Better than flying
Better than flying
- 2006
- Economist 379(8480) 3 June 2006, 79-81(3) .
Special report on the skyscraper boom. Roughly 8% of the world's stock of tall buildings is currently under construction, while 40% of the world's 200 tallest buildings have been completed since 2000. Considers the history of skyscrapers, the reasons for their popularity, the challenges they pose, their economics, and the technology that has encouraged developments in design.
Special report on the skyscraper boom. Roughly 8% of the world's stock of tall buildings is currently under construction, while 40% of the world's 200 tallest buildings have been completed since 2000. Considers the history of skyscrapers, the reasons for their popularity, the challenges they pose, their economics, and the technology that has encouraged developments in design.