O-14 GREEN DUBAI TOWER
From the land of oil & honey comes inspiration for green architecture. The UAE government has smartly recognized that the oil money will dry up one day. Dubai is hot both for development and as a fashionable city. It’s encouraging to now see with the O-14 project that its developers are making waves with green building technology.
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Designed by RUR Architecture, the building’s façade perforations serve as a solar screen, letting in light, air, and views through to the interior occupants. The one-meter space between the façade and the building’s glass surface also yields a chimney effect causing hot air to rise, creating an efficient passive cooling system. The façade also serves as a structural exoskeleton, absorbing all of the tower’s lateral forces and acting as a physical barrier for the building’s window wall.
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