 November 2014

Fazlur R. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award: Wind Engineering the World’s Tallest

Peter Irwin, one of the founding partners of Rowan Williams Davies and Irwin Inc. (RWDI), has led wind engineering on many of the world’s tallest...

06 November 2014

Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa: The World’s Tallest Twisting Tower: Cayan Tower

The Cayan Tower is a luxury apartment building with a striking helical shape, turning 90 degrees over the course of its height. Each floor is...

06 November 2014

Interview: Cayan Tower

Thursday 6th November 2014. Chicago, IL. William Baker & George Efstathiou, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the Best Tall Building...

11 June 2013

Incorporating Historic Elements in Façade Design

The aesthetic impact of a building façade goes beyond the overall appearance of the individual building, it has the ability to define the surrounding public...

21 September 2012

Burj Khalifa: Creating the World’s Tallest Integrated “Vertical City”

Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, is more than simply an icon for fast-growing Dubai. Emaar Properties created the world’s most dramatic example of an...

03 November 2011

Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award: 40 Years of Designing the Supertall

As one of the world’s foremost experts on supertall buildings, Adrian has contributed greatly to the development of this highly specialized building type. Adrian will...

03 November 2011

Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa: The Index: Passive design for the Middle Eastern High-rise

The Index has a long but narrow profile which houses its mixed residential-over-office functions within its coherent but well articulated form. The tower has been...

12 October 2011

Optimizing the Structural Design and Construction Planning of the Icon Hotel, Dubai, UAE

Presentation includes a brief introduction of the Icon Hotel in Dubai (160m tall wheel shape structure with external diameter of 165m and internal diameter of...

10 October 2011

Burj Khalifa - Benefits and Challenges

To provide an insight into the challenges faced, successes and lessons learned during the construction and commissioning phases of the Burj Khalifa project. To share...

10 October 2011

The Development of Full Scale Structural Health Monitoring Program for the Burj Khalifa

Ahmad K. Abdelrazaq presents "The Development of Full Scale Structural Health Monitoring Program for the Burj Khalifa, State of the Art Report".

10 October 2011

Fire and Life Safety for the New Generation of Supertall Buildings

After the events of 9/11, why are we still building not only tall buildings, but supertall buildings? The answer to that question leads to a...

21 October 2010

Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa: Burj Khalifa: A New Typology for Tall Buildings

The Burj Khalifa’s unprecedented height required substantial innovation in design techniques, building systems, and construction processes. The building reaches its incredible height in a graceful...

21 October 2010

Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal: The Skyscraper and the Structural Process: 40 years of engineering the Supertall

Prof. Seinuk is known as a worldwide authority on the design and construction of high-rise concrete and steel buildings. A reflection of his life's work...

05 February 2010

Supertalls: The Next-Generation

With the completion of the Burj Dubai, one is left to question: how much higher can we go? Undoubtedly, the lessons learned during the design...

05 February 2010

Improved Techniques for Vertical Transport for Supertall Buildings

This presentation covers the innovative techniques and applied technologies for the vertical transportation system for the 1-kilometre, 200+ storey high Nakheel Tower Dubai, which started...

05 February 2010

Emergency Building Evacuations via Elevators

Since the Las Vegas MGM Grand fire in 1973, most building codes were changed to follow the Phase 1 Firefighters’ return features during an emergency....

22 October 2009

The World’s Tallest as Economic Stimulus

As the Burj Dubai nears completion in 2009, the Burj has been well documented in both design and technical terms. Envisaged as the "jewel in...

03 March 2008

The Sustainable Vision of Dubai

HE Hussain Nasser Lootah of Dubai Municipality, discussed how Dubai has positioned itself as the global epicenter of urban construction activity in recent years, resulting...