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	World's Tallest Buildings — Infoplease.com
		World Trade Center twin towers of New York City ranked fifth and sixth (at 1,368 ft and 1,362 ft) on this list until their destruction on Sept. 11, 2001.
		A building differs from a tower in that the former is considered to be a structure that is designed for residential, business, or manufacturing purposes.
		This data was gathered and/or supplied by members and representatives of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat who represent world leaders in the field of the built environment, including research, industry, and education.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0001338.html (771 words)

	Skyscraper - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The structural definition of the word skyscraper was refined later by architectural historians, based on engineering developments of the 1880s that had enabled construction of tall multi-story buildings.
		Some structural engineers define a highrise as any vertical construction for which wind is a more significant load factor than weight is. Note that this criterion fits not only highrises but some other tall structures, such as towers.
		Tallest skyscraper in the Southern Hemisphere, the Eureka Tower in Melbourne
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Sky-scraper (1602 words)

	Worlds tallest tower, the Burj Dubai pictures, charts and facts.
		Worlds tallest tower, the Burj Dubai pictures, charts and facts.
		The Burj Dubai will have all the abow titles but with it's great height it will also claim the "tallest freestanding structure on land" and the "world's tallest supported structure on land", traditionally out of any buildings league and there has already been argued if the Burj actually could claim it no matter it's height.
		The next contender however are most likely to come from Asia or the middle-east but there's projects in the west to of course, Fordham Spire in Chicago and Russia Tower in Moscow for example but with it's current designs none of them are to rival the Burj Dubai.
	www.burj-dubai-tower.org /worlds_tallest_tower.htm (748 words)

	The worlds tallest - World's Tallest Woman - Netlore Archive
		Dominating the skyline of Arkhangelsk, a city in Russia's far north-west, it is believed to be the world's tallest wooden house, soaring 13 floors to reach
		The world's tallest man uses his long arms to pull plastic shards from the stomachs of two sick dolphins.
		Piercing the sky above the verdant hills of southern France, a roadway bridge hailed as the tallest in the world was officially inaugurated Tuesday.
	xn--1qu59es09b.com /gvue/the-worlds-tallest.html (458 words)

	The worlds tallest - News from The Associated Press
		Chicago became home to the world's tallest building in 1973 when the Sears Tower was topped off.
		This was the first world's tallest building completed in the 21st century.
		The world's tallest man married a woman two-thirds his size and almost half his age today in a traditional Mongolian ceremony sponsored by at least 15
	auinfo.info /?q=the-worlds-tallest (616 words)

	Worlds Tallest Structures
		Although it no longer holds the title of world's tallest building, it is still a monument to building technology.
		Eventually, in a unanimous vote, it was ruled on April 12, 1996, that Petronas Towers is indeed the world's tallest building.
		The world's tallest free-standing tower is the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, which rises to 553.34 m.
	www.civl.port.ac.uk /comp_prog/weird/tallest.html (355 words)

	Invest in Dubai
		This has been especially true with the growth in privatization, the fact that Dubai is the 3rd biggest re-export centre in the world and the increasing amounts of foreign direct investment in the region by foreign multinationals.
		Examples are “Burj Dubai” which is the worlds tallest structure built by Emaar properties.
		Other offshore developments include “The World” which is a group of islands which form the shape of the globe when looking at it from the sky.
	www.bestwaytoinvest.com /dubai (1077 words)

	Tallest Buildings
		The worlds first metal-frame skyscraper, the ten-storey Nome Insurance Building (52 m, 171 ft), was erected in Chicago in 1884-5.
		It was then the tallest office block in the world - a title now held by the Sears Tower, also in Chicago.
		However, the world's tallest structure made of galvanised steel and completed in 1974 - is the Warszawa Radio Mast near the city of Plock in Poland.
	www.geocities.com /Axiom43/buildings.html (68 words)

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		The tallest buildings in New York City were the twin towers of The World Trade Center until their demise on September 11, 2001.
		Now that The World Trade Center is gone, The Empire State Building takes its place as the tallest building in New York City, second tallest in The United States, and fourth tallest in the world.
		Although the buildings became the worlds tallest at their completion, that was not the intent or reason for building them.
	www.personal.psu.edu /students/s/e/sew207/wtc.doc (3701 words)

	Sapphire
		This permitted a stable structure of laws coupled with a degree of planetary unity to be balanced against the protection of individual rights and the sovereignty of territorial governments.
		An able administrator, her term might have gone little remarked were it not for her epic rivalry with the retired Admiral of the Christian Fleet Lexington Keeler, and his unconventional colony of artists and writers, living in the interior backwaters of her planet’s largest continental landmass.
		As the young geo-cartographer in the crew of the Carpentaria, he so fell in love with the beauty of the new world that, at the age of twenty-five, he had himself put into stasis until the planet was colonized.
	www.worlds-apart.net /sapphire.htm (10523 words)

	List of tallest buildings and structures in the world - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While determining the world's tallest structure has generally been straightforward, the questions of what is the world's tallest building or the world's tallest tower have often been controversial, both because of disputes over what counts as a building or a tower, and further disputes over how to measure the height of these.
		Another example of a structure that's not self-supporting is a captive balloon, a long rope tethered to the ground on one end and to a helium balloon on the other.
		The World Trade Center became the world's tallest buildings to be demolished–indeed, its site entered the record books twice on September 11, 2001, in that category, replacing the Singer Building, which once stood a block from the WTC site.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Worlds_tallest_structures (2149 words)

	World's Tallest Suspension Bridge Opens in South France — on Schedule, within Budget - Site Selection Online
		And the world's architectural critics have uniformly echoed Chirac's assessment of the arresting span.
		The tallest of the pillars is 807 feet (245 meters).
		The structure is built with a slight curve to enrich the view for drivers.
	www.siteselection.com /ssinsider/snapshot/sf050103.htm (1834 words)

	disjointed.org - World's tallest building will not be in New York
		The construction of what will be the world's tallest building is set to begin in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The building is going to be roughly 2600ft tall and house 160 stories....
		World's tallest building will not be in New York
		The construction of what will be the world's tallest building is set to begin in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
	disjointed.org /archives/2004/12/worlds_tallest.html (361 words)

	undercity
		The towers on the site, as the tallest structures around, are definitely the most fascinating of the Fair's relics.
		At the base of and behind the towers in the photo above is an oval structure with pillars all around and beautifully riveted and shaped metal girders connecting the pillars; this was the "Tent of Tomorrow," designed by the modernist architect Philip Johnson, and it housed the New York State pavilion.
		Although the concrete structure was in fine shape, all the metal was rusted badly and the stairs were falling apart.
	www.undercity.org /photos/WorldsFairSite (365 words)

	Visitor Activites
		Famous also for its historical structures, the zoo has succeeded at combining state-of-the-art animal and visitor facilities with beautiful architectural reflections of past times and sensibilities.
		They have two of the worlds tallest structures in the Sears Tower and the John Hancock Building.
		Originally constructed in 1914, at the time it was the world's largest pier, 292 ft wide and 3000ft long.
	home.comcast.net /~wadenorton/visitor_activites.htm (830 words)

	Chorus
		Of the known Chlorine Worlds it is also one of the richest biospheres, comparable to Old Earth in its abundance of species.
		The tallest forests consist of plants that use bladders of lighter gases (usually methane or hydrogen) rather than growing thick support structures.
		Chorus is a young world in the context of Terragen civilization, and as yet there are few truly important dates in its history.
	www.orionsarm.com /worlds/Chorus.html (6811 words)

	New York Pavilion 1964-5 Worlds Fair by Philip Johnson and Richard Foster Architects
		Commissioned by the state of New York for the 1964 World's Fair in New York City (Queens), the New York State Pavilion was the largest in the Fair, and is one of the few structures from the Fair to remain standing today.
		The largest structure in the complex is an elliptical plaza measuring 350 feet by 250 feet.
		Perhaps the most impressive structures in the Pavilion (and the most recognizable) are the three observation towers measuring 90, 185 and 250 feet tall.
	www.galinsky.com /buildings/nypavilion (885 words)

	LOL: The Life of Leo - » Worlds Tallest Building (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Here is a list of the tallest buildings, and the a list of the tallest towers in the world.
		The CN Tower is absolutely the worlds tallest FREE-STANDING STRUCTURE, however if your talking about buildings as structures WITHOUT floors from top to bottom, then yes it’s also the tallest building in the world entirely.
		Otherwise it’s fair to say that the new Tapei 101 tower is the “Worlds Tallest Building” since it’s considered a “building” as opposed to a “structure” like the CN Tower.
	leoville.com /blog/2006/04/25/worlds_tallest_building (460 words)

	USATODAY.com - Taipei skyscraper deemed tallest (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1,679-foot-tall structure — which some liken to a giant bamboo shoot of glass and steel — received the title from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization involved in the planning, design and construction of skyscrapers.
		"There's no dispute whether Taipei 101 is the tallest building in the world," said Ron Klemencic, chairman of the council, as he formally certified the building's record with a new plaque.
		It also has two of the world's fastest elevators, which travel 3,333 feet per minute and can go from the ground floor to the 89th floor in 39 seconds.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-10-08-taiwan_x.htm (528 words)

	15 Best Skylines in the World
		Toronto has 7 structures in its skyline that stand at over 200 metres, including the astonishingly tall 553 metre, CN Tower, which is often referred to as the tallest free-standing structure in the world.
		Kuala Lumpur has three of the 25 tallest buildings worldwide, including the tallest twin buildings, the Petronas Towers (which are considered by some to be the second and third tallest overall in the world), as well as the peaking, 420 metre Menara Kuala Lumpur Tower.
		Already home of the world's tallest all-hotel building and the tallest all-residential building in the world, AND currently proposed to build the world's tallest building, this skyline might just leap to the number 1 spot in the near future.
	www.diserio.com /top15-skylines.html (2560 words)

	Tallest Building in the World \| Miscellaneous \| Pub Quiz Help
		Tallest buildings and structures in the world and UK Quiz Categories
		The worlds tallest buildings are defined as habitable structures measured from the ground floor entrance to the top of the highest architectural feature such as the roof or spire.
		The following structures are all taller than the tallest buildings listed above but they are not classified as buildings because mainly they are tv transmission towers without proper habitable floors and are supported by guy ropes.
	www.pubquizhelp.34sp.com /misc/tallest.html (120 words)

	Balint’s Blog
		Most of the tallest structures are television broadcasting masts, followed by a mix of the taller tower-type structures (like the CN Tower) and the taller high rise buildings (like the Sears Tower).
		Scattered among these are other structures including oil platforms, electrical towers, bridge towers, etc.”
		Of particular interest to me was the Warsaw radio mast, which was the world’s tallest structure at 646.38 meters and collapsed in 1991 due to an error when carrying out maintenance on its guy ropes.
	blog.spench.net (884 words)

	What is the tallest building in the world?
		It is widely known to be the tallest building in the world.
		CN Tower is by far not the tallest structure in the world!
		The people from Seoul Tower said their tower was the tallest in the world...
	www.scs.sk.ca /vol/HTT/SDesign/tallest.htm (2668 words)

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		The finished model of the Empire State Building stands almost 2 feet tall when completed.
	www.mysimon.com /5/World's+tallest+structures.html (272 words)

	Building Records
		Highest point on a structure measured from its base (freestanding structure)
		Tallest Bridge (from bottom to the top of the pillars)
		Structure with the highest floor reachable by elevator
	www.allaboutskyscrapers.com /buildingrecords.htm (104 words)

	Thoughts on Things: Worlds tallest structure?..
		However, despite what the newspapers keep saying, none of these proposals will be the world's tallest structure.
		Those honors go to KTHI-TV in North Dakota whose boroadcast mast reaches 2,063 ft. Nor are either of them the worlds tallest self supporting structure, that honor still goes to the CN tower in Toronto at 1,815 ft. Just so you get the facts straight.
		the tallest structure in the world, is the guyed warszawa radio mast at constantynow.60 miles north-west of the capital of poland, it stands 646.38m 2120 ft tall or more than four -tenths of a mile.
	www.thoughtsonthings.com /archives/2003/02/worlds_tallest.php (250 words)

	Talk:List of tallest buildings and structures in the world - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1863 the tallest structure in the world was the " Mole Antonelliana " in Turin Italy, standing at 548 feet.
		It originally was not given this title when it opened June 28th (only tallest free-standing structure), 1975; however, in 1995 they revised their decision and proclaimed the CN Tower was infact the World's Tallest Building and Tallest Free-Standing Structure on Land.
		The platform sections certainly are structures, but the bulk of their height comes from the teethers that hold them to the sea floor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:World's_tallest_structures (4191 words)

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