Design goodness huntersDezeengot this pictures of the 1,174 - feet - highSinosteel International Plazain Tianjin , China , designed by designer MAD - or just excited architects . The external white honeycomb social system , with huge hexagonal windowpane that deviate slightly in size , is not just for the pretty looks : it will keep up the whole construction without the need for any national social organization . And make it look like a Brobdingnagian wasp nest to me . From the inside , however , each room looks like a space station .
The variable size of it of the windows is not just to make the edifice more interesting . According to the architect , the practice was created to adapt to the wind and sun :
By mapping the dissimilar tune flow and solar direction across the site , we were able to position dissimilar sized windows consequently , minimizing passion loss in the winter and heat gain in the summertime .
The building - located in a larboard city one hr east of Beijing - will be complete in 2012 , include the enceinte power tower and the smaller one , which will be dedicated to a hotel . [ Dezeen ]
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