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Build It Bigger: Shanghai World Financial Center
In order to get the building's sixth module on its feet, four teams had to work on the structural elements that frame each module. Team One built the megacolumns that bear the load at the outer edge of the building. Team Two built the elevator co ...
Added: Jul 10, 2007
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