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German Architect Plans Cabins in the Sky
STUTTGART architect, Mr. Horst Peter Dollinger, has pro- duced an unusual design for a transportable tower of dwelling units.
The steel and aluminium tower contains lifts and stairways, and extending from it on all sides like the branches of a tree are the dwelling cabins. An alternated arrangement of the units ensures that all rooms receive sunshine. They are constructed in metal and synthetic material and, like an aeroplane, are insulated against cold and heat.
The tower is conceived for use on beaches, large building sites, in disaster areas or at world fairs, Each
Mr. Dollinger's concepts for tower dwellings (left) and the hotel at Essen
unit contains four hotel rooms with a total of six beds. Optionally, the units can be installed as three-room flats or dormitory accommodation containing 12 beds per unit.
For the City of Essen, Mr. Dollinger has adapted his design to provide a look-out terrace and a two-storey restaurant on top of a 95-metre high tower. In this project the cabins are arranged around the tower in clover fashion. There are 165 hotel bedrooms, each with its own bathroom.
Programme for World Precast Concrete Congress
IHE Fifth International Congress of the Precast Concrete Industry to be held in London from May 21 to 27 this year is expected to attract a larger number of overseas delegates than any previous congress,
A programme of events has now been published in three languages English, French and German and is available from the Organising Secretary. Terminal House. Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W,1.
Mr. G. R. Saunders, president of the Bureau Inter- national du Beton Manufacture, said recently: "The use of precast concrete in its many forms, ranging from com- ponents for industrialized housing to concrete blocks and
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New Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington sessions of the congress
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water pipes, is rapidly growing throughout the world. Papers on these, and many other subjects and the ensuing discussions will be of great value to delegates from coun- tries with established precast concrete industries as well as from those in which the industry is in an early stage of development,'
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After the official opening ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall. Professor Sir Robert Matthew. CBE, MA. ARSA, PPRIBA, will speak on "World wide accomplish- ments and future of the precast concrete industry".
Among the subjects which will be discussed in de- tail during the congress are methods of jointing and toler- ances: developments in the manufacture and use of con- crete blocks: concrete pipes, culverts and tunnel segments: new products, techniques and outstanding applications; and recent research on precast concrete.
In addition to a review of international developments in machinery for the precast concrete industry, which will include national reports from Germany, France and Great Britain, there will also be an exhibition of machin- ery, plant, equipment and special materials in the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, where the working sessions of the congress will take place.
Also in the hotel, a photographic exhibition illustrat- ing "Precast concrete today and tomorrow" will be open to delegates throughout the congress.
Architecture Gold Medal for Ove Arup
On the recommendation of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Queen has awarded the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture for 1966 to Mr. Ove Arup, the consulting engineer.
According to a press statement the award is not being made for any specific building designed by Mr. Arup, but "in recognition of the contribution he has made in the fields of architecture and engineering."
The last time the medal went to an engineer was in 1960 when Professor Pier-Luigi Nervi was the recipient. Last year it was awarded to the Japanese architect. Professor Kenzo Tange, who designed the National Gymnasium for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Mr. Arup, who was born of Danish parents in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1895, employs a staff of just under 1,000. He is a Chevalier (1st Class) of the Order of Dannebrog, which honour he received from King Frederick of Denmark in September last year. Among projects with which Ove Arup has been associated recently are the Sydney Opera House, St. Catherine's College. Oxford, and Coventry Cathedral.
Montreal's 630 ft. Reinforced Concrete Tower Block
WORK is now complete on the first of Montreal's two 630 ft. high tower blocks which compose the city's Place Victoria project. Until 1967, when Chicago's
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