Archinect - News2024-05-03T06:56:53-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150328751/a-new-mass-timber-proposal-in-zanzibar-would-challenge-milwaukee-s-ascent-tower-for-the-world-record
A new mass timber proposal in Zanzibar would challenge Milwaukee's Ascent tower for the world record Josh Niland2022-11-01T17:52:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bd/bd4bc869fce0cbe4a7843f51c80218eb.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A proposed new residential project in Zanzibar, Tanzania, could challenge <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1210313/ascent" target="_blank">Milwaukee's Ascent tower</a> for the title of world’s tallest mass timber structure after being unveiled to the public on October 1.</p>
<p>Rising 28 stories to a height of approximately 315 feet, the Burj Zanzibar is designed by the Berlin-based practice <a href="https://omt-architects.com/team" target="_blank">OMT Architects</a> and will occupy a plot in the seaside city of Unguja’s <a href="https://fumba.town/hello-silicon-zanzibar/" target="_blank">Fumba Town</a>, a roughly one-mile-wide planned “eco-town” designed by the German engineer consortium CPS to attract tech workers and businesses to the country. </p>
<p>In a <a href="https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/zanzibar/zanzibar-to-build-world-s-tallest-timber-apartment-tower-3975856" target="_blank">statement</a> to a local newspaper, OMT’s founder, Leander Moons, said it will stand as a “new ecosystem for the future of living.” The tower will reportedly feature a total of 266 residences (7 more than Ascent’s offerings) priced between $79,000 for a studio and $950,000 for the 26th-floor penthouse. Additional amenities include private garden terraces, a podium pool, and a retail component. CPS director Sebastian Dietzold added his view that ...</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/150280095/a-domino-inspired-design-has-been-unveiled-for-africa-s-potentially-second-largest-tower
A domino-inspired design has been unveiled for Africa's potentially second largest tower Josh Niland2021-09-03T18:42:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/63/63f0333844be043d776deae4bc20ad32.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A spiraling new supertower hopes to grace one of Tanzania’s most spectacular coastal islands thanks to an ambitious, albeit repurposed design from Dubai-based firm xcassia. </p>
<p>Taking its design from a set of dominoes, the proposed 70-story tower will inhabit a manmade island on the Zanzibar archipelago 100 miles away from the capital Dars es Salaam.</p>
<p>Once completed, the scheme could become the second-largest tower on the African continent as well as the first skyscraper to be built on a manmade island outside of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/10250/dubai" target="_blank">Dubai</a>.</p>
<p>Made up of 360 individual component “keys,” the 1.2-million-square-foot Zanzibar Domino Commercial Tower will play host to Africa's largest luxury hotel topped in addition to 500 residential units by an observation deck that offers visitors views of the surrounding Indian Ocean.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/16/16506fca915bd847f0db99d15a3ef1c6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/16/16506fca915bd847f0db99d15a3ef1c6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related feature article on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150164665/the-emerging-female-architects-of-east-africa" target="_blank">The Emerging Female Architects of East Africa</a></figcaption></figure><p>According to the architect: “I dreamed of building this project for over a decade. Between its innate mathematic...</p>