Fall Lecture Series: Antony Wood
Fall Lecture Series: Antony Wood
“Vertical Regeneration: A Critical Analysis of Tall Buildings and Urban Density in the Role of Future Cities”
Partnership with CTBUH Philadelphia Chapter – Followed by a Panel Discussion
- Note: This is an in-person lecture (DEC Forum)
Keynote Speaker
Antony Wood, President, CTBUH
Panelists
Scott Erdy, Principal, Erdy McHenry Architecture
Tim Johnson, Partner, NBBJ
Elizabeth Larsen, Sustainability Engineer, BALA
Moderated by:
Dr. Peng Du, TJU CABE MUC Program Director
Preview
The rectilinear, air-conditioned, glass-skinned box is still the main template for the majority of tall buildings being developed around the world. Many of these boxes vary with how they meet both ground and sky, but they are part of a globalized expression. Against a backdrop of the large-scale homogenization of cities architecturally around the world, there are principles which, if adopted in skyscraper design, could result in tall buildings which are more appropriate to the place in which they are located — physically, environmentally, culturally, socially and economically. In doing so, a new vernacular for the skyscraper in each region of the world can be developed, to significant ecological, as well as social, benefit.
Keynote Speaker Bio
Dr. Antony Wood is President of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), responsible for leading the Council’s thought leadership, research, and academic initiatives. Prior to this, he was CTBUH chief executive officer, from 2006-2022. Wood is also a studio associate professor and director of the Masters in Tall Buildings and Vertical Urbanism program at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. A UK architect by training, with architectural practice experience in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and the UK, his field of specialization is thedesign, and in particular the sustainable design, of tall buildings.