Essential Question: How can I create the tallest paper tower using only two sheets of paper and 28 cm of clear tape?
Get an engineeer's-eye-view of the tallest buildings in the world, to learn what challenges they face as they reach for the sky and wonder, how tall can we build?
Source: SciShow
What's the tallest THING we've ever built? How tall will we EVER be able to build?
Source: Vsauce
We've traveled from East to West and looked at the tallest skyscrapers currently under construction on each of the six inhabited continents.
Rising to a height of 1.3 kilometres, Dubai Creek Tower is set to become the tallest man-made structure in history.
Sci Guide with Jheni Osman- Head Squeeze
The Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest building standing at a whopping 828 meters. It is 2.5 times the size of the Eiffel Tower and it has the world's longest elevator.
Source: Brit Lab
Source: Science Imagination
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Megastructures: Ultimate Skyscraper NYC
This program takes a look at the Bank of America building at One Bryant Park in Manhattan and reveals the cutting-edge technology and innovative design needed to create such a massive structure that actually uses 50 percent less energy than conventional buildings of comparable size. Viewers will also scale the structure with the construction workers who brave the dizzying heights to piece together one of the world's greenest skyscrapers. Note: At the time of this program, One Bryant Park had yet to be completed, but the building was finished in 2009.
