Posts Tagged ‘skyscraper’

Istanbul Gets A "Sapphire"

Monday, November 10, 2008 16:08 No Comments

It seems that the Turks are joining the race for tall and extravagant buildings. After UAE (Dubai), and Russia, Istanbul in Turkey gets a place in the race with the the Istanbul Sapphire. This is a 261-meter, 64 floor high, skyscraper which upon completion will be the tallest residential building in Europe. The completion [...]

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Worlds tallest elevator

Sunday, January 6, 2008 16:59 No Comments

Mitsubishi announced the construction of the worlds tallest elevator test tower. This building has a hight of 173 meters and its located in Inazawa, Japan and it took 10 million Yen to build it.

This tower will be used to test new technologies and speeds for the worlds tallest skyscrapers that will be built in the [...]

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