Saint Petersburg Heritage Status Threatened By Gazprom Skyscraper

Russian gas corporation Gazprom is planning to build a 1,322 foot (403m) high skyscraper in the middle of Saint Petersburg's historical district. The glass structure was approved in a government meeting on...

Spiderman Alain Robert arrested in Sydney for scaling skyscraper

The man known as 'Spiderman', Alain Robert, was arrested in Sydney earlier today for scaling a 41-storey skyscraper, The Royal Bank of Scotland tower, with only his hands and his courage, as about 200 people...

Empire State Building to get a green makeover

The iconic Empire State Building in New York is set to get a $20 million green makeover, to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions the building puts out by 105,000 metric tons over the next 15 years. This is...

John Hancock Tower Boston Facing Foreclosure

The tallest building in Boston is up for auction.  Who in the world in this economy is going to buy it, is my question. Also, what happens to it if no one bids on it? "The John Hancock Tower in Boston will be...

Suicide at Empire State Building

A sad story from New York, where a middle-aged woman is reported to have committed suicide by jumping out of a window on the 39th floor of the Empire State Building. " The 54-year-old Manhattan woman, whose name was witheld pending family notification, was working at North...

Vertical Farm Building Towers in Our Cities

An innovative project where technology races against population growth and global warming changes." The world is going to need vertical farms because conventional agriculture can’t handle what’s to come,...

Paris and skyscrapers go together now

Bertrand Delanoe, the mayor of Paris, plans to lift the ban on skyscraper construction in the capital. Six 200-metre towers as well as an unknown number of 50-metre apartment blocks are to be constructed all...

Future Cities Will Move And Change Shape

Every day millions of people all over the world go to the office to work at the same location. It is another work day at the same address in the same office building. The structure may be old or it may be new, but...

Worlds first Moving skyscraper

"Construction of the world's first moving building, a 80-storey tower with revolving floors which give it an ever-shifting shape, is due to begin. The Dynamic Tower, which will be built in Dubai, will feature 80...

Plans for World's First Rotating Skyscraper Unveiled

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the world's first rotating skyscraper will be built in the futuristic desert metropolis of Dubai. The second rotatoscraper, however, will be located in Moscow a city, apparently, in dire...

Tower running - the latest painful craze in getting fit

A new craze is starting to take off in the world of extreme sports and intense fitness training. It's called 'tower running', and it involves running up hundreds of stairs in the world's tallest buildings in...

Vodafone slaps Facebook in the...face

Facebook no longer seems to be the sweetheart of the media world. First the company is accused of stealing the whole idea and threatened with a lawsuit and now Vodafone pulls its ads from the site. ...

Skyscraper Farms of the Future

"Skyscraper Farms of the Future Vertical Farms Housed in Urban Multi-Story Buildings Are on the Horizon"

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