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Desert-smart towers carry their own sunscreen

Andrew Henderson/The National The new Aedas-designed towers of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council have adapted traditional Arabic building techniques the 21st century with their dynamic, solar-responsive...

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Is cheap energy the enemy of good architecture?

When it is finished this summer, The Shard, a 66-storey office block next to London Bridge station, will be the tallest building in Europe however, if Ken Shuttleworth is to be believed, it will also...

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Hot town, summer in the city

Nick Leech investigates a curious but very serious phenomenon: the urban heat island effect What could be hotter than the desert? A city in the desert. And what could be even hotter than a city in the...

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