Comments on: Eye-Popping ‘Green’ O-14 Skyscraper Nears Completion in Dubai http://inhabitat.com/o-14s-lace-like-exoskeleton-opens-in-dubai/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: citizen7 http://inhabitat.com/o-14s-lace-like-exoskeleton-opens-in-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-307925 citizen7 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:33:34 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=226839#comment-307925 I hope to see more architecture like this in Australia. It is the worlds largest desert island, after all. At the least, it may be possible to use the hot air rising and/or radiant solar energy to generate electricity for lighting. If only Dubai had more rain - it may have also been possible to convert parts of the exoskelton into green walls or hanging gardens. I can't understand why people still think it's "sustainable" for people to live & work in multi-storey glass-clad solar-ovens in Australia. Most of the "towering" energy bills of modern buildings pays for the air-conditioning to remove the heat absorbed & retained by "glad wrap" glazing and "BBQ grille" steel members. I hope to see more architecture like this in Australia. It is the worlds largest desert island, after all.

At the least, it may be possible to use the hot air rising and/or radiant solar energy to generate electricity for lighting.
If only Dubai had more rain – it may have also been possible to convert parts of the exoskelton into green walls or hanging gardens.

I can’t understand why people still think it’s “sustainable” for people to live & work in multi-storey glass-clad solar-ovens in Australia. Most of the “towering” energy bills of modern buildings pays for the air-conditioning to remove the heat absorbed & retained by “glad wrap” glazing and “BBQ grille” steel members.

]]> By: Gary Gunderson http://inhabitat.com/o-14s-lace-like-exoskeleton-opens-in-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-306353 Gary Gunderson Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:28:50 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=226839#comment-306353 The New Museum was designed by Sanaa. Reiser & Umemoto may have done a design for the New Museum, but the final project was not theirs. The New Museum was designed by Sanaa.

Reiser & Umemoto may have done a design for the New Museum, but the final project was not theirs.

]]> By: gillyarcht http://inhabitat.com/o-14s-lace-like-exoskeleton-opens-in-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-306281 gillyarcht Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:42:26 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=226839#comment-306281 kudos to Jesse & Nanako...always trying new things! kudos to Jesse & Nanako…always trying new things!

]]> By: lazyreader http://inhabitat.com/o-14s-lace-like-exoskeleton-opens-in-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-306274 lazyreader Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:53:02 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=226839#comment-306274 Instead of O-14 call it the muffler building. Or a cheese grater building. Instead of O-14 call it the muffler building. Or a cheese grater building.

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