Monday, November 5, 2007

Monumental Sustainability

Pearl River Tower

"In 2005, SOM presented plans for a new headquarters tower in Guangzhou that would incorporate the latest sustainable technology and engineering know-how in an attempt to create the world’s most energy efficient high-rise structure—a tower that could significantly reduce its dependency on the city’s infrastructure. Scheduled for completion in 2009, the 71-story, 2.3-million square-foot tower will be the most energy efficient supertall tower ever built, and a milestone along the way to energy independence."


Skyscraper = industrial monument ?
Skyscraper + wind turbines = sustainable industrial monument ?



http://www.som.com/content.cfm/pearl_river_tower

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