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31 January 2019
China Zun: Beijing’s New Icon, 2018’s Tallest
At 528 meters, China Zun was the tallest building completed in 2018, and became the new tallest building in Beijing. It is the anchor of...
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12 December 2018
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2018
The astronomical growth in tall building construction observed over the past decade continued in 2018, though the total number of completed buildings of 200 meters’...
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05 February 2018
2017: Skyscraper History’s Tallest, Highest- Volume, and Most Geographically Diverse Year
This 2017 Tall Building Year in Review / Tall Buildings in Numbers data analysis report shows that more buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater...
01 September 2017
Site | Structure | Architecture – Projects that Create Change
China’s rapid growth has created great opportunities for design and construction of projects that not only transform sites but cities. This work combines local, national,...
02 June 2017
Transport and the Megacity: Improving Vitality with Connectivity
There is no easy answer to ensuring the world’s rapid urban population growth is managed sustainably and in a manner that promotes economic growth, social...
17 October 2016
Climate-Responsive Exterior Enclosure Design
In this paper, three different solutions in three different regions of China illustrate best practices for the design and execution of optimized building enclosure systems....
17 October 2016
An Integrated Solution to Enable Safe Evacuation of Tall Buildings
Implementing real-time, efficient, and intelligent tall building egresses that ensure human safety in cases of emergencies can be extremely difficult. Most current egress strategies are...
17 October 2016
21st Century Vertical Lifestyles - Intergenerational, Integrated Communities
How does the 21st Century youth culture of social media integrate and merge with an ever increasing tech savvy senior population? As our cities and...
17 October 2016
Can we still save our city? How high can buildings in Beijing arise? Beijing has so many ancient buildings; can they coexist harmoniously with skyscrapers?...
17 October 2016
How Big is Too Big? The Implications of Building Tall
Advances in technology and engineering have made it feasible to build truly awe-inspiring structures. But as the push to densify increases the pressure to build...
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