Skyscrapers.....

[Lucky13]

Just watched a few programs about some of them, and it makes me wonder......aren't they getting a bit on the big side now?

 

[Colin1]

...because internationally
they're a technological showpiece - "Look how high ours is..."

 

[Lucky13]

Until when they're not so tall anymore......

 

[vikingBerserker]

I watched a really cool show that compared how the Americans take down a building (ie blow it up) vs how Japan does it. They start at the bottom and remove the bottom sections floor by floor so that builing is gradually lowered. I have to admit it was pretty interesting to watch

 

[B-17engineer]

Well explosions are way better...

 

[Smoke]

Well explosions are way better...

Indeed...

 

[RabidAlien]

Well explosions are way better...

More fun to watch, at any rate. I'd guess that Japan's method yields more reusable materials in a shorter period of time.

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

I can see where Japan would want to recycle as much of the material as possible.


Wheels

 

[GrauGeist]

Modern technology is allowing us to build bigger (taller) buildings, but mother nature will always have the last word as to how long those "super buildings" remain standing

 

[Lucky13]

True! Like any woman, mother nature always have the last word....

 

[Airframes]

We've just got a new one in my town, which disappears into the clouds. It's four stories high...........bl**dy weather !

 

[beaupower32]

Mother Nature PMS's too much!

 

[Colin1]

We've just got a new one in my town... ... It's four stories high

That's Derbyshire
always pushing the envelope...

 

[Wayne Little]

Just watched a few programs about some of them, and it makes me wonder......aren't they getting a bit on the big side now?

They are certainly pushing the envelope, that's for sure!

 

[Airframes]

Derbyshire??? Cheshire old boy - although the frontier is only a couple of miles away !

 

[Lucky13]

Aaaah....the uncharted territories!

 

[BikerBabe]

Mother Nature PMS's too much!

NO SHE'S NOT!!!