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There Are More Than 200 Stalled Skyscraper Projects Around The World
This post originally appeared at Curbed. First published in the Dutch design magazine Mark and named one of the nine most inspiring infographics in the world by Co.Design, the infographic below shows...
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Yesterday's Skyscraper Fire Has Everyone Worried That Moscow's Building Boom...
A spectacular blaze atop a tower that is to be Europe's tallest skyscraper lit up the Moscow sky like a giant matchstick Monday night, reigniting controversy over how rapidly – and perhaps carelessly...
View ArticleActually One World Trade Center May Not Be The Tallest Building In America
NEW YORK (AP) — One World Trade Center, the giant monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, will lay claim to the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper...
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PHOTOS: Beijing's Spectacular CCTV Building Is Finally Finished
China's controversial yet spectacular CCTV building has officially reached completion, the AP reports. It's been taken an incredible ten years of building, but the twisted tower is now at the center...
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MOVE OVER, BURJ: The Next Generation Of Skyscrapers Is Coming
Step aside, Burj Khalifa and Freedom Tower—the next generation of skyscrapers is coming and they're absolutely phenomenal. These are the 10 tallest proposed buildings in the world, according to the...
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The 'Skyscraper Index' Is Warning That The Global Economy Could Soon Collapse
We've discussed about how skyscraper construction can be used to predict imminent doom for the global economy. Originally conceived of by Barclays, the idea is that there's correlation between...
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Europe Has A New Tallest Tower—But Not For Long
LONDON (AP) — Europe's tallest building has been officially unveiled in London, but its tenure as the continent's highest skyscraper will be brief. The Shard, a 95-story tower which stands at 310...
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See Why Londoners Hate This Enormous New Skyscraper
London's enormous Shard newspaper finally opened today, and will be (if only for a short time) the tallest building in all of Europe. However, we'd like to put forward a new possible title — London's...
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The 10 Tallest Skyscrapers That Are Being Built Right Now
Architects around the world are reaching to infinity and beyond with new construction. Emporis, a database of construction projects, just released a list of the 10 tallest skyscrapers that are...
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What Streets Look Like From The Tops Of Skyscrapers
The views from the top floors of skyscrapers in cities like New York and Tokyo can be breathtaking and yet terrifying, especially if you are looking down. Photographer Navid Baraty has captured what...
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Someday We Could Build A Skyscraper Taller Than Mount Everest
The race is always on. Within the span of just two years, the world's tallest building was built three times in New York City – the 282.5-meter Bank of Manhattan in 1930, the 319-meter Chrysler...
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The 10 Tallest Skyscrapers In Europe
Europe is better known for its quaint villages than impressive skylines, but all that could be changing thanks to a burst in skyscraper production across the pond. Emporis, a database of construction...
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The Chinese Company That Plans To Build The World's Tallest Building In 90...
The Chinese construction company that vowed to build the world's tallest building in just 90 days, at a fraction of the cost of comparable skyscrapers, is a little behind schedule. In June, Broad...
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Frank Gehry's Undulating NYC Highrise Was Just Named The World's Best New...
Each year, the world's newest skyscrapers are pitted against each other for the Emporis Skyscraper Award.Chosen for its aesthetic and functional design by the team of editors from the construction...
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Architect Scales Back Design For The 'Death Spire' Above MoMA
The latest concept designs for the proposed tower above New York's Museum of Modern Art, called Torre Verre, have just been released.Originally designed to be 85 stories tall, the new version from...
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London's Controversial New Skyscraper May Have An Embarrassing Design Flaw
The Shard, briefly the tallest building in Europe at 1,016 feet tall, opened last year in London to pretty much universally negative reviews.Johnathan Jones, architecture critic at the Guardian, called...
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The Breathtaking View From The Top Of Dubai's Burj Khalifa
In honor of an upcoming photography contest, Dubai has released an interactive panorama of the view from the pinnacle of the Burj Khalifa, and it's absolutely breathtaking.While other builders are...
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See The View From The Tops Of The World's Tallest Skyscrapers
It seems like every year architects and engineers push boundaries and shatter records to erect the new tallest building.The Burj Khalifa was named the tallest building in the world in 2010 at 2,717...
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A Skyscraper Covered In Trees And Shrubs Is Rising In Milan
Forget London's monolithic new Shard, all eyes will surely be on the Bosco Verticale when it opens in Milan at the end of this year.The new skyscraper promises to bring a hectare of forest into the...
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The New Tallest Building In The Southern Hemisphere Will Rise In Melbourne
Melbourne will soon be home to the new tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere — Australia 108, a 388-meter, $622 million skyscraper that was green-lighted for construction last week by Victoria's...
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