Sentences with phrase «tall building world»

When steel became common and affordable it took over the tall building world, along with poured reinforced concrete.

When Hunt is forced to freeclimb up the outside of the tallest building the world — the Burj Khalifa in Dubai — with only the help of one of those science - fictional gadgets, which doesn't work as well as it should, I was laughing with delight as well as gasping in shared panic, it's that breathtakingly intimate while at the same time putting you right in the middle of big, heady action, innovative stuff we haven't seen before.

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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.

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.

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

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..

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 wWorld Record for the tallest building — has 160 habitable levels, the most of any building in the worldworld.

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.

«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.

With the additional 408 feet, the building would be the tallest in the U.S. and third - tallest in the world, although building experts dispute whether the spire is actually an antenna — a crucial distinction in terms of measuring the building's height.

Without the spire, One World Trade Center would actually be shorter than the Willis Tower in Chicago, which currently wears the crown of tallest building in the U.S. at 1,451 feet, not including its own antennas.

In its heyday in the 1970s, the company forever changed Chicago's skyline by building the iconic, 110 - story Sears Tower, which held the record for the tallest building in the world for more than 25 years.

Just last June, the council voted Mississauga's iconic 50 - and 56 - storey Absolute World — the so - called Marilyn Monroe towers — the best tall buildings in the Americas and became fascinated by the extent of the building boom north of the border, says executive director Antony Wood.

After exhausting all the challenges available to him at a project in India to build the world's tallest statue, Anish Gogate put his skills to work helping a Calgary charity.

Washington, D.C., is incorporated, Joe DiMaggio makes his major - league debut, the Sears Tower becomes the tallest building in the world, and the first spam email is sent, all on this day.

Importantly, the payment difficulties do not stem from oil revenues, but largely from tourism and financial activity, as those are Dubai's chief industries (Dubai is home to the tallest building and the largest man - made islands in the world, for example).

Developed by Forest City Ratner Companies, 461 Dean is the tallest modular building in the world — just one way Pacific Park is making history.

I am sure this is exactly what Jesus wants... I know I do not agree with a lot of the ways that churches spend money, but is there really any justification of any sort whatsoever to build the world's tallest church spire?

But there's a problem: The tower, once the tallest building in the world, was never built to last.

A crane operator who has been working on top of the Shanghai Tower — the second tallest building in the world — won second place in the Shanghai City Photography Competition with these beautiful and terrifying images.

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.

Since the Synder's debacle, I have used my blog to spread information about other causes, including our building The World's Tallest Gluten Free Cake in 2011 as part of our successful 1in133 mission to pressure the FDA to issue gluten free food regulations (regulations finalized in 2014), and our Ditch Amber campaign to pressure the NFCA to remove their endorsement of Domino's «gluten free» pizzas, as well as spreading facts and information about «gluten free» Cheerios, among others.

Steve brought them to Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world!

Should we jump off the tallest building in the world?

«Should I jump off the tallest building in the world?

It seems fitting that the Guinness folks would pick New York City's Empire State Building for their new World Records Exhibit Hall, because that oldtime skyscraper held the record as the world's tallest for 39 yWorld Records Exhibit Hall, because that oldtime skyscraper held the record as the world's tallest for 39 yworld's tallest for 39 years.

The Dubai Fountain is in the shadow of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building at 2, 716.5 feet.

Taking care of yourself is challenging enough when the world around you is built for people who are over five and a half feet tall, but having a big pregnant belly doesn't help matters.

Tom Steyer: Reclaim the title of world's tallest building for the USA with a 7160 - foot stack of $ 1 bills.

Lawsuit over 1 W.T.C. antennae settled One World Trade Center is back on track to becoming the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has settled its feud with A.D.F. Steel Corporation to get the steel needed to complete the 400 - foot antenna.

The plan to illuminate Manhattan's One World Trade Center in Belgian colors to show support for the nation reeling from terrorist attacks caused unexpected controversy Tuesday when the 408 - foot spire atop the tallest building in the U.S. appeared to display the incorrect hues.

Despite the disagreement, the suit says Mammoet - Starneth is the only company with the knowledge to finish building the 630 - foot wheel, which will be one of the tallest in the world.

Today a tall, courtly Southern gentleman with high cheekbones and a delicate frame, Oliver is known for building the National Tick Museum, perhaps the most extensive tick collection and library in the world.

The death and destruction, however, have not slowed plans near the island's ferry terminal to Manhattan for the world's tallest Ferris wheel — replete with a 100 - store outlet mall — to be built close to where the storm drove 30 - foot - long dock pilings through the ground floor of an apartment complex.

A pillar made of this cement could be built 8,000 metres high, or ten times as high as the current tallest building in the world, before the material at its base would be destroyed by its weight.

Using data from the GPS stations, an accelerometer that measures ground motion in Kathmandu, data from seismological stations around the world, and radar images collected by orbiting satellites, an international team of scientists led by Caltech has pieced together the first complete account of what physically happened during the Gorkha earthquake — a picture that explains how the large earthquake wound up leaving the majority of low - story buildings unscathed while devastating some treasured taller structures.

And although fires did break out in tall buildings, until the World Trade Center attack, no high - rise blaze had led to the actual structural collapse of an entire building.

I was once asked, during a panel discussion about the future of commercial real estate development, how tall buildings should be designed given what we'd learned from the World Trade Center collapse.

Not only are they more expensive to build, but more than a third of every floor in buildings as tall as the World Trade Center towers is given over to the service core.

While I don't expect you to drop everything and devote your life to climbing the world's tallest peaks, I can say, with some authority, that building outdoor activities into your daily routine will do wonders for your overall physical and mental health.

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Young or old, tall or short, lean and full, there are single Jews from all over the world, but each of them has the same aim to find true love and new romantic relationships, build happy family and enjoy unforgettable meetings every day.

Book of Isaiah, a biblical text; is, a novel by Joan Aiken; is, a manga by Masakazu Katsura; iS, a manga by Chiyo Rokuhana World's tallest building is delayed AGAIN: Opening of Saudi Arabia's $ 2 billion, 3,300 ft Jeddah Tower is pushed back to 2019.

I am a single Black man, 6ft tall with a muscular athletic build, educated, world traveler, a place of my own where I live alone, non-smoker, social drinker, likes most indoor / outdoor activities, wily sense of humor, good listener, and a nice car to take you on fun outings.

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Throwing Tom Cruise into the middle of explosions and out the window of the world's tallest building will tend to get people excited for the early IMAX release of the fourth Mission: Impossible film.

The film sets up its real - world credentials immediately, with a guy in a high - tech winged suit jumping off a tall building... and crashing to his death.