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The longer they are, the heavier they become, which limits the number of floors they can service. The new generation of super-tall towers – such as the 828-metre-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the 72-storey Shard here in London – require transfer floors, where people need to change lifts in order to get to the top.\n\r\nThe KONE UltraRope is a new kind of lift cable, which is technically not a cable at all, but a carbon fibre core contained within a high-friction coating. Super light and super strong, it is able to carry lifts up to 1km, twice the distance currently feasible. The cable eliminates the need for transfer floors and makes the next generation of super-tall towers possible.\n\r\n\r\nThe V&A has acquired four lengths of UltraRope, each 2.5m long. A length is comprised of four carbon fibre cores, each 5mm x 3mm, encased in a clear resin high-friction coating. 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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is a major architecture firm with some of the world’s tallest buildings to its name, including the 423-metre-tall Chicago skyscraper built for the Trump Organization. In 2013, engineering company KONE developed a carbon fibre rope enabling lifts to travel uninterrupted for 1000 metres, doubling what was previously attainable. Although the new material innovation makes the next generation of super-tall towers possible, careful design consideration needs to be given to the urban enivronment they create, as seen here in the Russian poster.\n\r\nModel for 98-storey building \nTrump International Hotel and Tower, Chicago, 2001\nDesigned by Adrian Smith for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, USA\nStacked acrylic \nGiven by Adrian Smith \nMuseum no. CD.25-2017\n\nCarbon fibre rope \nUltraRope, 2014\nDesigned and manufactured by KONE, Finland \nPolymer-coated carbon fibre \nGiven by KONE Corporation \nMuseum no. 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