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ROGER FRECHETTE, Director of MEP Engineering, SOM
Zero-Energy Tower, Guangzhou
Upon completion, the Pearl River “Zero-Energy” Tower will
become the world’s tallest energy efficient skyscraper. Frechette
discusses achieving maximum efficiency through myriad interwoven systems.
Past events
APRIL 5
KEN YEANG, Principal, Llewleyn Davies Yeang
Designing the Green Skyscraper
A pioneer of the “bioclimatic skyscraper” Ken Yeang considers
the nature of the site, employing passive, low-energy strategies. Based
in Kuala Lumpur and London, Dr. Yeang has been a global leader in promoting
an environmental approach to high-rise building.
MARCH 15
HELMUT JAHN, Director of Design, Murphy/Jahn
Archi-Neering
By marrying engineering efficiencies and structural solutions with dynamic
materials, Helmut Jahn has become an innovator in energy-conscious high-rises,
including the Deutsche Post Tower in Bonn, Germany, and an affordable
housing project in Chicago.
FEBRUARY 22
BRANDON HAW, Senior Partner, Foster + Partners
The Sustainable Works of Foster + Partners
Surveying the firm’s international green portfolio, from Frankfurt’s
Commerzbank to towers in Riyadh, Shanghai, and Seoul, Brandon Haw will
discuss Foster + Partners’ seamless integration of sustainable
style with a quest for quality environments.
JANUARY 25
ROSS WIMER, Design Partner, SOM
Environmental Contextualism: Strategies for a Dynamic Sustainable
Architecture
Ross Wimer discusses his twisting Infinity Tower, a 75-story helix-shaped
residential structure now under construction in Dubai, and the planned
North Bund complex in Shanghai, illustrating the adaptation of energy-efficient
towers in the extremes of climate and local environments. |
Listen to the Science & the City podcast of curator and director Carol
Willis's guided tour of the current Skyscraper Museum exhibit Giants:
The Twin Towers and the 20th Century.
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to The Skyscraper Museum Podcast Series
Watch
the webcast online
MIXED GREENS marks the first collaboration between The Skyscraper Museum and The New York Academy of Sciences. All lectures will be held at The New York Academy of Sciences headquarters at 7 World Trade Center. The recently completed office tower is a green pioneer in its own right, obtaining LEED Gold
Status for its environmental achievements.
Focusing on the newest and most progressive green skyscrapers throughout
the world, MIXED GREENS expands the scope of last year’s GREEN
TEAMS series by The Skyscraper Museum. Video recordings of the series
are available online at www.skyscraper.org/greenteams.
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