August 09
Shanghai World Financial Center
The Shanghai World Financial Center boasts of having a roof height of 492 metres, making it the world’s tallest completed building by roof, and an observation bridge with the highest outdoor observation deck in the world.
The Shanghai World Financial Center is a super tall skyscraper in Shanghai, China. It is a mixed use skyscraper which consists of 101 stories; of this 70 floors are for office space designed to accommodate 12,000 people, a six star hotel known as the Park Hyatt, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors.Barajas Airport Terminal 4 building was opened in 2006, with a total built up area of 1,158,000m² making it the largest building terminal in Europe measured by building area. It effectively doubled the aircraft and passenger capacity at Spain's largest international airport, the Madrid Barajas International Airport. The airport as a whole is the 4th largest in Europe, and the 10th largest in the world.
Terminal 4 handles mainly international flights. It serves much of the European countries, as well as the USA, Central and South America, and a number of Middle Eastern Arab States. The terminal handles around 35 million passengers a year, which is more or less half the total number that flows through Barajas-Madrid International Airport every year, with the numbers growing steadily, but it is not in any danger of exceeding full capacity yet.
Terminal 4 handles mainly international flights. It serves much of the European countries, as well as the USA, Central and South America, and a number of Middle Eastern Arab States. The terminal handles around 35 million passengers a year, which is more or less half the total number that flows through Barajas-Madrid International Airport every year, with the numbers growing steadily, but it is not in any danger of exceeding full capacity yet.
PROFILE OF ARC. DR. ADEKUNLE AYO-VAUGHAN
Architect -Dr.-Adekunle Ayo-Vaughan is the Permanent Secretary of Ogun State Ministry Of Housing, South Western Nigeria since 2006.He is credited with the design, supervision and construction of over 150 public buildings since his assumption of office in the state’s civil service in 1986.His projects include the 5000 capacity June 12 Cultural Centre, the 2nd phase of the State Secretariat complex, the Governor and Deputy Governor’s residences, the state liaison office and Governor’s lodge at Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, remodeling of Ibara Housing Estate ,Workers estate, the Kings ,Oba`s Complex and the State Capital Urban Renewal and Central Business Districts projects among othersReconstructing Rwanda
Over the last 14 years, the building and construction industry in Rwanda has undergone a major transformation. Indeed, there has been a construction boom though as elsewhere the current financial crisis poses grave challenges. What factors have contributed to the progress registered to date? Construction Review interviewed Hon. Linda Bihire, Minister of Infrastructure, Republic of Rwanda, in order to grasp this transformation process.