added 2007 Sun May 13 18:39:40 by aldomatic
This skyscraper, to be built in Dubai, is called the Burj al-Taqa ('Energy Tower'), and it will produce 100% of its own power. The tower will have a huge (197 foot diameter) wind turbine on its roof, and arrays of solar cells that will total 161,459 square feet in size.
This skyscraper, to be built in Dubai, is called the Burj al-Taqa ('Energy Tower'), and it will produce 100% of its own power. The tower will have a huge (197 foot diameter) wind turbine on its roof, and arrays of solar cells that will total 161,459 square feet in size.
added 2007 Tue Apr 24 4:16:55 by Ousama
The Chicago Planning Commission unanimously approved the fourth, and perhaps final, iteration of Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire yesterday afternoon. Designed for a 2.2-acre lakefront site-although its footprint will occupy barely half that amount-the seven-sided glass tower tapers and twists to point 2,000 feet above a public plaza below, makin
The Chicago Planning Commission unanimously approved the fourth, and perhaps final, iteration of Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire yesterday afternoon. Designed for a 2.2-acre lakefront site-although its footprint will occupy barely half that amount-the seven-sided glass tower tapers and twists to point 2,000 feet above a public plaza below, makin
added 2007 Wed Feb 21 9:31:39 by STONERS
A booming commercial real estate market and the need to move forward with rebuilding at ground zero changed Gov. Eliot Spitzer's mind about supporting the continued construction of the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower.
A booming commercial real estate market and the need to move forward with rebuilding at ground zero changed Gov. Eliot Spitzer's mind about supporting the continued construction of the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower.
added 2007 Wed Feb 14 11:47:12 by charbarred
JJ Abrams - a huge Stephen King fan who has studded many references to the Tower series into his TV show, Lost - is reportedly in talks to do what many thought impossible, and turn the apparently unfilmable seven-book series into a movie.
JJ Abrams - a huge Stephen King fan who has studded many references to the Tower series into his TV show, Lost - is reportedly in talks to do what many thought impossible, and turn the apparently unfilmable seven-book series into a movie.
added 2007 Mon Jan 29 16:21:54 by charbarred
"I'm a BASKF, a Big-Ass Stephen King Fan, and before you go making the obvious crude jokes, I'll bet you're something of a BASKF yourself. Judging by my man Steve's sales receipts, damn near every other person on the planet can lay claim to BASKF-dom."
"I'm a BASKF, a Big-Ass Stephen King Fan, and before you go making the obvious crude jokes, I'll bet you're something of a BASKF yourself. Judging by my man Steve's sales receipts, damn near every other person on the planet can lay claim to BASKF-dom."
added 2006 Thu Aug 3 1:29:31 by dirtyfratboy
"The tower will be over there," Davey says, pointing to a spot a mile distant where a 1,600-foot structure will rise from the ocher-colored earth. Picture a 260-foot-diameter cylinder taller than the Sears Tower encircled by a two-mile-diameter transparent canopy at ground level.
"The tower will be over there," Davey says, pointing to a spot a mile distant where a 1,600-foot structure will rise from the ocher-colored earth. Picture a 260-foot-diameter cylinder taller than the Sears Tower encircled by a two-mile-diameter transparent canopy at ground level.
