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Friday, August 10, 2012

[Guest Post] Are "City Buildings" the Future of Human Living Space?

Futuristic city building
Courtesy: www.sxc.hu

For the best part of the last 30 years, super tall skyscraper “city buildings” have been envisioned and even fully planned and designed by many organisations the world over. Although none of these have yet to fully come to fruition in terms of housing permanent residents, whose every need can be met within one building – in theory meaning they would never have to leave the construction – there are a number of multi-use skyscrapers around the world that indicate what we can expect if such a building is ever built.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of such buildings, and will the increasing global population reach a point where such constructions are necessary to avoid global overcrowding?