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World's
Tallest Human-Made
Structures 
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Over half a mile tall, the current record
holder is
the Burj Dubai (2,684 feet):
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Dubai
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Excerpts:
Burj Dubai (Arabic: "Dubai Tower") is a
super-
tall skyscraper under construction in the Business
Bay district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and
is the tallest man-made structure ever built ...
New
World's Tallest Building - the Burj Dubai
Construction began on September 21, 2004 and
is expected to be completed and ready for occu-
pancy in September 2009.
Photo: Aerial view of Burj Dubai on October
26, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008-10-26_burjdubai.jpg
Photo: Ground view of Burj Dubai on January
21, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/Burj-Dubai-20090121-jpg
...
Current records
Tallest structure: 818 m (2,684 ft)
(previously KVLY-TV mast - 628.8 m (2,063 ft))
Tallest freestanding structure: 818 m (2,684
ft)
(previously CN Tower - 553.3 m (1,815 ft))
Building with most floors: 160 (previously
Sears
Tower / World Trade Center - 110)
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Extreme Engineering: The Tallest Skyscraper
Even the worst economy in decades can't
suppress
the human urge to build. Today's most ambitious
projects are bigger and wilder than ever!
by Rena Marie Pacella Posted 02.26.2009
http://tinyurl.com/futuretallestskyscraper
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Excerpts:
The Tallest Skyscraper: The centerpiece of
Kuwait's
entirely new City of Silk will be the Burj Mubarak
skyscraper.
http://tinyurl.com/cityofsilkburjmubarak
Name: Burj Mubarak al Kabir
Where: Kuwait
Cost: $7.37 billion
Estimated Completion: 2016
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The Kuwaiti government is about to break
ground
on the City of Silk, a designed-from-scratch metro-
polis on the Tigris and Euphrates river delta with
a 3,284-foot tower as its centerpiece.
... the height has a cultural significance,
Kuhne says.
"One thousand and one meters for the classic Arabian
fairy tale One Thousand and One Nights. It's the dif-
ference between bragging rights and telling a story."
See more extreme engineering projects in
PopSci's
look at the Future of Building!
http://popsci.com/category/tags/future-building
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