Steel Construction Detailing

The Doughnut, substitute name for the head office of British intelligence and security organization, is positioned in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Construction for the one was commenced in the year 2003 on 176 acre of land and was accomplished in the year 2004 then inaugurated in the following year; assessed construction value for the office building is 330 million British Pounds. The structure has height of 21 meters and diameter of 180 meters and is the largest structure erected for stealthy intellect maneuvers outer the United States. The structure is a contemporary designed office building and is fabricated predominantly from aluminum, steel and stone. The structure is a 4 floor construction and has 3 separate divisions though looks similar in shape and linked to one another at the lowest and top, the building encompasses 2 globular blocks which are divided within through a pathway roofed with glass. Building supplies for the office block predominantly consisted of st...

First Canadian Place is a multistory building to be found in the inner city of Toronto, Canada, construction for the tower was commenced in the year 1973 and was accomplished in June 1975. The construction stands as the tallest structure in Canada, architectural peak height for the construction is 298.1 meters whilst to the tip it is 355 meters and to the topmost floor is 289.9 meters. It encompasses 72 floors exclusive of 4 underground rooms and acquires ground area of 250,849 square meters. The structure’s rooftop is a site for numerous antennas which are utilized by various broadcasting network for radio and television. The structure employs dual deck lift, a rarest of its kind, and is connected to the pedestrian’s tunnel system underneath the ground. Formerly stone cladding was applied for the structure which was a few years before replaced with glass cladding, central areas with snowy earthenware and figurine shade for the angles. This recladding process was began in 200...

Architectural design, denote oodles about a nation’s culture so shaping it to be unique, structural design of Canada is one instance of idiosyncratically fashioned structures. Beholding the vastly diverse geography of Canada its architecture style varies at whereabouts making it enormously indispensable to scrutinize the surrounding environment for respective structures. Scotia Plaza, the 3 rd tallest buildings in Canada is an illustration signifying the concoction of structural design in the country from the antique era to contemporary. Positioned in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, it upsurges to peak height of 274.9 meters to the rooftop. Construction for one was initiated in the year 1985 and was accomplished in 1988; it houses 68 floors exclusive of 6 lower ground floors and stances soaring on floor area of 149,000 square meters and links to the pedestrian tunnel system beneath the tower as well consist of 190,000 square meters of office area on the topmost floor an...