{"id":33809,"date":"2012-10-01T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=33809"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:28:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:28:09","slug":"urban-planet-the-new-worlds-tallest-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/10\/01\/urban-planet-the-new-worlds-tallest-tower\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: The (New) World&#8217;s Tallest Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?attachment_id=33810\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33810\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33810\" title=\"skycity\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/10\/skycity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/18\/urban-planet-how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths\/feature-urban-planet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In Changsha, China, there are plans afoot to build the world\u2019s tallest tower. At 220 storeys, the Sky City Tower comes in ahead of Dubai\u2019s Burj Khalifa. The air conditioning company turned property manager erecting the building is promising to do so in as little as three months using prefab components. The question remains whether there will be enough tenants to fill the building\u2019s 1 million square metres of floor space. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/report-on-business\/worlds-tallest-tower-plan-raises-eyebrows\/article4575806\/\">Globe and Mail<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2158205\/Sky-City-Changsa-China-plans-build-worlds-tallest-tower.html\"> Daily Mail<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/jobs-and-economy\/2012\/09\/if-you-want-walkable-development-you-must-show-it-pays\/3258\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? 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At 220 storeys, the Sky City<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/10\/01\/urban-planet-the-new-worlds-tallest-tower\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Urban Planet: The (New) World&#8217;s Tallest Tower&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4081,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21759],"tags":[21115,1846,380,4657,313,596,21116,10185,99],"class_list":["post-33809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-changsha","tag-china","tag-dubai","tag-facebook","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-property-manager","tag-sky-city-tower","tag-twitter","tag-urban-planet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Urban Planet: The (New) World&#039;s Tallest Tower - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/10\/01\/urban-planet-the-new-worlds-tallest-tower\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Urban Planet: The (New) World&#039;s Tallest Tower - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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