As cities cope with rapid population growth—adding 2.5 billion dwellers by 2050—and
grapple with expansive sprawl, politicians, planners, and architects have become …

This chapter outlines complex and conflicting issues related to designing tall buildings. It
gathers a vast amount of fragmented criticism and concerns and organizes them around the …

The skylines of many cities worldwide are still defined by the dominant and ubiquitous office
blocks of the twentieth century. While there is consensus stating that future tall building …