Google adds hotel sustainability info to search results, a biophilic skyscraper is completed in Singapore, and two Cornell professors push the boundaries of 3D-printed buildings. All that and more in this week’s Five on Friday.
Greenery-filled skyscraper rises in Singapore
Photo courtesy of BIG
The teams at Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Carlo Ratti Associati have completed a biophilic high-rise building in Singapore’s financial district. At more than 980 feet tall, the 51-story CapitaSpring is among the city’s tallest structures and it houses more than 80,000 plants—translating to more than 90,000 square feet of landscaped area. “Our design seeks to continue Singapore’s pioneering vertical urbanism with [this] tall, diverse neighborhood of places to work, live, and play inside as well as outside,” says BIG founding partner Bjarke Ingels….
