http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/17/sustainable-spire-twisting-ivory-observation-tower-for-dubai/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:06:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/17/sustainable-spire-twisting-ivory-observation-tower-for-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-151880 davidwayneosedach Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:27:54 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=34691#comment-151880 The twisting Ivory Observation tower is absolutely spectacular. How much energy is needed to keep it up and running? The twisting Ivory Observation tower is absolutely spectacular. How much energy is needed to keep it up and running?

]]> http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/06/17/sustainable-spire-twisting-ivory-observation-tower-for-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-149573 ecologism Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:46:02 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=34691#comment-149573 An observation tower does seem a bit of a luxury but it's not like the wealth isn't available...at least they did make it the way they did, who's to say you can't make a building strictly for aesthetic or artistic purposes especially if you take such pains to make it eco-friendly. For instance one of the buildings that won the AIA's top ten in the U.S. was a jewish church. I guess that's wasteful too seeing as though it only serves religion. If something doesn't serve a life necessity...or economic activity does that make it a useless luxery? What if it was a green bowling alley? would it warrant similar comment? Check out the church I mentioned at http://www.builditgreenconcepts.com -The Ecologist An observation tower does seem a bit of a luxury but it’s not like the wealth isn’t available…at least they did make it the way they did, who’s to say you can’t make a building strictly for aesthetic or artistic purposes especially if you take such pains to make it eco-friendly.
For instance one of the buildings that won the AIA’s top ten in the U.S. was a jewish church. I guess that’s wasteful too seeing as though it only serves religion. If something doesn’t serve a life necessity…or economic activity does that make it a useless luxery? What if it was a green bowling alley? would it warrant similar comment?
Check out the church I mentioned at http://www.builditgreenconcepts.com
-The Ecologist

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