A new study reveals what unsustainable construction practices are costing our climate – and what must change.
- Head of School and Professor of Architecture, UNSW Built Environment, UNSW
Construction activity will use up almost half of the world’s remaining carbon budget to keep global warming under 1.5°C unless we totally rethink our approach.
Meskipun akan menjadi sangat sulit, namun kita mungkin dapat membangun sebuah gedung dengan tinggi melebihi 2,000 meter. Tinggi gedung tersebut sama dengan sekitar sepuluh gedung pencakar langit biasa yang ditumpuk ke atas. Akan tetapi, hal ini bukan merupakan ide yang baik.
It would be difficult, but we could probably build a tower over 2,000 metres tall, which would be like ten normal skyscrapers on top of each other! This is probably not a very good idea though.
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.
A defence of La Défense, and other towering architecture across the globe.
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