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The demolition of especially high buildings presents unique challenges, especially when their location is within densely populated areas of their respective cities. Buildings particularly tall are most often deconstructed floor-by-floor down to the building's basement, as opposed to controlled implosion of the structure, which would most likely ...
Goldin Finance 117 and other failed skyscraper projects in China were responsible for the government banning construction of buildings over 500 metres (1,640 feet). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] If ever completed, Goldin Finance 117 will be one of China's last 500+ m towers for the foreseeable future.
It is the third highest skyscraper in the country after the twin towers of Parque Central Complex. The construction of the tower began in 1990 but was halted in 1994 due to the Venezuelan banking crisis. As of 2025, the building remains incomplete. [1] It was damaged due to two earthquakes on 21 and 22 August 2018. [2]
The ongoing demolition of a Tokyo skyscraper makes it look like the 460-foot-tall building is shrinking. Taisei Corp., the construction company taking down the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, is using ...
Building began in 1987 and came to a halt in 1992 with the fall of the Soviet Union and a downturn in North Korea's economy. Standing at just over 1,000 feet tall, the hotel is the most visible ...
Abandoned buildings and structures in fiction (7 C, 1 P) * Unused buildings in the United Kingdom (1 C, 6 P) A. Abandoned canal projects (4 P) Abandoned hospitals in ...
Sathorn Unique Tower is an unfinished skyscraper located in the Sathon district of Bangkok, Thailand.Planned as a high-rise condominium complex, construction of the building was halted during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, when it was already about 80 percent complete.
The Cocoa Beach Glass Bank, officially known as The First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Cocoa – Cocoa Beach Branch, [1] was a five-story glass building in Cocoa Beach, Florida. It officially opened in April 1962, and fell into disrepair in the late 1970s after the end of the space race .