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As the recent trends show, more and more skyscrapers are being built, even in cities with no tradition for this type of building. The rising cost of land results in its maximum utilization. Corporate clients are pushing to build tall downtowns as well, with the promise that their identities can be very closely associated with that of a well-designed building. Architecture then becomes a monument of either achievement or failure, to itself as well as to the client who built it.
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Mocak, V. (1988). Skylobbies and Interconnecting Links Amid the Cluster of Skyscrapers. In: Beedle, L.S. (eds) Second Century of the Skyscraper. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6581-5_23
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