Skyscraper rises above them all
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Rising to 1,667 feet above the capital&#39;s bustling streets, Taipei 101, Taiwan&#39;s gleaming new skyscraper, reigns as the tallest building in the world, eclipsing the previous record-holder
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Architects around the world are erecting skyscrapers that use a hollow concrete core surrounded by bomb-resistant glass and other security innovations.
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Taiwan celebrated the official opening of the world&#39;s tallest skyscraper today with a colorful opera performance and some of the island&#39;s top personalities taking elevators up to the 89th-floor observation platform.
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The latest design of the skyscraper being built to replace the World Trade Center covers its 20-story concrete base with thousands of glass prisms and tops it with a lighted spire meant to resemble the Statue of Liberty&#039;s torch, the lead architect said Wednesday.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 11--Tower to rise at North Hills   The Triangle's tallest suburban office building is expected to begin rising from Raleigh's booming North Hills area in the fall.
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A massive compound of interconnected towers will make it possible to live, shop and play in a clean, green, climate-controlled haven amidst the city's pollution and extreme temperatures.
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The Mitsubishi Electric Corporation opens what it says is the world's tallest elevator testing tower.
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Piercing the sky above the verdant hills of southern France, a roadway bridge hailed as the tallest in the world was officially inaugurated Tuesday.
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The shiny skyscrapers that soar above Panama City's coast and loom over the small Central American capital give it a skyline more suited to an Asian powerhouse like Hong Kong or Singapore.
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Frenchman Alain Robert has defied bad weather to set a personal record by climbing the world&#39;s tallest building, Taipei 101, in four hours.
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A sky-high iPod ad towers over a hip Toronto shopping district. Toronto will soon be home to its own Apple retail store.
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Architects unveiled the designs for three office towers at the World Trade Center site Thursday, including a skyscraper topped by four shining diamonds that would light up lower Manhattan at night.
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A FRENCH urban climber who calls himself SpiderMan yesterday climbed to the top of the world&#39;s tallest building, Taipei 101. Alain Robert, 42, took almost four hours to reach the top of the 508m building -- nearly
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It's all the buzz in the Saudi capital &#151; the two new skyscrapers that soon will soar upward from this city in the middle of flat and barren desert, taking their place above a row of chic new sidewalk cafes.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - A French urban climber who calls himself Spiderman climbed to the top of the world's tallest building on Saturday - Taipei 101.  Alain Robert, 42, took almost four hours to reach the top of the 1,679-foot building.
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Three steel pillars rising from the World Trade Center site's massive pit are the first visible signs of the Freedom Tower, the centerpiece of rebuilding efforts six years after the September 11 attacks.
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A French climber who calls himself &quot;Spiderman&quot; has edged his way to the top of the world&#39;s new tallest building, Taipei 101 in Taiwan.