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The fascinating story of the world’s first skyscraper, in Chicago
It was this structural innovation that enabled the Home Insurance Building to be built in 1884. The world's first skyscraper revolutionised architecture, as in its wake would follow ever taller ...
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City with the most skyscrapers revealed—and it’s not New York or Dubai
A new report has revealed the city with the most number of tall buildings in the world, and it's not New York, Dubai or even ...
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100 Years Of London Skyscrapers
London's first skyscraper was built in 1925. We've seen four distinct waves since. 100 years ago, London was a flat city, punctuated only by steeples, chimneys and the dome of St Paul's.
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Why Scotland’s first skyscraper – built for the 1938 Empire Exhibition – was (unexpectedly?) demolished just one year later
It was Scotland’s tallest building. Built in 1938, the art deco Tower of Empire – also known as Tait Tower after its architect Thomas S. Tait – stood 300ft tall and could be seen from 100 ...
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Des Moines holds groundbreaking for first downtown skyscraper since 1990s
For the first time since the 19-story EMC Insurance building rose in the 1990s, a ceremonial groundbreaking was held Wednesday for a downtown Des Moines skyscraper. Construction of the $148 ...
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Manhattan Skyscrapers
Its gracefully stepped shape, a product of the city's 1916 zoning law (the first of its kind in the nation), allowed the building to rise in a series of setbacks from a five-story base to a ...