How Glass Skyscrapers Conquered Our Cities - Cheddar Explains

[@newginslab6993]

I miss the Art Deco style of sky scrapers. Yeah glass is cool and all but when every new building is glass it starts to become boring.

[@dobitastic0439]

I never thought anyone actually like how all glass skyscrapers look

[@lovelycity1504]

@@dobitastic0439 They look cool at first, especially when looking at them from far away but after a while the designs get really repetitive.

[@fluffysharkdatazz9460]

Fartbig Smelly i really like Seattle style. It’s dark, black, and sometimes they add these colored streams to them. There’s also a mirror building there that tripped me out. I had no idea it was there until i moved my eyes because its shape bends the light to not focus or look shiny like chrome, but just enough to giver that illusion of real color. But had i not seen that city i probably would consider glass to be boring, and had i not seen cities outside of Seattle the only glass buildings i would see were theirs and also consider it boring. I think Singapore is doing a good job at using its glass while also making nature part of it and making it less about the aesthetic and more so a compliment. But they are transferring to wood skyscrapers anyway. Maybe one day we can look at Singapores modern architecture and consider it influential and get out of this glass addiction.

[@graham1034]

@Jakonate I worked in a 100+ year old art deco "skyscraper" (17 stories) in Vancouver and while the building is beautiful (e.g. had a marble faced stairway that wrapped around the central elevators) it wasn't the best place to work. I had a desk right beside a window and even then the natural lighting wasn't great. Constant maintenance to keep it from falling apart, tIny elevators, etc. So while it's a great looking building, it isn't practical.

[@NatureShy]

FluffyShark Datazz I agree. I’m from Portland, but I’ve always recognized how beautiful Seattle’s skyline is. It has no doubt the most beautiful skyline in the entire USA, and that isn’t even taking into account the natural beauty (mountains, volcanoes, and water) around it, or the Space Needle adding that unique recognizable feature.

[@latrace1986]

"The father of the skyscraper" referred to Louis Sullivan, the architect, not the building itself

[@josiahzimmer3128]

That building is in St. Louis, MO

[@WuvPain]

Lol

[@WuvPain]

I thought the building had children

[@imnotbase]

Would’ve been cooler if it was the name of the building

[@BigCroca]

Frankenstein is the scientist not the monster

[@Masood1810]

The London incident where the car melted was due to the shape of the building, not necessarily due to the glass facade. It still has the glass facade even now, but don't melt objects as they've realigned the panels to not concentrate the sun's rays. There is new glass technology that allows to control amount of heating in a building. Heating can also be controlled with good design in ventilation, shadowing, etc. Regular masonry buildings heat up too and release the heat lateron in the night contributing to the heating effect. Here the primary focus was on AC systems using energy. Tall buildings that's aren't made of glass use the same too. Rather than banning glass, each building, based on its size and type of use should be given a target of energy use in pre design phase. Let the owner, architects and engineers design on the material. Don't enforce stupid views.

[@deus_ex_machina_]

Well argued. I agree that regulation should aim to set forth targets of performance and safety and prevent negative externalities rather that prescribe how those targets are to be met.

[@benjaminkho5744]

I actually agree to this argument.

[@planefan082]

New tech like “dimmable glass” should be used too.

[@makatron]

Completely agree mate, focus on the target consumption and let the design team take whichever direction works for them.

[@Enafa666]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[@charleslombard4432]

I am surprised aesthetic appeal is barely mentioned. Madame Halsband briefly mentions aesthetics but dismisses bricks without real argumentation. Having a good looking building that inspires the people that walk, work, and live around them is one of the most important aspects of architecture.

[@campkira]

i prefer some green... glass just too 90's// which all those guy come from...

[@bana454]

Skyscrapers and the appeal is the only reason why i wanna move to a city

[@ritwikreddy5670]

Making a building look good is gping to make it expensive, and investors are not going to like it.

[@charleslombard4432]

​@@ritwikreddy5670 I wonder how they managed to make such beautiful buildings pre WW2 while staying profitable.

[@ritwikreddy5670]

@@charleslombard4432 because before the modern industrial production made glass skyscrapers cheaper, everything was expensive and skyscrapers were seen as pride of the country as opposed to cramping large office spaces in small plots and People didn't expect them to be profitable just by commercial space but by a luxury factor, they were statements of wealth kinda like Rolls Royce and people were willing to pay the premium to buy a part of them.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Pyramid skyscrapers is the way, I have spoken. I mean you just can’t beat the Ryugyong

[@aoaoaaoaoao889]

Kim Jong-un agreed

[@glebsokolov9959]

Kim Jong-un just ignore those western propaganda idiots

[@Scaro.s]

Kim Jong-un can’t wait till the insides actually completed

[@Sk0lzky]

Tbh dude's right. I really like the idea of stepped pyramids with "floating garden" type parks and stuff like that on every level with all the stores and whatnot inside. If you have to take up space and cover the sun at least give people an ability to rest in a place where you can actually see the sky...

[@kshitijtiwari3426]

I find you under every video I watch Kimmy boy

[@wintrparkgrl]

"no-one builds with brick anymore" :(

[@jana31415]

No

[@quizzicalgaming4925]

There are plenty of brick buildings still being built, but they’ll typically be residential or commercial (small stores), not skyscrapers anymore.

[@timbehrens9678]

Too expensive for any large scale construction. Wasn't a big problem in the past when manual labor was cheap and abundant.

[@alaedine2172]

We build :')

[@wolfy1987]

That infuriated me. I love brick, and most people like brick. They might be getting away from less environmentally friendly buildings, but good Lord they still need to improve the appearance of these buildings.

[@lambda6564]

Maybe just change the architectural style of the towers then. We already had neo-classicist and art deco skyscrapers. They had ornamentation, wich made them prettier anyways. Just having a blank glass box is not really an enjoyable envivroment anyways.

[@Sk0lzky]

This. The problem is that they're not meant to be enjoyable for us common folk down here. It's for the people that get corner offices so big they can make miniature jungles inside. Also why are hanging gardens still not a basic concern of architects, I'm far from an ecoterrorist but plants just make everything so much better

[@sanjaymatsuda4504]

@@Sk0lzky Plants attract bugs, bugs attract wildlife, wildlife poops all over the place and transmits disease and gets stuck in the least convenient crevices. Gardening above ground level is kind of expensive.

[@thekoalakingdomshow6319]

@@sanjaymatsuda4504 is there no parks, lawns, trees, and green areas in your city? No one catches diseases from plants or...bees i guess? That plants attract to them. And the most common wild life is angry geese and ducks.

[@Ahzealion]

@Lambda I'm from seattle, and some of the new amazon HQ sky scrapers down here have these colorful decorations on the side of each glass panel that combined the pretty reflective glass create a super cool look. I'd recommend checking some of it out on good maps. (Specifically areound the amazon spheres in seattle)

[@Sk0lzky]

@@sanjaymatsuda4504 we have elevators now

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

0:12 - The worst part is that the architect, Rafael Viñoly had created the exact same concave-mirror-torch problem six years earlier with the Vdara in Las Vegas. He learned nothing. 🤦 I'm amazed anyone still hires him. 😒

[@donnk]

not to mention the building looks ugly AF....

[@pedroSilesia]

bullshit. It is well documented that Vinoly said that his design was so many times changed by the developer he stated this is not his design anymore. I was in Walkie Talkie multiple times it is a great building with massive garden and viewing platform but obviously with some design problems.

[@JohnMoseley]

@@pedroSilesia It's widely loathed, though, so Vinoly could possibly just be trying to cover his arse, poor bastard.

[@MatthewCaban]

That's what I thought of when hearing that. Think it comes down to more of the design and utilizing new solutions rather than dictating building materials. Promote the goal not how to achieve it

[@maugustyniak]

He must have a winning, sunny dispostion.

[@Otter-Destruction]

Definitely love the new trend in NYC, these class buildings are so boring on the skyline, they're just blue and with a couple of LEDs and the architects think it looks appealing. The new copper and stone buildings are much better in terms of aesthetic appeal. It returns us back to the good ol' days of Art Deco.

[@joseg.castillo1273]

As an architecture student, they have thought us about how inefficient glass facades are IDK why people keep building glass skyscrapers. Edit: There are ways to shade the glass. So it’s more efficient in terms of lighting and thermodynamics. So don’t get all upset at my comment. I guess I should clarify that there is also ways to insulate the glass and ways of creating thermal breaks to avoid thermal bridges in the facade. The problem is that the demand is too low therefore the production of such design elements is expensive. Anyone with credentials, feel free to clarify or disprove my point.

[@andyb2339]

I'm moving to a big city soon and one of the benefits I see is maximizing light when only a small fraction of your wall space is facing the exterior. In my current apartment I have windows in 3 directions, but in a large apartment complex only 1 wall faces outward. This can cause units to feel dark and restricted. I do see the benefits of lower glass use though. At my work we frequently obscure our beautiful view with curtains due to excessive sunlight.

[@kazedcat]

Glass is cheap. It is strong fireproof material that is heavily mass produce. Also installing large glass panels is very fast and easy. So really if not glass constructors will just switch to large metal panels or plywood. Imagine a tall skyscraper clad in plywood.

[@livethefuture2492]

the Burj khalifa is glass. so clearly glass has something to it...

[@augustovasconcellos7173]

Because glass is cheap and building with anything other than glass is seen as "pastiching" older styles, which is a big no-no in the architectural world

[@limeyprat]

@@livethefuture2492 Still an ugly building.

[@macprice777]

Them pesky deadly killscrapers.

[@lordraj365]

😂😂

[@michaelesposito2629]

Eh. They are only deadly if you’re alive

[@israelmendoza4435]

Bruh

[@SirLucian]

Glass buildings have temperature problems. Yo have you ever heard of greenhouse?

[@lynxb8300]

you know how green house works?

[@palody_en-ja]

Yeah, it gets crazy hot. They should call it the greenhouse problem, or effect, something like that

[@ruoyan9863]

Greenhouse effect is something else it’s basic climate change and global warming basically how it’s happening so yeah Free info here!

[@michaelkelly7379]

@@ruoyan9863 Your attempt to sound intellectually superior without even taking a moment to google and realize that a green house is an actual (common) thing is pretty hilarious.

[@ncuco]

@@michaelkelly7379 was gonna say exactly this. Didn't know people weren't aware of what a greenhouse is. And that it is called greenhouse effect because... Of greenhouses 🤔*mindblown*? lol

[@Chrischi4598]

My precious.... : me while I play cities Skylines and now fear for my glass and lights skyline

[@weareorigin]

Get the don't melt my car mod. I love building a city of endless skyscrapers 🤣

[@chickeninabox]

More IT Districts!

[@alexevert5457]

As someone who works for a glassmaking company, I don't like this.

[@JonJon-du9ne]

Get a job fixing belt buckles

[@jheanelltabana8713]

The window washers too I bet. But the buildings will still have windows for you guys.

[@leogobbi10]

I heard that when the IBM building in Rio de Janeiro was been finished a few years ago, they’ve installed the glass facade before the a/c system, and the result was that the workers couldn’t work anymore because of the temperature inside it

[@timpauwels3734]

When high rise building started in the Netherlands (outside Rotterdam, which already had a lot of towers) some 15 years ago, many were built with brick facades. Recently I have even seen some new taller buildings being built in a style reminiscent of 1890s/1900s American high rise. Brick is not out of fashion everywhere! Then again, in the Netherlands even the roads are brick...

[@xavierdomenico]

Yes I’m happy because traditional architecture is becoming more in demand

[@anthonydelfino6171]

The problem with the skyscraper you talked about in London isn't that it's glass. It's that it was made of a reflective material and has a bowed surface that is able to concentrate the light it reflects, similar to a magnifying glass. If the building had flat sides, as the vast majority of skycrapers do, then the melting car would not have happened.

[@mermaidman7069]

Today: glass is bad, wood is good and eco friendly plus brick is old fashion. 40 years later: Reports coming in of massive fires from many skyscrapers and invasions of cockroaches dubbed by many as "office roaches".

[@r3d0c]

those wood panels for construction are treated for fire, they might even be more resistant to fire damage than steel; the people who build those buildings are much smarter than the common moron on youtube and much more aware of the challenges that face them

[@mermaidman7069]

@@r3d0c right, like they predicted glass would reflect sun heat and cost a ton to keep buildings cool?

[@andyb2339]

@@r3d0c I talked to an expert lumber dealer once and they mentioned rot as another potential problem with CLT construction. I think wooden skyscrapers would be awesome but they are still experimental.

[@andyb2339]

@@mermaidman7069 It's fascinating to see how these technologies shift in hindsight! I'm excited by massive wooden construction but applaud your skepticism :)

[@fjellyo3261]

They should put greenery on the roof and façade.

[@MythicalFable]

Did anyone notice at 5:58 the dude was about to stab his cooler?

[@EllTheBob]

Aditl they were just cooling their knife off!

[@user-vl8bv5jt9m]

Or breaking ice

[@MichaelRockfez]

Cold-blooded murder

[@oiltoast3723]

@@MichaelRockfez Ice hearted.

[@shiva_689]

Lmao

[@breakingborders]

That’s why I love my brick building. Don’t have heating or AC. The brick keeps my place nice all year :)

[@njott1021]

Yeaaa climate is an enormous part of that, not just the brick..

[@jiujitsuboxer]

My first home was brick and it was drafty as hell.

[@breakingborders]

Weather plays a big part, of course, but I bet most buildings in my city have climate control.

[@KarimElhoussami]

@Phillipenis Barbalooch Same here in London

[@jamesharden3timedpoy466]

I live in a brick house in Houston and no you need a AC if you want to survive

[@oberonoberon9288]

I remember when glass was tauthe as Eco-friendly. Because huge glass front + insolation => huge reduction in heating costs. (which was the largest concern back then) Ideally (at least when i learned mechanical engineering/building) you want is a window that lets in as much sun as possible during the winter, and less during summer. A static approach for this is an overhang (since the suns path is lower during the winter.), dynamic are movable blinds.

[@Alimanggo]

0:00 never have i seen a map so detailed yet simple

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

The ban on all glass skyscrapers also killed the super skinny skyscrapers as a result. Also I imagine any new buildings currently under construction can finish with their all glass design. But not new buildings.

[@benjaminkho5744]

I know helping the environment is a Important but I think people are slowly forgetting that asthetics is a major part of a building , nice looking buildings are motivating for people and really shows the amazing engineering of humans.

[@uniqhnd23]

Just put some curtains on them Edit: Oh wow they actually do that haha

[@davejohn3600]

I used to work making eye glasses. I wonder if any of the technology used in that industry would help? Transition, UV, and AR coating for example. I know AR coating was expensive for glasses though. I have seen someone made windows that have adjustable tinting by remote.

[@AnthonyBrusca]

I bet it would but seeing the price of those technologies on small eyeglasses makes me cringe at what the price would be on large skyscrapers

[@davejohn3600]

@@AnthonyBrusca Possibly but I used to do AR coating. A lot of it got waisted because you were doing a bunch of little lenses. Large sheets would be cheaper per volume at least.

[@AnthonyBrusca]

@@davejohn3600 I'm sure there could be more crude coatings that can be scaled.

[@Bob_Lob_Law]

The adjustable electronic tinting will save incredible amounts of energy, however it is currently still prohibitively expensive.

[@livethefuture2492]

i'm pretty sure glass panes are designed to be reflective and already have that coating.

[@Mister__Jey]

You could replace roughly every second glass element with a solar panel. That would not only look very cool, it would also produce energy and thus of course prevent the buildings from heating up so extremely

[@thegalacticgalaxy2078]

One of the reasons I like Europe so much is because most of their cities aren’t steel/glass mazes

[@10gamer64]

yes

[@konradklukowski1009]

I disagree. Most cities in Europe are old,ugly and braking down. For example In Warsaw most stuff is old and gross, whit occasional Skyscraper or good looking apartment buildings. Stone and brick are outdated and are not the way to go

[@thegalacticgalaxy2078]

Sirscorpiok20 fair enough I guess. I was referring more to Western Europe though

[@andresvillanueva5421]

@@konradklukowski1009 Western European architecture looks beautiful.

[@greaterbritannia5745]

Where I live we have a skyscraper and since construction started, 2 glass panels have fallen off You get hit on the head by one of them and u ded

[@thomasbarlow4223]

Thats pretty scary

[@greaterbritannia5745]

Each panel is between 5-10 inches thick

[@livethefuture2492]

yeah like brick and wood buildings would protect you...

[@chrisjohn95]

those new Wood Skyscrapers makes me think about Minecraft Griefing by Flint and Steel

[@startrek0336]

Wood is actually more resistent to fire than steel at a certain degree.

[@anbuvelsankar]

After 3 years News channels: Amazon forest disappeared

[@nathanjohnpalaogaming4872]

@@anbuvelsankar no-

[@Mae_Dastardly]

@@anbuvelsankar amazon isnt bein deforested for lumber ya silly goose its getting cleared for farmland. Most wood in construction is plantation pine.

[@anbuvelsankar]

@@Mae_Dastardly have you ever heard about joke?

[@luisescamadonhamue4117]

I didnt know there was sunshine in london

[@deus_ex_machina_]

The architect didn't know either. That's why he designed a parabolic mirror /s

[@thatmarchingarrow]

There is, but only if you don't want it to be there

[@brooke8362]

The best skyscrapers have plants growing on the sides though, you can’t tell me that doesn’t look sick

[@augustsiverskog2458]

That is noice👌

[@adiabd1]

It has its own drawbacks, especially the water distribution and growth control

[@martaborkowska8168]

And brings the temperatures down! Vertical gardens are actually a great AC system!

[@sanjaymatsuda4504]

@@martaborkowska8168 Plants have a cooling effect if you live directly underneath them, however the effect is not scalable to skyscrapers: if you want the shade to do most of the cooling, you have to completely cover the south-, east- and west-facing sides of the building with plants. That can get expensive. Then you have to deal with the moisture problem: the evaporation gives you air that is slightly cooler than ambient, but full of water, and that's no good for electronics, perishable goods, paper, metal, basically anything except plants and earthware. So maybe you dehumidify the air: then it's air conditioning with extra steps, extra bugs, and a lot more bird poop and dead rats.

[@neenimee]

Yes! I'd have loved some info on garden opportunities, especially using the "glassier" parts for growing edible vegetables. Also, I heard a while back about solar conversing glass panels that are still see through, but otherwise work as normal solar panels.

[@sohopedeco]

I know there are always suicide concerns, but I find it so much more pleasant to have a window I can open wide.

[@leeriches8841]

Totally. I used to live on 14th floor of a residential tower and I would have felt so claustrophobic without being able to open the windows. All the hallways had locked windows though.

[@juanalbichu]

Cheddar has taken 2021 by storm

[@phillylove7290]

Architect- look at my wood skyscraper, it's renewable!!! *Surrounding glass sky scrapers reflect super ray's onto wood....

[@sadiqahmed4143]

Wood skyscraper = ahh I am burning Glass skyscraper= sorry it's. Just my body

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

A fried egg turns it into an eggscellent street

[@aoaoaaoaoao889]

ur a Cuban American

[@zaidshah3467]

@truck-king 78 wut

[@theenzoferrari458]

Newegg is that you?

[@theenzoferrari458]

@truck-king 78 buh?

[@kxm7802]

Maria Rai same

[@RealMattHaney]

Can you please do a video on how much crowding skyscrapers add and the effect on people’s health (besides blocking out the sun) vs non-tall cities (ie European cities that were established before skyscrapers became a thing)?

[@elizabeth555johnson]

The narration (Antonella?) was outstanding! I appreciate you clear, non-affected delivery.

[@antonellacrescimbeni9315]

Thanks so much Elizabeth!!

[@Liusila]

I grew up in a small crappy town so I adore the glistening skyscraper skyline of central London. And wood for office space! I don't want to work in a matchbox from the 70s!

[@Justin.Martyr]

*Lots of Pretty, but dumb, but Nice Ladies come from small Crapy Towns!!!!*

[@iambestever]

Excellent content backed up with reputable sources and interviews to boot. Keep it up guys.

[@Saiyukimot]

2nd video in a row that is 10.01 long.......we notice.

[@hemangkeswani]

Maybe _you_ do...

[@vrantschesko1912]

Videos don't need to be over 10 Minutes for them to add additional ads anymore. It was changed to ~8Minutes a few weeks ago.

[@ville7213]

its hardly a bad thing, they get paid more. They need to pay the bills bro, you get free videos.

[@vrantschesko1912]

@Phillipenis Barbalooch .

[@ville7213]

@Phillipenis Barbalooch how so? I really don't get it. Unless they massively compromise the video I don't see why you would ever care. They make more money which possibly even helps them make more and better videos which you get to watch. It is unbelievable to me that people complain about this. Let's say they make the video 30 seconds longer than otherwise, who fucking cares? You are so entitled its tragic.

[@stafonvoncamron]

Glass can be energy efficient if its uv protected and double/triple pane.

[@GeographyWorld]

0:00 Why is Ireland there? We are a free, independent country.

[@AndrewGeierMelons]

I don't know, but I think it looks better unified.... And people just really aren't ready for a UK without Ireland to make GB look less ugly

[@jadenmolloy4830]

Noone said you're not. It was just talking about London... what was the point of including anything beside London? To make it look pretty I guess. I cant imagine this channel was trying to make any geopolitical statements on the independence of certain countries... I think you're just looking for something to get wound up about.

[@kamX-rz4uy]

British Isles, not the UK.

[@gempai-o5u]

kam2244 X the term British Isles is not recognised in Ireland

[@genghisthegreat2034]

It's a bloody cheek to include Ireland 🇮🇪 in your map. Separate, sovereign country where high rise glass fronted construction is not a factor, at all.

[@1joshjosh1]

I live in Calgary where we have many skyscrapers in comparison to our population. Every building in the last 10 years has been boring glass. They used to use things like granite and stuff but that's too expensive.

[@lgdsyugdsfhj4280]

One thing they forgot to mention. Even with all of the improvements in glass. The best window is worst than a Code minimum wall for insulating a building. 40% glass should be the most amount of glass in a typical office building. When you go past that everyone sitting near the window is uncomfortable, even with the oversized HVAC system to handle all of that glass. I'd recommend 30% glass for walls. plenty of views, daylight, and comfort.

[@MrBibi86]

*I couldn't live without aircon in the summer here in Australia*

[@EBProductions]

Glass skyscrapers are a thorn in everyones eye. We should go back to actual beautifull architecture

[@molly.dog8brooke792]

Yeah, recreate the old buildings with statues and decorations around the edges. Grand and breath taking. Go back to stone or brick for houses and smaller buildings. In my area there’s a mix of modern houses mixed with houses made out of old local stone. The stone buildings are beautiful and fit into the landscape much better. In cities, brick may work better, but it would still look nice.

[@LEFT4BASS]

I don’t mind them aesthetically. I just wish there was more variety.

[@UltimateAlgorithm]

Glass looks lean and clean. Old architecture feels bulky and oppressive. Although you need combination of these to make a city that feels vibrant.

[@livethefuture2492]

i think the Burj Khalifa looks rather impressive! ;)

[@jensenraylight8011]

Glass skyscrapper is so yesterday, let's build a skyscrapper using lego

[@sonarmik1230]

Eh can’t wait for there to be a full wooden buildings

[@Mike-739]

Yea, same (But seriously, imagine how weak it would be)

[@Lopaaz]

@@Mike-739 9/11 attacks planned intensives

[@Sk0lzky]

Meanwhile in bamboo composite manufacturers' board meetings: See this man on youtube? Find him. Protect him. Pay for his architecture studies. We cannot fail.

[@Mike-739]

RealEdibleOnion compared to for example steel buildings

[@sanjaymatsuda4504]

@@Mike-739 Look up cross-laminated timber. It's fire retardant even before any treatment, it captures carbon rather than releasing it, and it's stronger than concrete by weight.

[@RedheadLady]

They really didn’t think about the placement of some of them. The shard is the one that kills me. Placed right over a terminal London train station. A giant sun reflector which does blind train drivers heading into the station. It’s not like it’s only at certain angles. It’s a straight run towards the shard. I do like the light show they do at the top of it in the night every now and then.

[@chump3947]

Architects always seem to be 20 years behind the times. It's 2020 and 99% of architects can't even design a cost affective house, that doesn't require airconditioning. Can I have a piece of paper and a structural engineer?

[@agisler87]

I'm not sure architects are to blame but the people paying to have the buildings designed and built. New houses are built to be cheapest as possible rather than energy efficient. They are more energy efficient than 30+ year old houses but can still be improved a lot. IMO we would be better having houses cost $30k - $50k more to have high energy efficiency than pushing solar on every new roof.

[@petrapewpew]

Funny you say that, I'm going to architecture school to do exactly this. Time for a rehaul of our buildings and communities

[@Joesolo13]

Engineers and Architects can do that easily The problem is, people want what they want, and they often want things that aren't efficient.

[@AUTISTICLYCAN]

I LOVE GLASS SKYSCRAPERS PERIOD... NO REMORSE!

[@gamer14832]

I work in the window industry and I think banning glass skyscrapers is a bad idea. This totally ignores the innovations that have taken place in the glazing industry to make windows vastly more efficient. I would not doubt that in 20 years we will be building with glass again using a technology that already exists, but is currently too expensive to be economically viable--Vacuum insulated glass. Vacuum insulated glass is when you have two pieces of glass with a void in the middle that would normally contain air, but instead contains literally nothing (vacuum). This type of glass is extremely energy efficient and if you combine that technology with coatings that already exist, you can reduce the heating and cooling requirements for an all glass building dramatically. So to circle back to my original point, it's kind of silly to ban the use of a particular type of building material, just raise the bar for the energy efficiency that you require to meet NYC building codes.

[@asdkotable]

My favorite building in the city of Montreal is the Sun Life Building, which has a white stone facade. Glass towers can be beautiful, but we can't go wrong with some variety in materials and design.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

I appreciate the Jurassic Park reference behind Mark Chambers.

[@gidlesbird7820]

Reaching for 10 mins arnt we

[@gman83090]

We are lucky because in Victoria we’ve got the first environmentally friendly shopping centre it’s called the Burwood brickworks and it’s all environmentally friendly

[@JRodizAwesome]

Hear me out... You can have your glass curtain wall skyscrapers, just cover them in cool parametric facades to provide both shade and aesthetic appeal.

[@rerun3283]

I liked the hand gestures in front of the little model. I've never seen that in 20 years of designing buildings.

[@olbradley]

Remind me, what happened last time a large city (Chicago) decided to make all of its infrastructure out of wood?

[@keeganharris186]

Yeah but the Chicago fire was a special case. I mean today you don’t see news of every large town in America burning down. Today we have better fire departments and the materials are treated to be fire resistant.

[@swagwanpiffting8796]

Don't forget about half of London burning

[@BeefyWalrus]

Cross laminated timber is specially treated to be mostly fire resistant. Supposedly, the worst that will happen during a fire is it will char and lose a little bit of weight, but that is about it. Research has found that CLT is just as if not more resistant to seismic activity than steel and, because it's wood, it absorbs CO2 like (similarly to trees), which can actually help the environment. It is no longer a question of "if" as much as it is a question of "when" CLT will become popular.

[@pedroSilesia]

Few points raised here are very very stretched and data manipulated. 1. Walkie Talkie melted that car not because of the glass but because of the design of the building's south side. 2. Glass cladding that is used in all skyscrapers is very energy efficient and well insulates interior of the building from heat or cold. 3. Acs unit is increasing because number of new buildings around the world increasing not because buildings are getting warmer.

[@fundanitin6900]

Somehow I believe- new innovations like - Solar Glass and new ways to produce green energy is more viable and practical solution than just doing politics on it and doing nothing solid . 🙏

[@sbernhard83]

You should do more research about building science. The reason your house stays a fairly consistent temperature is mostly due to air sealing and insulation, both things that have been improving over time by changing the building codes. It’s not politics, it’s science. There are decades of improvements to building science that could be better applied to sky scrapers. It doesn’t require some future invention like “solar glass”.

[@stormysamreen7062]

6:43 But the main problem with wood is deforestation. Building a whole skyscraper, even one, will require thousands of acres of forest to be cleared, and that will surely be a more significant hit to the ecosystem than any amount of glass.

[@JuanCarlosNeria]

Not really, look up for CLT, it’s laminated timber made with 3 year old farmed trees, quite promising.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

@@JuanCarlosNeria That means its pine aka crap wood. Want to know the trees that always fall over in my neighborhood? Pine. Want to know the trees that constantly catch fire in the west? Pine again. So unless you want skyscrapers falling over or catching fire we will still need concrete and steel

[@michaelr1286]

Also, glass buildings kill tens of thousands of birds every year.

[@lucasvanvuuren5619]

you mean they destroy tens of thousands of government surveillance drones every year.

[@akoiya6300]

Too much Windex

[@tanveer3384]

Give reference

[@michaelr1286]

@@tanveer3384 Hi, try this link. www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/07/how-many-birds-killed-by-skyscrapers-american-cities-report

[@michaelr1286]

@@tanveer3384can also Google "glass buildings kill birds" for lots of articles about it.

[@fififinance7469]

Newbie to YT. Instructional videos are so helpful and informative when there is so much to learn. Thank you!👍👍

[@djchinchula]

Hmmm Y don’t engineers and scientists make solar glass so glass skyscrapers scrapers instead of reflecting the sun we absorb its energy it will benefit ALOT

[@wilsoncg]

You should do a follow up video on the Bloomberg building in London, it has some interesting features which use natural airflow to reduce energy consumption for AC. The downside however is that these custom features required specialized materials to be produced offsite, some argue that the raw materials (stone & bronze) greatly increase the carbon footprint of the building due to production and transport.

[@cheungch1990]

"YOU DIDN'T SAY THE MAGIC WORD!"

[@fjellyo3261]

China?

[@hermask815]

Please!

[@AJ-xm4xc]

Build skyscraper with glass facade. Install blinds to block out sunlight. Install fluorescent lights because it’s too dark inside.

[@GeekyMedia]

"No one builds with bricks"... *New London Vernacular has entered the room*

[@yilmanbabilonia]

In some part of NYC there are no shadows anymore. The sun hits you from there back and the glass building hits you from the from... It sucks in the summer.

[@utubemally]

also, the average lifespan of a glass skyscraper is 30-50 years, so they are incredibly non-sustainable, unlike stone structures that last a millennium.

[@myreadingmapped]

This video is a great reason why commercial visibly transparent roller shade systems with computerized control provide high building and worker performance. The shades help reduce the size of the chiller needed to cool the building, reduce its fossil fuel consumption, reduce the solar heat build up on objects in the room, reduce the contrast problem on computer screens, increase personal comfort, reduce eye strain due to brightness and glare, and aide in worker productivity increases. All while allowing views of the outdoors and daylighting to impact the psychological aspects of the indoor working environment. Especially when those energy efficient dark green and blue glass systems allow as much light in as clear glass.

[@CZsWorld]

They obviously never saw The Dark Knight.

[@imcarlosjr4898]

CZsWorld ikr

[@alphaxion]

Leeds had a great glass-alternative tower built in 2008/2009 called Broadcasting Tower, even winning an award for its quality back in 2010. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting_Tower,_Leeds

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

looks fugly YUCK

[@wolfy1987]

Lol, still hideous though

[@Werbespanner]

YIKES

[@Chichi-sl2mq]

please educate me.....how does the use of wood ...as in wood ....(deforestation) become sustainable...............

[@keeganharris186]

Because you replant the forests

[@trinidad17]

Sustainable in that context just means that is in fashion for people that like to feel superior by pretending to care about the environment. Said that, wood is a 100% renewable resource. The problem is building a huge structure out of it that is destroying that parcel of land certainly pollution in of itself.

[@j-bird1778]

I like how frying an egg on the sidewalk is a novelty. That's possible in your car where I live.

[@AluminumOxide]

The WTC twin towers were mostly clad in metal : lots of glass was objected due to the architect’s fear of heights

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

I have a feeling there’s more to the story than that. The exterior walls of the World Trade Center were structural. Which makes them different than many buildings that employ a “curtainwall.“

[@ralphchery9967]

On 5:56 we can clearly see some 🇭🇹 Prestige beers and some séjourné Water bottles. But why blur them? Do you have a policy on not showing product brands in your videos

[@starwarfan8342]

Can we just replace all that glass with solar panels?

[@iwrotethis4712]

We need daylight

[@khagemann7462]

How about one pice glass and the next is a solar panel and repeat

[@rylpace]

Solar panels need to face the sun as directly as possible to be efficient, placing them vertical would be a waste of panels. On top of the less than ideal angle, Skyscrapers often shade each other, and at least 2 sides aren't facing the sun at all at any given time. Better off using those solar panels where they can more efficiently provide for the power needs of a glass structure

[@livethefuture2492]

there is research into solar glass. tesla's working on a solar roof.

[@lucasgog]

The actual first tower with a glass curtain is the Gustavo Capanema Palace (Ministry of Education and Health Building) from 1943 in Rio de Janeiro. Both projects are Niemeyer's with the collaboration of Le Corbusier.

[@Feynman981]

Then stop building identity-robbed hamster cages at all!

[@ritwikreddy5670]

Then be ready to pay more for the area.

[@Feynman981]

@@ritwikreddy5670 There is no area without hamster-cages anymore. They build them now even in the middle of most classy neighborhoods because some entities want to maximize their profits. What happens? Long building times annoy everyone around and the utterly ugly buildings drag down prices for all other houses around. Those get sold, more hamster cages get built. In the end, there's not that much of aesthetic quality of your surrounding left anymore. And green areas around those cages are built to be uncomfortable to avoid anyone using them extensively. High-pay tenants move out. Criminality starts to rise. The downward spiral keeps turning. Building anything is always a trade between taking (natural) space from the public and giving (artificial) space back. If you take beauty and give beauty, the deal is fair. Nowadays many just take beauty and don't give any in return because of incomplete profitability calculation on paper. That's cheating and unsustainable. Therefore banning hamster-cages is in some countries is already a thing to force builders to fulfill their part of the social contract. Take space and give something good and uplifting back. For a better living for everyone.

[@ritwikreddy5670]

@@Feynman981 wait until they replace glass with some opaque material and people will protest that the glass buildings were beautiful and new building are ugly. It's a cycle and nobody can satisfy everyone.

[@Feynman981]

@@ritwikreddy5670 Nobody really cries if governments tear down buildings from the Brutalistic era. But look what happens if they attempt the same to a Renaissance Building. In the end it's called taste. People have a natural instinct for aesthetitcs. Glas by the way is seen quite aesthetic from many because it reflects the sky and changes color. On the other hand those concrete-framed windows which look and feel like hamster cages are instantly hated by most because they violate all rules of aesthetics directly.

[@ritwikreddy5670]

@@Feynman981 from what I'm gathering, you want beautiful and expensive homes in the city. That's what they did in Hudson yards and people are calling it playground for the rich.

[@AB-qo2xq]

4:51 what building is this please? it looks spectacular

[@Werbespanner]

I think it's the London City Hall

[@nelhuiliztli2926]

I miss regionals architecture, styles that belongs to certain countries or places, they pop out more.

[@cactus3796]

actually the first building to use modern skyscraper technology was the *Oriel Chambers* building in the 1860's 1:23

[@tescomealdeals4613]

Lucky for you, Tesco won’t melt your car.

[@majkl4801]

penny market as well

[@tescomealdeals4613]

Don’t speak of such things

[@tescomealdeals4613]

They burn all cars

[@majkl4801]

i like hot dogs

[@frenchjr25]

The explosion in Lebanon shows how dangerous glass buildings can be. All that flying glass caused serious injuries, aside from the injuries caused by the explosion itself.

[@michaelarrington8629]

Triple pane glass can have an R value of 10. All I heard was a lot of anecdotal opinions, no figures.

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

For real, no discussion on spandrel, sunshades or other architectural options. I live in the Southwest where reducing cooling costs is imperative

[@camadams9149]

8:12 Sounds like you just need thin films on the glass instead of a ban. You can modify the thermal and optical properties of glass 7 ways to Sunday with films and chemical treatments. Just look at transition lenses. They go from clear to black based on sunlight

[@donotlike4anonymus594]

BTW Cheddar u might wanna checked about you're sub's i'm pretty sure I was subscribed before and now I'm not... KZbin often seems to unsubscribe me from "controversial" channels like China uncensored for example where I've been unsubscribed more then a few times ... I often watch videos lived out and then open my phone and like/....

[@tanveer3384]

Glass skyscraper made Western megacities amazing. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@didierpuzenat7280]

Bangladesh is very exposed to climate change, especially water level rising because of ice melting and oceans dilatation. And glass skyscrapers are definitively not helping.

[@tanveer3384]

@@didierpuzenat7280 True indeed. Climate change will make our life horrible, for instance, Today is April 27. Last year we got 5 rain at this time. This year there has none. Last year highest temperature was 36°C, this year 42°C. We can't imagine what our life will be within next 50 years. Bangladesh is at High risk. Pray for us brother

[@Peizxcv]

Come on, de Blasio is famous for flip-flopping and don't have real polices

[@lucasdomakoski]

This video looks like an ad for that idiot de Blasio

[@trinidad17]

He does have a policy, do whatever it favors him and his friends. It doesn't necessarily involve telling the truth, that's just your misunderstanding.

[@cosmo9925]

I think architecture has lost its heart, you can look back at all of the beautiful cities that were built back in the day and they seem so much more interesting. Think of the Art Deco style of NYC, or London or Paris in the 1800’s, Roman/Greek architecture, oriental architecture from a few centuries ago, Spanish architecture in Mexico, cathedrals and mosques all across Europe and the Middle East. What happened to culturally unique architecture? Everything looks samey now. You can go anywhere in the world that’s at least semi-developed and see a glass skyscraper. Architecture used to be a symbol of a country/culture’s achievements, and they were proud of it. I wish people went back to creating culturally unique buildings, gives a society something to be proud of.

[@TheGreatGopib]

Did this woman just say wood sky scraper I swear she finna be the exact one to pass out w the kettle on and bun te whole ting down

[@emedicao1503]

This topic has been on the table for many years now. And the tech is really advanced by now , but still has to go an extra mile.

[@BradThePitts]

Read up on Oakwood Tower in London.

[@mog7501]

I predict this video will be just informational enough to kinda explain the history of glass towers, but then poses a lot more questions regarding building glass towers that are left unanswered. Then the video will explain the current problem with them, but not clearly enough to see why we have to remove them, nor will we see good examples of solutions/ replacements to the glass towers. That's my experience with Cheddar currently

[@WalkerReddignton]

Also the more glass we use is the less sand we have to work with so we are probably use more sand to make glass that is actually made

[@sanjaymatsuda4504]

The world will never run out of sand (except the specific kind of sand needed to make concrete: that one is in fact running out already). There are whole deserts full of it, and weathering processes produce millions of tons more every other week. And at any rate, if it should run out, glass can be ground to make a very decent substitute for sand.

[@Cumulo9]

@@sanjaymatsuda4504 under socialism, even sand becomes scarce (Milton Friedman)

[@destructoau7526]

I completed an install an clean of a 200m 6 star green rated building 3 years ago. The sun facing curtain wall was 56mm thick DGU’s to repel the sun

[@TigerPrawn_]

5 seconds in and already they're mispronouncing things😂

[@crazy808ish]

Regional difference: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaguar Check how it's pronounced in the US vs the UK.

[@furfoxsake1175]

Congrats, your comment is the equivalent of Americans saying "centre" is "center" spelt wrong.

[@ewthmatth]

The word "jaguar" is borrowed from Spanish. The American pronunciation of "jaguar" is much closer to the Spanish pronunciation. (yes, I'm aware that the word originally came from an indigenous American language)

[@eugenetrollip751]

in South Africa, part of the design documentation to be submitted for building approval, are the energy efficiency calculations for fenestrations in the building.

[@FinancialShinanigan]

But they're so pretty~ lol