Burj Dubai Tower Half a Mile High
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Ser-i-ous-ly cool. 
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The tallest structure in the world is NOT the CN Tower and the CN Tower isn't counted as a building. It is like 3rd on the list. I think here in the US we have forgotten how to build a skyscraper of great height so we don't build them anymore. Also, building supplies has gotten more expensive so people don't want to build them and achitects don't want to design them because they don't want to risk their reputation or anything.Ev0
Tallest Structures - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_tallest_structures#Tallest_structures
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- GTP_Famine
It IS the world's tallest "freestanding" structure (not including that thing that's partially below water). Only some radio masts are taller, and they are supported by guy wires. It isn't the world's tallest habitable building though - you can get in it, but it's not classed as "habitable".
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America's totally loosing it. A tower like that belongs in New York City.
PublicSecrecy
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According to Guiness World Records, the CN Tower is the tallest free-standing structure, tallest free standing transmission tower, and tallest tourest attraction. I'm not sure what else it carries in Guinness World Records.
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I've always found Taipei 101 to be one of the awesome-est towers on the planet, but this project intriques me.
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I've always enjoyed researching mamoth buildings. The concept of building these magnificent structures is just overwhelming. And it's not just tall buildings, but anything that is "huge". The Golden Gate Bridge, the Hoover Dam, the Space Shuttle and its hangar. Things of that nature are just incredible.
But I got money on this thing will never be completed. I got a side bet that it will incure some major disaster.
Actually, the Wikipedia page lists it at 553 meters and claims that ...
"The tallest currently standing structure is the KVLY-TV mast near Mayville, North Dakota, at 629 m (2,063 ft). It is a transmission antenna, consisting of a bare metal structure supported by guy-wires. Transmission towers in excess of 600 meters (~2000 ft) are common in the American Midwest; similar structures exist near Alleman, Iowa and Rapid City, South Dakota.
The Warsaw radio mast near Warsaw, Poland at 645 m (2,115 ft) was taller, but it collapsed in 1991."
But those are not free standing.
But I got money on this thing will never be completed. I got a side bet that it will incure some major disaster.
Actually, the Wikipedia page lists it at 553 meters and claims that ...
"The tallest currently standing structure is the KVLY-TV mast near Mayville, North Dakota, at 629 m (2,063 ft). It is a transmission antenna, consisting of a bare metal structure supported by guy-wires. Transmission towers in excess of 600 meters (~2000 ft) are common in the American Midwest; similar structures exist near Alleman, Iowa and Rapid City, South Dakota.
The Warsaw radio mast near Warsaw, Poland at 645 m (2,115 ft) was taller, but it collapsed in 1991."
But those are not free standing.
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I took a peek at the 50 tallest in the US to see how many of them I've either been in or seen.
Been In:
Sears Tower (to the top)
World Trade Center (near the top)
John Hancock Center (to the top)
I'm sure there are other I can't remember or am unaware of.
Seen:
Everything in Chicago multiple times.
Most of the ones in New York City, but long ago.
Everything in Houston - used to live there (:
Everything in Dallas
Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta
US Bank Tower, LA
Bank of America Tower, Seattle (leaned on it)
Bank of America Center, San Francisco
I've been to quite a few of the big cities so I tend to count all their buildings. I've probably seen half of the top 50 buildings. In Little Rock we have the TCBY Tower, home of "the fastest growing food chain in the world", thanks to my advertising agency (: The TCBY Tower is, I believe, 42 stories tall. I don't know how high it is but that's got to be damn near the top 50 mark.
Been In:
Sears Tower (to the top)
World Trade Center (near the top)
John Hancock Center (to the top)
I'm sure there are other I can't remember or am unaware of.
Seen:
Everything in Chicago multiple times.
Most of the ones in New York City, but long ago.
Everything in Houston - used to live there (:
Everything in Dallas
Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta
US Bank Tower, LA
Bank of America Tower, Seattle (leaned on it)
Bank of America Center, San Francisco
I've been to quite a few of the big cities so I tend to count all their buildings. I've probably seen half of the top 50 buildings. In Little Rock we have the TCBY Tower, home of "the fastest growing food chain in the world", thanks to my advertising agency (: The TCBY Tower is, I believe, 42 stories tall. I don't know how high it is but that's got to be damn near the top 50 mark.
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There was a 2,100 ft tall antenna mast just west of St. Louis when we lived there - three times the height of the Gateway Arch. It went down in the late 1980s when two guys were up in a little maintenance hut at the top, killing them both. I saw pictures of it, and it was spread out over half a mile of countryside like a length of pipe whacked over Sylvester the Cat's head.
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What's the point in building these super scrapers if they are in volcanically and tectonically active areas, such as S.E. Asia and the ring of fire?
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ring of fire...whenever I hear that I think of hemmerhoids. I personally don't see a point either. But for the crane part I'm guessing they would go on top of the building, and then when the final part is coming together they will take them down with helicopters and then bring up pre-assembled parts. seems logical anyway.
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LoudMusic
The 50th tallest building in the USA is in Minneapolis and is 776 feet tall. Little Rock's tallest is the 546 feet tall Metropolitan Tower, and it's only 40 stories. I couldn't seem to find any tower called the "TCBY Tower." LoudMusic, what building are you talking about? The Metropolitan Tower is nowhere close to being in the top 50 mark.
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When there isn't enough land left to build out, the only way to get more space is to build up.
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...another dick enlargement...amazing as it is, that building serves no purpose and isn't aesthetical any more.
skyscrapers were built to save space and be economical, but at a certain height they stop doing it, mainly due to the elevators. the higher the building is, the more people (are supposed to) work there and the longer it takes the elevators to go to the higher floors. so you either need more, faster or bigger elevators to carry all these people, but the speed is limited because you want your workers to be still alive when they reach the top or for productivity, they should not become sick everytime. so you need more elevators and they take up more space, so instead of gaining space you start wasting space. in taipei 101 they already use lots of tricks like bi-level express elevators, which can increase capacity. but if the building becomes twice as high (with twice as much space) the workers do not only double, they also spend more time travelling to those higher floors so that the situation becomes even worse.
so america is wise not to take part in this battle for the tallest skyscrapers. although america can't afford something like this anyway (no need for a 9/11 excuse, america stopped taking part in this race decades ago).
skyscrapers were built to save space and be economical, but at a certain height they stop doing it, mainly due to the elevators. the higher the building is, the more people (are supposed to) work there and the longer it takes the elevators to go to the higher floors. so you either need more, faster or bigger elevators to carry all these people, but the speed is limited because you want your workers to be still alive when they reach the top or for productivity, they should not become sick everytime. so you need more elevators and they take up more space, so instead of gaining space you start wasting space. in taipei 101 they already use lots of tricks like bi-level express elevators, which can increase capacity. but if the building becomes twice as high (with twice as much space) the workers do not only double, they also spend more time travelling to those higher floors so that the situation becomes even worse.
so america is wise not to take part in this battle for the tallest skyscrapers. although america can't afford something like this anyway (no need for a 9/11 excuse, america stopped taking part in this race decades ago).
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Max_DC
I think the same thing. Skyscrapers look so neat, but I also agree with vladimir, that eventually, skyscrapers grow so tall that they are no longer effective for production.
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- Metroider17
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From CNN -
An artist drawing of the Burj Dubai -- developers aren't saying how high the skyscraper will top out, but observers say it will be above 2,300 feet (700 meters).
Here is the towers website - http://burjdubai.com/ - click "The Tower."
An artist drawing of the Burj Dubai -- developers aren't saying how high the skyscraper will top out, but observers say it will be above 2,300 feet (700 meters).
Here is the towers website - http://burjdubai.com/ - click "The Tower."
