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David Farnsworth
Arup, Global Legal Services Leader | New York City, United States
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David Farnsworth is a Principal with Arup’s New York Office and has a depth of experience in the design and management of projects both locally and globally.. David leads Arup’s Americas Property Market and Tall Buildings Business with property and high-rise design experience encompassing all program types, construction materials, and modern methods of tower construction. He has designed some of the world’s most iconic tall building structures including the towers at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, Northeast Asia Trade tower in Incheon Korea, & the Citic Tower in Beijing. David has a proven history of innovation – he drove the digital fabrication on Little Island at Pier 55 and invented high rise volumetric modular construction systems for projects in New York and California. David is currently working on a number of office to residential conversions and co-authored a paper investigating…
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CTBUH Roles
CTBUH Initiatives
CTBUH Canada Breakfast Seminar: Modular Design & Construction
12 September 2018
CTBUH Canada Hosts Discussion: Modular Design & Construction
12 September 2018
Future of Construction: Manufacturing Buildings
09 June 2016
Videos
31 May 2018
Delivering the World’s Tallest Volumetric Modular Apartment Building
461 Dean is the world’s tallest volumetric modular apartment building. Its success hinged on careful pre-planning of construction activities, as well as the introduction of...
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Research
16 September 2014
Modular Tall Building Design at Atlantic Yards B2
David Farnsworth, ARUP
The Atlantic Yards B2 Modular Residential Tower will be the tallest volumetric modular building in the world when completed in early 2015. In January 2011,...
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Research
14 September 2014
Towards Sustainable Vertical Urbanism
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
The survival of humanity on this planet relies on a radical repositioning of our cities. In the face of unprecedented global population growth, urbanization, pollution...
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CTBUH Initiatives
12 September 2018
CTBUH Canada Breakfast Seminar: Modular Design & Construction
Join the CTBUH Canada Chapter for a breakfast seminar about high-rise modular construction, featuring a case study on 461 Dean Street in New York City.
12 September 2018
CTBUH Canada Hosts Discussion: Modular Design & Construction
The CTBUH Canada Chapter hosted a discussion on Modular Design and Construction, featuring an overview of existing modular implementations as well as future implications.
9 June 2016
Future of Construction: Manufacturing Buildings
CTBUH New York and the YPC will hold an event exploring modular construction through a case study of 461 Dean Street, the world's tallest volumetric modular building.
9 June 2016
Future of Construction: Manufacturing Buildings
The CTBUH New York Chapter in collaboration with the CTBUH Young Professionals Committee held the first of its lecture series, “Future of Construction.”
28 October 2015
CTBUH 2015 delegates toured 461 Dean Street Factory which will be the World's tallest modular building containing 930 modules made up of 225 designs.
26 October 2015
Second CTBUH Damping Research Meeting
Nearly 30 industry professionals and academic experts were in attendance at the second meeting for the CTBUH research project on damping.
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31 May 2018
Delivering the World’s Tallest Volumetric Modular Apartment Building
461 Dean is the world’s tallest volumetric modular apartment building. Its success hinged on careful pre-planning of construction activities, as well as the introduction of...
Research
16 September 2014
Modular Tall Building Design at Atlantic Yards B2
David Farnsworth, ARUP
The Atlantic Yards B2 Modular Residential Tower will be the tallest volumetric modular building in the world when completed in early 2015. In January 2011,...
14 September 2014
Towards Sustainable Vertical Urbanism
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
The survival of humanity on this planet relies on a radical repositioning of our cities. In the face of unprecedented global population growth, urbanization, pollution...
01 December 2007
The Effects of Complex Geometry on Tall Towers
David Scott, David Farnsworth, Matt Jackson & Matt Clark, Arup
Advancements in the application of computational capabilities to the design and analysis of building structures has enabled the realization of tall buildings with complex geometries....
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