Sustainable Very Tall Buildings

Newton Suites and other endeavors (video, Council On Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) is an interesting lecture given to the Council at their October 2009, Chicago conferance. WOHA founding partner Mun Summ Wong's disusses sustainable tall buildings. Some of the idea discussed include:

Monsoon windows Natural ventilation Daylighting Natural clothes drying Double-skin facades Sky streets Sky parks/sky gardens Intimate scales within a taller structure Vertical green Individualization of facades elements