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SCHINDLER DESTINATION DISPATCH ON LINE’S LARGEST SHIP
Florida-headquartered Carnival Cruise Lines' Horizon, the largest vessel in its fleet, is the first to be outfitted with a destination-dispatch elevator system, Travel Weekly reports. Carnival tells ELEVATOR WORLD Schindler provided the system. Carnival officials told the source passengers are "curious and cautious" with the system for the first few days, then find it very user friendly. Horizon embarks approximately 1,800 people an hour on embarkation days, when the system is reprogrammed to stop only at certain decks. The ship had its maiden voyage out of Barcelona earlier this month. Starting in September, Horizon is scheduled to cruise to the Caribbean out of Miami.
1,000-FT.-HIGH OBSERVATION DECK TAKING SHAPE IN NYC
With construction officially underway, a 1,000-ft.-high outdoor observation deck is expected to open sometime in 2019 on the 100th floor of 30 Hudson Yards on New York City’s (NYC) far West Side, Curbed New York reports. The deck consists of 15 sections weighing up to 100,000 lb. each, and will boast 7,500 sq. ft. of viewing space with windowed floors, as well as a 10,000-sq.-ft. restaurant/event area. Described as the future highest deck of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, the structure is part of a Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed retail/commercial building being developed by Related Cos. and Oxford Properties Group in the larger Hudson Yards development.
OCTOBER GROUNDBREAKING EXPECTED FOR MILWAUKEE TOWER
Couture, a 44-story tower on the downtown Milwaukee lakefront (ELENET 638) that was delayed as Barrett Lo Visionary Development LLC negotiated construction costs, looks to break ground by October, the Journal Sentinel reports. Located at 909 E. Michigan Street, Couture is set to have 312 apartments, 52,000 sq. ft. of retail/restaurant space and a transit concourse that will accommodate Milwaukee's new downtown streetcar. J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. is the general contractor on the US$122-million development, part of an ongoing revitalization of downtown that includes the Lakefront Gateway area. Construction is expected to take approximately two-and-a-half years.
NEW GOLD LANDMARK FOR JAKARTA SKYLINE
Jakarta, Indonesia, has a striking new addition to its skyline: headquarters for telecommunications company Telkom featuring a 48-story, 219-m-tall gold tower designed by Woods Bagot, SkyRise Cities reports. In addition to Telkom Landmark Tower, the central business district development includes a 20-story office building, a six-story podium and revitalized 16-story building. Woods Bagot Principal Patrick Daly observed features such as a podium bridge and multifloor atriums "reinforce [the idea of] a cohesive culture and connected campus." The tower's façade blends form and function, with metal screens inspired by Indonesian textiles and sunshades that reduce heat gain and filter sunlight.
Image: Tom Stieghorst
http://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Carnival-Horizon-equipped-with-smart-elevators
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