A new Guinness World Records "furthest-leaning man-made tower"...beats..
@Aphroditei_5279 (2465)
Philippines
June 10, 2010 12:33pm CST
I read this news on Yahoo. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100606/lf_afp/uaearchitecturetowerrecord_20100606234229
I don't know if some of you have heard about this news. But this Capital Gate Tower of Abu Dhabi has beaten the record of the leaning Tower of Pisa. But it got me thinking. This tower is leaning at a 18 degree angle. But it is a well planned man made architecture. I was made to lean and stand at that dangerous angle. And it is well supported by steel etc..
I was wondering; How can they compare this architectural geniosity to the Tower of Pisa?
The Pisa is also man made, obviously, and not made by the Gods and Goddesses of Olympus. But I don't think they can be both compared in the same category. One is very modern, high state of the art 35 storeys building, may be computerized in 3D dimensions. While the other, is a work of art, done in unintentional architectural flaw, a seventh floor campanile with a bell chamber at its top, finished over a period of 177 years.
I don't have anything against the beautiful modern Capital Gate Tower of Abu Dhabi. But it just seem a bit out of the category, to compare it to the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy.
What do you think about it? 
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@bystander (2292)
• Philippines
12 Jul 10
i think, i've passed through that... but i didn't pay attention... i didn't bother to read it... you see, during the time the tower of piza was constructed, the technology is rather crude and the outcome becomes a wonder... now, with the development of different materials and new technologies, the "lean" could easily be surpassed many times over... but it will no longer be a wonder because it was made possible with new technology and materials...
@Aphroditei_5279 (2465)
• Philippines
2 Aug 10
Yes my dear friend...That's what I was thinking...the time, period, means used, materials are not the same...or not even in the same category...which it makes not in the same league...It's like Michael Phelps...am I right with the name?...who won the olympics with his special suit...Although it is beautiful...He had an edge or advantage...The tower of Pisa is too beautiful to be stepped over a giant modern Godzillic tower..
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.(^^,)@bystander (2292)
• Philippines
2 Aug 10
remember, it's not only the suit... he had superior training -- facility and technique... also, the food could be "designed" to be directional or focused on a singular objective... the same applies with other developments, like that leaning giant tower made of the latest, even state-of-the-art construction technologies and materials...
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
15 Jun 10
haha =D YEah, u are right.. Both of them cant be compared in the same catergory, when one is purposely made for that, while the original is being created unknowingly.. haha =D
As such, the new gusiness world record for the leaning tower, should still remain belonging to 'Pisa".. haha =D AFter all, it should be natural, and not purposely created to beat whatever record is there.. haha
@Aphroditei_5279 (2465)
• Philippines
18 Jun 10
Yes, so true, they can't be compared. The leaning Tower of Pisa is unique in its own category. 
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@goddessjes (788)
• Philippines
11 Jun 10
hi there aphrodite.
i have seen the Capital Gate Tower. it is really interesting. i am well aware of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and it's architecture. When i first laid eyes on the Capital Gate Tower, i didn't even feel or think that it is trying to beat the record. or probably it's just me. i was probably just naive.
but reality, UAE (esp. Dubai and Abu Dhabi) is trying to be on top every game...sports, fashion, architecture, cuisines...simply because they have the money, the can pretty much have anything built in their country.
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@Aphroditei_5279 (2465)
• Philippines
11 Jun 10
Hi Goddessjes! I didn't think too it was featured in the Yahoo news as the new record holder for the "man-made leaning tower" category. I was too amazed. It is actually beautiful even only on photos. I understand that you have seen it first hand. That must have been more amazing to see it for real. But yes, indeed, I think it was done purposefuly to dislodge the Tower of Pisa. And I think they got the "Tallest building" Guiness record too last year. I don't mind that they are very modern and innovative. It is just the idea that it is put in the same category with the Tower of Pisa, just for the leaning part. I don't think I can easily understand that. The Leaning tower of Pisa, is a work of art too but done, many centuries ago. It is in another style. And in materials used, the Capital Gate tower, is reinforced steel, maybe titanium, we don't know. May they could have added; "The further leaning man - made modern tower". That would have been I think more appropriate. (^^,)
@Leixa003 (867)
• Philippines
11 Jun 10
I had not seen any of the two building and I want to go there someday. But I think what separates the Leaning Tower of Pisa from the modern Capital Gate Tower of Abu Dhabi is that the Leaning Tower has so many stories around it.
It was believed that Galileo did experiments in the tower to disprove the theory of gravity by Aristotle which states that objects fall at a speed relative to their mass. Galileo dropped two objects of different mass from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The story goes that in order to demonstrate to Aristotlean scholars that two balls of different weights fall at the same rate, Galileo dropped a cannon ball and wooden ball from the top of the Tower of Pisa. Although the said experiment was not really performed by Galileo himself but by one of his students when Galileo was already an old man.
And of course the story on how long it was built, how it became titled can not be beaten.
It is like comparing the Colosseum of Rome which can house 50,000 spectators to say the Yankee Stadium or the Cowboys Stadium.
@Aphroditei_5279 (2465)
• Philippines
13 Jun 10
Hi Leixa! It is wonderful to know that the famous experiment of Galileo about gravity, might have happened at the Tower of Pisa. Indeed, in terms of history and stories attached to it, it can't be compare to the Capital Gate Tower and vice versa. And very true, the Colosseum of Rome and the Yankee Stadium or Cowboys are very very different; especially in historical heritage. Thank you for your response Leixa! (^^,)
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
11 Jun 10
I agree with you. If you look at the two buildings they are nothing alike, they are two completely different structures. The tower of Pisa is a work of art which took almost two centuries to complete, it is an architectural marvel and its construction began in 1773 whereas the Abu Dhabi tower is a modern building which I believe is not quite complete yet. In my opinion the two cannot be compared.
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@Aphroditei_5279 (2465)
• Philippines
11 Jun 10
Very true Paula. I am happy that I am not the only one thinking that they are not in the same league. And when you come to the materials used, totally different. I think they should have called it; "the further leaning modern man-made tower"...And to think of it, they got their inspiration from the Tower of Pisa, it is like comparing the Mom and the daughter...HHmmmm?! They might be both pretty, but they are not in the same category. (^^,)
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@GardenGerty (157598)
• United States
10 Jun 10
I think you are correct, it is like the old saying of comparing apples to oranges. Both are interesting buildings, but the tower in Pisa is an art piece as well. No comparison between the two from that point of view.
@Aphroditei_5279 (2465)
• Philippines
11 Jun 10
Very well said GardenGerty..it is like the old saying of comparing apples to oranges.That's what I first thought when I read that article, like it is not in the same league. It shouldn't be compare to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Thank you for your response GardenGerty. (^^,)
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Jun 10
hi Aphroditei Yes one is historical and a wonder, and built many years
back. It is a work of Art. But the modern one was done on purpose and is just a work of genius but done on purpose. there is no comparison between the two as we admire the history of Tower of Pisa and the fact that its defied odd to stand yet when not made to be leaning in the first place. the other is just another work of some people who are geniuses. You are comparing apples with oranges. both are different from each other.
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@Aphroditei_5279 (2465)
• Philippines
11 Jun 10
Hi Hatley! 
I even think that only the exterior looks or is inclined...But unlike for the Tower of Pisa, where the whole building is leaning forward. And yes, I think too that such a wonder of the world, an historical site, should not be compare to the Capital Gate Tower. It is really comparing oranges and apples..
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I even think that only the exterior looks or is inclined...But unlike for the Tower of Pisa, where the whole building is leaning forward. And yes, I think too that such a wonder of the world, an historical site, should not be compare to the Capital Gate Tower. It is really comparing oranges and apples.. (^^,)