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Tall Stories
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Picture in your mind the skyline of downtown Toronto. There's the CN Tower,
of course, and the 72-floor First Canadian Place, the city's tallest
skyscraper. Cascading from there are the assorted banks and hotels and
insurance towers.
Now, u .... Middle of Term Paper
... tallest building, the 110-story Sears Tower in Chicago.
Suppose that you were asked to erect such a building. How would you
do it? What are the obstacles you'd face? What materials would you use?
And where would you put it?
Building a superskyscraper, the first thing you would need is a
considerable slice of real estate. Tall buildings require a large base to
support their load and keep them stable. In general, the height of a
building should be six times its base, so, for a skyscraper 900-m tall,
you'd need a base of 150 square m.
That much space is hard to come by in, say, downtown Toronto, forcing
you to look for an u ... |
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