The Tower of Macau
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Citation
HKIA journal: the official journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (香港建築師學報), no.32, 2002, pp. 28-36
Abstract
(1) The tradition of towers in Macau
(2) The towers long history of controversy
(3) The Tower
(4) Entertainment Centre
(5) Technical challenges
(a) The construction of the tower had to overcome several challenges like:
(6) Heavy slender structure on recent reclamation
(7) To keep the Tower straight
(8) Extreme weather conditions
(9) High fire safety standards
(10) Jumpform method to build the shaft
(a) The advantages of the jumpform are:
(11) The Pod
(12) The antenna
(13) Sky way in the shaft
(14) New city landmarks
(15) Acknowledgment
Description
Building Name: Macau Tower
Building Type(s): Towers
Architect: Craig and Gordon Moller
Subject
Type
Article
Format
Date
2002
Language
en