31 January 2019
Wuren Wang, CITIC HEYE Investment Co. Ltd.
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...
12 December 2018
CTBUH Research
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’...
05 February 2018
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
Leo Chow & Mark P. Sarkisian, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
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
John Prevc, Future Spaces Foundation
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
Keith Boswell & Michael Duncan, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
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
Zhen Jia, Murilo Bonilha, Bill Li & Geeta Bora, United Technologies Corporation
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
Stephan Reinke, Stephan Reinke Architects Limited
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
Long Ma, Jing Huang & Cheng Hou, BIAD
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
May Wei, CallisonRTKL
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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