Research
22 August 2022
Structural Design of Iconic Tower, Egypt: Culmination of a Concrete Optimization Process
Tarek Hassan, Yehia El-Ezaby & Charles Malek, rector Dar Al Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)
This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key...
17 October 2016
Enhancing Social-Cultural Sustainability in Tall Buildings: A Trace from Vernacular Houses
Amer Al-Jokhadar & Wassim Jabi, Cardiff University
In the age of globalization and continuous urbanization, architects have a greater responsibility to design buildings with comfortable and sustainable environments. However, solutions should not...
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17 October 2016
Megacities: Setting the Scene
Daniel Safarik, Shawn Ursini & Antony Wood; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization phenomenon, and to observe the effects of multicore, polycentric cities growing together...
26 February 2001
Cities Spanning the Millennia: Cairo/Alexandria
Abdalla Abdelaziz Attia, Ain Shams Unviersity
The paper calls for the re-assessment of the national urban development policy in order to redistribute the new towns and new urban communities throughout the...
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