WhenAdrian Smithwas conceiving the project at SOM, he looked out his office window toward Lake Point Tower's curved three wing layout and thought, "There's the prototype". According to Strabala, Burj Khalifa was designed based on the 73 floor Tower Palace Three, an all-residential building i...
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11. ‘Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation’ Tom Cruise’s signature franchise has had a lot of great posters, including the moody Cruise profile from the original film and a vertiginous shot looking down the Burj Khalifa from ‘Ghost Protocol.’ This one, though, from last year’s ‘Rogue N...
Designed to sit on an island in a lake, the largest of the towers will stand 172 meters taller than Burj Khalifa in Dubai. “We were asked to create an iconic building for Wuhan, which embodies a strong environmental and social content as well as reflecting Chinese tradition,” Laurie Chetw...
the tallest building in the world. it's hard to say for sure that the 16-million-square-foot plan isn't entirely a publicity stunt. but zhang has hired some of the engineers who worked on the current height-record holder, dubai's burj khalifa, and broad has created two large models ...
So, I'd like to say: There is hope. While the president of the United States may not be making much progress, many other people are. The election of pro-environmentmayors and governorsis one excellent sign. Cities take the lead