buildings
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50 Buildings That Point To The Future Of Cities
Most “best-of” lists for buildings focus on superlatives: tallest, prettiest, most expensive. For the past 50 days, The Guardian has taken a slightly different approach by compiling a stellar lineup of 50 great buildings in 50 different cities. The series serves as both a crash course in architectural history and comprehensive survey of where contemporary…
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I Can’t Handle This Insane Parkour Run On Top Of A Really Tall Building
Video: This video of a crazy guy running and jumping and doing that parkour thing across a building ledge only lasts 15 seconds, but I’m pretty sure I’ve threw up 15 times, cried enough tears for 15 years, broke my knees in 15 different places from trembling too hard and destroyed my ability to emotions…
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The Tallest Buildings On Each Continent Throughout History, Visualized
I love these fantastic charts from Halcyon Maps that show which skyscrapers or churches or temples or mounds of dirt or other structures that have been the tallest buildings on each continent throughout history. You can see the ridiculous skyscraper arms race that develop in each area over the years and see what outdid who.
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Google’s Crazy New Campus Will Be Covered In Giant Canopied Domes
Apple is building a spaceship. Nvidia will work inside alien polygons. Amazon has its orbs. Soon, Google might have an crazy new headquarters of its own: A series of giant, transparent canopied buildings filled with open spaces for Googlers to congregate.