Design

Height of the Day: 720 Meters

The size of the India Tower. It would, if built, be the second highest skyscraper in the world
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India aspires to build the world's second-tallest skyscraper. If completed, the India Tower would rise 720 meters, beating out the Shanghai Tower (which clocks in at 632 meters) for the silver medal. But will it even get built?

A report from Barclay Capital notes "the disturbing correlation between the building of skyscrapers and times of economic collapse." According to Global Post: