Just to try to put the monumental structure in context, note the comparison below: from left to right: the Burj Dubai Tower, the vast Royal York Hotel in Toronto, the CN Tower also in Toronto (often not figured into the world's tallest building tallies because it is essentially a broadcast antennae rather than an office building), the Sears Tower in Chicago, the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, and finally, the Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan.
Monday, July 23
Stairway to Heaven
Just to try to put the monumental structure in context, note the comparison below: from left to right: the Burj Dubai Tower, the vast Royal York Hotel in Toronto, the CN Tower also in Toronto (often not figured into the world's tallest building tallies because it is essentially a broadcast antennae rather than an office building), the Sears Tower in Chicago, the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, and finally, the Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan.
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I'd sure hate to be around that thing in an earthquake.
In 15-odd years of being an MK, the only time I've ever experienced culture shock was coming from the Peshawar frontier to Dubai. "Babylonian excess", indeed.
the next one they have proposed is 1200 meters!!!
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?8978577
How's this? http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0507260175jul26,0,581509.story?coll=chi_business_util
115 story, over 2000 ft!
This one is crazy! http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?
Proposed to be built as the centerpiece of a man-made island just 30 miles from the Burj Dubai tower, about twice as tall as the Sears tower in Chicago.
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