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  2. Escalator school - Wikipedia

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    An escalator school (エスカレーター学校, esukareitā gakkō) [1] (also esukareitā kō (エスカレーター校) and esukareita kō (エスカレータ校)) [2] is an educational school that offers education from elementary or middle (or even from the kindergarten) until university.

  3. List of tallest educational buildings - Wikipedia

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    School City Country Height (m) Height (ft) Floors Year District Notes Source 1 Main Building: Lomonosov Moscow State University: Moscow: Russia: 240 m 787 ft 36 1953 Ramenki: The tallest educational-use building in the world. [1] 2 Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower: Multiple Tokyo: Japan: 204 m 668 ft 50 2008 Nishi-Shinjuku: 17th-tallest Tokyo building ...

  4. List of visionary tall buildings and structures - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of buildings and other structures that have been envisioned. The X-Seed 4000 is one of the tallest structures ever conceived. Shown in this image is the Burj Khalifa (828 m (2,717 ft)), tallest structure in the world at the time of completion in 2010 to this year (2025), and the X-Seed 4000 project (4,000 m (13,000 ft)).

  5. List of tallest buildings in Buffalo, New York - Wikipedia

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    *Height: 174/53 to roof level, 194/59 to top of mechanicals (Source: Developer) 32 Standard Elevator 194 / 59 1928 Also known as Pillsbury Elevator. [37] 33 Kaleida Health Gates Vascular Institute: 190 / 58 10 2011 [38] 34 Marine A Elevator 190 / 58 11 1925 [39] 35 Superior Elevator 189 / 58 1925 Also known as Cargill "S" or Cargill Superior ...

  6. Art & Architecture Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    The initial core set of terms was derived from authority lists and the literature of art and architectural history; this core set was reviewed, approved and added to by an advisory team made up scholars from all relevant disciplines, including art and architectural historians, architects, librarians, visual resource curators, archivists, museum personnel, and specialists in thesaurus construction.

  7. Elevator - Wikipedia

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    The elevator in the New City Hall in Hanover, Germany is a technical rarity, and unique in Europe, as the elevator starts straight up but then changes its angle by 15 degrees to follow the contour of the dome of the hall. The cabin therefore tilts 15 degrees during the ride. The elevator travels a height of 43 meters.

  8. Skyscraper design and construction - Wikipedia

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    The main problem with double-deck elevators is that they cause all elevator occupants to stop when only people on one level need to get off at a given floor. Another solution, employed by the Shanghai Tower and the under-construction (2019) Jeddah Tower is for buildings to be created for mixed-use, putting office space in the lower floors as it ...

  9. List of elevator test towers - Wikipedia

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    Canny Elevator Jiangsu, China: 879 ft (268 m) 2018 Often referenced as being 288 m, this includes a 20 m underground section. [5] This gives the structure a total testing height of 944 ft (288 m), height above ground is 879 ft (268 m) 4 Zhongshan TK Elevator Laboratory Tower [6] TK Elevator: Zhongshan, China: 813 ft (248 m) 2018 5