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Greenland Plaza Reflects Well On China’s Green Plans
At night, the new 60-story Zhengzhou Greenland Plaza tower may seem like an energy hog, lit up like a blazing beacon over the Henan Province countryside. But much of that luminescence comes from a...
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Namaste Tower: A Welcoming Gesture Of Green Design
Looking more like a giant sculpture than a working skyscraper, the Namaste Tower currently under construction in Mumbai, India, is expected to be as green as it is beautiful to behold. Designed by the...
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Is It Time For Tall Wood?
At the 2013 eVolo Skyscraper Competition, a trippy entry called Big Wood made waves and earned an Honorable Mention. (Actually, this was among the tamest of the winning designs. Various others were...
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Diagonal Tower Adds New Slant To Skyscraper Efficiency
It may seem strange to call 1,125-foot skyscraper efficient, given the energy it takes to build such a monumental structure. But the 64-story Diagonal Tower being planned for the Yongsan International...
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Prefab Towers Built By Flying Robots: Fact Or Fiction?
The concept of the flying robot has rarely had positive connotations. Usually the very mention of the words “flying robot” or “drone” leads to talk about government intrusion or terrifying, secret...
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Taiwan Tower’s Energy Answer Blowing In The Wind
While wind power is taking off in a major way across in large-scale wind farms around the world, many office tower designers are now looking to the skies above to help power their vertiginous...
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Plan For Tallest Building In India Takes Wing
When is a building more like a wing than a skyscraper? It’s not really a riddle, but it’s a question that may be answered by high-rise design firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture with its new...
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Can The Next ‘World’s Tallest Tower’ Be The Greenest?
When most super-tall skyscrapers are built, they are the crown jewels of the skylines in each city – acting like an exclamation mark on their perceived world status. With a newly proposed tower that is...
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Skyscrapers Without Steel Could Slash Footprint By 75%
I live on a bluff just outside the official city limit of Denver, Colorado. I love getting to the top of the rise and seeing the cluster of skyscrapers sprouting out from the belly of the valley every...
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Reimagined London Tower Would Harvest Pollution As Fuel
Living in a genuine big city for the first time, I’ve come to appreciate the beauty and significance of a skyline. Say what you will about skyscrapers, they are a city’s calling card. Unfortunately,...
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