An allowable cost is a cost that can be paid by your contract or grant. UCSD considers a cost to be allowable when it meets the following tests: 1  The cost is reasonable; it reflects what a prudent person might pay.
Why wasnât it built? The design proved too expensive and complex to realize in Tatlinâs day, and he only managed to complete a few wooden scale models. However, thereâs some evidence that a group called Tatlinâs Tower and the World is planning to build a full-scale version of the monument. Unfortunately, they only plan to build it in separate sections, which will be housed in different venues.
There was a short-lived plan to add 11 floors to the Empire State Building. Shortly after the World Trade Center towers were erected in the early 1970s, an architect at the firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon concocted a scheme that would allow the Empire State Building to keep its crown as the worldâs tallest skyscraper.