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skyscraper

A multistory building with a steel skeleton that supports the weight of the building.
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The Emporis Skyscraper Award is the world's most coveted prize for high-rise architecture.
Britam Tower named the top skyscraper in Africa
Skyscraper, despite its emotional highs, is a film that requires you to leave your thinking caps at home.
Skyscraper sucks Dwayne Johnson into a see-saw battle
'Skyscraper' set to release in India on July 20 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
'The Rock' wants to bribe children with goodies in turn for praises
This skyscraper - the 15th tallest building in the US - was built in just 14 months.
Empire State Building and 4 other landmarks built quicker than Wirral bridge work; We have rounded up some fairly impressive structures that were put together in a faster time than Wirral's much-delayed dock bridge
1960s shopping precincts have more style than this skyscraper.
Is Neville joking with 'design' of skyscraper? Letters, comments and emails VIEWPOINTS Write to: Viewpoints, M.E.N, Mitchell Henry House, Hollinwood Avenue, Oldham, OL9 8EF Or email: viewpoints@men-news.co.uk
In the film, Johnson plays a former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader who now assesses security for skyscrapers. While on assignment in China, he finds himself framed for setting the tallest building in the world ablaze and now has to race against time to find the real culprits behind the fire - and rescue his family who are trapped inside the building.
Dwayne Johnson faces a towering inferno in 'Skyscraper' (VIDEO)
Known for its skyscrapers and great architecture, Dubai continues to add on its long list of skyscrapers with three out of five tallest buildings completed in 2017 were in Dubai, says the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) report.
UAE ranked 4th globally in terms of skyscrapers
With a height of 804 fit., it is Mexico City's tallest skyscraper and also the world's tallest exposed concrete structure.
Durst's Via 57 named best new skyscraper in annual awards
On why rental gains were flat in the first-half of the year, Matthew Dadd, Partner - Commercial Agency at Knight Frank, said: "Given the range of striking skyscrapers which Dubai has to offer, we do not see a premium paid for higher floors in skyscrapers.
Dubai's office skyscrapers still command sky-high rents
Islamic Revelation Mostazafan Foundation (IRMF) deputy chief Manouchehr Khajedolouiee said to indigenize skyscrapers construction technology and improve the quality and management in the domestic construction sector his organization is studying the building of a 121-storey skyscraper in Tehran.
Tehran to Host 121-Storey Skyscraper Soon
ACCORDING to Knight Frank's recently published 'Skyscrapers 2015 Report', a supplement of their annual Global Cities report, the world's cities are in the midst of a skyscraper building boom.
Towering ambition for city; With Birmingham poised to get a new office tower in the Central Business District, Knight Frank's Ashley Hudson examines the appeal of skyscrapers to office occupiers
I got a trail camera picture of a buck I later named Skyscraper, a 160-class 12-pointer with a split brow tine.
It's not over till ... a never-give-up attitude is often the difference between success and failure in the whitetail woods

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