Will there ever be a mile-high skyscraper? | Stefan Al | TED-Ed Animation

Learn more about architecture, engineering and creativity with the TED-Ed animation “Will there ever be a mile-high skyscraper?” In 1956, architect Frank Lloyd Wright proposed a skyscraper five times as high as the Eiffel Tower. While this tower was never built, today, bigger buildings are being built in cities around the world. In this informative and engaging video, lesson creator Stefan Al discusses the technology behind how skyscrapers are built and explains how these megastructures became fixtures of our city skylines.