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The insanity of what's made possible with CAD and CNC for manufacturing is incredible. Effectively these are two towers that twist/spiral around each other, a

The insanity of what's made possible with CAD and CNC for manufacturing is incredible. Effectively these are two towers that twist/spiral around each other, a double helix. I think the sky walks double a structural braces between the two sides. The structural engineers will have had fun!

logifail 3y ago
> I think the sky walks double a structural braces between the two sides From one of the image captions: "The skybridges located at floors 13, 24, 35, and 45 are steel trusses that are integral components in the tower's structural system"
- dmurray 3y ago
  All this attention to detail and they still have a 13th floor!
  - eru 3y ago
    They are Chinese. If anything, they would avoid a fourth floor. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerology