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Shoe-shaped building constructed in China grabs looks!
The Chinese sure know how to grab attention and have just added a structure to the Shanghai skyline that induces awe and chuckles. Located at the Hongqiao Business District, this building, funnily enough, resembles a shoe. Called the Hisayoshi Center, this one’s still under construction and has been grabbing second looks ever since it first…
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Simulate your shapely side with the BuildMyBod iPhone App
Many times, the credibility of a portable device App is put to test, especially if it is a health or well being application. But when it comes to the BuildMyBod App, you have no other way out other than buying what it tells you. This is because the application is built by a plastic surgeon,…
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The Japanese intend to build tallest floating building and farm with Green Float project
So the Japanese are looking to compete with Dubai in terms of fancy constructions, like the miniature earth created with man made islands etc. What they’ve got in mind is a floating 1km (3,300ft) high tower as well as a floating concrete lilypad as long as they can find a patch of calm, Equatorial Ocean…
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Sears tower glass balcony makes you feel like a bird
Freaky! Those of you who has acrophobia, or fear of heights, will faint just reading this. In Chicago, there’s a new element of tourism. It is the service to see the city in air. You are literally in air and you will feel like a bird with a firm base midair. That’s what this glass…
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Skydeck at Sears Tower is sure to give you Vertigo
Drawing inspiration from transparent walkways over the Grand Canyon and Toronto’s CN Tower a new thrill is being planned at Skydeck at Sears Tower. At the 103rd floor ledges are to be built with clear floors so you can look straight down. (One more image after the jump)
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Manhattan building getting personal car elevator
You live in an ultra luxurious penthouse in New York City, with all the latest in modern technology available to you at the touch of a button or click of a mouse. But I can bet you a million dollars, your apartment does not have a sky garage for your car! But if you are…
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Las Vegas City Center To Be A Green Project
The buzz surrounding the newest project-Las Vegas City Center is that its going to be a green development project estimated to cost around $8 billion pumped in by MGM MIRAGE and Dubai World. The first building is scheduled to open at the end of 2009 and the project includes a resort casino, two non-gaming resort…
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Burj Mubarak al-Kabir in Kuwait will be the tallest building in the world
There are two projects on hand that are vying for a world record of sorts. On one hand you have the Burj Dubai, which is supposed to be over 800 meters; the actual height has not been disclosed and as they are in mid-construction, they may add on a bit to up the ante. The…
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Wind-powered Building coming up in London
Harrods has competition. No, I don’t mean in the form of a departmental store. Many of you might not know this, but Harrods has its own electricity supply unit, they are self-reliant and manage their own power supply. Similarly there is a new building coming up in London that will harness wind-power to generate electricity.…
