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Pearl River Tower, the Glossary

Pearl River Tower is a 71-story,, clean technology neofuturistic skyscraper at the junction of Jinsui Road/Zhujiang Avenue West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China.^[1]

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17 relations: Adrian Smith (architect), Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, China, China Tobacco, Clean technology, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Emporis, Environmentally friendly, Guangzhou, Neo-futurism, RWDI, Shanghai Construction Group, Skyscraper, SOM (architectural firm), Storey, Tianhe, Guangzhou, Zero-energy building.
2011 in Guangzhou
Office buildings completed in 2011
Skyscraper office buildings in Guangzhou

Adrian Smith (architect)

Adrian D. Smith (born August 19, 1944) is an American architect.

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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG), an architecture firm and design firm based in Chicago, is engaged in the design and development of energy-efficient and sustainable architecture.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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China Tobacco

China National Tobacco Corporation, branded as China Tobacco (中国烟草), is a national key state-owned corporation with monopoly status in China to manufacture and sell tobacco products.

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Clean technology, also called cleantech or climatetech, is any process, product, or service that reduces negative environmental impacts through significant energy efficiency improvements, the sustainable use of resources, or environmental protection activities.

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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings, including skyscrapers, and sustainable urban design.

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Emporis

Emporis was a real estate data mining company with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.

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Environmentally friendly

Environment friendly processes, or environmental-friendly processes (also referred to as eco-friendly, nature-friendly, and green), are sustainability and marketing terms referring to goods and services, laws, guidelines and policies that claim reduced, minimal, or no harm upon ecosystems or the environment.

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Guangzhou

Guangzhou, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China.

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Neo-futurism

Neo-futurism is a late-20th to early-21st-century movement in the arts, design, and architecture.

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RWDI

Established in 1972, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.

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Shanghai Construction Group

Shanghai Construction (Group) Corporation (SCG) is a Chinese construction and engineering company, ranked as the 16th largest construction company in the world based on 2011 revenues.

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A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors.

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SOM (architectural firm)

SOM, previously Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, is a Chicago-based architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm.

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Storey

A storey (British English) or story (American English), is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation, etc.). Plurals for the word are storeys (UK) and stories (US).

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Tianhe, Guangzhou

Tianhe District is one of the eleven districts of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province.

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Zero-energy building

A Zero-Energy Building (ZEB), also known as a Net Zero-Energy (NZE) building, is a building with net zero energy consumption, meaning the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is equal to the amount of renewable energy created on the site or in other definitions by renewable energy sources offsite, using technology such as heat pumps, high efficiency windows and insulation, and solar panels. Pearl River Tower and zero-energy building are sustainable building.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_River_Tower