About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 83. Chapters: Buckminster Fuller, Millennium Dome, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Centre Georges Pompidou, Renzo Piano, Eden Project, Burj Khalifa, Millau Viaduct, Beijing Capital International Airport, Santiago Calatrava, Gerald Ratner Athletics Center, Beijing National Stadium, Allianz Arena, 30 St Mary Axe, HSBC Main Building, Hong Kong, Beijing National Aquatics Center, Canton Tower, Turk Telekom Arena, Olympic Stadium, The Sage Gateshead, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Gateshead Millennium Bridge, City Hall, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciencies, Hearst Tower, Turning Torso, Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Shukhov Tower, Frei Otto, Milwaukee Art Museum, Adziogol Lighthouse, Shukhov tower on the Oka River, Faculty of Law, Cambridge, Montreal Biosphere, Weltstadthaus, Burj Al Alam, Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Dubai Towers Doha, Sony Center, Bryan Avery, The Lowry, Hedmark Museum, Clyde Auditorium, Klinikum Aachen, Internationales Congress Centrum Berlin, Kobe Port Tower, L'Agora, Nagoya Dome, Stadttor, Caltrans District 7 Headquarters, Nittele Tower. Excerpt: Burj Khalifa (Arabic: "Khalifa Tower"), known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is currently the tallest structure in the world, at 828 m (2,717 ft). Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010, and is part of the new 2 km (490-acre) flagship development called Downtown Dubai at the 'First Interchange' along Sheikh Zayed Road, near Dubai's main business district. The tower's architecture and engineering were performed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago, with Adrian Smith as chief architect, and Bill Baker as chief structural engineer. The primary contractor was S...
