Why Europe is Building a $34BN Transport Mega-Hub
Infrastructure 30 Apr 2025
Dubai is attempting another world record. The city has announced plans to join the race in building the world's thinnest skyscraper. Muraba Veil will be just 22.5 metres wide.
The super-slender skyscraper owes a lot to its New York cousins, 432 Park Avenue and 111 W57, their groundbreaking engineering allowed for this Dubai incarnation to exist. But how are these towers economically feasible?
New York City's Department of Buildings is now leading the investigation into 235 East 42nd Street, where structural columns were seen buckling.
Mayor Mamdani attended the ceremony on July 9. The site in Lower Manhattan had sat vacant while the building's design was repeatedly reimagined in an effort to lure a major tenant.
Published by Penguin Random House, Mega Builds by Fred Mills is now one of the bestselling non-fiction books in the UK.