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Sustainability: a new high‐rise vernacular?
10.1002/tal.425.abs
This paper outlines the viability of the tall building as a sustainable element in our future urban centres and examines several tall building case studies that have embraced environmental approaches to a lesser or greater degree. In doing this, it suggests a number of design approaches which, collectively and broadly, could be interpreted as a new vernacular for the skyscraper based on sustainability. This vernacular is particularly relevant to developing cities, whose import of Western models is contributing to a degradation of local culture and an homogenization of urban centres globally. The paper concludes with a fledgling set of design principles to encourage this new sustainable vernacular in high rise design. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Sustainability: a new high‐rise vernacular?
10.1002/tal.425.abs
This paper outlines the viability of the tall building as a sustainable element in our future urban centres and examines several tall building case studies that have embraced environmental approaches to a lesser or greater degree. In doing this, it suggests a number of design approaches which, collectively and broadly, could be interpreted as a new vernacular for the skyscraper based on sustainability. This vernacular is particularly relevant to developing cities, whose import of Western models is contributing to a degradation of local culture and an homogenization of urban centres globally. The paper concludes with a fledgling set of design principles to encourage this new sustainable vernacular in high rise design. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Sustainability: a new high‐rise vernacular?
Wood, Antony (author)
The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings ; 16 ; 401-410
2007-12-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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