Tallest buildings in the world

Video shot from the top of the spire on Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building. See Previously: BASE Jumping Off of the Burj Dubai via Garrett Camp This is a blog post from Laughing Squid, subscribe via RSS, Twitter, Facebook & FriendFeed. This is a blog post from Laughing Squid, subscribe via RSS, Twitter, Facebook & FriendFeed.  

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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.  

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...  

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  

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...  

It’s well known the tallest building in Clovis, Hotel Clovis, was once used as sleeping quarters for many but is now unoccupied. The same is true for the tallest building in Portales. Unlike the Hotel Clovis, however, no plans have been drawn up to...  

A 15-story, 43-year-old high-rise building in downtown Palo Alto has received one of the highest federal-standard green-building certifications in the country. Read the full story here http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/news/show_story.php?id=14373 posted Sunday, November 1, 2009, 1:58 PM  

As the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere readies itself for a major energy efficiency overhaul, engineers have developed what may be the world's tallest green roof.  

As you would expect, the world's tallest fountain is in Dubai. As you would expect, it's next to the world's tallest building. And as you would expect, it's as naff as everything else in there. The Dubai Fountain—which was recently finished by the Burj Dubai—can reach 492 feet up in the air. It was built for $217 million by WET Design, which is the same company that created the one at the Bellagio Hotel, in Las Vegas. The 900-foot long...  

New York-based international architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates has completed the design for Lotte Super Tower 123 in Seoul, South Korea. Upon completion in 2014, the 1,821-foot, 123-story tower will be the tallest building in Asia and the world’s second tallest after the Burj Dubai. Kohn Pedersen Fox was selected earlier this year after winning an international design competition by owner-developer Lotte Group, one of South Korea...  

A new super skyscraper has just been announced for South Korea and will tower over all other buildings in Asia when it is complete in 2014. From a global perspective, Lotte Super Tower 123, designed by Kohn Pederson Fox, falls just short of taking the title, and will be not the tallest but the  second [...]  

Eco Factor: Super skyscraper for Asia to aim for LEED Certification. Kohn Pederson Fox architects have revealed plans for a super skyscraper to be built in Seoul, South Korea, which when complete in 2014 will be the tallest building in Asia and...  

Some facts about Shenzhen, China, one of the world's largest cities you've never heard of: Population in 1979: 25,000 Population in 2007: 14 million Tallest building in 1979: 5-story military barrack Tallest building in 2009: 69-story Shun Hing Square Compound annual economic growth between 1979 and 1989: 49.7 percent Number of times I fell asleep during a one-hour massage at the Ritz-Carlton Shenzhen's spa: two read more  

When Google rolled out the Street View version of Google Maps, a rift in the space/time continuum (or, so they claim, an error in stitching together the shots) appeared to produce, from some viewpoints in the city, duplicate CN Towers. But Google wasn't done with our poor CN Tower—no, now that Google Maps also features wireframe renderings of many downtown buildings, the Tower's been stripped of its charm and turned into the city's tallest...