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The fascinating story of the world’s first skyscraper, in Chicago
It was this structural innovation that enabled the Home Insurance Building to be built in 1884. The world's first skyscraper revolutionised architecture, as in its wake would follow ever taller ...
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Why Scotland’s first skyscraper – built for the 1938 Empire Exhibition – was (unexpectedly?) demolished just one year later
It was Scotland’s tallest building. Built in 1938, the art deco Tower of Empire – also known as Tait Tower after its architect Thomas S. Tait – stood 300ft tall and could be seen from 100 ...