How Tall Can Skyscrapers Get?
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? ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: thankstank.tumblr.com Sources: www.dvice.com/2013-10-25/whats-tallest-skyscraper-physics-would-allow-us-build www.citylab.com/design/2012/08/there-limit-how-tall-buildings-can-get/2963/ www.bbc.com/future/story/20131011-birth-of-the-mile-high-building www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/architecture/taller-how-future-skyscrapers-will-beat-the-burj-khalifa-8893983 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/better-faster-taller-how-big-can-buildings-really-get-27500726/?no-ist www.arabianbusiness.com/kingdom-tower-have-world-s-fastest-double-decker-lift-553366.html#.U5fc3vldVX8 gizmodo.com/how-the-worlds-next-tallest-building-will-be-built-1525129231 www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~krasny/math654_irwin.pdf www.theguardian.com/environment/2005/dec/02/naturaldisasters.climatechange www.bauer.de/en/career/newsletter/2012-10/kingdom_tower_lakhta_tower.html www.ctbuh.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Fdx2awLbk%2Fg%3D&tabid=1090&language=en-GB www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-02/rise-supertalls
