horizontal building Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 28 Dec 2014 15:59:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 A Skyscraper on Its Side that Could Be Greener? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/skyscraper-side-20141120/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/skyscraper-side-20141120/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:24:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50262 The past few years has seen a game of musical chairs as to who claimed the title as the world’s tallest building.  Unfortunately, like the Tower of Babel, their time may soon be over. As one builds a taller building, the wind shear, not to mention earthquake susceptibility, increases exponentially. As a result, more concrete […]

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