Tallest buildings in the world

Mark Thornton at the Mises Blog writes about "The Skyscraper Curse". There is often a correlation between financial bubbles bursting and attempts to construct the world's tallest building, says William Pesek on Bloomberg.com. In 1931, for instance, the Empire State building, designed in the exuberant 1920s, finally opened, "presaging years of gloom". The Sears Tower was the world's tallest building when it opened in 1973, coinciding with...  

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Dubai developer building the world's tallest skyscraper said Wednesday it is calling off a planned merger with property companies controlled by the city-state's ruler, raising fresh questions about Dubai's debt problems and its willingness to repay.  

Construction of what would be North America's tallest building may move forward thanks to unions that not only want their workers to build it but are trying to put together a deal to help pay for it. A group of union pension funds _ eager to provide work for... Skyscraper - List of tallest buildings and structures in the world - United States - Architecture - Building Types  

Burj Dubai Tower, the world’s tallest building, is a spire of superlatives. The 160-story skyscraper will open on Jan. 4, the fourth anniversary of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum’s rule in Dubai.  

Taipei 101, famous for being one of the world's tallest buildings, is set to get some major eco-upgrades in an effort to save money, reduce its impact, and gain the much coveted title of "World's Tallest Green Building." More on Green Technology  

Beautiful as our architecture is here in Chicago, a lot of it wasn't built with the green, LEED-happy practices we use today. Fortunately, there's been movement toward revising some of those negatives, as Julie Wernau reports in her piece about architect Sara Beardsley's efforts to turn the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) totally green. The project, which would make the US's tallest building energy efficient, is through local super...  

Here's a look at the relationship between the successive tallest buildings in the world and market bubbles. Via Tyler Cowen, I see that Ed Glaeser writes "Dubai now has the tallest building in the world, and 11 skyscrapers that are taller than any European building."  

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3, 2009 – At 58 stories tall, Comcast Center in Philadelphia recently became the tallest LEED-certified building in the United States with an assist from energy-saving Solarban 60 Starphire glass by PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG ...  

From celebrity shenanigans to thought-provoking bloggers to monkeys scratching their butts, The phenomenon World's Tallest Building This video was shot by a worker on the Burj Dubai, the nearly completed skyscraper in Dubai which is by far the tallest man-made structure ever built.[...]  

The swanky Avia Napa towers over everything in Napa. When the boutique hotel opened July 1, it notched the distinction as the city's first five-story building. Despite this heft (and the fact that it's owned by Kansas-based LodgeWorks), the 141-room property... List of tallest buildings and structures in the world - Boutique hotel - Middle East - Hotel - Travel and Tourism  

Shelbourne Development, the property group headed by Irishman Garrett Kelleher that hopes to build one of the world's tallest buildings in Chicago, has countersued Bank of America, claiming the financial institution "willfully and wantonly" engaged in a systematic pattern of deception and unfairness in its dealings with it.  

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Burj Dubai ("Dubai Tower"), a supertall skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the tallest man-made structure ever built.Contributor: Slobodan GregoricPublished: Nov 11, 2009  

Link Scroll down for today's pictures & links. Marvelous Burj Dubai Fountain Show I can watch this over and over again... The tallest fountain in the world (with water reaching as high as 150 meters), near the tallest building in the world (see here ) was recently completed and tested with this water/light/music extravaganza. The musical piece is the "Time To Say Goodbye", performed by Andrea Bocelli...Gizmodo (subscribe) : World's Tallest...