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Fitts and her companions were on an observatory deck in the Shanghai World Financial Center—a wedge-shaped skyscraper that currently ranks as the world’s third tallest building—taking in a panoramic view of one of the most rapidly developing cities in the...

Author: By Sirui Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Pursue Programs in China | 5/14/2010 | See Source »

He was the master of the tall order. Bruce Graham, who died March 6 at 84, designed two of the biggest, most famous and most starkly beautiful buildings in the world, both for Chicago, where he spent almost his entire career at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. In 1970 the 100-story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bruce Graham | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

The 1,080-unit building's construction has now reached the 62nd floor and is scheduled to be inaugurated by the end of the year, complete with luxury condos, a five-star hotel, six restaurants, a Las Vegas-style casino and a private yacht club on the nearby Isla Saboga...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Donald Trump Goes on an Adventure in Panama | 3/20/2010 | See Source »

When construction began on the Burj Dubai - as the record-breaking tower was originally called - Dubai was in the midst of an epic boom, fueled by foreign speculators and one luxury development project after another. By the time the tower opened on Jan. 4 with a lavish fireworks display, though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lessons of Dubai | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

So, its 36-story skyscraper in midtown Manhattan, registered as the 650 Fifth Avenue Company, was owned by Assa Corporation, a New York shell company, which listed its owner as Assa Company Ltd., a Jersey, Channel Islands entity. In most cases that's as far as investigators get - but here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why U.S. Law Helps Shield Global Criminality | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

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