Vertical City Rediscovering Great Heights Around The World

The Tallest Building In The World For 25 Years And Now The Third Tallest In The Us The 175 Million Sears Tower Broke Boundaries In Not Only Height But Design And Construction When It Was Completed In 1973 Building The Tallest Building In The World Brings Its Own Logistical Headaches And The Crippling Cost Of Funding An Iconic Tower Can Take Its Toll

Every Major City Has A Symbolic Piece Of Architecture That Projects Its Image To The World But What Happens When A City Loses Not Only Its Trademark Industry But Its Trademark Icon This Is Exactly The Problem That Faced The City Of Malmo In Sweden To Recover They Built A Radical Skyscraper But Daring Design Always Courts Controversy The Whole Project Nearly Ended In Disaster

Skyscrapers Have Transformed Cities Across The Globe Most Notably The Famous Skyline Of Manhattan But On September 11th 2001 This Historic Cityscape Became Forever Linked With One Event That Forced Architects To Rethink How Skyscrapers Should Be Built 7 World Trade Center The First Building To Be Constructed On Ground Zero Has Taken Skyscraper Safety Innovation To New Levels

The Skyscraper Is A Symbol Of Aspiration And Power And An Environmentally Unsound Energy Guzzling Monster But In 1997 Norman Foster Created A Contradiction The Worlds First Ecological Tower The Commerzbank In Frankfurt Has Changed The Construction Of Office Buildings Forever But Was Going Green The Result Of The Corporate World Being Responsible Or Just A Big Fat Pr Exercise

Vertical City Goes Down Under To The Tallest Residential Building In The World The 300 Meter Eureka Tower The Most Exclusive Address In The Southern Hemisphere Is Living The High Life Destroying Our Traditional City Communities Are These Vertical Villages Changing The Way Future Generations Will Live

The Strongest Building On Earth Torre Mayor Is Constructed To Withstand Earthquakes That Would Obliterate The Average Skyscraper Built In The Wake Of Mexico Citys Most Devastating Earthquake This Building Has Become A Haven In One Of The Worlds Most Active Seismic Zones But Can The Ever Growing Height Of Skyscrapers Compete With Typhoons And Earthquakes