Since the world is now discussing about the so-called Global Economic Crisis, we thought it would be appropriate if we discussed a little bit about abandoned projects in the metropolitan. In this case, we take a look at two abandoned projects in Surabaya. What has these abandoned projects to do with global economics? Well, one of them, Adistana (the reddish tower on the right), has been abandoned since the monetary crisis that had hit Indonesia in the late 90’s. While the other project (Carrefour, right next to Adistana – on …

This is common issues today related with the safety of construction works. Frank Gehry, one of the famous architect that being sued by MIT for his fatal design (article related), the roof of the mangkang terminal construction that just collapse down and bring down 15 of its workers to the hospital (attached article), and so on. As one of the main contractor here, I’ve already found that there are a lot of factors those can made these things happen, such as mismanagement of the project, low quality of the materials …

It’s the world’s most famous building nowadays, called : burj-al-arab, dubai. This skycrapper building is a hotel, actually. Look at the picture. How beautiful this building. Designed by the famous architect group, Atkins, I think it was inspired by a wind ship. The stage leveling rooms can be figured as the layer, and constructed with large cylindrical column, made from metal materials. Dubai should be proud

The architecture concept of this Regatta Jakarta building project is great, I have read the advertisement about it in kompas newspaper, explaining that the idea of this building comes from the elastic rubber that have been melting to be U shape. This building mass located in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. There will be a lot of apartments, condos, rental offices, shopping malls, commercial area and hotels at