Thursday, March 16, 2017. Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the first lecture of the series Building Tall features presentations by Antony Wood of CTBUH; Richard Tomasetti of Thornton Tomasetti; Ian Smith of thyssenkrupp (kind sponsors for the evening) and Gordan Gill of Adrain Smill + Gordon Gill Architecture. The lecture includes presentations and a panel discussion on the limitations of constructing megatall buildings as well as the conditions and technological advances which may permit skyscrapers to reach even higher than today's tallest structures.