Outstanding Canadian Designs: Imgae Source Google, Info Source Wikipedia | |
CN Tower Designed By: John Andrews | Habitat'67 Designed By: Moshe Safdie |
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The CN Tower, a broadcast and observation tower, opened in 1976 as the world's tallest free standing structure, at that time. At 553 metres (1,815 feet), it reaches more than a third of a mile into the clouds. However, its height was exceeded later by Burj khalifa, a skyscraper in Dubai that reached 828 m. | It was designed to integrate the variety and diversity of scattered private homes with the economics and density of a modern apartment building. Modular, interlocking concrete forms define the space The building was believed to illustrate the new lifestyle people would live in increasingly crowded cities around the world |