Because of this resistance to change, many of the two-storey buildings are originals from the 1960s.
The trendy 25-storey W hotel in Polanco dominates the edgier side of the DF hotel scene.
And the 40-storey Al Tayer tower in Sharjah also suffered a similar fate in April 2012.
At least 1, 127 people died when the eight-storey Rana Plaza collapsed on 24 April.
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One eyewitness described the flames coming from the four storey Eastgate Backpackers Hostel as "horrendous".
Paralympian Sarah Storey has been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Manchester.
Storey regularly trains in Cheshire and the Peak District as well as at the Manchester Velodrome.
Development will start with a six -storey innovation centre, which begins construction this summer.
Officials say Wednesday's collapse of the eight-storey Rana Plaza building killed at least 314 people.
Storey is among those who have found that the time and cost bring real results.
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About 17 firefighters tackled the blaze in the ground-floor flat of a two-storey building.
One of its most notable features is the tallest building in Wales, the 29-storey Meridian Tower.
The building involved is single storey and approximately 82ft (25m) by 49ft (15m) in size.
The edge of the glacier slopes up to the height of a two-storey house.
Four people have been rescued after a three-storey building collapsed in Sheffield city centre.
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In the process it would demolish two listed buildings and create a new five-storey building.
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Surrounded by peaceful rice paddies, the modern, two-storey suites are simply designed with beautiful teak furniture.
The concrete slabs that rise storey by storey into the heavens are also gray on gray.
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No-one has been convicted of the car bombing which destroyed the seven-storey cultural centre.
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Their three-storey mansion has an elaborate, though crumbling, facade that features arched windows and protruding balconies.
London's famous Trellick Tower, by the architect Erno Goldfinger, is now a 30-storey style pile.
Cyclist Sarah Storey became a dame, the top award to a Paralympian this year.
She was carried down the mountain by stretcher to Storey Arms where an ambulance was waiting.
MPs, lined up behind the plan to build a multi-storey hotel on top of it.
Its two-storey houses were solid and wide, with generous front rooms and indoor bathrooms.
The owners are in no rush to get planning permission to build four-storey houses.
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Yodobashi plans to build a 40-storey office block and a nine-storey commercial building on the plot.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue said the single-storey building in Milton Road was "rapidly engulfed by fire".
Today, however, the gallery is under threat of demolition to make way for luxury housing and a 14-storey hotel.
Ms Storey contacted publicist Max Clifford a few weeks later and arranged to sell her story.
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