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Wednesday 4 September 2013

15 SUPER THIN BUILDINGS


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15 Super Thin Buildings
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The World Geography, 3 September 2013.

When land is expensive or in short supply - or both, as is the case in world’s major metropolises - smart real estate developers don’t get down, they look up. But, long, thin buildings are more expensive to construct because their shape requires more exterior wall area to enclose the same volume of space compared to a structure with a square plan. Either way, these super-skinny buildings are giving new meaning to the phrase "now you see them, now you do not", and represent interesting places for taking photos.

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Flatiron Building, New York, USA. Credit: Kadellar/Wikimedia Commons.


Top image: Keret House, Warsaw, Poland. Source: Fast Co.Design.


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