Posted on 07/18/2012 1:23:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Emporis, a database of construction projects, just released a list of the 10 tallest skyscrapers that are currently under construction, meaning they have a foundation laid.
The buildings sport an average height of 1,857 feet — or more than one-third of a mile high. China leads the way, with six buildings on this list.
Even amongst all this construction, Dubai's Burj Khalifa will still keep its spot as the world's tallest building at 2,717 feet tall. If other proposed building plans are put into motion, there could soon be skyscrapers that dwarf the Burj in height.
But for now, these buildings are the tallest in progress.
Source: Emporis
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This subject is most appropriately titled:
“Architects and Developers Penis Envy Syndrome”.
I think G-d has already spoken on this hubris related subject.
This is the only building that matters.
Since you brought up the subject of God’s opinion on these projects I am reminded that scripture has a lot of “bookends”. For instance, one commentator suggested reading the first three chapters of Genesis and comparing it to the last chapter of Revelation.
Hebrew literature employs a “folding” technique called chiasm where topics or viewpoints change as the paragraph, chapter, or book proceeds. The central point is in the middle. Then the topics or viewpoints are revisited in reverse order until you get to the original at the end of the work.
Christ is clearly central to history. Maybe history itself has been “unwinding” since His first appearance on the earth?!
One wonders whether the “Tower of Babel” account, which is rather early in Genesis, serves as such a bookend to history itself?
BTW: The actual building seldom lives up to the artistic rendering. However, these are really beautiful buildings!
Willam F Buckley told the story of a woman he met at some party. She said that she could get an idea of the book’s worth by reading the first and last words together.
She gave an example of one of Buckley’s own recent publications:
“Herewith ... light.”
On the rendition of the WTC, note the memorial to the Twin Towers in the foreground.
So I guess it's not "being built right now."
A Chinese company is planning to soon build the tallest building - in 90 days flat.
Sitting on my desk now.
Does skyscraper boom lead to a bust? How the tallest buildings go up... as the economy goes DOWN
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085064/Skyscrapers-warning-sign-financial-crashes-warn-experts.html
I was not so much directed towards the Tower of Babel story, as I was sheer human hubris (excessive pride, which reflects of dominance of an ambitious ego, ambitious FOR the self).
That’s why I term the whole enterprise as a bunch of architects and developers engaged in pure penis envy, relative their efforts.
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