Making any building stable in hurricane-force winds is a challenge anywhere. But making a building hurricane-proof in a city at sea level in a state without basements that sits on porous limestone requires a quantum leap forward in building design. (Credit: SeanPavonePhoto/Adobe Stock)
Last month, developers broke ground on what will become Miami's first supertall skyscraper, a 100-story tower that will also be the city's first 1 million square-foot building.
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