The Twin Towers (of Kazahkstan)

Posted by Big Gav in green buildings

Inhabitat's striking green building of the week is a yet another oil funded masterpiece in Almaty by Norman Foster - "Norman Foster’s Almaty Twin Towers in Kazakhstan". I'm sure Borat will love his new office.

The Foster Towers will have glass facades with the firm’s signature diagrid pattern (similar to London’s Gherkin and the Hearst Tower in New York City.) The top of the towers will feature roof gardens where the workers will be able to relax, and the base will incorporate a glass topped canopy with pedestrian walkways connecting the two towers. The development will be located right near the heart of Almaty Financial District. Right now, we can’t find out much architectural detail about the structures, but knowing Foster’s penchant for high-tech environmental systems, we wouldn’t be surprised to find out that green building techniques are well incorporated into the Almaty Towers design. We look forward to finding out more about this eye-catching design proposal.

2 comments

Hanley Tucks says 7:55 PM

They'd get a wicked wind tunnel effect between those buildings. They should align them to the prevailing winds and chuck turbines there, they could get a few megawatts.

I mean, they're going to have to engineer it to account for wind effects anyway, may as well make use of it.

Big Gav says 8:42 PM

Yeah - some of the buildings in my "Bright Green and Dark Green Buildings" mega-post have inbuilt wind towers - its the way to go.