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# skyscraper

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# roadblock
'It would have a detrimental impact': City council rejects Johnny Ronan's Dublin skyscraper
The tower could have been Dublin’s tallest storied building.
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Jul 3rd 2017, 10:10 AM
# skyscraper
Two Kerry brothers plan to construct Ireland's tallest building in Cork
Kevin and Donal O’Sullivan have helped develop some of New York’s most iconic structures.
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Apr 20th 2017, 1:30 PM
# skyscraper
Large fire breaks out near world's tallest building in Dubai
Luckily, no injuries have been reported.
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Apr 2nd 2017, 8:01 AM
# building and property
Whatever happened to... U2's skyscraper in Dublin's docks?
The rock band was involved in a plan to construct Ireland’s tallest building.
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Jan 8th 2017, 9:55 AM
# Los Angeles
Construction worker dies after falling from 53rd floor of LA skyscraper
The electrician had removed his hard hat, construction company officials said.
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Mar 18th 2016, 7:44 AM
# the bride
The tallest building in the world will be an Iraqi skyscraper
With its iconic ‘veil’ of solar panels, the four-tower behemoth will produce as much energy as it consumes — a breakthrough in tall-building design.
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Dec 6th 2015, 7:00 PM
# pointy
Pictures: Paris has just voted for the construction of a seriously unique looking building
The Tour Triangle will be the first skyscraper built in the French capital in more than 40 years.
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Jul 1st 2015, 2:09 PM
# 336 metres high
Huge fire engulfs one of Dubai's tallest towers
The fire broke out on the 50th floor.
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Feb 21st 2015, 7:26 AM
# feelin hot hot hot
UK skyscraper to get sunshade after its glare melted a car
The reflection of the sun was so strong that it set things on fire. Yes, really.
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May 15th 2014, 5:18 PM
# Canary Wharf
Man dies after falling from London skyscraper
The 39-year-old fell from the JP Morgan headquarters in Canary Wharf this morning.
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Jan 28th 2014, 10:35 AM
# X Factor
Sam Bailey won X Factor with this emotional performance
Her winner’s song, Skyscraper by Demi Lovato, is now aiming for Christmas Number One.
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Dec 16th 2013, 7:40 AM
# ghost skyscraper
Derelict African skyscraper wouldn't be lost in a sci fi horror
Ponte City apartments were designed to be des res homes – things didn’t go as planned.
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Nov 17th 2013, 5:00 PM
# Sanctions
US to seize New York skyscraper secretly owned by Iran
According to the US Justice Department, it will be the “largest-ever terrorism-related forfeiture”.
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Sep 18th 2013, 5:23 PM
# accidental death ray
This skyscraper is melting cars like they're ants under a magnifying glass
How would you like it if you returned to your parked car, only to find that bits of it had begun to melt?
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Sep 3rd 2013, 8:30 PM
# Chechnya
Massive fire rages in Grozny skyscraper near Depardieu apartment
Reports say that an apartment owned by French actor Gerard Depardieu is in a neighbouring skyscraper to the one on fire.
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Apr 3rd 2013, 5:41 PM
# Long Goodbye
VIDEO: Japanese skyscraper is torn down... one floor at a time
The slow, barely noticeable demolition is an attempt to minimise environmental disruption – with 90 per cent less dust.
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Feb 28th 2013, 6:15 AM
# insolvency
Tallest building in Ireland taken over by administrators
The three companies which control the building applied for insolvency and administrators from KPMG have now been appointed.
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Dec 1st 2012, 4:16 PM
# skyscraper photo
This is the other side of a very famous photo…
No comment.
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Jul 12th 2012, 8:29 PM