buildings
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Neat Chart Shows The Tallest Planned Buildings In History
Briefly: The tallest building in the world? The Burj Khalifa. Duh. But if plans had worked out differently for other buildings, the Burj Khalifa wouldn’t even crack the top 10 tallest buildings in the world. Here’s a cool chart showing all the tallest planned buildings in the world. Some of them are still ongoing while…
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Here’s How You Move A 363 Tonne, 404-Year-Old Japanese Castle
400: That’s about how many years old Japan’s Hirosaki Castle is. It’s also how many (US) tons it weighs. And yet it was successfully lifted two feet in the air and 70 metres down the road.
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This Robot Stacks Bricks Into Impossible-Looking Building Facades
Bricks are known for their strength and impenetrability — not necessarily for their light and airy facades. But a Swiss firm has created just that, stacking bricks into a sculptural helix-like lattice that zig-zags across the front of a building. And they did it with the help of a robot.
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What Ugly Building Can You Just Not Help Loving?
We know they’re bad for us. We know we shouldn’t like them. BUT STILL WE DO. What building that everyone else considers ugly occupies an architectural soft spot in your heart?