The 196,6-meter-high Millennium Tower in the Bay Area continues to lean more and more, despite the architects' best efforts to reinforce the luxurious building, according to NewYorkPost. The construction of a 58-story skyscraper with a height of 196,6 meters in San Francisco was completed in 2009. In him…
On September 27, 1889, the workers completed the construction of the tower. It was an 11-story building, which, thanks to its steel frame, is considered the first skyscraper in New York. The building is long gone - its place on Broadway was occupied in 1914, and this erection marked the beginning of a building boom, ...
Architecture firm Zumo has posted some breathtaking photos of inflatable skyscrapers on its Instagram that the company claims are environmentally friendly. What kind of buildings are these, the publication Interesting Engineering figured out. “Imagine towering skyscrapers rising like colossal balloons to transform city skylines…
The retrofitting of the tilting Millennium Tower in San Francisco, California, was put on hold after crews discovered that the building was sinking faster during construction work. Writes about it Los Angeles Times. The nearly $ 100 million upgrade was stopped on August 19, and was ...
The Willis Tower Skydeck in Chicago experienced a terrible panic after a glass floor cracked under the feet of visitors. The incident took place on Monday evening, June 10, on the 103rd floor. It got on the Internet after the upper protective layer split into ...
In New York, a helicopter crashed into a building in the city center. One person died. The aircraft attempted to make an emergency landing on the roof of a building on Seventh Avenue, but ended up crashing into the roof, causing panic among the people in the skyscraper and a fire. "Firefighters...
On October 15, 1880, the German Emperor Wilhelm I inaugurated the recently rebuilt Cologne Cathedral. With a height of 157,4 meters, it has become not only the tallest Catholic cathedral, but also the tallest structure in the whole world. In warm speeches about its opening ...
Architectural studio Oiio has created a project for the construction of the conceptual skyscraper The Big Bend in New York, a feature of which will be its length, not height. The building will be the longest skyscraper in the world and will be a very thin structure of 2 parallel columns, united in ...
American cities have a large number of skyscrapers that are very comfortable and beautiful, but quite dangerous in case of an emergency. In order not to get confused and save the lives of yourself and your family, the Ready.gov project has collected tips on how to properly behave in ...
One of the symbols of San Francisco, one of the top 10 most beautiful skyscrapers in the world, the Millennium Tower, is sagging and leaning. If this building is in danger of collapse, the case will turn into the most high-profile litigation in the real estate industry, writes SF Gate. It's connected with…