December 3, 2012 | Posted by Bureau
 The project, variously called “225 Sixth” and “Brookfield Place” in the development permit will be 56-storey, 247-metre tower to rise on the site of the former Herald building, along with a 178-metre similarly styled tower on the same block. Calgary’s skyline will again be redefined in a few years, with a new downtown skyscraper designed [...]
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September 7, 2012 | Posted by Bureau
 Even as some building professionals the world over are seeking to build taller and higher structures, a number of others are also involved in theoretically answering the question – just how high can we really go? There are at least three or four project proposals from different parts of the world that claim to be [...]
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August 24, 2012 | Posted by Bureau
 The construction world, which had earlier seen a race to create spectacular projects with titles like the World’s Tallest building etc, appears to have recovered from the financial woes of the 2008 economic crisis that had put such plans on hold. Over the last year there has once again been a push towards such mega-projects, [...]
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August 17, 2012 | Posted by Bureau
 Swarovski, one of the world’s leading fashion and lifestyle brands, will be partnering City Corporation Ltd, the developers of Amanora Park Town, Pune to launch the Gateway Towers 1 project, a 45 storey, 150m tall skyscraper that will be the tallest in the city. Synonymous with crystal, beauty and lifestyle for decades, Swarovski is one [...]
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June 27, 2012 | Posted by Bureau
 A major landmark in the rebuilding of the new four-tower complex at the site of the World Trade Center in New York was completed a few days ago when the final steel beam was lifted to the top of the 72-storey 4 World Trade Center, marking the completion of the structural steel framework of the [...]
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June 20, 2012 | Posted by Bureau
 The Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has recently awarded the Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award to German-American architect Helmut Jahn, head of the Chicago-based firm Murphy/Jahn. Jahn who studied at the Technical University of Munich from 1960 to 1965, and then emigrated to Chicago to further study architecture at the [...]
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June 18, 2012 | Posted by Bureau
 Tricity in Haryana will soon get its first skyscraper with plans being finalised for the development of a 20-22 storey skyscraper at Panchkula. The building, which  will house the offices of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), will be the tallest in Tricity. HUDA superintending engineer N K Verma says that the idea was to [...]
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June 15, 2012 | Posted by Bureau
 As many as 88 towers taller than 200 metres were completed in 2011, up from the 32 that were unveiled in 2005, according to the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). In 2012, this figure is projected to reach 96, with China leading the way. The organization, comprising a group of architects [...]
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