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DESIGN OF LONDON LEADENHALL NEIGHBOR GETS TALLER
Architect WilkinsonEyre has tweaked the design of Prussian Blue, an office tower proposed adjacent to the Leadenhall Building in London, to retain its stepped-box form but increase its height by 35 m to 220 m, The Architects' Journal reports. Originally set to have 41,806 m2 of office space within 40 stories, the structure will now have 52,954 m2 within 50 stories. Developers Mitsubishi Estate London and Stanhope and WilkinsonEyre decided to revamp the design in light of the height of nearby proposed towers 1 Undershaft, 22 Bishopsgate and 1 Leadenhall, which range from nearly 40 to more than 70 stories tall.
HELL’S KITCHEN MIXED-USE PROJECT REACHES SKYWARD
Construction has reached the 38th of 42 stories on a mixed-use complex at 606 West 57th Street in the Hell's Kitchen part of Manhattan, New York, New York YIMBY reports. Designed by Architectonica with SLCE as executive architect, the building will contain more than 1,000 rental units, ground-level retail, amenities and a 400-space parking garage. Resembling a game of Tetris, it is being developed by TF Cornerstone and scheduled for completion in 2018.
NEW WEBSITE FOR NATIONAL ELEVATOR CAB & DOOR
National Elevator Cab & Door Corp. has launched a new website. It has been designed for a simple user experience with a sprawling, easily navigable project gallery. The company’s design team claims the page is “a hard pivot away from the industry standard — it’s a professional website, an interactive look-book and a project portfolio all in one.”
ELEVATORS ENHANCE ACCESSIBILITY AT INDIAN RAIL STATION
Four of six platforms at Bhopal Junction Rail Station in central India are receiving elevators to enhance accessibility and ease traffic flow, The Times of India reports. The local rail division is replacing stairs next to foot overbridges (FOBs) with elevators prior to the station-improvement project being handed over to private investors. Platforms 2 and 3 are not receiving elevators due to there being insufficient space between track and FOB.
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