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London mayor will not allow Tulip skyscraper to bloom
Plans for a new London skyscraper dubbed the Tulip have been turned down by London Mayor Sadiq Khan. The proposed development, on land at 20 Bury Street, would have become the second tallest building in Western Europe after the Shard and stood at
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Firefighters rescue man clinging onto broken safety rope from 16th floor of building in China
Firefighters managed to rescue a man clinging from a broken safety rope from the 16th floor of a building in China. Dramatic video, filmed in Liupanshui city in Guizhou province, shows a worker hanging onto the rope as the firefighters analyse
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Window cleaners rescued from skyscraper after ordeal in out-of-control lift
Two people, believed to be window cleaners, have been rescued from a lift near the top of an approximately 850-foot skyscraper in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma City Fire Department said on Twitter that the two were stranded outside the 50-floor
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A stunning horizontal skyscraper is nearing completion In China
The highly-anticipated Raffles City Chongqing project in China is nearly complete. Devised by renowned architect Moshe Safdie, it measures a staggering 1.12-million-square-meters and consists of eight towers and a gigantic connecting skybridge,
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Window cleaners left dangling on 820ft skyscraper: Scary pics
Two window cleaners lives were put in serious danger when a platform on a 820 feet skyscraper tilted to a 45 degree angle. The workers were on Vienna's DC Tower 1's 48th floor, which is 470 ft high, when the platform slanted
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London skyscraper melts Jaguar
One of London's newest skyscrapers has been blamed for causing damage to cars parked in a nearby street, due to the way it reflects