CTBUH: are tall buildings the answer? London, UK, 11-13 June 2013

摘要

The City of London has been at the center of the debate on "tall versus historic " over the past two decades, as witnessed by a number of now-evocative words; Gherkin, St. Paul's, Cheesegrater, Walkie-Talkie. But before it got underway of the CTBUH International Congress, Council for Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat Executive Director Antony Wood cited a few evocative words of one of Britain's most famous citizens and architectural observers. His Royal Highness Prince Charles had addressed the last CTBUH conference in London, in 2001, before the current burst of tower design and construction. Wood regaled the audience with Charles' cutting words for the progenitors of "commercial macho turned into adolescent fantasy," but acknowledged that the Prince had a point when he pleaded with developers and city planners to place "buildings with then-heads in the clouds" firmly with "their feet on the ground." "Are tall buildings the answer?" Wood asked. "Is Prince Charles' message then as relevant as it is now?"