Up to a certain height, a tower can be made with the supporting structure with parallel sides. However, above a certain height, the compressive load of the material is exceeded and the tower will fail.

This can be avoided if the tower's support structure tapers up the building. A second limit is that of buckling—the structure requires sufficient stiffness to avoid breaking under the loads it faces, especially those due to winds.

Many very tall towers have their support structures at the periphery of the building, which greatly increases the overall stiffness.

A third limit is dynamic; a tower is subject to varying winds, vortex shedding, seismic disturbances etc.

These are often dealt with through a combination of simple strength and stiffness, as well as in some cases tuned mass dampers to damp out movements.

Varying or tapering the outer aspect of the tower with height avoids vibrations due to vortex shedding occurring along the entire building simultaneously.

Although not correctly defined as towers, many modern high-rise buildings in particular skyscraper have 'tower' in their name or are colloquially called 'towers'.

Skyscrapers are more properly classified as 'buildings'. In the United Kingdom , tall domestic buildings are referred to as tower blocks.

In addition some of the structures listed below do not follow the strict criteria used at List of tallest towers. The tower throughout history has provided its users with an advantage in surveying defensive positions and obtaining a better view of the surrounding areas, including battlefields.

They were constructed on defensive walls , or rolled near a target see siege tower. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords.

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It is close to Mt. Inwang and Mt. Bugak, has Gwanghwamun Square or Cheonggyecheon, places for relaxation in the heart of the city, and has culture space such as Sejong Center or the Kyobo Book Centre.

Unlike other CDBs, there are extended circulation population who are not office workers. We found the reasons lay in the typical office buildings.

Most of them have a lobby in the first floor and the commercial area that took up the second and the third floor. The lobby separates office workers in the building from outside and excludes the outsiders.

The visitors, tenants, office workers and the landlords have their own needs. For the tenants, the restaurants or shops are more attracted to the place where customers visit at night or on weekends than only at lunch.

And the landlords can generate more revenue from the commercial area than from the offices. In the Process of the D Tower planning, we decided to make a different one from existing stereo type office buildings to meet the various needs of visitors, tenants, and office workers.

It would be a building which the customers are attracted to. We wanted D Tower to give distinctive impression from the exterior, and to make people feel curious enough to come inside.

So the color of D Tower was chosen to be most similar with surrounding buildings. The shape of the building makes people curious, but the building itself is in harmony with the overall impression of the Gwanghwamun.

What matters is the overall atmosphere, plus the quality of the commercial area. Replace takes up the first five floors and independent entrances for visitors.

This helps to extend the size of circulation population around Gwanghwamun, and to activate business districts near the building. On entering Replace, visitors can see the whole space at a glance as they take the huge elevator.

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