This Breathing Office Building Makes You Feel Like You’re Outside

This Breathing Office Building Makes You Feel Like You’re Outside

PNC Bank’s new global HQ in Pittsburgh is going to be a skyscraper like no other--including the ability to open your windows and even take an outdoor walk, no matter what floor you’re on.

Sometimes, a skyscraper isn’t just a skyscraper. It’s a community gathering space, a building that offers respite from typical stale indoor office environments, a model of sustainability for others to follow, a breathing--but not living--entity. PNC Bank’s new 33-story global headquarters, set to be built in Pittsburgh, is that place.

Today’s "green" high rises can be placed in two categories, according to Hao Ko, a senior associate/design director at Gensler and the lead on the PNC project. They’re either bicycles that use onsite resources and are only as big as the site will allow, or they’re hybrid SUVs, basically just normative highrises that have fancy technology added to make them high-performing.

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