Sky City: World's Tallest Tower To Break Ground In June

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As soon as 2014, the Burj Khalifa may no longer be the tallest building in the world. Sky City, a planned 220-story prefab tower in Changsha, China, will soon claim that title. According to Lloyd Alter at Treehugger, Broad Sustainable Building, the c...

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One World Trade Center Tops Out

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One World Trade Center in New York has become the world's third-tallest building after topping out at a height of 541 meters. A 124-meter steel spire was installed on May 10, pushing the skyscraper's height to 1776 feet - a number commemorating the y...

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Dubai Plans To Build City's Second Tallest Tower

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Dubai's Meydan Group will launch "Meydan Tower", a 111-storey high tower, in the next six weeks, reported the Emirates 24|7. The tower will be located close to Radisson Royal Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road.

"Meydan Tower" is the group's fir...

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World's Most Expensive Penthouse Will be Built In Monaco

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Monaco, a luxurious Mediterranean city-state renowned for being home to some of the world's wealthiest moguls, will soon boast the world's most expensive penthouse, a residence expected to fetch US$ 387 million when it goes on the market next year. T...

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Japan's Quiet Skyscraper-Demolition Technique Generates Energy

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Demolishing tall buildings is typically a loud and messy process that produces a lot of dust and not a lot of building materials that can be salvaged. But Japan's Taisei Corporation is pioneering a new technique that preserves building materials and ...

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