Neatorama » skyscrapers http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:00:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Skyscrapers of the Not so Distant Future http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/01/skyscrapers-of-the-not-so-distant-future/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/01/skyscrapers-of-the-not-so-distant-future/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:17:29 +0000 Queuebot http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/01/skyscrapers-of-the-not-so-distant-future/

I have always found skyscrapers to be so majestic, and beautiful. Here are some soon to be finished skyscrapers, as well as a few still in the design phase.

International Commerce Centre. West Kowloon, Hong Kong. Estimated Completion: 2010. Apparantly, this building was going to be even longer, but they were forced to scale it back, since city ordinances don’t allow buildings that are taller than the surrounding mountains.

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by notoriousnicholas.

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In any building, it’s always good to know how you’re going to get out in case of an emergency. As we all know now, it’s not always easy in a skyscraper, or even a building with a few floors. Several innovative systems have been developed for these events, including the Evacuchute, a parachute designed to be used for jumping out of tall buildings. See it in action as well as some other ideas in The World Of High Rise Office Escape Systems. Link -Thanks, David!

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No, New York is not underwater (yet, anyhow) – that’s a clever ad for HSBC by Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai ad agency in India. The bank wanted to raise awareness of the dangers of global warming, so the clever ad guys glued an aerial photo of a city’s skyscrapers to the base of a swimming pool … the effect of a submerged cityscape is fantastic!

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