Frank Lloyd Wright drew the sketch of the skyscraper on the left in 1956 and called it simply, "The Illinois". The Illinois, which was never built, was to rise a mile high, and was envisioned as a totally self-sufficient vertical city to combat urban sprawl. I remember seeing the sketch years ago in a book of Wright's work. This past weekend I was in Dubai and saw the magnificent Burj Khalifa, currently the world's tallest building, rising roughly half a mile high. The two buildings are strikingly similar in design, and I found out later that Wright's sketch inspired the Chicago based design firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill who designed the Burj Khalifa.
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