s tallest building and tallest free-standing structure, and at 160 storeys ... Burj Dubai will have used 330,000 cubic meters of concrete, 39,000 metric tons of steel rebar and 142,000 sq m of glass.

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An empty lot on one of the most high-profile corners of a historic suburban downtown is once again a focal point in an ongoing tug-of-war between redevelopment and preservation. Excelsior city ...

Structurally, the Wrigley is a typical steel-frame Chicago high-rise of its period, with fifty caissons encased in concrete ...