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Vol. - No.	Vol.7 - No.3
Date	Aug., 2018
Title	Developments of Structural Systems Toward Mile-High Towers
Author	Kyoung Sun Moon
Institutions	Yale University School of Architecture, 180 York Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Abstract	Tall buildings which began from about 40 m tall office towers in the late 19th century have evolved into mixed-use megatall towers over 800 m. It is expected that even mile-high towers will soon no longer be a dream. Structural systems have always been one of the most fundamental technologies for the dramatic developments of tall buildings. This paper presents structural systems employed for the world's tallest buildings of different periods since the emergence of supertall buildings in the early 1930s. Further, structural systems used for today's extremely tall buildings over 500 m, such as core-outrigger, braced megatube, mixed, and buttressed core systems, are reviewed and their performances are studied. Finally, this paper investigates the potential of superframed conjoined towers as a viable structural and architectural solution for mile-high and even taller towers in the future.
Keyword	Tall buildings, Tallest buildings, Core-outrigger systems, Braced megatubes, Mixed systems, Buttressed core systems, Superframed conjoined towers, Mile-high towers
PP.	PP.197~214
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