Burj Khalifa

The Burj Khalifa (برج خليفة, Arabic for "Khalifa Tower"; pronounced), known as the Burj Dubai before its inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ^[1]

Abraj Al Bait

The Abraj Al-Bait (Translated as "The Towers of the House") is a government-owned megatall complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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Adrian D. Smith (born August 19, 1944) is an American architect who has designed numerous notable buildings, including the world’s tallest structure, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, as well as the building projected to surpass it, the Jeddah Tower, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG), an architecture firm and design firm based in Chicago, is engaged in the design and development of energy-efficient and sustainable architecture.

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AECOM Building

The AECOM Building, formerly known as the Penton Media Building, and the Bond Court Building, is a commercial high-rise building in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Ahmed Sultan Bin Sulayem

Ahmed Sultan Bin Sulayem (Arabic: أحمد سلطان بن سليّم) is the Executive Chairman of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Authority (DMCC), the free zone authority for Jumeirah Lakes Towers which was established in 2002 as a strategic initiative of the Government of Dubai to provide the physical, market and financial infrastructure required to set up a commodities market place in Dubai.

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Air well (condenser)

An air well or aerial well is a structure or device that collects water by promoting the condensation of moisture from air.

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Al Ghurair Investment

Al Ghurair (Arabic:الغرير), also known as Al Ghurair Investment LLC,, was established in 1960.

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Al Rajhi Tower

Al Rajhi Tower (Arabic: برج الراجحي) is a $500 million USD tower currently proposed for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Al Tayer Tower

The Al Tayer Tower is a 59-floor residential tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Alain Robert

Alain Robert (born as Robert Alain Philippe on 7 August 1962) is a French rock climber and urban climber, from Digoin, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France.

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Almas Tower

Almas Tower (برج الماس Diamond Tower) is a 68-storey,, supertall skyscraper in the Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Amazing Race (France)

Amazing Race: la plus grande course autour du monde ! (Amazing Race: the biggest race around the world!) is a French version of the American reality show The Amazing Race.

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Arabtec Holding PJSC

Arabtec Holding PJSC, together with its subsidiaries, provides construction services for residential, commercial, oil and gas, infrastructure, power, facilities management, and property development sectors in the United Arab Emirates and internationally.It operates through Construction; Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing; Oil & Gas, Infrastructure and Power; and Other segments.The company is involved in the construction of high-rise towers, buildings, and residential villas, as well as undertakes drainage, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, contracting and related, and civil and infrastructure construction works.

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Architecture of Chicago

The buildings and architecture of Chicago have influenced and reflected the history of American architecture.

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Architecture of Toronto

The architecture of Toronto is an eclectic combination of architectural styles, ranging from 19th century Georgian architecture, to 21st century postmodern architecture and beyond.

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Arena Corinthians

The Arena Corinthians is a sports stadium located in São Paulo, Brazil and owned, operated, and used by Sport Club Corinthians Paulista.

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Armani

Giorgio Armani S.P.A. is an Italian fashion house founded by Giorgio Armani which designs, manufactures, distributes and retails haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, watches, jewelry, accessories, eyewear, cosmetics and home interiors.

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Asian Century

The Asian Century is the projected 21st-century dominance of Asian politics and culture, assuming certain demographic and economic trends persist.

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Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

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Azari & III (album)

Azari & III is the debut studio album by Canadian music group Azari & III.

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Azerbaijan Tower

The Azerbaijan Tower is a plannedhttp://architizer.com/blog/azerbaijan-to-build-one-kilometer-tall-skyscraper/ megatall skyscraper that is intended to be constructed on the Khazar Islands, 25 km (16 mi) south of Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Babu (name)

Babu is a common given name in India, also found in other cultures.

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Bahrain Bay

Bahrain Bay is located on the main island of Bahrain (26°15'01.1"N 50°34'45.8"E) and 6.8km (15 minutes) from Bahrain International Airport.

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BASE jumping

BASE jumping, also sometimes written as B.A.S.E. jumping, is parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure or cliff.

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Bauer Group

BAUER Aktiengesellschaft is a stock-market-listed construction and machinery manufacturing concern based in Schrobenhausen in Upper Bavaria, Germany.

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BESIX

BESIX Group is the largest Belgian group, operating in the construction of buildings, infrastructure, environmental projects and roads.

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Big Bus Tours

Big Bus Tours (formerly The Big Bus Company), is an operator of open top bus sightseeing tours founded in London in 1991.

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Big, Bigger, Biggest

Big, Bigger, Biggest is a British documentary television series which began airing in 2008.

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Bionic Tower

The Bionic Tower (Spanish: Torre Biónica; Chinese: 仿生塔) is a proposed vertical city, an extremely large building designed for human habitation by Spanish architects Eloy Celaya, María Rosa Cervera and Javier Gómez.

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Bluewaters Island

Bluewaters Island is a development project under construction off the Jumeirah Beach Residence coastline, near Dubai Marina, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Bogdan Lascăr

Bogdan Lascăr (born July 30, 1974) is a Romanian sculptor, graphic designer, and film maker.

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Boulevard Plaza

Boulevard Plaza is a complex contains Boulevard Plaza 1 and Boulevard Plaza 2 located in Downtown Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Broadcast transmitter

A broadcast transmitter refers to an installation used for broadcasting, including radio transmitter or television transmitter equipment, the antenna, and often the location of the broadcasting station.

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Bug AS

Bug AS is a Norwegian full-service production company established in 1995, By Gunnar Larsen in Bergen, Norway.

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Buildering

Buildering (also known as edificeering, urban climbing, structuring, skywalking, or stegophily) describes the act of climbing on the outside of buildings and other artificial structures.

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Burj

Burj (Arabic: برج, tower) may refer to.

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Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall (Dubai Metro)

Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall (برج خليفة / دبي مول) is a rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Dubai Metro in Dubai.

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Burj Mubarak al-Kabir

The Burj Mubarak al-Kabir is a proposed megatall skyscraper in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

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Caprica

Caprica is an American science fiction drama television series.

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Cayan Tower

Cayan Tower, known as Infinity Tower before it was inaugurated, is a, 75-story skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by Cayan Real Estate Investment and Development.

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Chicago Spire

The Chicago Spire was a super tall skyscraper project at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois that failed financially after beginning construction.

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Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

The Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (كليفلاند كلينك أبو ظبي, known as CCAD) is a multi specialty hospital located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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CN Tower

The CN Tower (Tour CN) is a concrete communications and observation tower located in the downtown core of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Computers and Structures

Computers and Structures, Inc. (CSI) is a structural and earthquake engineering software company founded in 1975 and based in Walnut Creek, California with additional office location in New York.

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Concrete plant

A concrete plant, also known as a batch plant or batching plant or a concrete batching plant, is equipment that combines various ingredients to form concrete.

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Contemporary architecture

Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century.

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Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings and sustainable urban design.

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Coverage of Google Street View

Google Street View was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and until November 26, 2008, featured camera icon markers, each representing at least one major city or area (such as a park), and usually the other nearby cities, towns, suburbs, and parks.

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Crystal Fountains

Crystal Fountains Inc., known as Crystal, is a water feature design and product manufacturing firm based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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CTBUH Skyscraper Award

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) annually announces eleven Tall Building Awards: nine awards for skyscrapers, and two lifetime achievement awards for individuals.

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CTLGroup

CTLGroup is an internationally recognized expert consulting engineering and materials science firm that provides engineering, testing and scientific services to clients in the following markets: Building & Facilities; Emergent Solutions; Energy & Resources; Litigation & Insurance; Materials & Products; and Transportation.

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DAMAC Maison

DAMAC Maison Hotels & Resorts, is the hospitality division of DAMAC Properties, founded in October 2011.

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December 31

It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Years Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day.

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Depa Group

Depa Group is a publicly listed interior construction and manufacturing firm headquartered in Dubai, UAE.

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Developments in Dubai

The Dubai government's decision to diversify from a trade-based but oil-reliant economy to one that is service- and tourism-oriented has made real estate and other developments more valuable, resulting in the property boom from 2004–2006.

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Diamond Necklace (film)

Diamond Necklace is a 2012 Malayalam film directed by Lal Jose, starring Fahadh Faasil, Anusree, Samvrutha Sunil, and Gauthami Nair in the lead roles.

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Dina Butti

Dina Butti is an Egyptian/Canadian TV presenter, writer, and artist.

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Doka Group

Doka is an international producer and supplier of formwork used in all fields of the construction sector.

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Double-deck elevator

A double-deck elevator or double-deck lift is an elevator with two cabs attached together, one on top of the other.

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Downtown Dubai

Downtown Dubai, previously known as Downtown Burj Dubai, is a large-scale, mixed-use complex under development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Du (company)

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (شركة الإمارات للاتصالات المتكاملة), commercially rebranded as du in February 2007, is one of the two telecom operators in the United Arab Emirates (the other one being Etisalat).

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Dubai

Dubai (دبي) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Dubai City Tower

The Dubai City Tower, also known as the Dubai Vertical City, is a proposed megatall skyscraper announced in 2008.

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Dubai Design District

Dubai Design District (d3) is a purpose-built master-plan development in Dubai dedicated to the design community including startups, entrepreneurs and established international design, luxury and fashion brands.

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Dubai Mixed-Use Towers

The Dubai Mixed-Use Towers, also referred to as the Dancing Sisters (and nicknamed the Spice Girls in reference to both Dubai’s role in the spice trade and the musicality of the design) are consist of 53 storey hotel tower and a 61 storey residential tower located adjacent to Burj Khalifa in Downtown Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Dubai Opera

Dubai Opera is a 2,000-seat, multi-format, performing arts centre, which is located within The Opera District in Downtown Dubai.

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Dubai Towers Dubai

Dubai Towers Dubai was a four tower complex on hold in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Dynalite

Dynalite is a lighting and automation control system developed in Sydney, Australia by a company of the same name.

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E 11 road (United Arab Emirates)

E 11 (شارع ﺇ ١١) is a highway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Eaton's / John Maryon Tower

Eaton's / John Maryon Tower was a proposed supertall 140-storey office skyscraper, to be built in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Economy of Dubai

Dubai's gross domestic product as of 2008 was US $82.11 billion.

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Economy of South Korea

The economy of South Korea is the 4th largest in Asia and the 11th largest in the world.

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Economy of the United Arab Emirates

The economy of the United Arab Emirates is the second largest in the Arab world (after Saudi Arabia), with a gross domestic product (GDP) of $403.2 billion (AED 1.46 trillion) in 2014.

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Emaar Developments

Emaar Development is the UAE-based property development arm of Emaar Properties.

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Emaar India

Emaar India is a real estate developer principally engaged in promotion, construction, development and sale of integrated townships, residential and commercial multi storied buildings, houses, flats, shopping malls, hotels, and other developments.

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Emaar Properties

Emaar Properties is a real estate development company located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Emporis Skyscraper Award

The Emporis Skyscraper Award is an award for architectural excellence regarding the design of buildings and their functionality.

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Erbil

Erbil, also spelt Arbil or Irbil, locally called Hawler by the Kurdish people (ھەولێر Hewlêr; أربيل, Arbīl; ܐܲܪܒܝܠ, Arbela), is the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan and the largest city in northern Iraq.

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Eskil Rønningsbakken

Eskil Rønningsbakken (born 24 June 1979) is an extreme artist from Vallset in Stange, Norway.

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Exo (band)

Exo (엑소; stylized as EXO) is a South Korean-Chinese boy band based in Seoul.

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Expo 2020

Expo 2020 (إكسبو ٢٠٢٠) is a Universal Exposition to be hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, opening on October 20, 2020.

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Fabian Cancellara

Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam.

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Far East Group

Far East Global Group was first established in 1969 in Hong Kong as a small workshop and the business was incorporated in 1977 as Far East Aluminium Works Company Limited.

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Farzan Athari

Farzan Athari (فرزان اطهری, born June 26, 1984) is an International Model, Actor, Artist and TV host from Sweden with Persian nationality.

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Favelle Favco Group

Favelle Favco Berhad is a manufacturer of construction cranes under the brands Favelle Favco and Kroll.

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Fazlur Rahman Khan

Fazlur Rahman Khan (ফজলুর রহমান খান, Fozlur Rôhman Khan) (3 April 1929 – 27 March 1982) was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect, who initiated important structural systems for skyscrapers.

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February 29

February 29, also known as leap day or leap year day, is a date added to most years that are divisible by 4, such as 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024.

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Firetide

Firetide is an American, international provider of wireless mesh network technology.

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Fischerwerke

Fischerwerke GmbH & Co.

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Focus Lighting

Focus Lighting is a New York City based architectural lighting design firm founded by Paul Gregory in 1987.

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Formula 4 UAE Championship

Starting in the 2015–16 season, the all new Formula 4 UAE Championship will be launched by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, and its national affiliate the Automobile & Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE), who will act as the championship's promoter.

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Fountain

A fountain (from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), a source or spring) is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air to supply drinking water and/or for a decorative or dramatic effect.

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George J. Efstathiou

George J. Efstathiou, FAIA, RIBA is an American architect of Greek descent.

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Georgia Guidestones

The Georgia Guidestones is a granite monument erected in 1980 in Elbert County, Georgia, in the United States.

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Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani (born 11 July 1934) is an Italian fashion designer.

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Google Street View in Asia

In Asia, Google Street View is available in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.

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Grocon

Grocon Pty Ltd, or more commonly Grocon, is Australia's largest privately owned development, construction and funds management company.

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Grollo Tower

The Grollo Tower was a proposed skyscraper development in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Australia.

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Groupe F

Groupe F is a production company specialised in the design and performance of live shows and pyrotechnic events.

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Gsmprjct°

GSM Project is a Montreal-based group specialized in the design and production of thematic installations and exhibitions mainly for museums.

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Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic حمدان بن محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم) (born 14 November 1982) is the Crown Prince of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Harry Handelsman

Harry Handelsman (born September 1949) is the founder and CEO of Manhattan Loft Corporation, a London-based property development company.

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Harsco Infrastructure Deutschland GmbH

The Harsco Infrastructure Deutschland GmbH (formerly Hünnebeck GmbH), with its headquarters located in Ratingen, Germany, is a subsidiary of the Harsco Corporation.

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Hasan Abdullah Ismaik

Hasan Abdullah Ismaik (حسن عبدالله إسميك) is a Jordanian businessman and Chairman of Hasan Abdullah Mohammed Group (HAMG Group), a UAE-based group of investment companies founded by Ismaik in 2006.

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Heller International Building

The Heller International Building is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois.

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History of the world's tallest buildings

The tallest building in the world as of is Burj Khalifa.

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Hope

Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large.

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Horizon

The horizon or skyline is the apparent line that separates earth from sky, the line that divides all visible directions into two categories: those that intersect the Earth's surface, and those that do not.

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House of Al Falasi

The House of Al Falasi (بيت الفلاسي) is a royal house that the ruling royal family of Dubai is a branch of.

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Human rights in Dubai

Human rights in Dubai are based on the Constitution and enacted law, which supposedly promise equitable treatment of all people, regardless of race, nationality or social status, per Article 25 of the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates.

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Human rights in the United Arab Emirates

According to human rights organizations, the government of the United Arab Emirates violates a number of fundamental human rights.

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Hydrail

Hydrail is the generic (not capitalized) adjective term describing all forms of rail vehicles, large or small, which use on-board hydrogen as a source of energy to power the traction motors, or the auxiliaries, or both.

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Independence Day: Resurgence

Independence Day: Resurgence (also known as ID: R) is a 2016 American science fiction action film written and directed by Roland Emmerich with co-writers Dean Devlin, Nicolas Wright, James A. Woods, and James Vanderbilt.

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India Tower

India Tower (previously known as the Park Hyatt Tower; also known as the Dynamix Balwas Tower or DB Tower) is a cancelled 126-storey, supertall skyscraper that began construction in the city of Mumbai, India, in 2010.

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Jalal Jamal Majid Bin Thaneya Al Marri

Jalal Jamal Majid Bin Thaneya Al Marri (جلال جمال بن ثنية المري) (born February 26, 1986) is an Emirati activist from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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January 4

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Jeddah

Jeddah (sometimes spelled Jiddah or Jedda;; جدة, Hejazi pronunciation) is a city in the Hijaz Tihamah region on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest seaport on the Red Sea, and with a population of about four million people, the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. Jeddah is Saudi Arabia's commercial capital. Jeddah is the principal gateway to Mecca and Medina, two of the holiest cities in Islam and popular tourist attractions. Economically, Jeddah is focusing on further developing capital investment in scientific and engineering leadership within Saudi Arabia, and the Middle East. Jeddah was independently ranked fourth in the Africa – Mid-East region in terms of innovation in 2009 in the Innovation Cities Index. Jeddah is one of Saudi Arabia's primary resort cities and was named a Beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network (GaWC). Given the city's close proximity to the Red Sea, fishing and seafood dominates the food culture unlike other parts of the country. In Arabic, the city's motto is "Jeddah Ghair," which translates to "Jeddah is different." The motto has been widely used among both locals as well as foreign visitors. The city had been previously perceived as the "most open" city in Saudi Arabia.

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Jeddah Tower

Jeddah Tower (برج جدة), previously known as Kingdom Tower (برج المملكة) and Mile-High Tower (برج الميل), is skyscraper under construction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls International plc is a multinational conglomerate headquartered in Cork, Ireland, that produces automotive parts such as batteries, and electronics and HVAC equipment for buildings.

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Joseph Colaco

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Jotun (company)

The Jotun Group is a Norwegian chemicals company dealing mainly in decorative paints and performance coatings (marine, protective and powder coatings).

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Jumeirah Garden City

The master plan of Jumeirah Garden City refers to the re-development of a land area, conceptualized to be a part of the 2015 strategic plan for Dubai.

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Khalifa (disambiguation)

Khalifa is an Arabic name or title which means "successor", "deputy" or "steward".

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Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (خليفة بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; born 7 September 1948; referred to as Sheikh Khalifa) is the President of the United Arab Emirates, the Emir of Abu Dhabi and the Supreme Commander of the Union Defence Force.

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Investment Roadshow

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Investment Roadshow was an investment conference held in Burj Khalifa, Dubai arranged by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade held on February 25, 2015.

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Kline Iron and Steel

Kline Iron and Steel was a company based in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Kraken Opus

Kraken Opus is a publishing company operating from Guernsey in the Channel Islands; London, United Kingdom; and the United Arab Emirates.

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KVLY-TV mast

The KVLY-TV mast (formerly the KTHI-TV mast) is a television-transmitting mast in Blanchard, Traill County, North Dakota, United States, used by Fargo station KVLY-TV channel 11.

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KXTV/KOVR tower

The KXTV/KOVR Tower is a guyed communication tower in Walnut Grove, California, United States, which rises to 2,049 feet (624.5 m) in height from sea level.

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Labour force of the United Arab Emirates

The labour force of the United Arab Emirates is primarily made up of foreign temporary workers, most of whom come from the Indian subcontinent and other parts of the Arab World and Asia.

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Labour in India

Labour in India refers to employment in the economy of India.

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Lane Technical College Prep High School

Lane Technical College Preparatory High School (also known as Lane Tech) is a public 4-year selective enrollment magnet high school located in the Roscoe Village neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, United States.

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (often abridged as Last Week Tonight) is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by comedian John Oliver.

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LEAF Award

The ABB LEAF Awards is an annual international architectural prize.

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Lego Architecture

Lego Architecture is a sub-brand and product range of the Lego construction toy, which aims to “celebrate the past, present and future of architecture through the Lego Brick”.

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Lerch Bates

Lerch Bates is an international consulting services company specializing in the design and management of building systems with 36 offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East and India.

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Life After People

Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear.

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List of architects of supertall buildings

This is a list of architects who have designed completed or topped-out skyscrapers over tall (supertall).

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List of buildings in Dubai

This is a list of buildings in Dubai.

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List of buildings with 100 floors or more

This is a list of buildings with 100 floors or more above ground.

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List of civil engineers

This list of civil engineers is a list of notable people who have been trained in or have practiced civil engineering.

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List of companies of the United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a country at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf.

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List of fatalities due to wingsuit flying

Fatalities from wingsuit flying have occurred almost from the inception of the sport.

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List of future tallest buildings

This list of future tallest buildings ranks the tallest buildings in the world which are planned or currently under construction.

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List of hotels in Dubai

This is a list of hotels in Dubai.

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List of largest office buildings

This is a list of largest office buildings in the world.

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List of megaprojects

This is a list of megaprojects.

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List of megatall skyscrapers

This is a list of all megatall skyscrapers, i.e. those that rise over 600m (1,969 ft).

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List of most expensive buildings

Below lists the most expensive buildings in the world, which cost the most money to construct.

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List of people from Illinois

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List of people from Lake Forest, Illinois

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Lake Forest, Illinois.

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List of tallest buildings

This list of tallest buildings in the world ranks skyscrapers by height.

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List of tallest buildings and structures

The world's tallest artificial structure is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (of the United Arab Emirates).

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List of tallest buildings by country

The following is a list of the tallest buildings in the world by country listing only the tallest building in each country.

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List of tallest buildings by height to roof

This list of tallest buildings in the world by height to roof ranks completed skyscrapers by height to roof which reach a height of 350 metres (1,148 ft) or more.

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List of tallest buildings in Asia

This list of tallest buildings in Asia ranks skyscrapers which are at least tall.

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List of tallest buildings in Dubai

Dubai, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates, is home to 911 completed high-rises, 88 of which stand taller than.

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List of tallest buildings in the Arab League

Following the Economic Boom in the Arab world, in 2001, several sectors in the Economy started to boost, including the Banking Systems, Communications systems, Real estate Sectors, and Tourism Industry, these sectors were in need for Larger Structures that are able to contain the demand on these sectors, Tall Skyscrapers erected in the Middle of the deserts in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah, Cairo, Manama, Doha, Riyadh and Other areas, to contain the demand and supply of the Business in the region.

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List of tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates

This list of tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates ranks skyscrapers in the United Arab Emirates based on official height.

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List of tallest freestanding structures

This is a list of tallest freestanding structures in the world past and present.

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List of tallest residential buildings

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) defines a residential building as one where 85 percent or more of its total floor area is dedicated to residential usage.

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List of tallest structures

The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at.

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List of tallest structures by country

This is an incomplete list of the tallest buildings and structures by country.

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List of tallest structures in the Middle East

This list of tallest structures in the Middle East ranks structures and buildings in the Middle East by height.

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List of tallest structures in the United States

The height of structures in the United States has been poorly documented.

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List of tallest towers in Southwest Asia

The tallest skyscrapers in Southwest Asia are ordered below from tallest to lowest.

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List of top international rankings by country

This list of top international rankings by country includes global-scale lists of countries with rankings (this list only contains sovereign states), sorted by country that is placed top or bottom in the respective ranking.

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List of tourist attractions in Dubai

There are many tourist attractions in Dubai, resulting from the large scale construction boom.

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List of tourist attractions in the United Arab Emirates

This is a list of the popular tourist attractions in the United Arab Emirates, by Emirate.

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List of United Arab Emirates-related topics

This is a list of topics related to United Arab Emirates.

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List of University of Illinois at Chicago people

This is a list of people associated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States.

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List of University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign people

This is a list of notable people affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, a public research university in Illinois.

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List of University of Missouri alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.

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Load-bearing wall

A load-bearing wall or bearing wall is a wall that is an active structural element of a building, that is, it bears the weight of the elements above said wall, resting upon it by conducting its weight to a foundation structure.

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Locked On (novel)

Locked On is a political thriller novel by Tom Clancy and co-authored by Mark Greaney.

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Madinat al-Hareer

Madinat al-Hareer (مدينة الحرير, meaning "Silk City"), is a proposed planned urban area in Subiya, northern Kuwait.

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Madison Plaza

Madison Plaza is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois.

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Mahmoud Kaabour

Mahmoud Kaabour (in Arabic محمود قعبور) (born March 11, 1979) is a filmmaker, writer, and public speaker from Beirut.

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Marshall Strabala

Jay Marshall Strabala is an American architect who has participated in the design of skyscrapers and other buildings.

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May 22

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Mechanical floor

A mechanical floor, mechanical penthouse, or mechanical level is a story of a high-rise building that is dedicated to mechanical and electronics equipment.

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MEED

MEED, abbreviated from the former name Middle East Economic Digest, is a business intelligence tool for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), providing analysis and commentary on Middle Eastern markets, companies, people and data on the regional projects market.

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Megastructures

Megastructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom, Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, France 5 in France, and 7mate in Australia.

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MEVA Schalungs-Systeme

MEVA Formwork Systems is a worldwide producer of formwork systems.

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Michael Graves

Michael Graves (July 9, 1934 – March 12, 2015) was an American architect and principal of Michael Graves and Associates and Michael Graves Design Group.

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Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is a 2011 American action spy film directed by Brad Bird and written by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec.

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Mohamed Alabbar

Mohamed Alabbar (محمد بن علي العبار), is an Emirati billionaire and the founder and Chairman of Emaar Properties, one of the largest real estate development companies in the world with annual revenue of $5.83 billion USD and a market cap of over $9.7 billion USD, known for developing the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa and the world's largest mall Dubai Mall, which are part of Emaar's 500-acre flagship mega-development Downtown Dubai, as well as The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour, set to be over 3,000 feet tall upon completion in 2020, the 2,000-seat Dubai Opera, Dubai Marina, the world's biggest man-made marina, Emirates Hills, regarded as "the Beverly Hills of Dubai", and King Abdullah Economic City, established with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia as one of the largest private developments in the region spanning 64 square miles.

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Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic: محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم;; born 15 July 1949), is the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai.

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Mohammed bin Rashid City

Mohammed Bin Rashid City, or MBR City, is a planned mixed-use development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Mohanlal

Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, producer and playback singer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema.

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Monument

A monument is a type of—usually three-dimensional—structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical, political, technical or architectural importance.

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Moscow

Moscow (a) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17.1 million within the urban area.

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Musical fountain

A musical fountain, also known as a dancing fountain, is a type of animated fountain for entertainment purposes that creates an aesthetic design (including three-dimensional images).

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Nakheel Tower

Nakheel Tower (برج نخيل.) was a proposed skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by developer Nakheel.

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National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

The National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, (abbreviated NITT or NIT Trichy) is a public engineering institution near the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Need for Speed: Nitro

Need for Speed: Nitro is a racing video game and a fourteenth title of the Need for Speed series.

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New Year's Eve

In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve (also known as Old Year's Day or Saint Sylvester's Day in many countries), the last day of the year, is on 31 December which is the seventh day of Christmastide.

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Nol Card

The Nol Card is an electronic ticketing card that was released in for all mode of public transport in Dubai services, on August 2009.

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Non-rocket spacelaunch

Non-rocket spacelaunch refers to concepts for launch into space where some or all of the needed speed and altitude are provided by something other than rockets, or by other than expendable rockets.

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Observation deck

An observation deck, observation platform or viewing platform is an elevated sightseeing platform usually situated upon a tall architectural structure such as a skyscraper or observation tower.

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Okada Manila

Okada Manila (Okada Manira) is a casino resort and hotel complex located on the Entertainment City gaming strip in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines.

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Ola Al-Fares

Ola Al-Fares (علا الفارس, born November 6, 1985) is a Jordanian lawyer, journalist and television presenter who works at MBC channels.

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One Love Party

The One Love Party was a minor political party in the United Kingdom that identified itself as techno-progressive.

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One Main Place (Dallas)

One Main Place is a mixed-use skyscraper hotel and office building at 1201 Main Street in Dallas, Texas.

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One World Trade Center

One World Trade Center (also known as 1 World Trade Center, 1 WTC or Freedom Tower) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

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Orders of magnitude (currency)

This page is a progressive list of currency orders of magnitude, with examples.

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Orders of magnitude (length)

The following are examples of orders of magnitude for different lengths.

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Ostankino Tower

Ostankino Tower (Останкинская телебашня, Ostankinskaya telebashnya) is a television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia, owned by the Moscow branch of unitary enterprise Russian TV and Radio Broadcasting Network.

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Otis Elevator Company

The Otis Elevator Company is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets elevators, escalators, moving walkways and related equipment.

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Outline of Dubai

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Dubai: Dubai –.

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Outstanding Structure Award

The Outstanding Structure Award is an award presented by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering to the Engineer, Architect, Contractor, and the Owner in recognition of the most remarkable, innovative, creative or otherwise stimulating structure completed within the last few years.

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Palace of the Republic, Berlin

The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in East Berlin was the seat of the parliament of the German Democratic Republic (also known as East Germany), the Volkskammer (People's Chamber), and also served various cultural purposes.

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Paul Marantz

Paul Marantz is an American architectural lighting designer, whose work includes the discothèque Studio 54,"Studio 54," Architectural Record, Vol.

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PBCom Tower

The Philippine Bank of Communications Tower, more commonly known as PBCom Tower, is an office skyscraper ranked officially as the second tallest building in the Philippines.

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Pentominium

The Pentominium is a 122-storey, supertall skyscraper on hold in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Petronius (oil platform)

Petronius is a deepwater compliant tower oil platform operated by Chevron in the Gulf of Mexico, 210 km southeast of New Orleans, United States.

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Ping An Finance Centre

Ping An International Finance Centre (also known as the Ping An IFC) (Chinese:平安国际金融中心) is a 115-storey megatall skyscraper in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China.

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Ponale Hydroelectric Power Plant

Ponale Hydroelectric Power Plant (Centrale idroelettrica del Ponale) is a pumped storage plant, located in city of Riva del Garda in the Italian province of Trentino, on River Ponale between Lake Ledro and Lake Garda.

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Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra was established in 1995, under the German conductor Friedemann Riehle.

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Princess Tower

The Princess Tower (برج الأميرة) is a 101 story, tall residential-only skyscraper located in the Marina district of Dubai, UAE.

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Putzmeister

Putzmeister is a German manufacturer of concrete pumps.

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Reactions to the Manchester Arena bombing

The reactions to the Manchester Arena bombing, which occurred on 22 May 2017, include the responses by political and religious leaders, media and the general public, both within the United Kingdom, where the Manchester Arena bombing took place, and from other nations and international organizations.

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Red Line (Dubai Metro)

The Red Line is one of the two lines on the Dubai Metro network in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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RNL Architecture

RNL Design is a Denver-based multidisciplinary design firm offering services in architecture, interior design, planning and urban design, landscape architecture, lighting design and facilities master planning.

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Roberta Mancino

Roberta Mancino is an Italian skydiver, BASE jumper, wingsuit flyer and international model.

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Royal Football Fund

Royal Football Fund is a sports investment company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, associated to the United Investment Bank Limited.

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RWDI

Established in 1972, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.

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Ryomyong New Town

Ryomyong New Town (려명거리신도시) refers to a new town located in Pyongyang, North Korea.

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S-FRAME Software Inc.

S-FRAME Software Inc., formerly SOFTEK Services Ltd.

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Saaho

Saaho is an 2019 upcoming Indian science fiction thriller film written and directed by Sujeeth and produced by UV Creations and T-Series.

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Safa Park

Safa Park (in Arabic: حديقة الصفا) is a 64 hectare (158.147 acre) urban park located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Samsara (2011 film)

Samsara is a 2011 non-narrative documentary film, directed by Ron Fricke and produced by Mark Magidson, who also collaborated on Baraka (1992), a film of a similar vein.

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Samsung

Samsung is a South Korean multinational conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul.

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Samsung C&T Corporation

Samsung C&T Corporation (Construction & Trading Corporation) (formerly Samsung Corporation) (Korean: 삼성물산), was founded in 1938 as a parent company of Samsung Group to engage in overseas sales operations.

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Samsung Tower Palace 3 – Tower G

Tower Palace Three, Tower G, or simply Tower Palace Three, is a 73-floor luxury residential skyscraper in Seoul, South Korea.

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San Clemente, California

San Clemente is a city in Orange County, California, United States.

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Select-TV

Select-TV is a Malaysian based company specializing in the IPTV (Internet Protocol television) technology for the hospitality and telecommunication sectors.

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Seoul Lite

The Digital Media City Landmark Building (디지털 미디어 시티 랜드마크 빌딩) or DMC Landmark Building, also known as Seoul Lite or Light Tower, was a 133-floor, supertall skyscraper proposed for construction in Digital Media City, Seoul, South Korea.

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Shanghai Tower

The Shanghai Tower is a, 128-story megatall skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai.

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Shanghai World Financial Center

The Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC) is a supertall skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China.

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm.

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Sky City (Changsha)

Sky City, or Sky City One, was an planned skyscraper in the city of Changsha, Hunan in south-central China.

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Sky City 1000

Sky City 1000 is a hypothetical architectural project envisioned to be built in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Sky lobby

A sky lobby is an intermediate interchange floor where people can change from an express elevator that stops only at the sky lobby to a local elevator which stops at every floor within a segment of the building.

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Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors and is taller than approximately.

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Skyscraper design and construction

The design and construction of skyscrapers involves creating safe, habitable spaces in very high buildings.

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Skyscraper Index

The Skyscraper Index is a whimsical concept put forward by Andrew Lawrence, a property analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, in January 1999, which showed that the world's tallest buildings have risen on the eve of economic downturns.

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Skyscrapers in film

Skyscrapers are frequently featured in films for their impressive appearance and potent symbolism.

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Spec Ops: The Line

Spec Ops: The Line is a 2012 third-person shooter video game developed by the German studio Yager Development and published by 2K Games.

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Statue of Unity

The Statue of Unity is a monument under construction dedicated to Indian independence movement leader Vallabhbhai Patel located in the Indian state of Gujarat.

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Storey

A storey (British English) or story (American English) is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation).

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Structural Awards

The Institution of Structural Engineers' Structural Awards have been awarded for the structural design of buildings and infrastructure since 1968.

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Structural integrity and failure

Structural integrity and failure is an aspect of engineering which deals with the ability of a structure to support a designed load (weight, force, etc...) without breaking, and includes the study of past structural failures in order to prevent failures in future designs.

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Stu Williamson (photographer)

Stu Williamson (born 5 August 1956, Oadby, Leicestershire, England) is a photographer based in Leicestershire, UK.

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Superman Unchained

Superman Unchained is a limited comic book series, originally billed as ongoing, featuring the DC Comics character Superman.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China, "ROC").

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Taipei 101

The Taipei 101 / TAIPEI 101, formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center – is a landmark supertall skyscraper in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan.

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That's Entertainment (Dubai One series)

That's Entertainment is a weekly celebrity gossip show broadcast on Dubai One in the GCC, MENA (including the Levant), Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of western Europe and North America.

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The Address Downtown Dubai

Address Downtown, (فندق العنوان داون تاون) formerly The Address Downtown Dubai, is a 63-story, supertall hotel and residential skyscraper in the Burj Dubai Development Area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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The Amazing Race 1 (China)

The Amazing Race 1 is a Chinese reality television series loosely based on the American reality TV series, The Amazing Race.

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The Amazing Race 15

The Amazing Race 15 is the fifteenth installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race.

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The Amazing Race Norge 1

The first season of the reality television game show, The Amazing Race Norge featured eleven teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world to win and a Subaru XV for each team member for a total worth of.

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The Dubai Fountain

The Dubai Fountain is the world's largest choreographed fountain system set on the 30-acre manmade Burj Khalifa Lake, at the center of the Downtown Dubai development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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The Encyclopedic Palace of the World

The Encyclopedic Palace of the World (Il Palazzo Enciclopedico del Mondo) is a mixed media, sculptural model that was created by self-taught Italian-American artist Marino Auriti in the 1950s.

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The Grand Boulevard Tower

The Grand Boulevard Tower is an approved tower, mainly residential, to be built in Downtown Dubai, in Dubai.

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The Illinois

The Mile High Illinois, Illinois Sky-City, or simply The Illinois is a visionary skyscraper that is over high, conceived and described by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in his 1957 book, A Testament.

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The Needle

The Needle is a proposed ultra-tall building in Dubai, UAE that will be taller than the Burj Khalifa, the World's current tallest building.

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (season 6)

The sixth season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, an American reality television series, is broadcast on Bravo.

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ThothX Tower

The ThothX Tower is a space launch platform tower design by Canadian aerospace company Thoth Technologies (ThothX).

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Timeline of architecture

This is a timeline of architecture, indexing the individual year in architecture pages.

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Timeline of Dubai

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Timeline of the 21st century

This is a timeline of the 21st century.

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Tokyo Skytree

is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Tour Financial Hub Center

Tour Financial Hub Center is a proposed skyscraper in Seoul, South Korea.

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Tourism in the Arab world

Tourism in the Arab World encompasses a wide array of activities and tourist attractions in an area spanning more than 13 million square kilometers.

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Tourist attractions in Dubai

Dubai (دبيّ) is the most populous city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the second largest emirate by territorial size after the capital, Abu Dhabi.

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Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel (מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל, Migdal Bāḇēl) as told in Genesis 11:1-9 is an origin myth meant to explain why the world's peoples speak different languages.

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Trane

Trane Inc. is a manufacturer of heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and building management systems and controls.

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Transportation in Dubai

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) was formed by the decree number 17 for the year 2005.

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Tribune East Tower

Tribune East Tower is a proposed mixed use tower on the eastern edge of the Tribune Tower property in the Streeterville area of the Near North Side community areas of Chicago that is currently unnamed.

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Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)

The Trump International Hotel and Tower, is a skyscraper condo-hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

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Tube (structure)

In structural engineering, the tube is a system where, to resist lateral loads (wind, seismic, impact), a building is designed to act like a hollow cylinder, cantilevered perpendicular to the ground.

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Turner Construction

Turner Construction Company is an American construction company.

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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

The University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (also known as U of I, Illinois, or colloquially as the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Illinois and the flagship institution of the University of Illinois System.

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University of Missouri

The University of Missouri (also, Mizzou, or MU) is a public, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri.

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Vanity height

Vanity height is defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) as the height difference between a skyscraper's pinnacle and the highest usable floor (usually observatory, office, restaurant, retail or hotel/residential).

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Velyki perehony

Velyki perehony (Великі перегони) is a Ukrainian reality game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race.

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Veritas Films

Veritas Films is a filmmaking company based in the United Arab Emirates.

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Voltas

Voltas Limited is a six-decade-old company in India with expertise in air conditioning and cooling technology.

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Warsaw radio mast

The Warsaw Radio Mast was the world's tallest structure from 1974 until its collapse on 8 August 1991.

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Wasel Choi

Wasel Choi (born August 9, 1979) is an artist, a world traveler, a knowledge seeker, and an observer from San Francisco, California.

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Welcome Back (film)

Welcome Back is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Firoz Nadiadwala.

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WET (company)

WET, also known as WET Design, is a water feature design firm based in Los Angeles, California.

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William F. Baker (engineer)

William Frazier Baker, also known as Bill Baker (born October 9, 1953), is an American structural engineer known for engineering the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building/man-made structure.

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Willis Tower

The Willis Tower, built as and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois.

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Window cleaner

Window cleaning, or window washing, is the exterior cleaning of architectural glass used for structural, lighting, or decorative purposes.

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World Trade Center (1973–2001)

The original World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States.

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Wuhan Greenland Center

Wuhan Greenland Center is an unfinished skyscraper in Wuhan, China.

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Yanni

Yiannis Chryssomallis (Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης, Giannis Chrysomallis; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni, is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer who has spent his adult life in the United States.

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Yas Island

Yas Island (جزيرة ياس) is an island in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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(276033) 2002 AJ129

, provisional designation, is a Mercury-crossing asteroid.

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1 Dubai

1 Dubai was a complex of three skyscrapers proposed for Jumeirah Garden City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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1970s

The 1970s (pronounced "nineteen-seventies", commonly abbreviated as the "Seventies") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1970, and ended on December 31, 1979.

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2 World Trade Center

2 World Trade Center (also known as 200 Greenwich Street) is a skyscraper under construction as part of the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City.

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2000s (decade)

The 2000s was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009.

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2007 in architecture

The year 2007 in architecture involved some significant events.

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2007 in the United Arab Emirates

Events from the year 2007 in the United Arab Emirates.

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2007 in the United States

Events from the year 2007 in the United States.

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2009 in architecture

The year 2009 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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2010

2010 was designated as.

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2010 in architecture

The year 2010 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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2010 in the United Arab Emirates

The following lists events that happened during 2010 in the United Arab Emirates.

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2010s

The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand (and) tens").

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2014 Dubai Tour

The 2014 Dubai Tour was the first running of the Dubai Tour, organised by RCS Sport and the Dubai Sports Council.

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2014 Giant–Shimano season

The 2014 season for the began in January with the Tour Down Under.

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2015 Dubai Tour

The 2015 Dubai Tour was a four-stage men's professional road cycling race.

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2016 Brussels bombings

On the morning of 22 March 2016, three coordinated suicide bombings occurred in Belgium: two at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, and one at Maalbeek metro station in central Brussels.

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2016 Dubai Tour

The 2016 Dubai Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place in Dubai between 3 and 6 February 2016.

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2016 Etixx–Quick-Step season

The 2016 season for began in January at the Tour de San Luis.

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2017 Minya attack

On May 26, 2017, masked gunmen opened fire on a convoy carrying Copts from Maghagha in Egypt's Minya Governorate to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor, killing at least 28 people and injuring 22 others.

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2019 AFC Asian Cup

The 2019 AFC Asian Cup will be the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

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2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games

The 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with intellectual disabilities in the tradition of the Special Olympics movement.

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222 Main

222 Main is Utah’s first LEED Gold-certified high-rise.

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252 East 57th Street

252 East 57th Street is a mixed use modernist style residential skyscraper in New York City, United States developed by the World Wide Group and Rose Associates, Inc.

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875 North Michigan Avenue

875 North Michigan Avenue, built as and still commonly referred to as the John Hancock Center, is a 100-story, 1,128-foot supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois.

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References

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