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Next door is the project's 45-floor skyscraper, which is still under construction and will eventually house luxury condos and an Edition Hotel.
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Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025
Dubai's night sky gleamed around the famed Burj Khalifa skyscraper, which had animations on its walls as the firework display shined on the opulent city.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
The Shenzhen Institute of Financial Technology reaches a height of 199 m (652 ft), so is a substantial skyscraper, but not a massive supertall.
—New Atlas, 1 Jan. 2025
Allied Chemical bought it in 1963 and stripped Ochs’ ornate building into a modernist glass skyscraper.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025
Dubai's night sky gleamed around the famed Burj Khalifa skyscraper, which had animations on its walls as the firework display shined on the opulent city.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
The Shenzhen Institute of Financial Technology reaches a height of 199 m (652 ft), so is a substantial skyscraper, but not a massive supertall.
—New Atlas, 1 Jan. 2025
Allied Chemical bought it in 1963 and stripped Ochs’ ornate building into a modernist glass skyscraper.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyscraper. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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skyscraper
noun
sky·scrap·er
ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 
: a very tall building
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