Linked Hybrid is a building complex built in Beijing

Beijing

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, China

China

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 designed by Steven Holl

Steven Holl

Steven Holl is an American architect and watercolorist, perhaps best known for the 1998 Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland, the 2003 Simmons Hall at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the celebrated 2007 Bloch Building addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City,...

 Architects. It was built from 2003 to 2009. Linked Hybrid consists of 644 apartments. It is recognized for its environmental design and uses geo-thermal wells for cooling and heating. Linked Hybrid has won several awards such as the Best Tall Building Overall Award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is an international body in the field of tall buildings and sustainable urban design...

in 2009.

Awards

• Popular Science Engineering Award for Largest Geothermal Housing Complex, USA, 2006
• AIA New York Chapter Sustainable Design Award, USA, 2008
• CTBUH 2009 Best Tall Building Overall and Asia & Australasia, USA
• CTBUH 2009 Best Tall Building Overall

External links

• Linked Hybrid on mapolis.com