Steel Construction Detailing

A place of learning and knowledge has always holds a special attention as this is where any disciple inspires and grasps the following enlightenment as given by a teacher. Some where the impression of the place has biggest impact on the learner. Design with this particular goal, James Turrell conceived the Twilight Epiphany which is situated besides the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University campus in Houston, Texas. The developmental contract has given to Linbeck. This pyramidal sky space has opened in 2012 with an introductory sunset light show. Twilight Epiphany is an open pyramidal sky space which is consist of 72 –by-72 square outdoor rooftop opened from centre with measuring of 14 –by- 14. Under the roof there is a boundary like two level galleries which seems located in below the ground. The main material used for Twilight Epiphany is Concrete, Stone, Glass and Composite Steel. The roof is constitution of several distinctively engineered materia...

Recently held Paris Contemporary Art Fair has witnessed an unusual yet productive entity. For the first time there was a display of Steel Kiosque Unit created by famous French Designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec which is presently situated in Jardin des Tuileries. It was developed by Paris property developer Emerige. This brown chocolate steel container has unveiled in Paris Contemporary Art Fair which held between 22 nd to 25 th October. It was there till 5 th November but soon will be donated to the city of Paris where the container will bring in use for various social and cultural tasks by taking it to different venues as it is a moving steel container unit. Bouroullec Brothers has taken three year for designing and styling the Steel Kiosque Units and three hours to make it movable. Steel Kiosque Units is the of twin steel container standing side by side over a wheel. Whole structure goes by a single zigzag roof covers the two structure which are exactly th...

Recently University of Luxembourg has seen its new development in the form of multipurpose building which has built exactly at the centre of university campus taking all the attention of viewers due to its noticeable flickering outside layer. It has named as La Maison du Savoir. The construction was going on for eight years, from 2007 to 2015. It is the outcome of collaboration between Baumschlager Eberle (Global Architecture Firm) and Christian Bauer (local office) & Associés Architectes. Located on the site of old steel plant in Belval neighborhood of Esch-sur-Alzette, La Maison du Savoir is the part of campus expansion of University of Luxembourg. La Maison du Savoir is an 18 storey communication centre which was the only building with single wall construction. It contains lecture rooms, seminar halls, administrative offices, professor lounges and restaurants. In totality, it covers the area of 50,000 square meters. The building is pillared as horizont...