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The new lift technology that will allow cities to stretch far higher
United Kingdom Architecture News - Aug 01, 2014 - 13:46 2123 views
Finnish elevator company Kone have invented an ultra strong carbon fibre rope that could replace the steel cables currently used, allowing the possibility for buildings to tower up to a kilometer higher than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai 2,716 feet (828m). Photograph: Kone/Splash/Corbis
The possibilities (and limits) of lifts are the reason our cities are shaped the way they are – and now the UltraRope elevator cables promise to transform that yet again....Continue Reading
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