Skyscrapers Flourish Despite 9-11

Delegates at the 8th Venice International Architecture Exhibition say the skyscraper is flourishing around the world despite 9-11 and security concerns.

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September 18, 2002, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The exhibition flaunted 1:100 scale mock-ups of towers reaching 100 floors or more.These models echoed the works in progress of established architects such as France's Jean Nouvel with the Agbar tower in Barcelona, Italy's Renzo Piano's model for the future headquarters of The New York Times and Britain's Norman Foster for the 283m, 40-storey Swiss Re Tower in London, billed as the world's first ecological skyscraper. "

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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