Up to the Sky (II)

Summary

This is architecture for the 21st century. The series "Up to the sky" presents the latest and most outstanding skyscrapers worldwide. Four new episodes featuring new towers in Tokyo, Seoul, Chicago and Munich. Never before have so many people lived in cities as in the beginning of the 21st century. In Asia, mega-cities with 10, 15 or even 20 million habitants keep growing. Anonymous highrise buildings dominate their skylines. In a world of rapid urbanization architecture is facing new challenges. But some architects are working on new concepts.Their buildings provide new ideas for the future and offer new solutions for living and working. In Seoul stands the Missing Matrix, a high-rise building with private gardens and bridges. In Tokyo the skyscraper has become a school, with class rooms at a height of 200 meters. The Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower is a vertical campus for 10,000 students. And since 2009 the Aqua has been causing a sen - sation in the Chicago skyline. Its façade seems to flow like waves from the nearby Lake Michigan, and balconies wrap all around the building.

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