skyscraper Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/skyscraper/ Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:56:28 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 New York’s “greenest” skyscaper is actually its biggest energy hog: New Republic https://ounodesign.com/2013/07/31/leed-tower-scam/ https://ounodesign.com/2013/07/31/leed-tower-scam/#respond Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:56:28 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=16203

Must read: Bank of America’s Toxic Tower: New York’s “greenest” skyscaper is actually its biggest energy hog in New Republic.

“According to data released by New York City last fall, the Bank of America Tower produces more greenhouse gases and uses more energy per square foot than any comparably sized office building in Manhattan.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2013/07/31/leed-tower-scam/feed/ 0 Brutalist Vancouver building that hasn’t dated https://ounodesign.com/2012/05/27/1970s-brutalist-building-vancouver-vladimir-plavsic/ https://ounodesign.com/2012/05/27/1970s-brutalist-building-vancouver-vladimir-plavsic/#comments Sun, 27 May 2012 21:17:54 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=14175
(Thanks to Steven Ballegeer for this photo on Flickr)

Just to prove I don’t hate all tall buildings, this early 1970s brutalist concrete highrise in Vancouver is a long-time favourite of mine, and one that I think has held up really well over the years.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2012/05/27/1970s-brutalist-building-vancouver-vladimir-plavsic/feed/ 12 BC Hydro now and then – what happened between 1955 and 1991? https://ounodesign.com/2010/12/03/bc-hydro-building-now-and-then/ https://ounodesign.com/2010/12/03/bc-hydro-building-now-and-then/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:22:53 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=10906

“Compare and despair” is good advice, but I can’t help it. Here are two skyscrapers designed for the same public corporation, BC Hydro.

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