January 8, 2009

SpaceTM looks at China's tallest building


What do you make of this building? 
 
When it's eventually completed it will be China's tallest and one of the ten tallest buildings in the world.
 
Designed by Texan Architect Marshall Strabala, of Gensler Architects, the 120 storey Shanghai Tower will spiral upwards to a height of more than 2070 feet. It will also generate some of its energy from wind turbines.
 
Strabala, who claims this tower has been his most "exciting and demanding project yet," said, “With the double skin, the building will function much like a thermos bottle. This allows us to harvest and use daylight, reduce artificial lighting to a minimum, increase the insulation of the building's interior and, long-term, dramatically reduce energy consumption and energy costs.”

The building will be situated within a 10,000-square metre open green space that will become both a public park and the front entry to the tower.

1 comment:

  1. This obsession with smashing the 'tallest' statistic has been the main driving force for corporate and government 'ego-tecture' since Chicago in 1891.

    "We need to be put on the map. Lets go tall!"

    Yes, the design is pleasant enough but give any of these commissioners the newest engineering technolgies on the planet and all they still really want is an, "Oooh, isn't that tall."

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