Supertall | Megatall
How High Can We Go?
- As architects of the next world’s tallest tower and several others now under construction, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture’s Supertall | Megatall: How High Can We Go? draws from projects completed from 2007–2020 to explore the design, sustainability, innovative technology, programming, and site contextualism that defines supertall and megatall towers
- AS+GG is a leader in supertall building design and technology and have collaborated with clients across the globe to design many of the tallest and highest-performing buildings in the world. AS+GG has designed several highly sustainable supertall and megatall towers that are now under construction including Jeddah Tower, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (1,000+ meters), will be the next tallest building in the world when completed in 2025
- Of the top 100 supertall and megatall buildings that are built or under construction, the AS+GG team has designed ten buildings: Jeddah Tower (1); Burj Khalifa (2); Wuhan Greenland Center (4); South HeXi Yuzui Tower (15); Central Park Tower (20); Chengdu Greenland Center (21); Zifeng Tower (28); Akhmat Tower (39); Trump Tower (46); Jin Mao Tower (47).
Drawing from the unique design experience at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) as architects of the next world’s tallest tower and several others under construction, Supertall | Megatall: How High Can We Go? highlights the design, sustainability, innovative technology, programming, and contextualism that defines supertall and megatall towers. The book is a mixture of under construction and design-only projects divided into several chapters that are organized according to their special characteristics: Innovative Systems, Harnessing Energies, Designing an Icon, Extending Ecologies, and Achieving Megatall. Each project, completed between 2007–2020 at AS+GG, is discovered through context, program, form, research and development, and performance, highlighting the stories, challenges, and lessons learned.
- Publisher
- ORO Editions
- ISBN
- 9781954081376
- Published
- 9th Aug 2022
- Binding
- Hardback
- Territory
- World excluding USA, Canada, Australasia & Asia (except Japan; China non-exclusive)
- Size
- 235 mm x 235 mm
- Pages
- 576 Pages
- Illustrations
- 500 color
Distributed by ACC Art Books
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