outrageous achievements of Taiwan‚ creating a magnificent masterpiece of architecture and engineering – Taipei 101. It is also known as Taipei Financial Centre‚ consisting of a high rise tower with usable 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground and rest on 30‚277m2 land.[1] (Binder‚ G. pg 27) The whole commercial tower also consists of adjoined multi-level shopping complex with fashion outlet stores‚ restaurants and clubs. Taipei 101 is a traditional building concept which has been given modern
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the tallest in the entire world when it was completed. Though long since overshadowed by taller‚ more modern skyscrapers‚ the Flatiron Building remains a favorite of New Yorkers and visitors alike. But how much do you really know about this famed tower? Here’s a quick look at the hidden history of the Flatiron Building. The site of the building once housed a hotel and later a residential building in the 19th century. Back in 1899‚ entrepreneur Harry S. Black‚ the CEO of the Fuller Company‚ purchased
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For example‚ some people say that the tallest building in the world is the CN Tower in Toronto‚ Canada–it’s height is 1‚821 feet! It is a telecommunications tower and an entertainment complex visited by about 2 million tourists each year. The revolving restaurant on top turns 360 degrees every hour‚ and has a deck from where you can have a really top-of-the-world view of Toronto. But many people don’t consider the CN tower to be a building‚ since it does not contains occupied floors throughout its
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of the building. Thesis Statement: The Burj al Khalifa‚ the world’s tallest single-standing structure‚ is the most carefully designed and constructed architecture piece in the world. I. Introduction A. Being Chicagoans‚ we find the Willis Tower to be the largest building of the Chicago Skyline; now imagine if you lived in Dubai‚ the Burj Al Khalifa is almost 1.5 times the height of that! B. The Burj Al Khalifa C. The buildings architectural structure has not only attracted large crowds
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Lord Byron‚ champion of Greek (O) independence‚ could hardly DEPEND have imagined it. Today‚ years after his (56) ….. ‚ 2 mil- DIE lion of his compatriots‚ although less (57) ….. ‚ make HERO the annual (58) ….. to Greece for the ‘Britain and Greece PILGRIM Festival’. The (59) ….. Ambassador speaks of the festival as a BRITAIN (60) ….. of the strong links between the two countries‚ CELEBRATE but also as ‘an (61) ….. to those who wish to create INSPIRE new links‚’ a (62) …
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Ambitions project which is looking at the challenges faced by residents of existing high rise housing in trying to live greener lifestyles. This report recommends how green living in tower blocks can be facilitated. We have also produced A better place to live: a toolkit for high rise green living‚ aimed at helping tower block residents to take action. Green Alliance 36 Buckingham Palace Road‚ London‚ SW1W 0RE 020 7233 7433 ga@green-alliance.org.uk www.green-alliance.org.uk blog: greenallianceblog.org
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THE CONSERVATION OF WATTS TOWER 1761-1765 East 107th Street Watts‚ Los Angeles‚ California Watts Towers Treatment Start: 1978 Treatment: Ongoing Frank Preusser‚ Senior scientist‚ LACMA Conservator: Sara Dorsch Type: Outdoor Yard Building Media: Concrete Structure Size: Use: Historic Site Owner: Cultural Affairs Department‚ Watts Towers Arts Center and tours The Watts Towers‚ Towers of Simon Rodia‚ or Nuestro Pueblo ("our town")‚ are within the Simon Rodia State Historic Park‚ in
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This one week of new experience was totally enjoyable for all of us. Related to the time spent there‚ it was too short for us because we enjoy it too much. There we see how people of all nationalities live their life in a different way as we did. In the early morning all of them go to their jobs and what’s a bit uncommon for us is that the majority of them travel by tube (as they call the underground) or double-decker (their red buss). Other new thing and a little bit strange for us‚ but not unknown
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object travels at high speeds inside a narrow tube. Unless you have had the pleasure of traveling inside the Taipei 101 elevator‚ it really does sound like something from a Science Fiction movie‚ but without such a super fast elevator‚ the Taipei 101 tower would never have been built to such a lofty height since any conventional elevator would take forever to climb up to the top floors. Let us hope that the
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building the towers fell over. What people tend to over look when it comes to causes of disasters are the things that lead up to it. In my opinion there were many things that could have been done to prevent the attacks of that fateful day. In this case I am not talking about preventing the event from occurring but I am talking about preventing the tower from falling down. There are things that could have been done leading up to during and after the attack that would have prevented the towers from tumbling
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