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Architectural Association School of Architecture Projects Review 2017. Archives. A As Architecture. Gratte-ciel : une typologie pour un exercice de style. Google Street View captures inside the world's tallest building. News: Google Street View has captured the inside of its first skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, allowing users to virtually explore the tallest building in the world.

Google Street View captures inside the world's tallest building

"This is the first time we are in this type of building, in an Arabic country, connecting indoor and outdoor," says Street View program manager Pascal Malite in the making-of movie. The team was able to roam inside the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill-designed building using trolleys and a device called Trekker, launched last year. Our online architecture newspaper. Campos Leckie Studio. Architopik.com : La base de données communautaire de l'architecture contemporaine. Housing of Tomorrow – Building Performance and Social Interaction.

The 2011 d3: Housing Tomorrow competition called for the design of “transformative solutions that advance sustainable thought, building performance, and social interaction”.

Housing of Tomorrow – Building Performance and Social Interaction

David Zhai and Alexis Burson’s winning selection for the New York category was an innovative project that speculated on the future of the network society through the hybridization of data and living. The design strategy called for a series of server farms established within a network of high and low-density housing. The servers interface with surrounding domestic spaces allowing informational feedback to occur between the inhabitants and a kinetic architectural system that responds to the various spatial needs of its community. Revenue generated from the data servers help to subsidize the cost of living while the substantial heat created from the processing of data is used in a heat-exchange process to support domestic heating and hot water. -> EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS 2 - Limited Edition Book. The professional network for Architects and Designers.