Eco Skyscrapers II
Jan 2011 · Images Publishing
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.Tall buildings represent a way of the future which is perceived as necessary despite being environmentally unfriendly .This book demonstrates methods to make these energy-consuming buildings as efficient as possible until a time when the world finds economically viable alternatives Ken Yeang remains one of the world's foremost experts on sustainability and the modern skyscraper. Acknowledging that the skyscraper is possibly one of the most ecologically unfriendly of all building types, he states that until an economically viable alternative is identified, it is necessary to make them as humane and as sustainable as possible. Each project is presented together with data on its climatic location, the local vegetation, plot ratio, net and gross areas."
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Lucy Bullivant is an architecture curator, author, critic and advisor. A cultural historian with a Master's degree from the Royal College of Art, she worked as an art curator before becoming Heinz Curator of Architectural Programmes at the Royal Academy of Arts. Since 1996 she has curated international architecture exhibitions. Lucy is a correspondent to Domus, The Plan, Volume and Indesign, and lectures and chairs events internationally at venues including the Architectural League, New York and IAAC, Barcelona. Lucy was elected an Honorary Fellow of RIBA in 2010.
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