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    Default No *freaking* way would anybody build this...

    ...but it'd be hella cool.

    $this->handle_bbcode_img_match('http://inhabitat.com/files/mile-high-ultima-tower.jpg')

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    I wonder how the what might seem like an endless elevator ride would be like. : )
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    Freud would love this...:-]
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    Petronas Tower on the chart.
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    lmao looks like diff types of dildos
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    Appears to be drawn to scale, but wouldn't its base be humongous!?
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    2 miles wide too! You'd need to build it in some outskirts areas outside the city for sure.

    I thought it was PNB's 100-storey tower for a moment..

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    Ken, where did you get the picture in the first place? is it authentic?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wkeej View Post
    Ken, where did you get the picture in the first place? is it authentic?
    I was looking up "tallest skyscrapers" on Google Images, and that came up. It's a hypothetical design created in 1991 by a Taiwanese-American architect/engineer named Eugene Tsui. For obvious reasons, it was never built (and likely never will be).

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