Read the rest of Sky City: World’s Tallest Tower to Break Ground in June

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Read the rest of SOM’s Tanjong Pagar Centre Will Be the Tallest Building in Singapore

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Read the rest of Grimshaw’s Aspire Tower will be a Benchmark for Passive Environmental Design in Australia

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Read the rest of KAUST’s Breakwater Beacon is a Naturally-Cooled Lighthouse in Saudi Arabia

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Read the rest of Pelli Clarke Pelli Breaks Ground on the Transbay Transit Tower in San Francisco

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Read the rest of Australia 108: Tallest Skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere Coming Soon to Melbourne

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Read the rest of pH Conditioner: Floating Jellyfish Skyscrapers Combat Air Pollution While Producing Fresh Water

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Read the rest of OMA Unveils Plans for Essence Financial Building with High Performance Facade in Shenzhen

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In 2008 Gensler broke ground on the sustainable Shanghai Tower in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China. The tower is currently in construction and it’s one of three supertall buildings in Pudong, including the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center. The elegant structure spirals up to the sky, and once it is completed in 2014 it will become the second tallest tower in the world — only second to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The 632 meter tall structure is a testament to both modern architecture and the potential of engineering, and it also sets a precedent for sustainable super structures. The tower will take the form of nine cylindrical buildings stacked atop each other, enclosed by layers of glass, and hosting public space for visitors including atriums, gardens, cafes, restaurants, retail space, a hotel, and 360-degree views of the city. The building will also include a rainwater recycling system and a series of wind turbines able to generate up to 350,000 kWh of electricity per year. But most notably, the tower’s glass façade was designed specifically to reduce wind loads on the building by 24%, which means that fewer construction materials are needed (including 25% less structural steel). We recently spoke to Gensler‘s Chris Chan, Design Director and member of the tower’s design team, who gave us some insight on what it has taken to get the Shanghai Tower built, and how Building Information Modeling (BIM) has played a crucial role from concept to construction. Jump ahead for our fascinating interview with Chris!

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Read the rest of INTERVIEW: Gensler’s Chris Chan on the Sustainable Shanghai Tower, Asia’s Tallest Skyscraper

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Read the rest of MVRDV Completes the Pixelated DNB NOR Bank Headquarters In Oslo

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Read the rest of Gensler’s Super Sustainable Tower at PNC Plaza Breaks Ground in Pittsburgh

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Read the rest of Buro Ole Scheeren Unveils Plans for Green-Roofed DUO Towers in Singapore

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Read the rest of SOM’s Pre-Certified LEED Gold Zuellig Building Opens For Business in Manila

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Read the rest of Kohn Pedersen Fox’s Hysan Place is Hong Kong’s First LEED Platinum Pre-Certified Building

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Read the rest of UNStudio Unveils V on Shenton Singapore Skyscraper With a Hive-Inspired Facade

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Read the rest of Anish Kapoor’s Recycled Steel ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower Provides Views of London’s Olympic Park

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The 2013 eVolo Skyscraper Competition is now open for business and looking for the most outrageous, exceptional, unusual, and forward-thinking designs out there. One of our favorite annual architectural competitions, given its broad interpretation of what a building can be, we’ve always been particularly enthused by the environmental bent of many of the winner and runner up entries coming in since 2006. If you have a bold idea ready to be rendered and lauded, then the sky(scraper) is the limit!

Read the rest of eVolo Announces Their 2013 Skyscraper Competition

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Read the rest of OMA’s Folded CCTV Tower in Beijing is Now Complete

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Read the rest of BIG Unveils Award-Winning Green-Roofed Interlocking Cross # Towers for Seoul

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