当前,一场大风会让一幢建筑的电梯完全停工。但是碳纤维绳索的诞生表明这种现象不会频频出现了。
All of which is worthy and important. But what really excites architects and developers is thefact that carbon-fibre ropes will let buildings rise highera lot higher.
上述这些都很重要,而且是值得的。但是,真正刺激建筑师和开发商的是,碳纤维绳索会让建筑越来越高比现在的高楼还要高很多。
Lighter, stronger ropes mean the main limiting factor in constructing higher skyscraperswould become the cost, says Antony Wood, an architect at the Illinois Institute ofTechnology, in Chicago.
伊利诺伊理工学院位于美国芝加哥的建筑师安东尼-伍德表示:更轻,更牢的绳索意味着,限制建造更高摩天大楼的主要问题将会转到成本上。
Dr Wood is also executive director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat,which, among other things, lists the official heights of skyscrapers.
伍德博士也是高层建筑与城市人居理事会的执行董事,该机构在有关其它方面的记录中,列出了官方规定的摩天大厦的高度。
At present the tallest is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which was completed in 2010 and, at 828metres, shot past the previous record-holder, the 508-metre Taipei 101 tower.
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