HOK Tall Buildings
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.23 (904 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1941806228 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author HOK is a global design, architecture, engineering, and planning firm. . For four consecutive years, DesignIntelligence has ranked HOK as a leader in sustainable and high-performance design. Through a network of 24 offices worldwide, HOK provides design excellence and innovation to create places that enrich people's lives and help clients succeed
Through a network of 24 offices worldwide, HOK provides design excellence and innovation to create places that enrich people's lives and help clients succeed. For four consecutive years, DesignIntelligence has ranked HOK as a leader in sustainable and high-performance design. . HOK is a global design, architecture, engineering, and planning firm
Learn how an integrated design process enables teams to solve profound functional and technical challenges while igniting the imagination. - In South Korea, an iconic residential gateway to the neighborhoods of Incheon's dynamic northern district. Throughout the book, central themes guiding the design of these tall buildings begin to emerge. These include a focus on creating high-performance, sustainable, iconic, efficient and mixed-use structures that increase the density of urban environments. HOK Tall Buildings chronicles the firm's best recent designs for high-rises around the world, including: - In Saudi Arabia, an iconic centerpiece that anchors a new office district. Each high-rise profiled in the book is designed to blend human need with environmental stewardship, value creation, sense of place, and science and art. The global teams at HOK excel at designing intelligent, high-performance tall buildings that become symbols of their time and place. Gain insight into the minds and approaches of HOK's global design teams as you peruse floor plans, sketches, renderings and photographs of dozens of dynamic tall buildings. Discover how designers of tall buildings can balance internal functions with the external demands of site, climate, and culture to create memorable, sustainable structures that enrich people's lives.. HOK Tall Buildings is a visually engagin