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Why does China build skyscrapers to raise pigs?
Skyscraper pig farms have sprung up across China, where uniformed technicians monitor pigs with high-resolution cameras that look like they're in a NASA command center.
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155m-tall 'head-heavy' twisted building designed to overcome limited space
To overcome the limited space, Vancouver House was designed with a small triangular base, which then twists and expands with height.
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Amazing super thin skyscraper project, only as wide as an apartment in Dubai
A super-narrow 73-storey skyscraper, no wider than an apartment block, is being planned in Dubai.
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Twin skyscrapers appear to partially collapse in China
Two Oasis Towers designed by Dutch architecture firm MVRDV are planned to be built in Nanjing, with large amounts of greenery.
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The strangest skyscrapers in the world
The 40m tall fairy chimneys in Cappadocia are the result of volcanic activity and weathering over millions of years, providing a unique habitat for humans.
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Saudi Arabia rebuilds the world's tallest building
After years of delays, construction on the Jeddah Tower, the world's tallest skyscraper, resumed in early May in Saudi Arabia.
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A 170km long skyscraper in Saudi Arabia may have to change because of birds
The Line skyscraper is part of Saudi Arabia's Neom project. This country wants to build a smart city stretching up to 170km.
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The tallest skyscraper project in America is resistant to tornadoes
Legends Tower is expected to be built in Oklahoma City with a height of 581 m, about 40 m higher than One World Trade Center.
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Saudi Arabia will build a 2km high skyscraper
The 2km high skyscraper project will be built north of the capital Riyadh despite many design challenges and huge costs.
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Designing the tallest earthquake-resistant building in Japan
The 325m-high Mori JP Tower is equipped with many systems to help reduce strong shaking and can withstand earthquakes up to 9 degrees.
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This stunning urban set of photos explains why Hong Kong is known as the 'concrete jungle'
Photographer Manson's works show the best features of Hong Kong's skyscraper-filled landscape.
Oceanography
How to predict killer waves in the ocean?
Predicting when killer waves, dangerous waves as tall as skyscrapers, will appear is still a headache for researchers.
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Skyscrapers can absorb 1,000 tons of CO2 per year
The designers introduced a skyscraper model called 'Urban Sequoias' that is capable of removing the equivalent of 48,500 trees of carbon from the atmosphere.
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China inaugurated the tallest horizontal building in the world
This building is part of the Raffles City complex project of Chongqing.
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Skyscrapers - unrealistic things are becoming reality!
In 1956, architect Frank Lloyd Wright proposed the idea of a nearly 2,000-meter skyscraper. And it will be the tallest building in the world at that time, very tall -…