Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1956 Hotel Illinois on the left. Just over one mile tall, not counting the antenna spike. Adrian Smith’s 200? Burj Dubai on the right. Eventually built 2,722 ft tall as Burj Khalifa.
Adrian Smith’s design for Pappy bin Ladin’s Jeddah Tower on the left. right.
Wright rarely drew a building that wasn’t draped in greenery, but he didn’t put trees on the sides of his skyscrapers. They’re on those huge parkland ledges instead.
Oh, that vertical thing is just BS and not possible anyway. But green roofs are strongly, strongly encouraged to use rainwater, without it you don’t get the LEED point, which was the point of the green roof.
What sort of plant/greenery would work better, shrubs? Tall grasses? Flowers? I like the idea behind all of this, but question what would be the best way.
There are a lot of variables here-- altitude, local climate, seasonal weather patterns, etc. I was only pointing out that the logic of “trees only grow on the north side of a mountain” wasn’t necessarily accurate in every situation.[quote=“gellfex, post:34, topic:76697”]
But I’m thrilled to see someone call bullshit on this type of eco-silliness.
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I actually like the idea of trees growing on top of buildings, but I recognize that a lush garden with huge trees probably isn’t feasible for multiple reasons. That doesn’t mean we can’t have some amount of flora on top of buildings. I’m certainly not opposed to trying, but I don’t expect us to achieve anything like in the painting above.
