Paris wants to be low-profile. The new law, which won’t allow constructions to be taller than 12 storeys, is reminiscent of the one passed in 1977 in reaction to the Montparnasse Tower Travel to Paris and a look around its skyline and there’s something that will stand out – the Eiffel Tower that stands tall at 330 metres and the …
CNN — When New York’s Equitable Life Building opened in 1870, the businessman behind the project, Henry Baldwin Hyde, was berated for having delusions of grandeur. “The very first tall buildings … were newspaper buildings and communications companies like the New York Tribune or the Western Union Building – office buildings that concentrated a work force, piled one on top …
CNN — The number of new skyscrapers built globally dropped more than 20% in 2020, according to data released this week by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Last year saw the completion of 106 new buildings measuring 200 meters or above, down from 133 in 2019 – and the lowest total since 2014. Courtesy of Dave Burk …
CNN — Following years of breakneck construction, the number of new skyscrapers in China dropped sharply in 2019, according to data released by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat on Thursday. “There may have been some effort from the top to say ‘let’s cool things down a bit,’” Safarik said, adding that many tall buildings in China are …
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