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PHOTOS: Check Out The World's Tallest Lego Tower

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Skyscraper, Toys, Tallest Lego Tower, Video, South Korea, Record Lego Tower, Lego Profits, Lego Tallest Tower, Legos, Slideexpand, Business News

For iconic Denmark toymaker Lego, the sky may no longer be the limit. The world’s tallest Lego tower ever was constructed in South Korea this wee...

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WATCH: Trespassers Sneak Into Skyscraper, Capture Amazing Footage

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Shard Skyscraper, Skyscraper, Video, Urban Climbing, Shard, England, Slidewide, Shard Building London, London, World News, World News

Pictures posted online show a group of trespassers climbing to the top of Europe's tallest building, slipping past light security at "The Shard" skysc...

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Owner Of New York Landmark Plans Towering IPO

AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Skyscraper, Ipos, Video, King Kong, Malkin Holdings LLC, Empire State Building, Real Estate, Securities and Exchange Commission, Esb, Empire State Realty Trust Inc., Business News

Soon investors can take after King Kong and grab a piece of the Empire State Building. The company that runs the Depression-era skyscraper, the talle...

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PHOTOS: 11 Best Moments Of Architecture In 2011

Jacob Slevin | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Slidefreestyle, Skyscraper, Design, Architecture, Towers, Libraries, Buildings, Slidepollajax, Arts News

I'm pleased to say that 2011 was an exciting entry into a new decade of architecture, especially given the prologue put forward by the close of the pr...

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Frank Gehry In Hong Kong

www.cnngo.com | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Disney Concert Hall, Skyscraper, Gehry, Asian Architecture, Frank Gehry, Hong Kong, Gehry Buildings, Architecture, Design, Guggenheim, Surrealism, Asian Art, Chinese Architecture, China, Buildings, Arts News

Canadian-American Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry's first building in Hong Kong is almost complete. Dubbed OPUS HONG KONG, the 12-story r...

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Kingdom Tower: In Depth With The Architect

Jacob Slevin | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Skyscraper, Tower, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia, Architecture, Design, Saudi Arabia, Building, Geotechnical Engineering, Arts News

View from the water. Photo courtesy of © Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Just recently announced, the Kingdom Tower will be the world's ta...

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PHOTO: COMEBACK! Demi Lovato Reveals Her Return

Posted 09.04.2011

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After a winter of lows, Demi Lovato is looking to reach new heights with "Skyscraper." Lovato hit rock bottom last November, when she checked into ...

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Man Kills Himself By Jumping Off World's Tallest Skyscraper

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Skyscraper, World's Tallest Building, Dubal, Suicide, Burj Khalifa, Burj Dubai, Dubai, Burj Khalifa Suicide, United Arab Emirates, World News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A man committed suicide on Tuesday in a plunge of 39 floors from a segment of the world's tallest skyscraper in Du...

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Landscaping the Burj Khalifa

J. Michael Welton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skyscraper, Burj Khalifa, Kuwait, SWA Group, Som, World's Tallest Building, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Architecture, Arts News

When the Burj Khalifa opened, attention focused on this Emerald City-like apparition.

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Times Square's Newest Skyscraper: An Interview with Dan Kaplan of FXFOWLE

Jacob Slevin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skyscraper, Design, Architecture, Interior Design, Green Architecture, Arts News

Eleven Times Square occupies a full block front along Eighth Avenue between West 41st and West 42nd Streets. Photo by REDSQUARE. Many architects dr...

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Architect Jeanne Gang on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Bazer, Studio Gang, Hideout, Chicago, Jeanne Gang, Frank Lloyd Wright, Skyscraper, Talk Show, Architecture, Frank Gehry, Skyline, Chicago News

Jeanne Gang, principal and founder of Studio Gang Architects, stopped by The Interview Show to talk about her career, Aqua Tower and mushrooms.

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Danger and Intrigue in Cortlandt Alley

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Architecture, Chinatown, Building, Table Tennis, New York City, Hollywood, Skyscraper, New York News

I do appreciate alleys for their beauty as a rare piece of forgotten New York. There's really nothing you can do to save or preserve them and their value is in their scarcity.

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Treasures on the East 25th Street Courthouse

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skyscraper, Manhattan, Shake Shack, Madison Avenue, Scouting Ny, New York State Supreme Court, New York News

The marble courthouse on 25th and Madison, home to the Appellate Division of the NY State Supreme Court, is a charmingly compact building only three stories high, completely dwarfed by skyscrapers.

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Clapboard House Goes Up in Times Square (?)

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skyscraper, Times Square, Clapboard House, Baldoria, New York News

Clapboards, in Times Square? Given that anything new in this area tends to be glass, steel, or less frequently brick, this is definitely an oddity, silly gimmick or not.

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Burj Dubai, World's Tallest Skyscraper `Last Hurrah' To Dubai's Age Of Excess

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dubai World, Dubai Debt, Burj Al Arab, Skyscraper, Dubai Skyscraper, Burj Dubai, Dubai, Dubai Tower, World News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — When work began in 2004 to build the world's tallest tower, Dubai's confidence also was sky high with a host of me...

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Piaget Building Examined By Feds: Links Between Iran, Skyscraper Suspected

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skyscraper, Piaget Building, New York-New York, Piaget Building Nyc, Mosques, Feds, Federal Prosecutors, Seizure, Iran, Seized by Feds, Piaget Building Seized, New York, New York City, Islamic Republic of Iran, Piaget Building Specs, Piaget Building New York, Alavi Foundation, Piaget Building Model, New York News

UPDATE: Despite being known to some as the Piaget Building, luxury Swiss jeweler Piaget wrote in a statement that "the company does not own the buildi...

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Under Construction: World's Greenest Skyscraper

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skyscraper, Greenest Skyscraper, Green Architecture, China Pollution, Green Skyscraper, Chinese Green Skyscraper, Green, Green Energy, Green Technology, China, Chinese Green Architecture, Green News

Rising high through the polluted air of Guangzhou City in southern China is a 71-story tower block which, according to its designers, will be the most...

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Dying To Work: Human Trafficking and the Construction Industry

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skyscraper, Uae, Dubai, Zero Carbon, Ethics, Design, Building, Architecture, Human Trafficking, Business News

What good is building a zero energy, carbon neutral complex if unethical labor practices are jeopardizing the lives of those who build this architectural wonder?

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Construction On $980 Million NYC Skyscraper Suspended

Bloomberg | David M. Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Skyscraper, NYC Skyscraper, New York Construction, Boston Properties, Business News

Boston Properties Inc., the biggest U.S. office landlord, plans to suspend construction on a $980 million midtown Manhattan skyscraper after a law fir...

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Beijing's Architectural Revolution (PHOTOS)

AP | ANITA CHANG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slideshow, Skyscraper, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Olympic Stadium, Architecture, Construction, China, Olympics, Business News

BEIJING - This ancient capital city, long known for the architectural splendor of its centuries-old palaces and temples, is getting a new look that c...

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