The Digital Media City Landmark Building
Sunday, July 11th, 2010 Posted in Skyscraper | No Comments »Digital Media City Landmark Tower, Korea When we think about skyscrapers, we usually only think of how tall they are, but the Digital Media City Landmark Building in South Korea shows that it is about what is inside the ...
The Moving Skyscraper of Dubai
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 Posted in Skyscraper | 1 Comment »Moving Towers No, you did not read that wrong. There is indeed a skyscraper being built, which will be completed this year, which moves. It doesn't move around the city but each floor within the skyscraper ...
A Brief History of the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers
Saturday, March 27th, 2010 Posted in Skyscraper | No Comments »Tallest Skyscrapers in the World Skyscrapers are essentially a 20th century invention, and while tall buildings have existed for thousands of years, they reached new heights when skyscrapers began to pop up around the world. Each time a ...
Burj Khalifa — The Tallest Building in the World
Saturday, February 6th, 2010 Posted in Asia, Skyscraper | 1 Comment »World's Tallest SkyScraper In September 2004, the Burj Dubai project started, intending to build what was expected to become the world's tallest building. In officially opening the building, this January of 2010 - some two years after the ...
The Ten Tallest Buildings in the World
Friday, January 29th, 2010 Posted in Skyscraper | 2 Comments »The Ten Tallest Skyscrapers In The World For many years the Empire State Building in New York, USA was the unrivalled nominee for being the tallest building in the world. Since this building was completed in ...
Can All Skyscrapers Be Tasteful Modern Architecture?
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 Posted in Skyscraper | 2 Comments »The Dos and Don’ts of Tasteful Architecture In the present day, so much of building seems to be obsessed with size. There was a time when you could build the world’s tallest building – assuming you ...
Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong
Sunday, September 13th, 2009 Posted in Asia, Skyscraper | 12 Comments »The BOC Tower, Hong Kong Much of modern architecture is about making a statement. In fact, it is probably truer to say that architecture has always in some way been about making a statement. Even the most ...
Taipei 101 – A Landmark Skyscraper
Saturday, September 5th, 2009 Posted in Asia, Skyscraper | 6 Comments »Taipei 101 In a world obsessed with extremes, and where publicity is king, it is quite something to be able to say that you are at the further extreme of anything. To be the tallest person in ...
The HSBC Main Building – A Landmark Of Modern Architecture
Saturday, July 25th, 2009 Posted in Skyscraper | 5 Comments »Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank (HSBC) Main Building Anyone visiting Hong Kong will be unable to miss seeing the most expensive skyscraper in the territory and one of the most expensive in the world. Built while ...
Q1 – The Tallest Residential Building in the World
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Posted in Skyscraper | 4 Comments »Q1 - World's Tallest Condo When it comes to building a tower that will stick in the minds of the people of the world, there is nothing like height for making your point. Certainly there are ...
