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The Burj Khalifa - tallest building in the world.
Now...the question isn't so much as "how high" can we / should we build these things.
What I wonder is how efforts to design and construct such tall monsters compare with efforts to land a man on the moon, cure cancer, etc. Are we going where no man has gone before? Do efforts such as this advance the human race in any meaningful way? I'm not questioning anyone's right to build tall buildings, just wondering about the why and what it really accomplishes.
The Burj Khalifa - tallest building in the world.
Now...the question isn't so much as "how high" can we / should we build these things.
What I wonder is how efforts to design and construct such tall monsters compare with efforts to land a man on the moon, cure cancer, etc. Are we going where no man has gone before? Do efforts such as this advance the human race in any meaningful way? I'm not questioning anyone's right to build tall buildings, just wondering about the why and what it really accomplishes.






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Same attitude here as climbing a mountain because it is there. It was built because it could be.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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However it is not that creative since it seems that it is more of a competition for the tallest structure.
We should be able to build up and defy gravity(!) However I am not sure if it is that practical to build super tall structures, why not build a complex of towers instead of one... Hope it "stands-up" to their expectations. :)
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Michael.
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