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SOM Wins Competition to Create Beijing’s Sustainable City Center

10/25/2009
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  • SOM Beijing CBD
    Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) was recently awarded the contract to create a stunning new Central Business District in Beijing. The project will integrate into the existing downtown urban district and will improve transportation infrastructure while introducing energy-efficient buildings green public space. The plan also provides a framework for new sustainable growth that would result in eliminating 215,000 tons of CO2 per year, which is the equivalent of planting <b>14 million adult trees</b>....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/som-wins-competition-to-create-beijings-sustainable-city-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • SOM Beijing CBD
    Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) was recently awarded the contract to create a stunning new Central Business District in Beijing. The project will integrate into the existing downtown urban district and will improve transportation infrastructure while introducing energy-efficient buildings green public space. The plan also provides a framework for new sustainable growth that would result in eliminating 215,000 tons of CO2 per year, which is the equivalent of planting <b>14 million adult trees</b>....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/som-wins-competition-to-create-beijings-sustainable-city-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • SOM Beijing CBD
    Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) was recently awarded the contract to create a stunning new Central Business District in Beijing. The project will integrate into the existing downtown urban district and will improve transportation infrastructure while introducing energy-efficient buildings green public space. The plan also provides a framework for new sustainable growth that would result in eliminating 215,000 tons of CO2 per year, which is the equivalent of planting <b>14 million adult trees</b>....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/som-wins-competition-to-create-beijings-sustainable-city-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • SOM Beijing CBD
    Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) was recently awarded the contract to create a stunning new Central Business District in Beijing. The project will integrate into the existing downtown urban district and will improve transportation infrastructure while introducing energy-efficient buildings green public space. The plan also provides a framework for new sustainable growth that would result in eliminating 215,000 tons of CO2 per year, which is the equivalent of planting <b>14 million adult trees</b>....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/som-wins-competition-to-create-beijings-sustainable-city-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • SOM Beijing CBD
    Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) was recently awarded the contract to create a stunning new Central Business District in Beijing. The project will integrate into the existing downtown urban district and will improve transportation infrastructure while introducing energy-efficient buildings green public space. The plan also provides a framework for new sustainable growth that would result in eliminating 215,000 tons of CO2 per year, which is the equivalent of planting <b>14 million adult trees</b>....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/som-wins-competition-to-create-beijings-sustainable-city-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • SOM Beijing CBD
    Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) was recently awarded the contract to create a stunning new Central Business District in Beijing. The project will integrate into the existing downtown urban district and will improve transportation infrastructure while introducing energy-efficient buildings green public space. The plan also provides a framework for new sustainable growth that would result in eliminating 215,000 tons of CO2 per year, which is the equivalent of planting <b>14 million adult trees</b>....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/som-wins-competition-to-create-beijings-sustainable-city-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • SOM Beijing CBD
    Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) was recently awarded the contract to create a stunning new Central Business District in Beijing. The project will integrate into the existing downtown urban district and will improve transportation infrastructure while introducing energy-efficient buildings green public space. The plan also provides a framework for new sustainable growth that would result in eliminating 215,000 tons of CO2 per year, which is the equivalent of planting <b>14 million adult trees</b>....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/som-wins-competition-to-create-beijings-sustainable-city-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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SOM Beijing CBD

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) was recently awarded the contract to create a stunning new Central Business District in Beijing. The project will integrate into the existing downtown urban district and will improve transportation infrastructure while introducing energy-efficient buildings green public space. The plan also provides a framework for new sustainable growth that would result in eliminating 215,000 tons of CO2 per year, which is the equivalent of planting 14 million adult trees....

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