When engineers in Taiwan were building the world’s tallest building, called Taipei 101, everyone said don’t worry, it will be perfectly safe.
But now, this!
Engineers in Japan planning on building megaskyscrapers in the future should think twice.
The weight of the world’s tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, specially built to withstand Taiwan’s frequent earthquakes, could be causing a rise in the number of tremors beneath it, according to Lin Cheng-horng, an earthquake specialist at the National Taiwan Normal University.
Professor Lin says the Taipei 101 building, named for the number of floors it has, might rest on an earthquake fault line.
Oops! There goes the neighborhood!
Megaskyscrapers of the future also known as “Sky Cities” will be built to withstand earthquakes, fires, hail, and most of what comes their way in theory. If I remember their height is like 12 times of the twin towers of new york? It wil be big
I forgot to comment about the problem :X
Perhaps in 100 years from now they will have learned how to reverse tremors so it becomes neutrolized but who knows! I hope that this doesn’t mean the entire world will shatter or else il be a sad panda
Don’t forget the Sumida Tower!
Google Nazi, above, said IN THEORY. Two very important words. Remember the Twin Towers collapse in the USA? IN THEORY, they were NOT supposed to ever collapse.
Sumida Tower (すみだタワー Sumida-tawaa) is a proposed broadcasting tower in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. If completed as planned, Sumida Tower would be the tallest free-standing tower in the world at 610m (2,001 ft), displacing the CN Tower in Toronto, and would also be the tallest man-made structure in Japan.
The Sumida Tower planning is being led by a group of six terrestrial broadcasters led by public broadcaster NHK, who plan to complete construction of the tower by 2011. The completed structure would be the highlight of a massive commercial development around Oshiage Station.
It is occasionally known as the Second Tokyo Tower (第二東京タワー dai-ni-Tokyo-tawaa) to distinguish it from the existing Tokyo Tower.
I dont know what IN THEORY Means. I mean, really…