| Congress
Title |
Tall
and Green: Typology for a Sustainable Urban Future |
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| Date |
3rd –
5th March 2008 |
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| Venue |
Grand Hyatt, Dubai |

We are entering a new,
vital stage in
the development of humanity. Whilst the world is slowly waking up to
the realities of the major effects of climate change, there are too-few
bodies internationally reacting quickly enough to embrace the changes
that are needed to avoid catastrophic results globally. Many are
asking; is it already too late?
The built environment as a
global entity
is the largest single contributor to this situation – the
creation and occupation of built form and the determining of the
relationship between man and inhabitation; predetermining relationships
with transport, infrastructure and quality of life. Cities are the
battleground for this fight against catastrophe. On one side of the
world we have the rapid urbanization of predominantly rural populations
in developing countries; on the other side we have changing social
demographics (longer life expectancy, increased number of single people
households etc) requiring massive increases in housing in developed
countries. We stand at a crossroads in this urban development
–
do cities accommodate the growth in further urban / suburban spread, or
become denser, more concentrated entities, reducing loss of green belt
and offering more efficiency in infrastructure provision, transport
usage and energy consumption?
The tall building has a
crucial role to
play in this debate on the urban future. Itself the historical epitome
of energy and consumption excess, the typology has the opportunity to
re-invent itself as a model for denser, more sustainable cities;
concentrated centers of work and life activity. Additionally, the
financial and professional investment in each tall building project
gives the typology an opportunity to push the agenda for sustainable
design, experimental technologies and the real need for post-occupancy
monitoring, for the benefit of the built realm as a whole.
The Council on Tall
Buildings and Urban
Habitat – the world’s leading international body in
the
field of tall buildings – is at the forefront of this push
for a
more sustainable built form. The 8th World Congress will bring this
debate to the very epicenter of urban construction activity globally
– Dubai – in order to find answers to the questions
posed
above.
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Latest News
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HE Hussain Nasser Lootah confirms as opening plenary speaker
His Excellency Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of the Dubai
Municipality, is confirmed as the opening Plenary Speaker of the
Congress, presenting a paper on the ‘Sustainable Vision of Dubai’. His
Excellency Mr Lootah will represent Dubai, alongside Mayor Daley of
Chicago and Peter Wynne Rees of London, who will present the
sustainable visions of Chicago and London respectively.
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Number of Delegates now surpasses 500
With a month still to go, more than 500 people are now registered for
the congress, representing 37 countries. The top five countries
registering delegates so far are the USA (157 delegates), UAE (71), UK
(54), Australia (47) and Japan (26). The top 5 companies sending
delegates to the event are Atkins (20 delegates), Arup (14), Davis
Langdon (11), Turner (9) and AECOM (8). For a full delegate list, see
the link off the homepage. In addition the social-networking events –
The Welcome Reception and the Congress Dinner – are now sold out.
Delegates not registering for the congress can only register at the
‘Congress Only’ package. |
HE Mohamed Ali Alabbar confirms as plenary speaker
His Excellency Mohamed Ali Alabbar has confirmed as a Plenary Speaker
on Day 2 of the Congress, representing both Dubai and Emaar with a
presentation on the Burj Dubai entitled 'A Vision for the World's
Tallest'. His Excellency will share the plenary platform with Adrian
Smith of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects (formerly of Skidmore
Owings and Merrill) and Bill Baker of Skidmore Owings and Merrill, thus
convening main Client, Architect and Structural Engineer for this
seminal session. |
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