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ItemNo Preview AvailableAustralian Financial Review: Australia's old and new apartments fail heat stress testsJensen, C ( 2017-03-15)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableABC Radio: Building for comfort in the skyJensen, C ( 2017-04-15)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe Fifth Estate website article : Melbourne apartments pose health threat during heatwavesJensen, C ( 2017-03-13)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableNewspaper Article on Cool roofs : Industry partnership to grow next generation of architectsJensen, C ( 2014-03-10)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe Age Newspaper: Super-tall skyscrapers overshadow Shrine from 2km away: reportJensen, C ( 2014-11-20)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableABC 7:30 Report interview on OverheatingJensen, C (ABC, 2019-10-10)
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ItemAMPS Proceedings Series 7. Future Housing: Global Cities and Regional ProblemsDay, K (Architecture Media Politics Society, 2016)
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ItemThe Shanghai ParadoxDay, K ; Cairns, G (Architecture Media Politics Society, 2014)This paper outlines my ongoing research on the use of traditional symbolism and its utilisation in contemporary architecture of the Chinese global city. It specifically examines the landmark architecture of the Pudong, or the “new” Shanghai. Is there a contradiction in imagery when architects adopt traditional motifs in contemporary skyscraper architecture? Designs such as Cesar Pelli’s Petronas Towers (1994) in Kuala Lumpur use traditional Islamic patterns in the floor plans and façade detail. However, in the case of Shanghai, the three landmark buildings of the Pudong as shown in Figure 1; the Jin Mao Tower (1999), the Shanghai World Financial Centre (2008) and the Shanghai Tower (under construction at the time of writing), all reference fengshui and cosmology. The paradox in this case is that under law of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), geomancy, including fengshui and cosmological symbolism, is defined as a feudal superstition and its practice illegal.