As architects and engineers experiment with new styles and building methods, taller and more innovative structures are springing up around the world. But ever wondered about the efforts that go into it? This site will provide you with all that you wanted to know!
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As architects and engineers experiment with new styles and building methods, taller and more innovative structures are springing up around the world. But ever wondered about the efforts that go into it? This site will provide you with all that you wanted to know!
Since the Middle Ages, engineers have engaged in a battle for the sky! Today only the sky is the limit. Check this site which picks up the facts about the tallest buildings of the world. A combination of economic imperatives and powerful egos, both national and personal have led the architects creating buildings that rise tall enough to measure almost 1/10th of the distance to the Ozone layer!
The site captures some skyscrapers and their breathtaking views from different angles, which you must have never seen before! Check it out! All one can say is ...'sky is the limit'! The pictures taken are for some of the most beautiful skyscrapers around the globe.
After the unbelievable collapse of the famous skyscraper-Twin Tower....we are forced to think if these complex structures safe? There is a built-in redundancy in design and structure of a skyscraper. But still, how safe are we really in these massive pillars of concrete and steel specially at heights from where you can see the entire city in a nutshell.
You must have heard of "wonders of the world". Well we can call skyscrapers as “Wonders of the sky”! Some places are known to possess the world's tallest buildings. Check these places as some of the finest design houses continue to produce skyscrapers, without retiring!
