Posts in Panoramic Glass Elevator
MOCAA by Heatherwick Studios Reinvents the Vertical Journey
MOCAA by Heatherwick Studios Reinvents the Vertical Journey

Experience the magic of the Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) elevators by Heatherwick Studio. These custom glass elevators celebrate the historic silos, reinventing the vertical journey. With transparency and interplay of light, they offer captivating views and a revitalized museum visit. Discover how Heatherwick's innovative design creates a transcendent experience, merging art and architecture in a mesmerizing way. Step into the MOCAA elevators and be transported to a world where history and modernity seamlessly intertwine.

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Custom Elevator, Modern Elevator Design, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Vertical Landscape, Museum ElevatorsJoshua NelsonMuseum Elevator, Concrete, Galleria, Panoramic Elevator, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Africa, Heatherwick Studios, Thomas Heatherwick
Pacific Place Bubble Elevators by Thomas Heatherwick is a Sensual Experience of Texture, Form and Materiality
Pacific Place Bubble Elevators by Thomas Heatherwick is a Sensual Experience of Texture, Form and Materiality

Waves of stone ripple around the corners of a Hong Kong shopping centre renovated by British designer Thomas Heatherwick. Pacific Place was originally constructed in the 1980s and is located at the base of four towers, which house offices, hotels and luxury apartments.

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Art Elevator, Custom Elevator, Fashion House, Hotel Elevator, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Shopping CentresJoshua NelsonThomas Heatherwick, Elevator Design, Best Elevator Designs
The Thompson Center in Chicago proudly showcases its structure and mechanical equipment rather than hiding it.
The Thompson Center in Chicago proudly showcases its structure and mechanical equipment rather than hiding it.

The State of Illinois Center, one of America’s most debated public buildings has inspired and outraged citizens and critics since its opening in 1985. Designed by architect Helmut Jahnan, the James R. Thompson Center was completed almost only 35 years ago is in threat of being destroyed.

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Modern Elevator Design, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Shopping Centres, Vertical LandscapeJoshua NelsonMall, Elevator Technology, Architecture, Architects Elevator, Best Elevator Designs
Bespoke Tower marks completion of Rem Koolhaas’s City of Art Complex for Prada in Milan
Bespoke Tower marks completion of Rem Koolhaas’s City of Art Complex for Prada in Milan

Rem Koolhaas’s new tower designed for Prada puts movement at its core. A panoramic glass elevator and encasing staircase cuts through the one-of-a-kind building giving visitors wide-ranging views of the compound and the city around it while cantilevering decks allow for different height floors for galleries, cafes, and restaurants. Koolhaas swaps out the standard stacked floor plan with a radical diversity within a simple volume.

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Art Elevator, Building Appendages, Custom Elevator, Museum Elevators, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Vertical Landscape, Fashion HouseJoshua NelsonPrada, Fashion House, Architects Elevator, Vertical Transportation, LED Light Panels, Stone Elevator Panels, LED, OMA, Rem Koolhaus
Chicago Skyscraper to receive a Kinetic Appendage Like No Other
Chicago Skyscraper to receive a Kinetic Appendage Like No Other

Local firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz has conceived a glass elevator shaft to rise up the corner of a 346-metre-high skyscraper in Chicago. The all glass shaft along the exterior will house a pair of double-deck panoramic elevators giving the city an exciting new ride.

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Conceptual Design, Outdoor Elevators, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Skyscrapers, Urbanism, Vertical Landscape, Building AppendagesJoshua NelsonGlass Elevator, Panoramic Elevator, Vertical Transportation, Skyscrapers, Architecture
The Solomon Guggenheim’s Lost Glass Elevator
The Solomon Guggenheim’s Lost Glass Elevator

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. One of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century, was also one of his last. A reinforced concrete spiral unlike anything the world had seen secured Wright as the worlds greatest architect, but this masterpiece is missing one distinguishing detail that would have changed everything.

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Conceptual Design, Elevator History, Museum Elevators, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Vertical LandscapeJoshua NelsonFrank Lloyd Wright, Museum Elevator, Glass Elevator, Panoramic Elevator
Worlds First Outdoor Glass Elevator
Worlds First Outdoor Glass Elevator

In the 1950s, the world's first outside glass elevator was built installed at the hotel to the worlds amusement. From its opening in 1927 through the 1950s, the El Cortez Hotel in San Diego, California. was the most glamorous apartment-hotel in San Diego. The large "El Cortez" sign, which is illuminated at night, was added in 1937 and could be seen for miles.

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Elevator History, Heritage Elevator, Outdoor Elevators, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Vertical LandscapeJoshua NelsonGlass Elevator, Panoramic Elevator
Heatherwicks One-of-a-Kind Elevator
Heatherwicks One-of-a-Kind Elevator

Nicknamed “The Vessel,” the dynamic structure that has captured the attention of media, designers, critics, as well as visiting and resident selfie hunters alike rose out of the multi-billion dollar Hudsons Yards development in New York in early 2019. At 150ft (45 metres), stairs climb up in every direction providing the public a one of a kind vertical climb unlike anything constructed before.

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Art Elevator, Custom Elevator, Outdoor Elevators, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Vertical LandscapeJoshua NelsonThomas Heatherwick, Glass Elevator, Panoramic Elevator, Panoramic Glass Elevator, New York, Art Elevator
Canadian Museum for Human Rights Takes Guests on a Skyward Journey
Canadian Museum for Human Rights Takes Guests on a Skyward Journey

Built on Treaty One territory, in the Forks historic site in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights stands as a monument to Canada’s pursuit of equal human rights for all. Completed in 2014, and designed by Architect Antoine Predock, its spiralling design takes visitors on an upward journey, progressing from ground to sky, dark to light, to a viewing platform and panoramic view of the sky, city and the natural realm beyond.

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Museum Elevators, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Building Appendages, CanadaJoshua NelsonMuseum Elevator, Accessibility, Architecture, Canada, Observation Deck, Panoramic Elevator, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Human Rights
Louis Vuitton's Spiralling Double-Helix Glass Elevator
Louis Vuitton's Spiralling Double-Helix Glass Elevator

Louis Vuitton joins the forefront of luxury retail spaces that celebrates level transition with a bespoke elevator experience. The brands new luxury boutique, a marvellous three storey “townhouse”, features a double-helix glass elevator and display that spirals through all three floors.

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Custom Elevator, Modern Elevator Design, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Shopping CentresJoshua NelsonRetail, Luxury Retail, Glass Elevator
25 Creative Elevator Designs That Changed Everything
25 Creative Elevator Designs That Changed Everything

Elevator design is not something many people think of. Even professional architects, urban planners and designers overlook their significance to modern buildings and cities as a whole. Over the past decade our team of vertical transportation specialists has worked to elevate the narrative around these little spaces in a big way.

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Art Elevator, Bird Cage Elevator, Conceptual Design, Custom Elevator, Elevator History, Elevator World, Heritage Elevator, Modern Elevator Design, Museum Elevators, Outdoor Elevators, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Residential Design, Shopping Centres, Skyscrapers, Vertical Landscape, UrbanismJoshua NelsonElevator SceneElevator Design, Elevator World, Museum Elevator, Ancient Elevator, Architecture, Shopping Centre, Skyscrapers, History, Historic, High Speed Elevator, Graphic Panel, Elevator Photography, Observation Deck, Otis Elevator, Vertical Transportation, Canada, Concept Elevator, CN Tower Elevator, Best Elevator Designs
London to Introduce the ‘Chimney Lift’
London to Introduce the ‘Chimney Lift’

Last month, London’s Battersea Power Station unveiled a major new attraction, a panoramic glass elevator which will travel to the top of one of Englands most iconic chimneys. Most famously know for its use on the cover image for Pink Floyds album ‘Animals’ has been apart of a redevelopment project for almost a decade.

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Outdoor Elevators, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Vertical Landscape, Urbanism, Conceptual DesignJoshua NelsonElevator Design, Concept Elevator, Museum Elevator, Panoramic Elevator, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Glass Elevator
Featured Elevator Atrium on Bay | Yonge & Dundas - Toronto
Featured Elevator Atrium on Bay | Yonge & Dundas - Toronto

Originally opened in 1979, the Atrium on Bay features OTIS panoramic traction elevators overlooking a 14 storey atrium. The building takes up most of the block bounded by Yonge, Dundas, Bay, and Edward Streets in Toronto's Commercial heart, just north of the Eaton Centre. 

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Custom Elevator, Elevator Modernization, Elevator Reno, Elevator Renovation, Modern Elevator Design, Panoramic Glass Elevator, OTIS ElevatorJoshua NelsonElevator Interior, Toronto, LED Light Panels, LED, Modern Elevator, Otis, Traction Elevator, Panoramic Elevator, Panoramic Glass Elevator
Featured Elevator Toronto Eatons Centre | 220 Yonge St - Toronto
Featured Elevator Toronto Eatons Centre | 220 Yonge St - Toronto

Designed by Eberhard Zeidler and Bregman + Hamann Architects as a multi-levelled, vaulted glass-ceiling galleria, modelled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy, the Toronto Eatons Centre is a one of a kind mall in downtown Toronto.

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Elevator History, Custom Elevator, Heritage Elevator, Elevator Modernization, OTIS Elevator, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Urbanism, Vertical Landscape, Shopping CentresJoshua NelsonElevator Interior, Elevator Heritage, Brass Handrail
Toronto's CNE Shell Tower
Toronto's CNE Shell Tower

Located on Princess Boulevard, The Shell Tower was built by the Shell Oil Company in 1955 for the Canadian National Exhibition. It was a glass and steel structure, almost 12 storeys in height (120’), containing a central elevator shaft, two glass staircases, and an observation deck near the top overlooking the entire CNE grounds.

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Toronto Heritage, Urbanism, Vertical Landscape, Panoramic Glass Elevator, Outdoor Elevators, Heritage ElevatorJoshua NelsonToronto Heritage, Toronto, CNE, Observation Deck, Panoramic Elevator, Panoramic Glass Elevator