Creater of the world's tallest tower Burj Khalifa

New Delhi: Adrian Smith, the creator of the Burj Khalifa and other iconic structures worldwide, has been a practising architect for over 40 years. Meet the man who designed the building that has smashed all world...

Now World's tallest building Burj Dubai

New Delhi: Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, is set to open on Monday in Dubai amid tight security. The 160-floor tower will be looking down at a city struggling with an economic crisis. Emaar, the...

Passengers Stranded on World’s Tallest Ferris Wheel

I really think this wouldn't be such a bad place to be stranded. "Over 170 passengers were trapped for hours on the 541-foot tall Singapore Flyer observation wheel last week."

World's Tallest Man Has Become A Father

The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun, has recently become the world's tallest father, but his normal-size son could have trouble filling his Dad's big shoes.I wonder if he is bigger on every part of his body?If so...

World's tallest man becomes world's tallest dad

" The world's tallest man, China's Bao Xishun, became the world's tallest father this week with the birth of his first child, a boy whose initial height seems a compromise between his gigantic dad and...

World's Tallest Man to Become a Father

"The 7-foot-9-inch Bao Xishun and his 5-foot-5-inch wife are expecting a child. These have been good times for Bao. He had lost his title of the Guinness World Record as tallest living man in 2006 to Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk. However, Stadnyk refused to be measured early...

Burj Dubai

"This is the latest available in images from the Burj Dubai, already the tallest building in the world with just a year to go to completion. Nothing demonstrates the amazing ambition of this city better than this iconic building which is the centre piece of the new Downtown...

College Basketball's Tallest Player Suffers Serious Injury

Kenny George, the tallest player in the history of NCAA Divison I college basketball, may miss the entire 2008-09 season. The 7'7" center for the University of North Carolina at Asheville will be sidelined due to...

Burj Dubai becomes the tallest building on earth

The desert city of Dubai is doing everything to attract tourist and maintain its position as the world's most modern & dynamic cities. The city has evolved  from a fishing settlement to a modern city...

China's Bao back on top of the world

"DEFINITIVE publication "Guinness World Records" has returned the title of world's tallest man to China's Bao Xishun after Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines. Bao, 2.36 meters, held the title for a year before losing it in 2006 to Stadnyk,...

Burj Dubai, June update on world’s tallest building « Peter J. Cooper’s ...

"Completion is now scheduled for September next year but the Burj Dubai is almost fully clad and the next stage will be to add the final spire to the top, which is under construction in Jebel Ali. What a statement about the brash, bold self-confidence of this amazing city...

That Burj Dubai TV commercial « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"If you listen to CNN, BBC World or even Al Jazeera International you could be forgiven for thinking the Middle East is a war zone with no hope of economic progress. But look at Dubai with the world’s tallest building under construction - indeed UAE infrastructure...

Bullock could be record breaker

The race is on for Britain's tallest cow."A Somerset animal sanctuary is hoping one of its bullocks will be officially named as Britain's tallest cow.The 6ft 6in Friesian, called Chilli, towers over other cattle...

World's tallest horse is still growing

Noddy the Shire horse is a strapping lad. He weighs in at 1.3 tonnesand could one day tip the scales at 1.5 tonnes. He takes an eight-footcover and his Australian owner is getting him used to a ladder to...

Happy Anniversary "Oddball" Earth:: Oblate Spheroid

"False-color satellite image of Chimborazo (center, left), Carihuairazo (10km northwest of Chimborazo), Tungurahua (center, right with ash plume) and El Altar (bottom, right), Ecuador. Pale blue indicates snow/ice...
 

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