A multi-storey building constructed on a steel skeleton, provided with high-speed electric elevators and combining extraordinary height with ordinary room-spaces such as would be used in low buildings.
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This site explains the construction process of tall buildings and covers facts of a collection of skyscrapers across the world.
An international organization focused on the planning, design, construction and operation of tall buildings/ skyscrapers. Membership information, publications, conferences, leadership, and news are featured.
Articles, images and wallpapers of the tallest buildings in the world.
Background, history, raw materials, design, and the construction process of skyscrapers, from Thomson Gale's How Products Are Made.
This illustrated narrative by Tom Harris from HowStuffWorks explains that the main technological advancement that made skyscrapers possible was the development of mass iron and steel production.
Egbert Gramsbergen presents worldwide highrise statistics, using graphs and various ranking methods.
Information and pictures of the tallest buildings in the world.
Private, not-for-profit, educational corporation devoted to the study of highrise buildings. Exhibits and information on the architecture, materials, and physics of highrise construction.
Dylan presents an illustrated database of the world's tallest buildings. The illustrations drawn to one scale make it easy to compare heights internationally or within a city. Includes dates and architects.
A comprehensive database of Greater Toronto Area construction and skyscraper development activities.
Drawings of skyscrapers from across the world. With a personal touch.
A comprehensive article from the collaborative online encyclopedia on the skyscraper's historical development.
An international organization focused on the planning, design, construction and operation of tall buildings/ skyscrapers. Membership information, publications, conferences, leadership, and news are featured.
Egbert Gramsbergen presents worldwide highrise statistics, using graphs and various ranking methods.
This illustrated narrative by Tom Harris from HowStuffWorks explains that the main technological advancement that made skyscrapers possible was the development of mass iron and steel production.
Information and pictures of the tallest buildings in the world.
A comprehensive database of Greater Toronto Area construction and skyscraper development activities.
This site explains the construction process of tall buildings and covers facts of a collection of skyscrapers across the world.
Drawings of skyscrapers from across the world. With a personal touch.
A comprehensive article from the collaborative online encyclopedia on the skyscraper's historical development.
Articles, images and wallpapers of the tallest buildings in the world.
Background, history, raw materials, design, and the construction process of skyscrapers, from Thomson Gale's How Products Are Made.
Dylan presents an illustrated database of the world's tallest buildings. The illustrations drawn to one scale make it easy to compare heights internationally or within a city. Includes dates and architects.
Private, not-for-profit, educational corporation devoted to the study of highrise buildings. Exhibits and information on the architecture, materials, and physics of highrise construction.
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