Sentences with phrase «build tall buildings»

Some of the best candidates for hacking were built in the decades after World War II, when high - speed elevators and air conditioning made it possible to build tall buildings with deep, wide floors.

They also design and build tall buildings and large structures that can withstand all weather conditions.

That inspired Eiffel to build the tallest building in Paris.

On the other hand, it builds tall buildings, produces huge quantities of goods for those who can afford them, renders travel all over the world easy, and makes life very comfortable, even luxurious, for perhaps a quarter of the world's population.

She added she was open to building taller buildings in her district of East Harlem, one of the neighborhoods targeted to build housing in the mayor's affordable housing plan.

MIH is one of the mechanisms the city utilizes to advance its plan to build or preserve 200,000 affordable housing units over the next decade; it allows developers to build taller buildings than existing regulations allow if they include affordable housing.

That sweeping change in the zoning laws would allow developers to build taller buildings in residential neighborhoods.

The business paper, however, did not note that these spaces are actually public places that developers were required to create — and keep open — in return for the right to build taller buildings under city zoning laws.

Sharjah is also a hotspot for international tourists who want to see and enjoy the Sharjah's national heritage sites, traditional markets, museums, modern shopping malls and technologically built tall buildings.

Not exact matches

Robert Baden, the CEO and president of Rochester Software Associates asks potential hires, «If I stood you next to a skyscraper and gave you a barometer, how could you figure out how tall the building was?»

The taller the building, the higher the price of that stock.

Scheduled for completion in 2017, it will dwarf the iconic Transamerica Pyramid and assume the mantle of tallest building west of the Mississippi.

The company's chairman, Riad Kamal, reveals how the world's tallest building came to be and shows CNBC some of the latest works in progress.

As for what else is in the pipeline, Bloomberg News reported on Aug. 26, citing sources familiar with the matter, that Apple's suppliers are set to start building a new iPad with a 12.9 - inch display, almost 3 inches taller than the flagship model.

A Japanese company is planning to build the world's tallest wooden skyscraper in Japan, with 90 percent of the building made of wooden materials.

They go after almost everyone, especially tourists who easily identify themselves by constantly starring skyward at the tall buildings in the city.

The main building is made of 17 shipping containers that measure 8 feet wide and 9.5 feet tall.

The 310 - metre Shard is now the tallest building in the EU.

In Tokyo, one tall building is helping to change the way we think about schools and how they should look.

Musk is 36 years old, wicked smart, worth several hundred million dollars, and built like a tight end — thickset through the middle and well over 6 feet tall.

It will have the 151m tall «twisting» Beach and Howe Tower — a residential building complete with stunning views of water and mountains — as its centerpiece.

The rezoning of 78 blocks of east midtown Manhattan was approved by the New York City Council in August, with the goal of enabling the area's aging building stock to be replaced by more modern — and taller — office towers.

Take a photo of a tall building, and you might notice that it looks a bit like it's leaning, or even warped.

Dubai is home to the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa (you can't miss it).

The new building, which has yet to be designed, could be as much as 500 feet (150 meters) taller than the current headquarters, said the person, who asked not to be identified because details of the plans haven't been publicly disclosed.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to build a headquarters in midtown Manhattan that would combine other offices into a new, taller building for 15,000 employees on Park Avenue.

Although bands have applied before to shoot videos at the 23rd - tallest building in the world, nobody had met the production requirements.»

On Aug. 3, the tower was «topped off,» making it, at 632 metres, the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world..

In August 2012 Euro Forex Investment Ltd moved into London's Heron Tower, the tallest building in the City.

What he asks: If I stood you next to a skyscraper and gave you a barometer, how could you figure out how tall the building was?

By the early 1930s, the area along 42nd Street, directly north and south of Grand Central had become known as the «Valley of the Giants,» home to three of New York City's six tallest skyscrapers: Walter Chrysler's silver spire, real estate king Irwin Chanin's eponymous building across from the terminal and the white - faced Daily News Bbuilding across from the terminal and the white - faced Daily News BuildingBuilding.

On Monday, SpaceX founder Elon Musk personally visited his «monster» rocket, which stands as tall as 23 - story building.

He also cranked out hits that didn't even yet have a place: strange, viral - worthy segments of Dave dropping things off tall buildings and dunking himself into tanks of water wearing an Alka - Seltzer suit pre-dated YouTube by 20 years.

It put the Palace at 777 feet, the tallest building in Poland and among the top 20 in Europe.

And Google has plans in place to build an 11 - story «landscraper» in London, which will be as long as London's highest building is tall, the Shard.

Dubai developer Emaar Properties has unveiled details of a new record - setting tower that is expected to be the tallest building ever.

At 2,716.5 feet, Burj Khalifa — which currently holds the Guinness World Record for the tallest building — has 160 habitable levels, the most of any building in the world.

The offer is not the first move online to be made by Dubai billionaire Mohamed Alabbar, who made his name as chairman of Emaar Properties, the Dubai - government linked - developer of the world's tallest building.

The Emar offer was not the first online move to be made by Alabbar, who made his name as chairman of Emaar Properties, the Dubai government - linked developer of the world's tallest building.

The 605 - foot tall tower was built for the 1962 World's Fair.

«Superman can leap tall buildings in a single bound.

«Eiffel also used engineering techniques found in nature to reduce weight and retain strength, essential concepts for constructing the tallest building in the world at the time,» Berkun writes.

For a short time (until it burned down in 1856), it was the tallest building in New York City.

The atrium: A 14 - storey glass atrium connects the original Scotiabank building to its younger, taller sibling.

Teams of brilliant content strategists in tall, fancy office buildings obsess over what they can do to make videos go viral online.

Set to open in early 2018, it will rank as the tallest and most expensive building in San Francisco.

The tower is still in the planning stage, but if it is build, it will be the sixth tallest structure in the UK, and exceed the height of the tallest building, the Shard in London, by at least ten metres.

Financial News reports that Vigilant Global, a telecoms company owned by high - frequency trading firm DRW Trading, has submitted plans to build a 320 - metre tall tower to allow what it calls «a new communications point between the UK and Europe» which will have a «completely unobstructed» line of sight both optically, and for radio waves.

Dubbed the «Jenga Tower,» this 58 - story skyscraper designed by Rhode: Partners will be Austin's tallest building when complete in late 2018.

Canada's deepest basement: The building goes six storeys below ground, the deepest excavation ever in the country, and two more than the taller First Canadian Place across the street.