Steel Construction Detailing

Torre Agbar, positioned in Barcelona, Spain is a high-rise building, an architectural icon of the city and is the utmost predominant structure for the one. Construction for the one was commenced in 1999 which was accomplished in 2004 and inaugurated in the following year; it was built at an assessed value of 130 million euros. The structure upsurges to the crowning height of 144.44 to the rooftop whist 128.3 meters to the topmost floor encompassing 33 floors and 4 underground rooms in total and dwell in floor area of 51,483 square meters. The multistory building is employed with 30,000 office space, 3,210 mechanical amenities, 8,132 facilities, an auditorium and about 9,132 square meters of space as parking area. The structure comes about as an astonishing one in million collection design of Structural Expressionism to be found in the city. It remembrances the shape of a geyser up surging in the air which was stimulated from a mountain sited in Barcelona eventually crafting as ...

Neat, simple, traditional and homely- that’s the words which define Kew House situated in Richmond, South-West London, UK. Designed by Piercy & Company it proved to be the best combination of steel and wood. The construction was completed in 2014. It has also listed as one of the best new buildings of 2015 by RIBA awards. The construction itself was difficult and commendable at the same time. Whole house is made of two pre-fabricated steel volumes which were placed behind the preserved nineteenth century stable wall. This leads to a structure of a rustic ceiling floor and enameled staircases in between. Kew House is located in the conservation zone of south west London. It’s a family house of 2 storey and four bedrooms. The two storey wing was constructed behind the stable wall. The biggest challenge in the construction was the limitedness of site which was hindrance in the making of a spacious house. This is why it is constructed behind the stable which allows the house ...