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Are the buildings twisting? Shanghai Tower can.

The second tallest skyscraper in the world is located in Liuhiazui, Pudong, Shanghai and is known as the Shanghai Tower. 632 meters high and designed by Gensler, it started to be constructed at the en...

Architects Design Buildings that Cast no Shadow

A London-based architecture firm says it can eliminate the shadows that buildings cast over urban areas starved of sunlight. The firm devised a plan to build paired skyscrapers in such a way that sunl...

Kingdom Tower Elevators Provide a Challenge

According to project handlers the 1km-high Kingdom Tower, “has challenged mankind to outdo himself”! It is also the view of Dr. Hisham Jonah, chief development officer of Jeddah Economic City, whether...

57-Story Skyscraper Built in 19 days!

Broad Sustainable Building, a construction company in China, recently built a 57-floor, 2-million-square-foot skyscraper in just 19 days. That is an average of three floors per day. The building has 1...

United States Building Fewer Skyscrapers

The construction of an 1100-foot tall multi-use skyscraper is underway in downtown Los Angeles. At 2.1 million square feet and 73 stories tall the Wilshire Grand will be the tallest building west of t...

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Are the buildings twisting? Shanghai Tower can.

Architects Design Buildings that Cast no Shadow

Kingdom Tower Elevators Provide a Challenge

57-Story Skyscraper Built in 19 days!

United States Building Fewer Skyscrapers

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