Vienna Plans World's Tallest Wooden Skyscraper

#wooden #hoho #austria #vienna #skyscrapers #record #construction

When American engineer William Le Baron Jenney designed the world's first skyscraper in Chicago in 1884, no one believed in his unconventional technologies. But today swapping cement and steel for timber is the vision of a number of environmentally-m...

read more

Apple to Build Two Green Data Centers In Europe

#apple #datacenter #green #ireland #denmark #eco #technology

Apple just unveiled plans to build 100 percent renewable energy powered two data centers in Denmark and Ireland. Like all Apple data-centers, the new ones will run entirely clean, renewable energy sources. Constructed at a total cost of US$ 1.9 billi...

read more

Manhattan Ghost in China

#china #newyork #funny #economy

China is well established as the world capital of duplication, with everything from its own rendition of the Eiffel Tower to a mock Venice. But their mock Wall Street financial district, constructed at a cost of US$ 50 billion carries its own rather ...

read more

World's Largest Airport Passenger Terminal To Be Built In Beijing

#airport #china #beijing #record #transportation #construction

China currently boasts the world's largest building, could soon be home to the world's tallest pair of towers, and according to Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), we will soon be able to add an airport passenger terminal to the list. The firm has unveiled ...

read more

2014 Was a Record Year

#skyscrapers #record #construction #architecture

According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) annual report about skyscrapers construction all over the world, 2014 was a record year. The CTBUH has determined that 97 buildings of 200 meters' height or greater were completed a...

read more