http://www.metafilter.com/tags/worldstallest Posts tagged with 'worldstallest' at MetaFilter. Tue, 16 May 2006 08:23:50 -0800 Tue, 16 May 2006 08:23:50 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/51640/Halfmile%2Dhigh%2Dbuildings A growing crop of towers pushing 2,000 feet: though just shy itself, the <a href="http://www.projectrebirth.org/gallery/album005_freedomtower">much-redesigned</a> <a href="http://www.wtc.com/ft_design_overview.aspx">Freedom Tower</a> is finally under construction for completion in 2011; but there is also the <a href="http://www.fordhamcospire.com/">stunning </a><a href="http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=39392">Fordham Spire</a>, <a href="http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/ShowBuilding/357.php">approved in Chicago</a>, that will rise to 2,000 feet by 2010. Moscow is planning <a href="http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=272">the tallest tower in Europe</a>, while there are a number of <a href="http://www.gzcc.gov.cn/TVTower/fangan4/d1/index.htm">sightseeing </a>and <a href="http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=36514">radio </a>towers under construction in Asia. In Dubai, two towers under construction (<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002977709_dubai07.html">despite worker protests</a>) are <a href="http://www.uaepropertytrends.com/ptrends/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=1145">racing</a> to be the world's tallest, both are keeping their final heights secret, but will likely be over half a mile in height -- the <a href="http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/">Burj Dubai</a> and the <a href="http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=226837">Al Burj</a>. As <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/46294">previously discussed</a>, there are great illustrations comparing buildings both <a href="http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?1241105">built </a>and <a href="http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?2063133">under construction</a>. Bring on Frank Lloyd Wright's <a href="http://www.delmars.com/wright/flw7a.htm">The Illinois</a>! tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51640 Tue, 16 May 2006 08:23:50 -0800 architecture building chicago dubai freedomtower halfmilehighclub newyork skyscraper worldstallest blahblahblah