• There were four steps in the approach to the Pearl River Tower's high-performance design: reduction, absorption, reclamation, and generation.
  • ‘The collaboration of Pearl River Tower Properties Co., Ltd., and SOM during these past seven years has been gratifying for us.
  • The Pearl River Tower's design enables it to funnel wind through four large wind turbines to generate up to 15 times more energy than regular freestanding turbines.
  • The Pearl River Tower is one of many tall buildings that have recently sprouted in Guangzhou's new business district.
  • Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou, China represents a new kind of building: a skyscraper formed to work symbiotically with the natural environment.
  • "Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)'s design for the 71-story-tall Pearl River Tower (PRT) in Guangzhou, China, was selected as the winner of a design...
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  • Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)’s design for the 71-story Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou, China, was selected in a 2005 competition.
  • The design of the Pearl River Tower is intended to minimise harm to the environment and it will extract energy from the natural and passive forces surrounding the...
  • Pearl River Tower’s reduced energy demand is achieved through its 309-meter high sculpted faces, which redirect wind to four openings at its mechanical floors.