I've got my eye on two monstrous metal building projects: the Burj-Khalifa Tower in Dubai and the Las Vegas City Center. BOth are great examples of “extreme” metal architecture and construction, but both are very different.
The Burj-Khalifa Tower, formerly the Burj Dubai Tower, is the world’s tallest building, standing 2,717 feet (828 meters)and boasts 24,348 exterior aluminum panels forming a curtainwall covering 1,422,927 square feet (132,190 square meters). Simply put, this project was immense, and you’ll find out all the details of what went into this record-breaking achievement in an upcoming issue of Metal Architecture.
Not to be outdone, Las Vegas is now home to its own record-breaking example of modern metal architecture with the CityCenter, a multi-use retail and residential compound located in the heart of the famed Las Vegas Strip. You’ll find a taste of what went into designing this project - the largest project in the history of Las Vegas to implement BIM and 3-D modeling - on page 14 in our Architect Tools section of our February issue, which should be in your hands in a week or so.
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