Comments on: Sky City: Chinese Company BSB to Build the World’s Tallest Building… In Just 90 Days?! http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinese-company-bsb-to-build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-just-90-days/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Thu, 23 May 2013 12:02:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Blue Tongue http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinese-company-bsb-to-build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-just-90-days/comment-page-1/#comment-396019 Blue Tongue Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:23:48 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=400614#comment-396019 Yes I don't think that a rapid build time is a positive thing in the world's tallest building. Quality, safety, beauty. These are things to aspire to. Yes I don’t think that a rapid build time is a positive thing in the world’s tallest building. Quality, safety, beauty. These are things to aspire to.

]]> By: soros http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinese-company-bsb-to-build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-just-90-days/comment-page-1/#comment-385661 soros Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:27:33 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=400614#comment-385661 The question of erecting buildings this quickly isn't the speed at which it is done but how well it is done. I've lived in China. Most of the buildings I became familiar with are substandard in quality, with little thought to safety of the inhabitants. Parts start to fall off, others disintegrate for lack of proper composition; cement cracks in heat or cold. Jerry built as they say. Too many Chinese want to get into the Guiness Book of World records. Few understand what quality in anything is. The question of erecting buildings this quickly isn’t the speed at which it is done but how well it is done. I’ve lived in China. Most of the buildings I became familiar with are substandard in quality, with little thought to safety of the inhabitants. Parts start to fall off, others disintegrate for lack of proper composition; cement cracks in heat or cold. Jerry built as they say. Too many Chinese want to get into the Guiness Book of World records. Few understand what quality in anything is.

]]> By: GreenKiran http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinese-company-bsb-to-build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-just-90-days/comment-page-1/#comment-385572 GreenKiran Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:48:01 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=400614#comment-385572 This looks very square and ugly - do we really want an ugly building as the worlds tallest building? At least make it so tourists can gaze at the beauty of the building like the Burj Khalifa This looks very square and ugly – do we really want an ugly building as the worlds tallest building? At least make it so tourists can gaze at the beauty of the building like the Burj Khalifa

]]> By: scicdb3 http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinese-company-bsb-to-build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-just-90-days/comment-page-1/#comment-385542 scicdb3 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:53:30 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=400614#comment-385542 Would you trust a company that can't be bothered to run a basic English check on their promotional materials? Would you trust a company that can’t be bothered to run a basic English check on their promotional materials?

]]> By: lucky2bhere http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinese-company-bsb-to-build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-just-90-days/comment-page-1/#comment-385521 lucky2bhere Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:18:55 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=400614#comment-385521 The biggest concern is not them making their deadline. It is constructing a building of such magnitude that it is as safe as a traditionally built structure - of that magnitude. It is one thing to create a 30-story hotel, and another to create an infrastructure robust enough to withstand the enormous forces it must deal with; not to mention the systems within that need to work absolutely reliably and safely daily. Their dangerous wreck-of-a high speed train system is an example of a similar approach (bigger, faster) that should be kept in mind before, during and after this project. I won't be moving in very soon. The biggest concern is not them making their deadline. It is constructing a building of such magnitude that it is as safe as a traditionally built structure – of that magnitude.

It is one thing to create a 30-story hotel, and another to create an infrastructure robust enough to withstand the enormous forces it must deal with; not to mention the systems within that need to work absolutely reliably and safely daily.

Their dangerous wreck-of-a high speed train system is an example of a similar approach (bigger, faster) that should be kept in mind before, during and after this project.

I won’t be moving in very soon.

]]> By: David Bofinger http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinese-company-bsb-to-build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-just-90-days/comment-page-1/#comment-385325 David Bofinger Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:37:11 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=400614#comment-385325 squashmequickly, they do judge buildings on multiple criteria. One of them is "highest occupied floor". But the Burj al-Khalifa is so extravagantly tall that it's taken all of the records. It's in a class of its own. squashmequickly, they do judge buildings on multiple criteria. One of them is “highest occupied floor”. But the Burj al-Khalifa is so extravagantly tall that it’s taken all of the records. It’s in a class of its own.

]]> By: squashmequickly http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinese-company-bsb-to-build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-just-90-days/comment-page-1/#comment-385273 squashmequickly Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:34:00 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=400614#comment-385273 They should start judging building heights by highest usable office/living space. Putting a longer antenna/decoration/air-condition unit shouldn't count. They should start judging building heights by highest usable office/living space.
Putting a longer antenna/decoration/air-condition unit shouldn’t count.

]]> By: anothervoice http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinese-company-bsb-to-build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-just-90-days/comment-page-1/#comment-385192 anothervoice Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:29:19 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=400614#comment-385192 Mmmmmm, Poetic. Mmmmmm, Poetic.

]]> By: feline74 http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinese-company-bsb-to-build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-just-90-days/comment-page-1/#comment-385183 feline74 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:03:33 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=400614#comment-385183 It'll be cool if they can pull it off, but it's almost impossible to overstate the consequences of a screw-up . . . It’ll be cool if they can pull it off, but it’s almost impossible to overstate the consequences of a screw-up . . .

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