As a part of the hype around residential towers – whether as upmarket property or as an intelligent, green high-rise – the discussion also circles ways to make this kind of living environment affordable for a large number of residents. Where residential towers are raised in top locations, rental and purchasing costs will, as a consequence, inevitably be high as well. On the other hand, the seemingly obvious alternative location at the city’s periphery is redolent of cardinal architectural sins such as plattenbau (industrialised apartment blocks of the GDR) and satellite towns. Read more
