超高：世界上最高的建筑如何重塑我们的城市和生活[有声读物]

摩天大楼的全球繁荣——为什么现在会这样，它们是如何建造的，以及它们对城市和人们做了什么。我们生活在一个新的城市时代，它最具体的表现就是“超高”：比历史上任何一座都大得多、更高、更雄心勃勃的巨型建筑。在《超高层建筑》中，TED居民斯特凡·阿尔（Stefan Al）本人是一位经验丰富的建筑师，曾在世界上一些最大的建筑上工作过，他揭示了工程、设计和数据科学方面的进步，正是这些进步导致了这一全球热潮。
他以过去（帝国大厦、圣保罗大教堂、埃菲尔铁塔）和现在（迪拜哈利法塔、伦敦沙德大厦、上海大厦）为例，描述了最引人注目的摩天大楼是如何设计和建造的。他探索了在水泥、抗风、电梯设计和空调方面的巧妙技术创新，使最新的巨型结构成为现实。他还研究了财富不平等、碳排放和它们产生的传染风险，同时主张为每个人创造一个更可持续、更具弹性和更公平的建筑环境。
Supertall: How the World’s Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives [Audiobook]
The global boom in skyscrapers—why it’s happening now, how they’re made, and what they do to cities and people. We are living in a new urban age and its most tangible expression is the “supertall”: megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. In Supertall, TED Resident Stefan Al—himself an experienced architect who has worked on some of the largest buildings in the world—reveals the advancements in engineering, design, and data science that have led to this worldwide boom.
Using examples from the past (the Empire State Building, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower) and present (Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, London’s Shard, Shanghai Tower), he describes how the most remarkable skyscrapers have been designed and built. He explores the ingenious technological innovations—in cement, wind resistance, elevator design, and air-conditioning—that make the latest megastructures a reality. And he examines the risks of wealth inequality, carbon emissions, and contagion they yield while arguing for a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable built environment for everyone.

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