Tag: Skyscraper

An expert claims that skyscrapers or high buildings are a disaster for the environment, the economy, and society. Isaac Meir, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, claims that high rises as they are being built now are a threat. The 500-meter-tall, 163-story Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the world's tallest structure, but only for the time being. Saudi Arabia plans to construct a kilometer-tall 0.62-mile-tall skyscraper with more than 167 floors. Skyscrapers' Danger Several causes: There is an atmosphere of success and eroticism surrounding skyscrapers. For developers, they are lucrative. Moreover,...