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1、TheDesireforTallestBuildingPersists ByROBINPOGREBIN Giventhehauntingimageofthecollapsingtwintowers,it'shardformanyAmericanstofathomtheenduringurgetobuildtall.Yetnowcomeplansforthenation'stallestskyscraper,acondominiumandhotelbuildingdesignedbySantiagoCalatravaforChicago'sNearNort
2、hlakefront.At2,000feet,thebuilding,theFordhamSpire,wouldbeatoutthe1,776-footFreedomTowerplannedforgroundzero. Internationally,bothofthesedesignsaredwarfedbytheBurjTowerunderconstructioninDubai,whichisexpectedtoreach2,300feet.Oncecompleted,theBurjwillovertakeTaipei101,a1,667-footo
3、fficetower,astheworld'stallest.AndtheTaipeibuildingiscertainlyashort-timerecordholder;onlyinOctoberdiditsurpassthe1,483-footPetronasTowersinMalaysia."Therearerealbraggingrightstobeingthetallestthatgoback3,000years,"saidCarolWillis,thefounderanddirectoroftheSkyscraperMuseuminManha
4、ttan."ExceedingorexaltingforspiritualreasonsorademonstrationofpowerdatesbackfromBabylonon-wantingtotakeaplaceinhistory,reserveaplaceinthetimeline.Heightisafixation."ForallthetalkaboutjittersdeterringpotentialtenantsofafutureFreedomTower,the9/11terroristattackhasdonelittleornothin
5、gtodiminishaglobalappetitetotouchthesky."Thenumberoftallbuildingsbeingbuiltaroundtheworldisatanall-timehigh,"saidRonKlemencic,chairmanoftheCouncilonTallBuildingsandUrbanHabitat,aprofessionalgroup.Chicagoalreadyhasthreeofthe15tallestbuildingsintheworld:theSearsTower,theJohnHancock
6、CenterandAonCenter."TheskyscraperwasborninChicago,"saidChristianK.Narkiewicz-Laine,directorandpresidentoftheChicagoAthenaeum:MuseumofArchitectureandDesign."Thewholeconceptoftheskyscraperhasalwaysbeenindigenoustothecity."Developersareplanningfourbuildingsofaround80storiesinthecity
7、,Mr.Klemencicsaid.(TheFordhamSpireistoriseto115storiesby2009.)Miami,SanFranciscoandLasVegasarealsointhemidstofbustlinghigh-riseconstruction.DavidM.ChildsofSkidmoreOwings&Merrill,thearchitectwhodesignedtheFreedomTower,saidhewasnotatalltroubledbythenotionthatitsheightwouldbeeclipse
8、dbythatofMr.Calatrava'sbuilding."Morepow
