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Building costs are comparable to more traditional structures, but developers say building with wood has advantages over steel ...
An ambitious new timber tower in Toronto, Canada, is due to begin construction soon. Thanks to its innovative prefabricated ...
Can a moonshot company escape its leader’s political baggage? What if the company’s success is in part bound up in that polarizing activity? Elon Musk is back in reassurance mode, professing ...
Now famous for being the world’s tallest unfinished and unoccupied building, construction on the building was halted in 2010. Work on the project was resumed in 2011, however by September 2015 ...
Piers Morgan says he has claimed the title of the highest-paid actor in Hollywood – on an hourly basis. The talent show judge from Britain's Got Talent boasts that he has been cast in nine major ...
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EUROPE'S tallest abandoned building could finally be finished, but time is running out. Dieter Becken, 75, has taken on the challenge of finishing the skyscraper, but first needs to raise enough cash.
The building was set to host a Nobu hotel and restaurant, risk adviser Aon, and a local bank. The Goldin Finance 117 is the world's tallest abandoned building. The skyscraper was set to become the ...
It was set to become one of the world's tallest buildings — if it was ever completed. Standing at a height of 1,957 feet (596 metres), Goldin Finance 117 was intended to transform the Tianjin ...
The use of mass timber in building in New Zealand is minor compared to steel and concrete - but it is growing in its use and popularity. Mass timber is engineered by laminating thin sheets of wood ...