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The Tower at PNC Plaza


The Tower at PNC Plaza is a skyscraper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which is the corporate headquarters of the PNC Financial Services Group and has approximately 74,000 m2, standing 33 stories tall. The office building is designed by Gensler and its partners. The design team chose the most efficient and effective green design strategies that work with Pittsburgh's climate in order to minimize energy use. Working closely with PNC, the team centered their design strategies around a “three pillar” approach:…

Vertical Garden (Bosco Verticale), Milan, Italy


The Bosco Verticale is a complex constructed in Milan, Italy which is designed by Boeri Studio and consist of two residential towers with the height of 112 and 80 meters (27 and 18 floors) and a total area of is 30,501 square meters. The Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) has been selected by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) as the Best Tall Building Worldwide 2015.

‘West 57th Street’


West 57th Street complex is designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) which is under construction in New York City, United States. The 80,000 m2 project is a 32 floor residential tower that will finally have 600 apartments. Sampling from both European and American typologies of density housing, the design explores a new hybrid standard that combines a traditional courtyard building with Manhattan’s high-rise form. After compactness and efficiency is achieved through…

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