The Technical Papers Library contains many hundreds of papers published by architects, engineers and academics on a range of multi-disciplinary subjects. The papers cover every facet of tall building design, construction and occupation and are searchable by author, topic and category.
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Shaping the High-rise Framework: Tall Buildings Policies and ZoningJan Klerks, posted December 2009
This research learned that recommended practices would be those systems that promote and professionally assess ambitions, while at the same time preventing pitfalls by high-rise minded zoning and codes. As much as skyscrapers represent their commissioners, high-rise zoning can shape the values of a society.
Case Study: Nakheel Tower - The Vertical City,
Mark Mitcheson-Low, Ahmad Rahimian & Dennis O'Brien, posted December 2009
Nakheel Harbour & Tower, Dubai's new capital, will be a beacon of inspiration for the region and the world, incorporating elements from Islamic culture. Encompassing more than 270 hectares, this mixed-use development will be located in the heart of New.
Tall Buildings in Southeast Asia - A Humanist Approach to Tropical High-riseMun Summ Wong & Richard Hassell, posted November 2009
High-rise, high-density living has been embraced as a positive accommodation solution for many millions of people living in Asia's growing urban metropolis. This paper outlines a number of high rise case studies.
Condenser Typology: open envelope vertical farming, the extremes of tower urbanism
Matthew Wilson, posted November 2009
Can humidity-harvesting experiments inform tower urbanism in arid coastal environments? The finding of this study includes how the 'Condenser' tower typology deviates from other methods of vertical farming.
Technology Transfer and Knowledge Exchange in Tall Building Design
Mir M. Ali & Paul J. Armstrong, posted October 2009
This paper shows how knowledge and technology transfers from industries, such as automotive and aerospace, have impacted teh design and construction of tall buildings today. Architectural design and construction have been influenced.
Performance-Based Evalulation for the 450m Nanjing Greenland Financial Center Main Tower
Charles M. Besjak, Brian J. McElhatten & Preetam Biswas, posted October 2009
In order to obtain seismic review approval for the Nanjing State-Owned Assets & Greenland Financial Center's Main Tower, one of the tallest structures in the world to date, enjanced design measures and performance-based evaluations were utilized.
Case Study: Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo
Paul Noritaka Tange & Masato Minami, posted September 2009
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is an innovative educational facility located in Tokyo's distinctive Nishi-Shinjuku high-rise district. Completed in October 2008, the 204-meter (669 ft) 50-story tower is the second-tallest educational building in the world.
The Effects of Complex Geometry on Tall Towers
David Scott, David Farnsworth, Matt Jackson and Matt Clark, posted September 2009
Advancements in the application of computational capabilities to the design and analysis of building structures has enabled the realization of tall buildings with complex geometries. This paper explores some of the design issues and tools.
The Skycourt – A Comparison Of Four Case Studies
Jason Pomeroy, posted August 2009
The effects of industrial capitalism and secularism have not only seen the fall of public man (Sennett 1976) but the slow disintegration of the public realm.
The “International” Skyscraper: Observations
Georges Binder, posted August 2009
While using tall buildings data, the following paper aims to show trends and shifts relating to building use and new locations accomodating high-rise buildings.
San Francisco: Promoting Tall Buildings Through Sustainable Incentives
Jeffrey Heller, Clark Manus & Craig Nikitas, posted July 2009
The past decades have shown some major changes in our urban settlements. The globalization of our societies and economies has brought change to cities. This inevitable push skyward, a manifestation of the pressures of urban growth, has come to San Francisco.
Restoring Mies van der Rohe’s 860-880 Lake Shore Drive
Rico Cedro, posted July 2009
Mies van der Rohe's 860-880 Lake Shore Drive (1948-51) is one of the supreme monuments of modern architecture. With this pair of apartment buildings, Mies first realized his vision of the steel and glass high-rise.
Four Tall Buildings in Madrid – Study of the Wind-Induced Response in Serviceability Limit State
Ramón Álvarez Cabal & Peter Paul Hoogendoorn, posted June 2009
Limiting wind-induced building motion is one of the governing criteria in tall building design. Building motion should be limited, on the one hand, to prevent damage in partitions, facade elements and interior finishes.
Friend or Foe - Wind at Height
Peter Irwin, John Kilpatrick & Andrea Frisque, posted June 2009
Wind is often regarded as the foe of tall buildings since it tends to be the governing lateral load but Wind has some potential beneficial effects particular to tall buildings.
CTBUH Recommendations for the Seismic Design of High-Rise Buildings
Michael Willford, Andrew Whittaker & Ron Klemencic, posted May 2009
The design of tall buildings in seismically active regions varies dramatically from region to region.The objective of this Guide is to set out best-practice principles for the seismic design of high rise buildings for any level of seismic hazard.
Towards a Better Urban Life: Integration of Cities and Tall Buildings
Mir M. Ali & Ajla Aksamija, posted May 2009
The purpose of this paper is to emphasize that the establishment of well-planned cities containing tall buildings at appropriate locations and their infrastructures will help reduce the demands placed on natural resources and create an enjoyable living environment.
Case Study: CCTV Building – Headquarters & Cultural Center Chris Carroll, Paul Cross, Xiaonian Duan, Craig Gibbons, et. Al , posted April 2009
This article describes the structural design and construction of the CCTV Building in Beijing, including development of the structural concept, performance-based seismic design and Expert Panel Review process.
Five Energy Generations of Tall Buildings: A Historical Analysis of Energy Consumption in High Rise Buildings
Philip Oldfield, Dario Trabucco & Antony Wood, posted April 2009
This paper categorises tall buildings into five chronological ‘generations’, based on their energy consumption characteristics.
Sustainable Design in South Korea and Vietnam: Referencing Culture Through Modern Architecture
Matthias A. Olt & James P. Rothwell, posted March 2009
In an age when high-rise design is driven by grandeur aspirations of tallest and biggest, 2 high-rise towers in South Korea and Vietnam provide examples of sustainable design that address each country’s respective cultural vernacular through the lens of modern architecture.
Fire Protection Strategies for an Energy Efficient High-Rise Building
Fang Li, James Antell & Martin Reiss, posted March 2009
The Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou, China features numerous design strategies to reduce energy demand, which include among others vertical axis wind turbine and radiant ceiling cooling system.
Assessment & Prediction of Daylight Performance in High-Rise Office Buildings
Dong-Hwan Ko, Mahjoub Elnimeiri & Raymond J. Clark (Illinois Institute of Technology), posted February 2009
Effective use of daylighting is an essential component to achieve a sustainable building design. This paper provides a method for evaluating indoor daylight performance.
Ecoskyscrapers and Ecomimesis: New tall building typologies
Dr. Ken Yeang (Llewelyn Davies Yeang), posted February 2009
Designing the ecoskyscraper involves configuring its built form and operational systems so that they integrate with nature in a benign and seamless way over its lifecycle. This paper discusses the theory and premises for the ecoskyscraper.
The Vertical Farm - The origin of a 21st century Architectural Typology
Eric Ellingsen & Dickson Despommier (Illinois Institute of Technology & Columbia University), posted January 2009
Far from fantasy, the Vertical Farm scoops up the available technologies at the opening of the 21st century, organizing and redistributing otherwise unrelated parts.
Material-Saving Design Strategies for Tall Building Structures
Kyoung Sun Moon (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), posted January 2009
This paper examines the impact of different geometric configurations of the structural members on the material-saving economic design and makes recommendations for optimal geometries.
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The Technical Papers Library contains many hundreds of papers published by architects, engineers and academics on a range of multi-disciplinary subjects. The papers cover every facet of tall building design, construction and occupation and are searchable by author, topic and category.
Featured Technical Papers
Mile High Tower: Concept of Vertical City
Masayoshi Nakai, Takashi Nishimura, et al (Takenaka Corporation), posted December 2008
Takenaka Corporation, Japan, has held an internal competition on urban concepts based on 1,600-meter high “vertical cities” suitable for the future cities and environments. In this paper, the outline of the competition and the ideas of the selected proposal are examined.
'Towards Zero Energy’ A Case Study of the Pearl River Tower
Roger Frechette & Russell Gilchrist (SOM), posted December 2008
This paper will attempt to both define what is meant by ‘carbon neutral’ in the context of building design as well as using the case study to demonstrate how such an approach might be achieved it examines the challenges of achieving a net zero energy building.
Global Environmental Contextualism
Adrian Smith, Gordon Gill & Robert Forest (AS GG Architecture), posted November 2008
This paper examines how the design philosophy, ‘global environmental contextualism’, is predicated on the understanding that everything within the built and natural environment is connected.
Sky-Sourced Sustainability - How Super Tall Buildings can Benefit from Height
Luke Leung and Peter Weismantle (SOM), posted October 2008
Utilizing the earth and near-grade environment as a source of energy has historically been a common practice. Beyond solar and wind, designers do not usually look towards the sky as the source of additional benefits.
Advances in Elevator Technology: Sustainable and Energy Implications
Johannes de Jong (KONE), posted October 2008
This paper explains how elevator technology has seen dramatic changes in the past couple of years, including Intelligent Hall Call Destination Dispatching, Double Deck elevators and Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor technology.
Burj Dubai: Designing the World's Tallest
Adrian Smith (Adrian Smith Gordon Gill Architecture), posted September 2008
This paper discusses the process of the Burj Dubai's design, offering insights into the refinement and development of the design in response to programmatic requirements, structural wind-tunnel testing and other issues related to the design of the world’s tallest structure.
Harnessing Energy in Tall Buildings: Bahrain World Trade Center and Beyond
Shaun Killa and Richard F. Smith (Atkins), posted September 2008
This paper describes the design evolution of the large scale wind turbines proposed for the Bahrain Trade Center. It describes the details of the wind turbines and their control showing how several innovative ideas have come together and have been technically validated.
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The Purpose of the Guide:
The factors of influence were worked into the Categories and Characteristics as they are defined
in the new AESS documents. It was felt that in order for the users of the new specification documents
to more fully understand aspects of the Categories and Characteristics, that an illustrated
document was required. This Guide has been written to help you to more fully understand the
suite of CISC documents for the Specification of AESS material. It provides you with visual references
to help you to better understand the terms of reference. The buildings and connections
included in this document are meant to be representative and to provide clear visual references
that support the key facts that are being explained by the Guide. It is also hoped that the range
of projects illustrated will inspire you by highlighting the wide range of possibilities available
when designing with Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel.
It is not the intention of the Committee that the included details should be replicated or necessarily
represent “best practices”. They are presented only to allow for a better understanding of
the visual intentions of the practices and procedures outlined in the Guide and related specification documents.
Understanding that “a picture might be worth a thousand words”. The buildings
and connections included in this document are meant to be representative and to provide
clear visual references that support the key facts that are being explained by the Guide. It is also
hoped that the range of projects illustrated will inspire you by highlighting the wide range of
possibilities available when designing with Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel and help the
architect select appropriate Categories of AESS which range from AESS1 through AESS4.
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The solution manuals cover different types of solutions of many aspects of fluid mechanics problems. recommended for students, teachers as well as for interested persons in the subject of fluid mechanics.
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Current knowledge and state-of-the-art developments in topics related to the seismic performance and risk assessment of different types of structures and building stock are addressed in the book, with emphasis on probabilistic methods. The first part addresses the global risk components, as well as seismic hazard and ground motions, whereas the second, more extensive part presents recent advances in methods and tools for the seismic performance and risk assessment of structures. The book contains examples of steel, masonry and reinforced concrete buildings, as well as some examples related to various types of infrastructure, such as bridges and concrete gravity dams.
The book's aim is to make a contribution towards the mitigation of seismic risk by presenting advanced methods and tools which can be used to achieve well-informed decision-making, this being the key element for the future protection of the built environment against earthquakes.
Audience:
This book will be of interest to researchers, postgraduate students and practicing engineers working in the fields of natural hazards, earthquake, structural and geotechnical engineering, and computational mechanics, but it may also be attractive to other experts working in the fields related to social and economic impact of earthquakes.
Content Level » Research
Keywords » Design of structures - Fragility and risk analysis - Ground motions - Performance-based earthquake engineering - Seismic hazard
Related subjects » Civil Engineering - Earth Sciences & Geography
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Part I Global Earthquake Model, Seismic Hazard and Ground Motions
1 Global Earthquake Model: Community-Based Seismic Risk Assessment; Helen Crowley and Rui Pinho
2 Frameworks for the Consideration of Ground Motion and Seismic Response Uncertainties in Seismic Performance Assessment; Brendon A. Bradley
3 Design Earthquakes and Conditional Hazard; Iunio Iervolino
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Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials provides essential reading about materials for the construction industry in the twenty-first century. It covers the latest findings in the field, especially the toxicity aspects, embodied energy, construction and demolition wastes, the use of wastes in concrete, masonry units, materials reinforced with vegetable fibres, earth construction, the durability aspects, and also the importance of nanotechnology to the development of more environmentally-friendly materials.
Based on more than nine hundred references, Eco-efficient Construction and Building Materials is of fundamental importance to academics, engineers and architects who are dedicated to the creation of a greener and more holistic construction industry.
Content Level » Research
Keywords » Construction Materials - Green Materials - Sustainable Construction
Related subjects » Civil Engineering - Energy Efficiency - Structural Materials - Sustainable Development
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction.- 2. Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials.- 3. Energy.- 4. Construction and Demolition C&D Wastes.- 5. Binders and Concretes.- 6. Masonry Units.- 7. Cement Composites Reinforced with Vegetable Fibres.- 8. Earth Construction.- 9. Durability of Binder Materials.- 10. Nanotechnology Achievements.- 11. Selection Process.
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Hypothetical Earthquake Ground Shaking Estimation for Performance-Based Design
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Earthquake engineering design of buildings increasingly is using nonlinear dynamic analysis to demonstrate building performance. One requirement of the nonlinear dynamic procedure is the selection and manipulation of ground motions appropriate to design hazard level.
Seismic hazard due to ground shaking should be determined considering the location of the building with respect to causative faults, the regional site-specific geologic characteristics, and the selected earthquake hazard level. In general, the seismic hazard should include earthquake-induced geologic site hazards in addition to ground shaking.
The discussion here is limited to ground shaking hazard.
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