In the 160 or so years since the first skyscrapers were built, technological innovations of many kinds have allowed us to build them to reach astonishing heights. Today, there is a 1,000-metre (167-storey) building under construction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Even taller buildings are possible with today's structural technology.
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Reengineering elevators could transform 21st-century cities
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