China's Pre-Fab Skyscraper: Revolutionary or Mad? Two Architects Debate...

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The architecture world has been abuzz over news that aChinese construction company plans to build the world's tallest building— and to do it in just 90 daysusing a proprietary prefabrication technique.

Construction on the 838-meter highrise in Changsha, called Sky City One, is expected to begin this month.

After the project was announced, we reached out to Christian Sottile, the Dean of the School of Building Arts at the Savannah College of Art and Design,who gave us his takeon why the project is a terrible step for architecture and urban living.

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Cite: Julie Zeveloff, Business Insider. "China's Pre-Fab Skyscraper: Revolutionary or Mad? Two Architects Debate..." 18 Jun 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/389967/china-s-pre-fab-skyscraper-revolutionary-or-mad-two-architects-debate> ISSN 0719-8884

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