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? THE CLAIM: WTC 7 also contained explosives since fire alone has never felled a modern skyscraper. Authorities have delayed releasing a WTC 7 report to hide the truth.
It's hard to believe that the majestic new addition to the Denver Art Museum is Daniel Libeskind's first completed building in the U.S. In 2003 Libeskind won the competition to design the master plan for the World Trade Center site. For the next year or two, he was...
Over the past three years, Emaar Properties, an outfit in the United Arab Emirates, has become one of the world's leading real estate developers. Emaar was founded in 1997 by ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum to lead the Dubai construction boom. The 70/30 business-government partnership, run...
The view from the top of Beijing's newest and tallest skyscraper is to die for. Still a year from completion, the upper floors are a mess of flapping safety nets and tangled steel wires, but there are glimpses of what will be a spectacular, 360-degree panorama. The outlook...
Conjure up the most energy-efficient building you can: the roof would collect rainwater for recycling. Lights and appliances not in use would turn off by themselves. And the structure itself would be built using predominantly recycled materials. In April, the Hearst Corporation's Manhattan employees will begin to move...