Tall and super tall buildings : planning and design / Akbar R. Tamboli, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tamboli, Akbar R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tall buildings--Designs and plans.

Tall buildings.

Skyscrapers--Designs and plans.

Skyscrapers.

Physical Description:

xvii, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Mcgraw-Hill ; Chicago, IL : Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat ; Washington, DC : International Code Council, [2014]

Contents:

Design Considerations for Tall and Supertall Buildings / Ron Klemencic

HVAC Systems and Sustainability Considerations for Tall and Supertall Buildings / Asif Syed

Sears Tower / John Zils

The Petronas Towers / Leonard Joseph

Taipei 101 / Leonard Joseph

Shanghai Tower: Redefining the Role of Tall Buildings / Dennis Poon and Billy Tse

Burj Khalifa / William F. Baker and James J. Pawlikowski

Kingdom Tower / Robert Sinn, Thornton Tomasetti, and Peter Weismantl

Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering / Khaldoun Fahoum, Rudolph Frizzi, Marc Gallagher, Ramin Golesorkhi, George Leventis, Alan Poeppel, Frank Rollo, and Hadi Yap

Wind Engineering for Tall and Supertall Buildings / Anton Davies, Jon K Galsworthy, Mike Gibbons, Peter A Irwin, Bujar Morava, Valerie Sifton, Vincent Tang, and Hanqing Wu

Future of Wind Engineering for Tall and Supertall Buildings / Melissa Burton, Volker Buttgereit, and Stefano Cammelli.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0071818715

9780071818711

OCLC:

864700494