When the Guangdong Tobacco Company solicited proposals for a new headquarters last fall, the company asked architects to incorporate measures for sustainability. The Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill took the project as a challenge, submitting a design for a 300-meter tower that the firm says will require no net energy to operate. Known officially as the Guangdong Tobacco Tower, but informally called the Zero Energy Tower, SOM's proposal is among three finalists. A winner is expected to be announced shortly. ArchRecord
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Looks like an amusing design and concept ..
but I'm getting tired of skyscrapers ..
must be the Dubai-effect
X2 on the comment from sporadic!
Frankly, some form of my intuition tells me that Dubai is going to be one of those cities that will be looked at and used as an example of "what not to do" with a city (to be developed).
Just my $.02.
skyscrapers aren't my thing, but energy conservation is...and when a bldg can acheive a performance based environmental goal (rather than a LEED punch list), I'm pleased.
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