Re: [Vo]:The world's tallest building will be built in 90 days starting in January

2012-11-22 Thread Jouni Valkonen
On Nov 22, 2012, at 3:15 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > The building is reportedly stronger, and more earthquake proof than > conventional buildings would be, and despite that it takes less material to > make. > I would say that it is more resilient _because_ it takes less material to make. Ligh

Re: [Vo]:The world's tallest building will be built in 90 days starting in January

2012-11-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Daniel Rocha wrote: > This is the scary part. > > > 2012/11/21 Jed Rothwell > >> The building is *reportedly* stronger >> > Oh come now. There are many first-rate architects and engineers in China. Before they spend a huge sum of money and build the world's tall

Re: [Vo]:The world's tallest building will be built in 90 days starting in January

2012-11-21 Thread Terry Blanton
Totally 3D printed.

Re: [Vo]:The world's tallest building will be built in 90 days starting in January

2012-11-21 Thread Daniel Rocha
This is the scary part. 2012/11/21 Jed Rothwell > The building is *reportedly* stronger > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ danieldi...@gmail.com

Re: [Vo]:The world's tallest building will be built in 90 days starting in January

2012-11-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Daniel Rocha wrote: I think this is not a breakthrough properly. They are just not ashamed of > making that big structures can be ugly and cheap as long as it works. That is true. That is why I say this would be idea for food factories and other large industrial complexes. Besides, the build

Re: [Vo]:The world's tallest building will be built in 90 days starting in January

2012-11-21 Thread Daniel Rocha
I think this is not a breakthrough properly. They are just not ashamed of making that big structures can be ugly and cheap as long as it works. Besides, the building is probably already built, it just has to be assembled in place. 2012/11/21 Jed Rothwell > Finally, a breakthrough in the constr

[Vo]:The world's tallest building will be built in 90 days starting in January

2012-11-21 Thread Jed Rothwell
Finally, a breakthrough in the construction of large buildings. See: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/20/china-plans-to-build-the-worlds-largest-skyscraper-in-just-90-days/ This will open the way to things like gigantic food factories (indoor farms). - Jed