Inside the race for the world's first MILE-high building: Fascinating book says mega-skyscrapers that are four times the size of the Empire State will be constructed in the next DECADE (if designers crack the altitude sickness!) Cities in the Sky claims mile-high buildings could be the norm in ten years Construction would be twice the size of current tallest building the Burj Khalifa Author Jason M Barr breaks down the global race to create the mega skyscraper By Jason M. Barr Published: 18:32 BST, 19 May 2024 | Updated: 18:32 BST, 19 May 2024 e-mail View comments The race is on to construct the world's first mile-high building. It would be almost twice the size of the Burj Khalifa - the current tallest construction in the world - and four times the size of the Empire State Building.
And the difference in air pressure means going from the bottom to top would be the equivalent of a visitor entering New York and two minutes later exiting at the top of Denver. And yet, despite a multitude of financial and logistical concerns, a fascinating new book explains how such mega skyscrapers could soon be the norm. In an extract from his book Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World's Tallest Skyscrapers , Jason M Barr breaks down changing city skylines across the globe.
.. How The Illinois would compare against the world's biggest and most famous skyscrapers Cities in The Sky - Futureopolis In 1956, Frank Lloyd Wright unveiled a design for a mile-high skyscraper (1.
61 km), called .
