The Skyscraper Boom
After 9/11, there was talk that the age of the skyscraper was over. Instead, enormous towers are sprouting from Malaysia to Moscow. Why do buildings keep getting taller?
Where are skyscrapers being built?
Dozens of enormous commercial and residential towers are in the works throughout the world. In New York City, construction recently started on the Freedom Tower, a 70-story, 1,776-foot structure that will stand on the site of the World Trade Center. Developers in Chicago plan to build an audacious, 124-story office and residential building nicknamed the
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