Tag: world's tallest building

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Watch a 57-story skyscraper get built in just 19 days in this breakneck time-lapse

Remember Sky City? It was set to be the world’s tallest building, rising 220 stories and 2,750 feet above Changsha, China. But more importantly, the original goal was to build the massive skyscraper in just 90 days using pre-fabricated pieces. After pushing that back to the slightly more realistic seven months, construction on the building was […]

March 11, 2015

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The world built more skyscrapers and supertall buildings in 2014 than in any other year in history

If you live in a large city and have thought it seems like a lot of new skyscrapers are going up, you would be correct. That’s because the world is in the middle of a skyscraper surge, with 2014 seeing the construction of more tall and supertall buildings completed than in any other year. According […]

January 20, 2015

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Chinese workers build a 15-story hotel in 6 days

Late last month, construction began on Sky City, a 2,749-foot Chinese skyscraper that will become the world’s tallest building. But what’s even more remarkable than its immense size is the fact that Sky City is expected to be complete at some point in the next seven or 10 months. The current world’s tallest building, Dubai’s […]

August 14, 2013

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Construction of China’s Sky City, soon-to-be world’s tallest building, extended from 90 days to 7 months

After setting an aggressive goal to build the world’s tallest building in only 90 days, the builders behind China’s planned Sky City have backed off a bit and now say construction will instead take seven months. As The Atlantic Cities reports, the building received approval from the Chinese government last week. Sky City will be […]

May 28, 2013