Moscow spiral landmark
Moscow, Russia. The Evolution Tower has become Moscow City’s new architectural landmark. The building’s iconic spiral form from base to roof is meant to represent the ideas of progress and the [...]
Energy efficiency of vertical transportation
During the joint Conference held on 25th March 2015 the agreement on the scheme of the decree redefining the rules for the application of the methodology for calculating the energy performance, [...]
UMEDA SKY BUILDING: THE WORLD’S HIGHEST ESCALATOR
Osaka, Japan. The building was designed by Hiroshi Hara and constructed by Takenaka Corporation. The 173 meter high structure is called this way because it is located in the district of Kita-ku, [...]
The evolution of lift engines
In 1880, the German inventor Werner von Siemens applied for the first time the electric engine to a lift. Since then many things have changed. The development of technology has brought many [...]
Umberto Eco and the lift: tribute to a great
Umberto Eco was so many different things: a semiotician, an essayist, a philosopher, a literary critic, a university professor and a novelist. He wrote academic texts, children’s books and many [...]
