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Skyscrapers

Skyscrapers. Scraping the Sky. Introduction (Sky Tower) Share personal experiences of visiting the tall buildings What is the meaning of ‘Skyscraper’? Materials for constructing a building Skyscrapers around the world Make your own skyscraper!. Sky Tower in New Zealand.

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Skyscrapers

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  1. Skyscrapers

  2. Scraping the Sky • Introduction (Sky Tower) • Share personal experiences of visiting the tall buildings • What is the meaning of ‘Skyscraper’? • Materials for constructing a building • Skyscrapers around the world • Make your own skyscraper!

  3. Sky Tower in New Zealand • Sky Tower is the tallest man-made structure in New Zealand • Sky Jump and Sky Walk • 328 meters tall Tower for sightseeing

  4. The story behind • This song refers to the original London Bridge built from 1176 to 1209. • 20 arches were very narrow and close together • dangerous for anyone passing underneath and damaged the bridge • Parts of it collapsed in 1281 and 1482 until it was finally demolished in 1832.

  5. Definition of ‘Skyscraper’ • a tall, continuously habitable building.

  6. Summary of PMI table

  7. Construction Materials What kind of material is suitable for building a structure? • Sticks and Stones • Wooden Clay • Iron and Steel

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  10. Skyscrapers around the World

  11. The Tallest Building in the World Current Name: Burj Khalifa Location: Dubai Year: opened on January 4, 2010 Height:828 meters (=361 Yao Ming!!!) Floors: 162 … Burj Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates

  12. The Tallest Building in the U.S. Historically Name: Sears Tower Current Name: Willis Tower Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Year: 1974 Height: 442 meters Floors: 110 Sears Tower (Willis Tower) in Chicago, USA.

  13. The tallest twin buildings Location: Kuala Lumpur Year: 1998 Petronas Tower 1 Height: 452 meters Petronas Tower 1 Stories: 88 Petronas Tower 2 Height: 452 meters Petronas Tower 2 Stories: 88 Interesting Point: Each floor of the 88-story towers is shaped like an 8-pointed star The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  14. Skyscrapers in HK International Commerce Centre(ICC) (484m, 118 floors) International Finance Centre Tower II (2IFC) (415m, 88 floors).

  15. Towers • CN Tower in Toronto, Canada • the world's tallest tower (553m) Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Shanghai, China

  16. Location: Taipei, Taiwan Year: 2004 Height: 509 meters Floors: 101 Interesting points: Both the building's interior and exterior incorporate the Chinese pagoda form and the shape of bamboo flowers. Taipei 101 Tower in Taipei, Taiwan.

  17. Extract from http://www.skyscraper.org/TALLEST_TOWERS/tallest.htm

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