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Glass has always been a notoriously energy inefficient building material – but an obsession with aesthetics led architects to ignore its shortcomings.
Tall buildings are an increasing feature of Australia’s city landscapes, although they’re still relatively small compared to overseas. But is there a limit on how high we can build?
New technology could make it practical to build skyscrapers far taller than even today’s highest – and change how people live, work and play in tall buildings.
The fifth generation of tall buildings are here, and they’re more efficient than ever before.
Skyscrapers are the new cathedrals – but are we worshipping a false idol?
High-rise living is no longer synonymous with crime and deprivation.
Instead of looking up or out, we need a combined approach.
The birth of the skyscraper took an obsession with height to a whole new level.
We need to move away from thinking about the skyscraper as an “icon”. Instead, we should be asking how the tall building – which will always “stand out” – can also “fit in” to cities.
Stark new additions to our urban landscape are usually met with moaning – but it rarely lasts.
A defence of La Défense, and other towering architecture across the globe.
Until recently, tall wooden towers were an engineering impossibility. Following a breakthrough a few years ago, the sky is increasingly the limit.
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Assistant Professor in Architecture, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor in Architecture, UNSW Sydney
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Architectural Technologist and Urban Designer, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Macquarie University
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Executive Director, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; Visiting Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University Shanghai; Research Professor of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology
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Tenured Researcher in Building Technology, Università Iuav di Venezia
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland
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Senior Lecturer (US: Associate Professor) in Sustainable Architecture, University of Kent
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Lecturer in Architecture, UCL
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Director, The Wood Studio, Institute for Sustainable Construction, Edinburgh Napier University
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PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter
