Global tower construction hit all-time high in 2014

The One World Trade Center in New York opened for business earlier this week. The $3.8bn (£2.4bn) building is built on the site of the twin towers of the previous World Trade Center, which were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The SOM designed  104-

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China dominated the tower construction tables, but US’s One World Trade Center took top spot

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