Characteristics of Iconic High-rise Buildings
Iconography is a degree given to a building and an objective of its architectural design. The iconic high-rise buildings are important in various fields. Distinctiveness in skyscrapers is not achieved by chance or by exciting stories told about the building. Exaggeration in one of design elements do...
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Faculty of engineering, Tanta University
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| description | Iconography is a degree given to a building and an objective of its architectural design. The iconic high-rise buildings are important in various fields. Distinctiveness in skyscrapers is not achieved by chance or by exciting stories told about the building. Exaggeration in one of design elements does not achieve the uniqueness and architectural creativity. Iconicity is a product of gathering specific main cores. The iconic tall buildings have distinct characteristics that set them different from other buildings. This paper proposes to combine the distinctive characteristics of the iconic high-rise buildings from different references to form a unified and clear methodology used when designing to achieve the iconicity. The developed methodology can be relied upon in the critical analysis of those skyscrapers to determine the degree of iconicity, and to know the reasons for the failure of some tall buildings in achieving the iconicity with a simple and systematic methodology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-531549034f9f41d991c4380aa90042792023-06-21T06:44:15ZaraFaculty of engineering, Tanta UniversityJournal of Engineering Research - Egypt2356-94412735-48732022-10-01649710410.21608/erjeng.2022.265387265387Characteristics of Iconic High-rise BuildingsTarek Gaber0Ibrahim Maarouf1Amira Fathه2Architectural Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria UniversityArchitectural Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria UniversityArchitectural Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria UniversityIconography is a degree given to a building and an objective of its architectural design. The iconic high-rise buildings are important in various fields. Distinctiveness in skyscrapers is not achieved by chance or by exciting stories told about the building. Exaggeration in one of design elements does not achieve the uniqueness and architectural creativity. Iconicity is a product of gathering specific main cores. The iconic tall buildings have distinct characteristics that set them different from other buildings. This paper proposes to combine the distinctive characteristics of the iconic high-rise buildings from different references to form a unified and clear methodology used when designing to achieve the iconicity. The developed methodology can be relied upon in the critical analysis of those skyscrapers to determine the degree of iconicity, and to know the reasons for the failure of some tall buildings in achieving the iconicity with a simple and systematic methodology.https://erjeng.journals.ekb.eg/article_265387_97cbf3649d85e770c2e3e2fb1fb62a69.pdficonic buildingsiconography degreeunique conceptmetaphoric formsustainable |
| spellingShingle | Tarek Gaber Ibrahim Maarouf Amira Fathه Characteristics of Iconic High-rise Buildings Journal of Engineering Research - Egypt iconic buildings iconography degree unique concept metaphoric form sustainable |
| title | Characteristics of Iconic High-rise Buildings |
| title_full | Characteristics of Iconic High-rise Buildings |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics of Iconic High-rise Buildings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of Iconic High-rise Buildings |
| title_short | Characteristics of Iconic High-rise Buildings |
| title_sort | characteristics of iconic high rise buildings |
| topic | iconic buildings iconography degree unique concept metaphoric form sustainable |
| url | https://erjeng.journals.ekb.eg/article_265387_97cbf3649d85e770c2e3e2fb1fb62a69.pdf |
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