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Cambodia Spurs Development With Second Tallest Building in Asia

At least that's what the country hopes to do.READ»

HAWAII   |  Comment

Hawaii Goes Hard on Construction Recycling

Proposed law asks builders to recycle 60% of their materials waste.READ»

Burj Dubai: Skyscraper and Storm Destroyer?

The Burj Dubai is many things: World's tallest building, financial folly, symbol of mankind's technological triumph, and now, possibly, a mechanism for defusing tropical storms. How on Earth is that possible? It's the chimney ...READ»

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Shenzhen Building To Be One Huge Multimedia Screen, Solar Power Station

The winner of a competition to design a new building for the China Insurance Group has just been announced, and the winning design is a truly futuristic-sounding creation. Shenzhen "4 Tower in 1," from Coop Himmelb(l)au ...READ»

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The World's First Moving (Not Just Rotating!) Building

An 80-storey (420-metre tall) moving building is slated to be built in Dubai, with apartments that will spin 360 degrees at voice command, according to the BBC. Talk about innovative… 79 horizontally placed wind turbines ...READ»

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The Immoral Home of a Billionaire

Forty percent of the Forbes list of the world's ten richest people for 2008 is occupied by Indians. That's a significant percentage -- particularly for a country in which an estimated 26 percent falls below the poverty line, a ...READ»