Why Are So Many of China's Tall Buildings Designed In Chicago?

Why Are So Many of China's Tall Buildings Designed In Chicago?

Chicago has long been a global leader in an interesting export category: Maker of the world’s tallest buildings. The world’s current tallest building was designed here, as well as the one that will supplant it. Now, the city’s architects will add even more towers to their list due to a relationship with the planet’s most booming development scene—China.

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The Designers of the World’s Tallest Buildings Aim to Build Wood Towers

The Designers of the World's Tallest Buildings Aim to Build Wood Towers

Just when you had given up on trees, wooden buildings are back! Skidmore Owings & Merrill, the firm behind the Sears (aka Willis) Tower, One World Trade Center, and many other extremely tall buildings wants to make a 42-story skyscraper out of wood.

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