Sweetness and light

Article Abstract:

Engineers Ove Arup will begin building the 3.17 billion yen Fuefukigawa Museum of Fruit in Tokyo, Japan, early in 1994. Architect Itusko Hasegawa has designed three high strength steel shells, two of which will be glazed, up to 50 mt in diameter, and representing fruit seeds. Ove Arup engineers took three months to solve the structural problems related to such lightweight structures, which have to withstand earthquakes, snow and wind. The project, which is part of an orchard theme park development to attract tourists, will be completed in 18 months.

Column, Contracts, Museums, Art museums, Ove Arup and Partnership Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, Building, Iron and steel, Steel construction

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Changing channels

Article Abstract:

The introduction of digital television in the UK will have significant implications for companies involved in the construction or renovation of multi-tenancy flats. If designers wish to have a single satellite dish supplying a signal for the entire block of flats, then the wiring will have to be able to cope with digital. It will be necessary to have a high-quality coaxial cable screened from interference, and it is advisable to use an installer approved by the Confederation of Aerial Industries.

Equipment and supplies, Design and construction, Digital television, Apartment houses, Apartment buildings

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Standing stone

Article Abstract:

Three prestige buildings are being built of stone but this will not bring about a resurgance in the structural use of stone. Bracken House and the planned parliamentary building, London, England as well as the pavilion of the Future at Expo '92 are of structural stone. It is used by modern architects for its strength under compressive loads but its inability to withstand tension makes it unsuitable for high buildings and stone now used mostly for cladding.

Usage, Building, Stone, Stone construction

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