By ROBERT L. REID
Rising high in the skies over New York City, Chicago, Hong Kong, and other great metropolises are tall towers that appear impossibly slender. Fueled mostly by market demand from wealthy clients who desire spectacular views, the design and construction of these superslim, generally residential skyscrapers also depend on engineering advances over recent decades in building materials and damping technologies as well as careful coordination by the design teams.
Published at THE CIVIL ENGINEERING MAGAZINE, July 2019 issue
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https://www.asce.org/cemagazine/skinny-scrapers/