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In France, there are two distinct names for storeys at ground level, depending on whether it faces the street (called rez-de-chaussée, [14]) or a garden (called rez-de-jardin [15]). Buildings which have two "ground floors" at different levels (on two opposite faces, usually) might have both.
The Burj Khalifa [a] (known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration) is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.It is the world's tallest structure.With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 242.6 m spire) [2] of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world ...
Further developments led to what many individuals and organizations consider the world's first skyscraper, the ten-story Home Insurance Building in Chicago, built in 1884–1885. [30] While its original height of 42.1 m (138 ft) does not even qualify as a skyscraper today, it was record setting.
New Routemaster in London, United Kingdom. A double-decker bus or double-deck bus is a bus that has two storeys or decks. Double-deckers are used primarily for commuter transport, but open-top models are used as sightseeing buses for tourists, and there are coaches too for long-distance travel.
It was the first building in the world to be more than 100 stories tall, [32] though only the lowest 86 stories are usable. The first through 85th floors contain 2.158 million square feet (200,500 m 2 ) of commercial and office space, while the 86th floor contains an observatory.
Let's say a movie is already packaged and ready to go, but they have 28 million of a 30 million dollar budget, they go to a company like Adi's. He gets a loan from the bank for $2m and slaps his ...
In telling the stories of three visionaries, Hortense Odlum (Bonwit Teller), Dorothy Shaver (Lord & Taylor), Geraldine Stutz (Henri Bendel), Satow also tells a tale of proto-feminism that ...
There are also several other indoor observation decks in the tower, the highest at 433.2 m (1,421 ft). 2014 2 Burj Khalifa, Dubai: 2010 555 1,821 Opened on October 15, 2014 on the 148th floor. There is another observation deck at 452.1 m (1,483 ft) on the 124th floor, which has been open since the building was opened to the public. 2015 present