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The three engineering thresholds that separate ordinary high-rises from supertalls and megatalls — and why you can't just scale up.

How tuned mass dampers, self-healing concrete, and vortex shedding make tall buildings feel boringly ordinary.

From garden sheds to the Burj Khalifa — what holds up our structures and why it matters.

What if a high-rise worked like a vertical subdivision where developers build their own pods inside a shared frame?

From vortex shedding to the elevator paradox, Herman and Corn explore the physical and economic limits of building the world's tallest towers.