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Friday Morning Spice
25 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Putin reportedly asked Musk not to activate Starlink over Taiwan, Miss SA Mia Le Roux to compete in Miss Universe, Ex-Generations actor mired in R61m asbestos graft, an Ford’s Mustang Dark Horse SA pricing revealed.
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Wednesday Morning Spice
09 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Pastor Ray McCauley dies, Mantashe pushes for R14 a litre fuel price, Machine learning pioneers win Nobel prize, New Salvador Dalí film, and Sum 41’s singer alleges sexual abuse by former manager.
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“French Spider-Man” Celebrates Birthday In Some Fashion [Video]
19 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
As a solo free climber dubbed the “French Spider-Man”, Alain Robert is clearly not going to let his age dictate his ability to climb tall buildings.
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Enjoy The ‘Skinniest’ Skyscraper In The World
17 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
New York’s famed Billionaires’ Row is welcoming a new addition to the skyline – the Steinway Tower, or as it’s more commonly known, 111 West 57th Street.
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Skyscraper Window Cleaning Nightmare Plays Out In Real Life [Video]
16 May 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two window washers in Oklahoma had to be rescued in dramatic fashion after their platform was whipped back and forth by high winds.
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The London Skyline Is Set For A Few Dramatic Changes
20 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Take a first look at the plans for London’s newest and tallest skyscraper, The Tulip, which is set to begin construction in 2020.
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Japan Reveals Plans For A 70-Storey Skyscraper Made Out Of Wood
27 Feb 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
It should come as no surprise that sustainable architecture is on the increase, and Japan’s plans for a new high-rise look mighty fine.
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New Building Competing For “Tallest In The Cape Town CBD” Will Cost R1,5 Billion [Video]
23 Feb 2018 by Sloane Hunter / 2 Comments
Yet another high-rise tower is planned for Cape Town’s CBD and, after watching a promo video, we have a few questions.
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The Sleek Skyscraper Proposed To Be Cape Town’s Tallest Building
01 Nov 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
In a few years, a skyscraper reaching 192 metres will feature in the middle of Cape Town’s CBD. And it won’t be hard to miss – take a look.
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Hands Down The Most Unbelievable Skyscraper Idea We’ve Ever Seen
06 Apr 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There is no shortage of ambitious ideas floating around out there, but this actual, floating skyscraper is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.
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Radical Black Sky Footage As Dubai Skyscraper Goes Up In Flames [Video]
03 Apr 2017 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
As dark smoked billowed across Dubai yesterday, one thing became clear: the metropolis needs to work on the increasing amount of skyscrapers catching fire.
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Cape Town Is Set To Have A New Tallest Building – Check Out The Zero-2-One Tower
28 Sep 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
It should be no surprise that Cape Town’s CBD is in high demand, so it’s no wonder there are plans to build taller than any other building.
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FIRE! Iconic Dubai Skyscraper Turns Into Towering Inferno [Video]
23 Feb 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire. Watch as the iconic Torch (yep, real name) building in Dubai turns into a fireball.
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Check Out This Residential Skyscraper On Fire In Russia [Video]
22 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A 25-storey block of flats caught fire in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, in south-western Siberia, and local news coverage shows the frightening images.
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Imagine Playing Tetris, Using A Skyscraper As Your Screen [VIDEO]
07 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here’s something for all the 80s kids to drool over. Residents in Philadelphia, USA, were treated to some Tetris action, on an immense scale. To celebrate the start of the Philly Tech Week festival, a 29-storey building was turned into a massive screen for Tetris.
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Angry Chinese Say British-Designed Skyscraper Resemebles “Giant Underpants”
10 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
When the Suzhou Chinaing Real Estate Company commissioned British architecture practice RMJM to design The Gate to the East, they were hoping for the Eastern answer to Paris’s Arc de Triomphe. Instead, they found the £445 million skyscraper more closely resembled a pair of “giant underpants”.
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Russian Daredevil Free-Climbs Moscow Tower [VIDEO]
04 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Russian daredevil Tyomka Pirniazov free-climbed up to the ornate Soviet star on top of the 200 metre tall, Stalin-era Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building in Moscow. Which is made a little more impressive by the fact that he spent the duration of the climb with a camera clenched in his mouth.
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