HIGH-TECH ARCHITECTURE HIGH TECH ANOTHER ARCHITECTURAL STYLE THRIVED IN THE 80S AND 90S ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL-LIKE STYLE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD ABOVE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A HIGH TECH ARCHITECTURE. THIS GLITTERING RESIDENTIAL TOWER IS LOCATED IN ROPPONGI HILLS, TOKYO. OWN BY MORI, ONE OF THE MOST ESTABLISH COMPANY IN JAPAN. HIGH TECH ARCHITECTURE RESEMBLES THE COLLABORATION OF THE ART OF POWER, URBAN LIVING, MINIMALIST CONCEPT AND MASCULINE FEATURES HIGH TECH ARCHITECTURE INTRODUCE AN EXTENSIVE USE OF METAL, GLAZING AND STEEL STRUCTURES TO DEMONSTRATE THE SENSATION OF VAST SPACE AND TRANSLUSCENT CREATING A DIRECT VIEW FROM THE EXTERIORS TO THE INTERIORS THE ROPPONGI HILLS TOWER REPRESENTS A GENUINE URBAN PRODUCT PLUS A HIGH LIVING PERSPECTIVES FROM THE CITY DWELLERS AS WELL AS THE OUTSIDERS WHO HAD COME THROUGH THE DESIGN OF HIGH TECH. NOT ONLY IT LOOKS EXPENSIVE, THIS STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IS ALSO RECOGNIZED BY THE USE OF EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINES AND DRAMATIC CURVES WITH VAST GLAZING ENVELOPE TO ENABLE A DIRECT VIEW FROM THE EXTERIOR SINCE THE 80’S, HIGH TECH ARCHITECTURE BECAME POPULAR AND REMAIN STANDING UNTIL TODAY WITH NUMEROUS DEVELOPMENTS FROM OLD AND NEW CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD FROM TOKYO, BERLIN, NEW YORK, LONDON, SYDNEY, HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, DUBAI, LOS ANGELES AND COUNTLESS MORE. WORLD FAMOUS ARCHITECTS SIR NORMAN FOSTER THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK LOCATED IN HONGKONG IS ONE OF HIS FINEST DESIGN CONSIDERING THE CRUCIAL NEED OF NATURAL LIGHTING AND ENERGY SAVING. THIS COMMERCIAL OFFICE TOWER USES A DRAMATIC EXOSKELETON STEEL TRUSSES WITH VAST EXTERIOR GLAZING TO EXPRESS THE SENSATION OF HIGH TECHNOLOGICAL ERA WITH HUGE ATRIUM DECORATED WITH ESCALATORS AND GLASS WALLS, THIS BANKING HEADQUATER ALSO DEMONSTATRE THE USE OF NATURAL LIGHT SCOOP FOR LIGHTING INSIDE THE GRAND ATRIUM IN DAYLIGHT TIMES INSTEAD OF USING ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING WHICH COSTS A HUGE AMOUNT OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION COMPLETED IN 1986 WITHIN A TROPICAL CLIMATE INSIDE AN URBAN CONTEXT THE LONDON CITY HALL OR “THE EGG” IS ONE OF FOSTER’S LATEST DESIGN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH AN EXTENSIVE USE OF GLASS CLADDING THIS SLENDER EGG SHAPED GOVERNMENT BUILDING IS LOCATED BY THE RIVER THAMES IN THE HEART OF LONDON AND IS OWN BY THE GREAT LONDON AUTHORITY IT WAS COMPLETED IN 2003 WITHIN THE RIVERSIDE URBAN CONTEXT CITY OF LONDON PLUS THE TECHNOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN BLENDED WITH MODERN HIGH TECH STYLE ANOTHER FOSTER’S LATEST DESIGN, 30 ST. MARY AXE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF LONDON COMPLETED IN 2003 WITH THE USE OF VAST GLASS CLADDING AND IT GLITTERS WHEN NIGHT FALLS RICHARD ROGERS RICHARD ROGERS OFTEN WORKS WITH SIR NORMAN FOSTER AND THEIR GOALS IS ABOUT THE SAME WHICH IS TO CREATE A HIGH TECH ARCHITECTURAL STYLE BUILDINGS THE MILLENIUM DOME IS ONE OF HIS MAGNIFICENT WORKS, LOCATED IN LONDON, THIS WAS ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT MILLENIUM PROJECTS MILLENIUM DOME USES FABRIC ENCLOSURES WITH TENSILE SUPPORTS FROM ITS MASSIVE STEEL MASTS EXTRUDING FROM THE INSIDE CESAR PELLI HE IS ONE OF THE WORLD MOST RENOWED ARCHITECT TODAY WITH ASTONISHING HIGH TECH DESIGNS ALL OVER THE WORLD THE PAINE WEBBE TOWER LOCATED ON 181 WEST MADISON, NEW YORK IS ONE OF HIS PROFILIC URBAN PROJECTS, THIS OFFICE BUILDING USES A VAST VERTICAL ELEMENTS AND GLAZING THE 777 TOWER IN LOS ANGELES USES THE SAME STYLE AS THE PAINE WEBBE TOWER IN NEW YORK MORI TOWER IN ROPPONGI HILLS, TOKYO, USES MASS GLAZING TO MAKE IT LOOKS MORE FUTURISTIC AND ADVANCE HONGKONG SKYLINES WAS CELEBRATED WITH ANOTHER LANDMARK, THE 2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CENTRE, CURRENTLY THE TALLEST OFFICE TOWER IN HONGKONG CESAR PELLI HIGH TECH STYLE ALSO USES MASSIVE STEEL FRAMES AND GLAZING THAT MAKES THIS BUILDING GLOWS AT NIGHT WITH NUMEROUS LIGHTINGS FINALLY THE PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS, KUALA LUMPUR, ONE OF HIS FINEST DESIGN, ONCE CROWNED THE TALLEST BUILDINGS ON EARTH THE TWINS CONSIST STAINLESS STEEL WINDOW FRAMES AND GLAZING PLUS THE FAMOUS SKYBRIDGE CONNECTING BOTH TOWERS PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS OFFERS A MAGNIFICENT VIEW AT NIGHT MAKING KUALA LUMPUR SHINES LIKE A JEWEL LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE WORLD… BURJ DUBAI OVER 800 METERS TALL LOCATED IN DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNDER CONSTRUCTION… COMPLETION BY DECEMBER 2008 IS THIS A DREAM ABOUT TO COME TRUE? ALL THE VICTORIOUS AND THE GLORIOUS MOMENTS OF BUILDING HIGHER… WITH NO PROSPECTS? FREEDOM TOWER NEW YORK CITY OVER 500M TALL FUTURE PROJECT OF SKIDMORE, OWINGS AND MERIL… CONSTRUCTION BEGINS 2009… IS THIS ABOUT REQUIREMENT? REPLACEMENT? REVENGE? RESPECTS? OR DO WE GET RESPECTED FROM REVENGE THAT REPLACE THE REQUIREMENTS? HIGH TECH MUSHROOM METAPHOR?TOWERING BUILDINGS TOWARDS HEAVEN? THE YEAR IS 5813 A.D… IS THIS THE FUTURE, THAT WE’VE ALWAYS WANTED? HIGH TECH ARCHITECTURE…HOW HIGH IS IT GOING TO BE…IT IS A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKEFOR ALL MANKIND BY: AHMAD ISTIEZAR AHMAD ZAINI 75836/03 THANK YOU