In Manhattan he is one of three developers vying to build a grandiose office tower above New York's new Pennsylvania Station, now the Farley Post Office.
Here, 10, 000 hectares of woodland, glades and rivers are dominated by sweeping whale-back hills in various hues of green, brown and purple that tower above the landscape like sleeping beasts.
Another overachiever in the neighborhood is Domaine Pavelot, now run by Hugues Pavelot with plenty of help from his father, Jean-Marc, the two of them genial giants who tower above their neighbors and outperform most of them.
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We can see water cascading into the footprints of the Twin Towers, and gaze up at a new tower rising above the New York skyline.
The majestic Basilica di San Marco and its grand Campanile bell tower that rises above Piazza San Marco, call to mind the golden age of the Republic of Venice, which ended in the early 18th Century.
Every site, whether core or relocatable, will have a sensor-laden tower that reaches ten metres above the existing vegetation.
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One force behind all this money has been the fall of the ivory tower that once kept professors above real-world concerns.
You go up this air tower, which is 95 feet above the ground.
Thrill seekers can venture further into the park and buy tickets for rides like the Star Flyer, which spins around 60m above the ground, or the Power Tower, which rises slowly over the twinkling lights of the London skyline and then quickly drops to the ground.
The top of the tower is flat and offers a view of the sky above the Olympic Park.
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Rising above the Peak Tram terminus is the seven-storey Peak Tower, an anvil-shaped building containing shops, restaurants, tourist items and a viewing terrace.
Above the central mass sits the cubic base of the bell tower, which in turn rises solidly as a cylinder, then a drum capped by the dome.
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