Foster + Partners reveals designs for Abu Dhabi World Trade Center, the principal building at Al Raha Beach. The design strategy is a highly specific response to the climate and topography of this dramatic coastal site and the building has evolved through a process of sophisticated environmental computer analysis. The resulting scheme provides shade while also admitting light; is cooled by a natural flow of air but is buffered against the strong desert wind; is asymmetrical and sculptural yet is environmentally and functionally coherent.
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image & passage from:
http://www.dezeen.com/2008/03/11/abu-dhabi-world-trade-center-by-foster-partners/
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