The UK’s Most ‘Outstanding’ Green Building - Justin McGar

BREEAM is the world’s foremost environmental assessment method and rating system for buildings, with 200,000 buildings earning certified BREEAM assessment ratings and around a million registered for assessment since it was first launched in 1990. The largest commercial office in Manchester has now become the highest scoring BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ building in the UK with a score of 95.32 per cent. Designed by 3DReid, The Co-operative...

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Toronto Leading Western World in Tall Building Construction - Mark Schafer

Canada’s biggest city is getting even bigger, with a pace-setting number of skyscrapers set to join the city skyline. According to a Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) report dubbed “Canada Rising,” Toronto is leading the western world in terms of new buildings 150 metres or taller currently under construction. Toronto has 15 such buildings currently in the works. As of 2005, the city had only 13 buildings of 45 storeys...

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