There has traditionally been a lot of opposition to more tall buildings cutting out the famous views of St Paul's Cathedral.

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The Corporation of London, the Square Mile's local authority, wants more tall buildings because it fears competition from rival financial districts and not just Frankfurt and Paris.

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Liddell thinks that 15 stories is possible before having to use other materials like steel but says that building codes are one of the main reasons we haven't seen more tall wooden buildings, "and more recently the economic downturn, " he adds.

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Bart Sullivan, a senior vice president at WSP Cantor Seinuk, a firm that handles engineering for buildings like One World Trade Center, says building a residential skyscraper is generally more challenging than building a tall office building, partly because residential buildings have fewer internal columns and other core structural elements.

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There are few buildings more than a few stories tall.

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Pelman hopes to produce competitive amounts of electricity by capturing slower, more erratic winds, such as those blowing between tall buildings or across roofs.

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More powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound and faster than a speeding bullet is the dreaded buy-back.

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For example, when I lived in Jakarta as a young boy, I can remember the buildings being no more than a few stories tall.

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The city was filled with buildings that were no more than a few stories tall.

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