15 December 2021
Reducing the Carbon Emissions of High-Rise Structures from the Very Beginning
Minimizing carbon emissions and reducing resource consumption in commercial high-rise buildings is an essential component of the building industry reducing its overall footprint. A concise...
01 June 2016
Three Points of the Residential High-Rise: Designing for Social Connectivity
In this paper we discuss the terms “exo-spatial design,” “solar carving,” and “bridging” as strategies for creating more socially connective tall buildings. As a typology,...
26 October 2015
Three Points of the Residential High-Rise: Designing for Social Connectivity
In this paper we discuss the terms “exo-spatial design,” “solar carving,” and “bridging” as strategies for creating more socially connective tall buildings. As a typology,...
24 February 2015
Taming Tall Buildings’ “Autistic” Tendencies
The CTBUH is actively expanding the “Urban Habitat” portion of its mission, which calls for tall buildings to be optimally integrated into human-scaled urban environments....
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