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Can we create megatalls that produce energy?
China’s fast growing urban population and the need for sustainable energy sources demand alternative development ideas. The Krafthaus, which combines an energy producing solar updraft tower with a 215 storey...
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Fire - an avoidable tragedy
Gulf News recently reported a tragic fire in Abu Dhabi (7/3/13) which claimed three lives. The
Categories: Middle East
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Touch screen is dead?
Touch screen technology... it’s the future as well as the present, right? Well, maybe not anymore. I’m talking about a new product being launched soon: it’s based on technology that was first released with the Xbox Kinect, which...
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Good grief
I was a little taken aback recently by a white paper published by our esteemed non-executive director and professor of Engineering for Sustainable Development at the University of Cambridge, <link...
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Fire safety and the shopping mall
With the increasing popularity of malls and the shopping/leisure under one roof experience Buro Happold’s fire expert in the Middle East, Peter Stephenson, discusses how to ensure staff and visitors remain safe from fire related incidents
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Middle East fire safety standards in high rise residential buildings challenged following serious fire in Sharjah
A recent fire at the Al Hafeet Tower in Sharjah (April 2013) is the latest in a series of similar incidents that have highlighted what a...
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Beijing office launch party
On 19 April 2013 Buro Happold hosted more than 80 guests in our new Beijing office in Jian Wai SOHO. The Beijing business was launched publicly in July 2011 with the announcement of our role on the Jin Bao Street redevelopment...
Categories: Inspiration
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Should we be excited about SMART Cities?
It seems as if we live in a world focussed on end-user technology. Nearly all of us in developed countries have smart phones or equivalent. So an ‘intelligent city’ that gives us access to all the data and digital services we...
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