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Dubai is building two buildings signed by Bugatti. That means being able to park your supercar in the 52 -floor hall

June 7, 2025 by usatoday24

Someone drive a supercar Through the streets of Dubai it is something as usual as a humble Dacia Sandero travels the streets of any city in Spain. The difference is that, park those cars valued at millions of euros In the living room of a luxury attic on floor 52, it may also become common, provided you have the 54.5 million that one of the floors cost one of the most exclusive residences in the world: the Bugatti residences by binghatti. He projectwhich will be delivered at the end of the year, is located in the coveted Business Bay area, a few minutes from Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall. With its design inspired by the curves of its supercar and an offer of unprecedented services, the Bugatti residents promise to become the New exclusivity symbol And sophistication in the city, something that has already caught the attention of well -known names worldwide. A luxury of 52 plants designed by Bugatti The Bugatti Residences are the result of the collaboration between the legendary French car brand and the Binghatti real estate developer. The complex is composed of two towers of 52 plants which will house a total of 182 luxury apartments. Those apartments are divided between 171 Riviera Mansions and 11 Sky Mansions Penthouse. In other words, 171 intermediate floors, and 11 luxury penthouses equipped with all kinds of exclusive luxuries and services. The exterior design draws attention to its curved lines and elegant finishes, reflecting the aesthetics used in the design of Bugatti cars. That differentiates Bugatti buildings from any other skyscraper in Dubai. Bugatti Residences offer apartments between two and four bedrooms, with surfaces that in many cases exceed 1,000 square meters. The prices start from about 4.75 million euros for two bedroom apartments, 9 million euros for three bedrooms, and up to 13 million euros for four bedrooms. Prices within reach very few pockets. Atticos or Sky Mansions, such as Neymar, start from a price of 32.5 million euros although its price can be increased depending on the required customization. Without a doubt, one of the largest attractions of the building is the possibility that residents arrive conducting their supercar and can park them directly In the living roomeven if it is in one of the penthouses with 51 floors under their wheels. This fruslería is possible thanks to a system of car elevators that directly communicates the parking lot of the building with the living room of some of the floors. In this way, owners can exhibit their vehicles as One more decoration pieceenjoying panoramic views to Downtown Dubai and Burj Khalifa. “The first Bugatti residence is designed with incomparable luxury comforts, which include a beach inspired by the Riviera, private pool, spa with jacuzzi, gym, chef table, private parking and private club service,” says Bugatti in Your official statement. Neymar Jr, the star tenant of the Bugatti Residences Among the most outstanding buyers of the Bugatti residences It is found Neymar Jr., that has acquired one of the Sky Mansionsthe most luxurious option of the building, for the negligible sum of 54.5 million dollars. The exclusive attic of Neymar Jr. in Dubai includes one of those private elevators for vehicles, in addition to a private pool with privileged views to the city. As explained The promoter“This acquisition consolidates not only Neymar’s position as one of the most outstanding figures of world sport, but also Dubai as the epicenter of high -end real estate.” Muhammad Binghatti, CEO of Binghatti, added that “our collaboration with Bugatti aims to offer a unique and exclusive life experience. We wanted to create a space that not only reflected luxury, but also a sense of pride and distinction for its owners.” Neymar is not the only millionaire soccer player interested in the Bugatti building. The Spanish Aymeric Laporte also It has been awarded one of the luxury penthouses, as well as the singer of Italian opera Andrea Bocellialready They have announced that will be neighbors of the Brazilian star. The rise of brand architecture Bugatti’s foray into the real estate sector is part of A growing trend Among the supercar manufacturers, which seek to transfer their design and exclusivity language to high -level residential buildings. Brands such as Pagani, Porsche, Bentley and Mercedes-Benz have developed similar projects in Miami and Dubai, such as the Porsche Design Tower, the Bentley Residences and the Mercedes-Benz Places that Binghatti herself is building in Dubai. All of them have in common characteristics inspired by engineering and luxury that each brand applies in the manufacture of its exclusive cars. These projects respond to the demand of a millionaire clientele who wants to live surrounded by same level of sophistication enjoy when they put themselves at the wheel of their cars. In Xataka | A youtuber has a car that is worth four million euros. To drive it you have to pay 7,000 every 60 kilometers In Xataka | The Magarigawa Club: the private luxury circuit in which the millionaires conduct their supercar Image | Binghatti

China has ships the size of buildings that sail on mountains. All thanks to the largest elevators in the world

June 1, 2025 by usatoday24

China is the cradle of record mega -structures. They build in all dimensions (they have unnoticing skyscrapers in the world and deeper oil well) and, on many occasions, they are extremely complicated works, such as the Gaoligongshan tunnel or that of Huajiang Great Canyon Bridge. Something that also abounds in China are pharaonic dams, being the Three throats The biggest in the world. And something that these dams need are elevators, but not for people: for ships. And the elevator systems of both dams are so imposing that they allow ships of up to 3,000 tons to “sail” through the sky. The classic solution. There are dams and prey. When one of these structures is built, the river navigation flow. Sometimes, it doesn’t matter too much because that river was not a key communication route for trade, but other times it is necessary to devise a solution to have a prey without interfering in the activity of the ships. The solution is the one used in channels like Panama or Suez: huge and sealed cameras that are filled with water when a ship enters so that it can overcome the unevenness and continue its path. Or vice versa when you want to “go down.” The problem is that it is a system that requires a lot of time and transit is resent. And the revolution. The solution to this? Elevator systems such as those we use daily, but for ships. A close example is that of the Falkirk wheel in Scotlanda rotating elevator with a combined capacity of 600 tons that allows the barges of the channel to follow its course. Each of the drawers has the capacity for two ships up to 20 meters in length and seeing it in operation is most curious because it is like a fair attraction: Now, as we say: 20 meters of length is the maximum and 600 tons is not so much weight. They are the dimensions for passenger ships that navigate a channel, but China needed the Commercial ship traffic He did not stop at two of his great dams. And the solution they found is the one we used to see in the country’s constructions: bombastic elevators. Before the elevator (in the most focused part), in the dam of the three throats there was only one system of locks The three throats. The three throats dam is imposing in every way. Located on the Yangtsé River, it has an installed power of 22,500 MW for hydroelectric energyhas a height of about 185 meters and a total length of 2,335 meters. It is the Great Chinese Aquatic Wall. To maintain an annual traffic of almost 30,000 ships, including Cruises and Portenerosomething had to be done, and in 2016 they finished the Huge elevator. It is a vertical elevator that is how we imagine that it should be an elevator for ships: a huge bathtub of 120 meters long and 18 wide, tens of steel cables and a powerful pulley system that have the ability to displace ships up to 3,000 tons. The total lifting weight, including chamber and water, is 15,500 tons. It covers 113 meters high and, three hours of total journey, it is passed to about 40 minutes. It is something that is sought to expand to increase the movement capacity of 18 ships daily to a larger amount and here you have it in operation: That of the Goupitan dam. Now, although imposing due to its dimensions and load capacity, its design is more functional than aesthetic. However, the elevator system of the Goupitan dam It is another song. Located on the WU River, which is a tributary of Yangtsé, has a length of 430 meters and a height of 232 meters. It stands out not so much for its installed energy capacity of 3,000 MW, but for its channel -shaped elevators system. Unlike the three throats, to save the unevenness caused by the dam, engineers devised a system of three vertical elevators connected by channels. The maximum boat capacity is 500 tons and the camera is much smaller (40 x 12 meters), but the relevant is the total height of those 199 meters that save the ships. And the times? About two hours in total for the entire route, but its design channel design reduces bottlenecks. Tourist point. The system of channels and elevators of the Goupitan dam ended in 2021 and was a technical headache by connecting several small elevators with each other, as well as a system of channels that, in some case, surrounds one of the mountains. It was a way to demonstrate the technical capacities of the country, but it has also become a tourist point that goes viral in networks due to how attractive it is to see a ship sailing on the mountains. And, although the elevator of the three throats can be boring, it is also a tourist claim, with cruises that include the elevator on your route. Australia, heat what you go out. But, if something is teaching us the Battle of the towers between Saudi Arabia and Arab Emirateswe are in a constant search to overcome ourselves when we talk about megaconstructions, and it is already under construction that will be the new largest stocks for ships in the world, at least by weight: the Darwin Ship Lift Facity. It will be in Australia and it will be an elevator 103 meters long, 26 wide and capacity for vessels of up to 5,500 tons. It is designed to serve fishing vehicles, cruises, border defense, energy and container. Now, the distance to save is just … six meters. Much less impressive than the other great elevators that are worldwide because it will be a maintenance platform, not something to save a height between two sections of a river. Images | Google Maps, Fredlyfish4, Le Grand PortaGederIVATIVE In Xataka | NASA has made the calculations: China can slow down the earth with a filling of the three throats

What neighbors and tourists do not live in the same buildings

May 24, 2025 by usatoday24

In Spain, for a long time, talking about housing is doing it upward prices and a pressure increasing For the pocket of families. Especially in big cities, such as Madrid, Barcelona either Malagawhere drawing is further complicated by The pressure that exercises tourist rent in the market. To tackle that challenge the capital has just endowed with A new tool: A plan that aspires to decentralize tourist floors, favor that they leave residential buildings and prevent commercial lows from being converted into vacation floors. The question is … how will theory go from the facts? What happened? That Madrid has just been equipped with which from now on will be its new roadmap to face one of its greatest challenges: the Tourist and Its impact in the housing market. The municipal plenary approved Wednesday, in a anger session And with the solo votes of the PP, the Plan residesthat marks a series of guidelines on where and how tourist floors can be opened from now on. From the outset, its key idea is very simple: the holiday rental will go on the one hand and the residential use for another, so that both uses do not match in the buildings of the center. Click on the image to go to Tweet. What does the plan propose? To understand it before, you have to keep in mind a key: the plan divides the capital into two. On the one hand is the central almond, The most pressured For the floors for tourists and therefore the one that most affected sees its residential market. And on the other is the outer zone, located outside the historic center. The difference is important because each area is regulated differently. It also simplifies the Special Host Plan Previous, 2019, which works on a map with three “rings”. The changes of greater draft will be given in the first circle, that of the central almond of Madrid. The main one is that the City Council wants that from now on in that area the tourist floors will go on the one hand and those of traditional homes on the other. The plan resides expressly prohibits “dispersed tourist floors in residential buildings”, even on low floors. In short, they will not share building in the center. In the blocks that are not destined for residential use, the thing is different. In those cases, tourist floors “without limitations” will be admitted. Are there more news? Yes. The main one is that tourist apartments must concentrate on blocks that are dedicated exclusively to that purpose (I would not affect to the floors that already exist and have a license), but the plan resides includes more novelties. The previous norm, of 2019, allowed convert low floors In tourist apartments, which has led many center stores dedicating themselves to that use, much more profitable than commercial. The City Council Calculate that only between 2015 and 2024 have been converted into homes and tourist floors 3,306 bass. The new municipal plan wants to end that trend. “With the plan resides, the transformation of commercial premises into tourist floors in the historic center and the transformation of premises into homes into the main tertiary roads is not allowed,” They point From the town hall, which requires that outside the historic center there will also be streets and avenues in which the reconversion of premises will be restricted in apartments for holiday rental. And what about the offer? The idea of the plan is to concentrate the tourist offer in blocks dedicated to that purpose, “decentralize” the activity and take it to areas tertiarywhere the impact on homes is therefore lower. Another of its objectives is to “recover and increase” the supply of residential housing in the city center. For that purpose preside includes some strategies to recover buildings now in disuse. For example, it will allow “private, cataloging and obsolete” giving equipment “to affordable rental housing or Coliving as long as its restoration is guaranteed. The City Council estimates that the measure could benefit 210 buildings distributed throughout the city center. The plan will also allow to pass residential buildings classified and located outside commercial areas to tourist use, but with a small print: “only use can be changed for 15 years, with a direct license linked to the rehabilitation and restoration of the building.” “Subsequently, it will return to residential use”, duck. And beyond the center of Madrid? The main change affects the historic center of Madrid, where the City Council will cease to grant licenses for dispersed tourist floors in residential buildings; But the Plan resides It also includes some novelties that affect the neighborhoods located outside that central almond. The most important is that the municipal permits for tourist rental will be granted only to the floors that meet certain characteristics. “Outside the historic center, the City Council allows the implementation of tourist floors under current conditions in both complete buildings and in dispersed homes that live with residential use,” details the Consistory. “In the latter case, the obligation that these tourist floors have independent access on the first floor and ground floor is included as a novelty.” Does plan reside or speculate? Despite the optimism of the government, not everyone believes that the plan will serve to “order” the supply of tourist rental and reduce the pressure it has been exerting on the housing market for years. On the contrary. The opposition already He has warned of the risk that the new regulations end up having a fairly different effect: that buildings in the center of Madrid that are now residential end up converted into blocks of tourist floors. In fact, more Madrid has even renowned the plan: instead of “resides” he speaks of “expels.” Similar notice gave the PSOE, worried that the new plan further worsen the radiography of tourist rent in Madrid. His fear is that, instead of supporting basically in particular That they buy floors with their savings to lease them to tourists and achieve … Read more

We have a problem with heat in buildings. A Navarra investigation knows how to cool them without air conditioning

February 6, 2025 by usatoday24

Every year we repeat the phrase that this has been the year less hot in the coming yearssince it is one of the consequences of climate change. One of the “traditional” ways that we have to refresh in our homes is with an air conditioning system, but poses an economic problem, because the invoices are not paid alone. However, a new Navarro study has managed to find a solution to refrigerate buildings with hardly any energy expenditure. Short. A research team, Formed by Amaia Zuazua Ros from the University of Navarra and Cristina Salazar Castro of the Luredera Technology Center, has developed a project to cool buildings without the need for air conditioning. Under the financing of the Government of Navarra and within the framework of the Navarro R&D System (SINAI)and with the coordination of Aditechthe proposal has sought to boost new passive cooling technologies through modules coated with nanomaterials, designed to eliminate heat from buildings without resorting to electrical systems. The challenge is not less. In the last 30 years, the energy consumption for the cooling of a home is It has tripled. These data, detailed in the International Energy Agency, have highlighted the impact on global electrical demand. For this reason, reducing this consumption without compromising thermal comfort is one of the great challenges of energy efficiency today. The operation. The system is much simpler than it seems. To explain it more easily, the researchers have identified a material that allows to cool the surface of the building, even when exposed to the sun. On the other hand, they have designed a structure to eliminate accumulated heat and thus improve air circulation on the facade by vertical dissipating modules. In addition, they have developed a system to easily adapt to different types of construction. The possibilities. Since the investigation they have detailed that the implementation of these modules in residential and commercial buildings would mean a reduction in energy consumption aimed at refreshing the environment. In addition, in cities with the large amount of solar panels that are being installed and The urban heat island effectthis new system will help mitigate high temperatures from these factors. However, the researchers, who are optimistic, have explained the challenges they have to overcome and how they should observe the long -term application. However, they have added that this technology represents a step forward in the fight against climate change and the design of more sustainable cities. Any other alternative? In the search for sustainable solutions for refrigeration without energy consumption, researchers from different parts of the world are betting on different approaches. An interesting example comes from Indiawhere a system based on recycled clay has been developed. Inspired by botijo technology, this system uses clay cylinders to reduce the ambient temperature by up to 15ºC by evaporation of water, without the need for air conditioning. Image | Aditech and Unspash Xataka | It consumes five times less and does not need gas: it is the French invention that wants to replace the air conditioning

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