Built the largest building in the world July 3rd, 2013
Where do you think? Of course in China.
Chinese megacities regularly rank as the fastest growing cities in the world. According to research conducted by the American magazine Foreign Policy in conjunction with MGI (McKinsey Global Institute), in 2012, the leaders of the ranking were Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin, overtaking such active cities as New York, Tokyo, Moscow and Sao Paulo. ... Similar results are shown by Forbes last year's research - four Chinese megacities (Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen) entered the TOP-10, becoming the most promising cities in the world.
Today, China has decided to once again confirm its leadership by announcing the start of construction on the largest building on the planet. According to news agencies, in the city of Chengdu (south-west of China, Sichuan province), a shopping and entertainment center "New Century Global Center" has been built, the length of which will reach half a kilometer. According to the project, the building will be one hundred meters high, 400 meters wide, and the total area - 1.7 million square meters.
The New Century Global Center has become the largest building in the world in terms of area and the largest shopping and entertainment center, respectively! If we compare the "New Century Global Center" with another famous mega-structure - the Pentagon, it turns out that the area of the latter is almost three times smaller. The new center could house twenty buildings of the famous Sydney Opera House.
The largest building in the world will be distinguished not only by its unique architecture, but also by a convenient layout. The project envisages that the New Century Global Center, along with conference rooms and office premises, will house two comfortable 5-star hotels, a university complex, two commercial centers, and a cinema. Approximately four hundred thousand square meters will be allocated for retail space.
Another interesting attraction of the New Century Global Center will be the lighting system. An "artificial sun" will function here, operating twenty-four hours a day without interruption. With the help of innovative technology developed by Japanese specialists, the system will provide constant lighting and heating of the building. Therefore, the "New Century Global Center" can be called not only the largest building in the world, but also one of the most high-tech facilities on the planet.
The 100m New Century Global Center, which will span a 400m by 500m section, will consist of three parts: New Century City World Center, Central Plaza and New Century Contemporary Art Center. Zaha Hadid, a British architect of Arab origin, a representative of deconstructivism, took part in the development of the project. In 2004, she became the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Prize, an architectural equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
The highlight of the New Century Global Center will be a marine park with an artificial beach, 400 meters long and 5 thousand square meters. Vacationers will be able to soak up the rays of the artificial sun, which will shine and heat the building 24 hours a day. For more realism, a 150 m wide and 40 m high screen will display sea views, and special installations will simulate the blows of the breeze. The beach can accommodate 600 people at a time. In local cafes you can enjoy seafood dishes.
The developers of the New Century Global Center note that another reason to be proud of the project is the New Century Contemporary Art Center, which will become the largest in Western China. It will house a museum (30 thousand square meters), an exhibition hall (12 thousand square meters) and a theater for 1.8 thousand seats.
The square near the center will be framed by 44 ordinary fountains, and in the center there will be a dancer with a diameter of up to 150 m.According to the president of ETG, which is building the New Century Global Center, this fountain will be on a par with its famous brothers in Dubai, Macau and Las Vegas.
Among other things, the center will have 300 thousand square meters of retail space, an IMAX cinema and an ice rink. Guests of the New Century Global Center will be able to stay in 2 five-star hotels with 1,000 rooms each.
It should be noted that the place for the construction of such an extraordinary center was not chosen by chance. Now Chengdu is a large center of economy, trade, finance, science and technology. In 2007, the World Bank declared the city to be the benchmark for the investment climate in China. A metropolis with a population of 14 million people continues to develop: by 2020, in addition to 2 existing metro lines, 8 more will be laid, and a new airport will also be built. According to experts, by this time Chengdu will become China's Silicon Valley.
Burj Khalifa is the main attraction of Dubai. This is one of the world record-breaking structures located in the United Arab Emirates. Firstly, - the tallest building created in the history of mankind, secondly, - the building with the largest number of floors, and, finally, the most expensive building in the world.
And it would seem like something completely unheard of and unprecedented, if the Emirates would not surprise the world before, erecting the largest singing fountain, the most prestigious area with the largest artificially created beaches and canals, the most exclusive metro and much, much more, the most diverse and unusual. The skyscraper rises up to 828 meters, the number of floors of the building is more than 160. And the total cost of the construction is more than one and a half billion dollars. By the way, controversy and rumors surrounded the Burj Khalifa all the time before the opening of the skyscraper. About the height, for example. Initially, the 705 m high tower design was supposed to be a modified design of the Australian Grollo Tower (560 m). The project managers said that the height will in any case be more than 700 m (that is, the Burj Khalifa, after completion of construction, will in any case become the tallest structure on Earth). In September 2006, rumors about the final height of 916 m, and then even 940 m, got into the public. But still, the final height was 828 meters with 163 floors (not including technical levels).
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The city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, for many centuries it was a small commercial port, where in the coastal waters of the Persian Gulf they fished and drew pearls. In recent decades, the city's prosperity has skyrocketed thanks to the discovery of oil and the desire of the rulers to turn Dubai into a business center. In 2003, two hundred skyscrapers were already built or were under construction. And then the Emir of Dubai Mohammed ibn Rashid gave a simple order - to build the tallest building in the world. The construction of the tallest building begins by digging a hole, a very large hole.
Several months have passed since the Dubai-based developer Emaar signed a contract with the Chicago-based firm SOM. Oddly enough, this building does not have a foundation firmly anchored in the rocky ground. Here in the desert you will not find as much rock as in New York or other geological zones. We used hanging piles. These piles were screwed into sand and soft rocky soil, and their bearing capacity was provided by their diameter and length. These are 45-meter piles, about one and a half meters in diameter. In total, we screwed in about 200 such piles, says one of the project architects.
The skyscraper construction project provided for the construction of the so-called "city within the city" - its own parks, boulevards, lawns were envisaged on its territory. The total cost of the tower construction project was about one and a half billion dollars.
The Burj Khalifa was designed by an American architect, Adrian Smith, who had extensive experience in designing similar structures. For example, Smith was directly involved in the design of the Jin Mao skyscraper located in China, which is more than 400 meters high. The general contractor for the construction was the construction division of Samsung from South Korea, which had previously been involved in the construction of similar projects, for example, the famous Petronas Twin Towers located in Malaysia.
The construction of the tallest skyscraper in the world proceeded rather quickly. Every week the building was raised 1-2 floors. After the 160th floor was completed, the concrete work ceased and the assembly of the giant 180-meter spire from metal structures began. The construction of the skyscraper lasted for 5 years.
According to the project, 108 floors are allotted for living quarters at once: 37 of them are occupied by a luxury hotel, and the remaining floors are occupied by ordinary apartments. Although to call "ordinary" apartments built in the most expensive and tallest skyscraper in the world, the language does not turn out to be! As noted above, the Burj Khalifa is completely autonomous. To provide energy for such a large-scale structure, at least a large 61-meter turbine is used. In addition, numerous solar panels placed on the walls of the tower help to provide the building with energy.
Despite its size, the building is perfectly designed and protected, so in the event of a fire, a complete evacuation takes only about half an hour!
Plans to erect the tallest building in the world, Sheikh of Dubai Mohammed ibn Rashid Al Maktoum, first announced in 2002. The tower was supposed to be a key element of the new district, designed to attract tourists from all over the world to Dubai. The developer of the tower was a Dubai company Emaar, general contractor - South Korean Samsung Engineering... Originally the tower was named Burj Dubai, from the Arabian Tower of Dubai, but the completion of the project coincided with the global financial crisis and Dubai was forced to seek help from the neighboring emirate of Abu Dhabi. In gratitude for the multi-billion dollar support received, the skyscraper was renamed in honor of the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi:"From now on, this tower will bear the name 'Khalifa' - 'Burj Khalifa'."
In the outlines of the foundation, the outlines of the desert flower of pankration are visible. This shape facilitates the construction of buildings several hundred meters high. And when the construction had already begun, lead architect George Estafio and his client made a bold decision - to increase the height of the building from the original 550, which surpassed the tallest at that time Taipei tower (509.2 meters) by only a few meters, and not just increase, but almost doubled.
After the foundation was laid, the tower began to grow rapidly. At the site, work went on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There were about 100 designers, architects, engineers, and up to 12,000 workers worked on the site every day.
Every three days a new floor would appear. But the higher you go, the more problems. And the main one is the wind. It is impossible to build a single tower of such height and uniform shape. Then the effect of the wind will be too strong, the fluctuations will become too significant.
The terraces were lined up according to a certain pattern, rising in a spiral. At the same time, the shape of the building is asymmetrical. So the wind creates less vibration in buildings and as it rises, the asymmetry changes, but it also creeps up.
When you build the tallest building in the world, every centimeter counts. When pouring concrete, engineers needed to know where the center of the building would be, and with constant movement, it is not easy to calculate. Contractor installed 3 different fixtures Gps on the ground and another at the very top of the building.
The exterior panels of the building presented a big challenge to the engineers. The glass was supposed to reflect heat but let light through. And it must also be water-wind and dust-proof. About 200 of these panels were required for each floor.
During the construction, the creators foresaw literally everything - from high temperatures in the Arabian sun to the angle of incidence of light into the tower's premises. The building is equipped with special sun protection and reflective glass panels that reduce indoor heating (temperatures in Dubai reach 50 ° C), which reduces the need for air conditioning. Well, for air conditioning in the skyscraper, a convection system is used, which drives air from bottom to top along the entire height of the tower, and seawater and underground cooling modules will be used for cooling. A special brand of concrete was created especially for the Burj Khalifa - such concrete is heat-resistant and does not deform under the scorching sun of the Arab Emirates. By the way, the skyscraper will completely independently generate electricity for its own use: a 61-meter wind turbine and an array of solar panels (some of them are located on the walls of the tower) will function for this.
The full project of the building costs more than one and a half billion dollars - a huge amount, albeit for a highly developed country at this stage. Due to problems with financing the construction of the Burj Khalifa, the official opening of the skyscraper was postponed from September 9, 2009 (this date was originally planned - the date of the Dubai Metro opening) to January 2010.
The Burj Khalifa project was conceived as a city within a city. The building is surrounded by adjacent roads, convenient parking spaces, private lawns, boulevards and parks. In addition, independent sponsored entertainment for young people and business people is held on the territory of the high-rise. Again, a new site has been opened for business in the Khalifa building. In addition to the hotel located on the first 37 floors, as well as luxury apartments between the 45th and 108th floors, most of the floors are still used for office space and business premises. Spacious, comfortable and air-conditioned rooms for negotiations and presentations today attract business people from all over the world, which brings Dubai once again to the level of the business capital of the world - since almost every complex of buildings that open every year has a corner, so to speak, investor. 123 and 124 floors are equipped with an observation deck. Thousands of tourists who come here every year say that the feeling cannot be expressed in words - it is so breathtaking and overwhelming with wonder, how could a person create such a thing!
In Arabic, "burj" means "tower".
The creators of the Dubai skyscraper also claim that the building's distinctive feature is the highest residential floor and an observation deck located on the 124th floor. In the skyscraper, visible from a distance of 90 kilometers, 57 elevators of the world's fastest system, the cabins move at a speed of 18 meters per second. There is also an autonomous power supply system - a 60-meter wind turbine and huge solar panels. The tower has a modern design, but its architecture is also influenced by Islamic traditions.
According to the designers, the building is resistant to strong wind loads and can also withstand earthquakes. "We were struck by lightning twice, last year we felt the echoes of a powerful earthquake in Iran. In addition, during construction, we experienced all possible types of wind. The results are good," Mohamed Ali Alabbar told the BBC. head of Emaar Properties, which built the tower.
Some of the apartments in the skyscraper were sold at a price of $ 24.3 thousand per square meter, but now their value has dropped by about half. The project, which has shown resilience to natural disasters, has not been left untouched by the global financial crisis. Leasing office space in Burj Dubai will be particularly problematic, analysts say, as fewer companies can afford the luxury.
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The opening ceremony of the skyscraper was timed to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the reign in the emirate of Dubai by the current Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Al Maktoum, who came to power on January 4. At the ceremony, the Sheikh renamed the skyscraper, which at the time of construction was known as Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, dedicated to the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. "From now on, this tower will bear the name" Khalifa "-" Burj Khalifa ", - he said.
Sheikh Khalifa is also the Emir of Abu Dhabi, who gave Dubai $ 10 billion in aid to pay off debt obligations, including to support the investment company Dubai World.
The long-awaited opening of the legendary building took place with fireworks and festive concerts. The event impressed with its incredible scale - the audience saw the promised fireworks, theatrical performances, and a laser show. The list of guests of honor invited to the opening ceremony included six thousand people. Others were able to watch a tour of the building on huge screens installed in the streets, or on TV. In total, the opening ceremony was televised by more than two billion people around the world.
From the first to the 39th floors of the building are occupied by the Armani Hotel. Above are office and technical premises, as well as individual apartments. In addition, there are special observation floors that function as a high-altitude observatory. Special communication equipment is located in the 180-meter spire. Burj Khalifa (Burj Dubai) boasts 65 two-story elevator lifts. True, on the ascent upward, or on the descent downward, you will have to make several changes. From the first to the very last floor, only one technical lift goes up. By the way, the Burj Khalifa elevator system is the fastest in the whole world, as elevators reach speeds of up to 18 meters per second.
Here are some of the technical characteristics of Burj Khalifa:
- Style: Modernism
- Materials: structures - reinforced concrete, steel; facade - stainless steel, aluminum, glass.
- Purpose: office and retail space, residential real estate and hotel.
- Height: 828 meters.
- Floors: 164 (including two underground floors).
- Area: 3595100 sq. m.
- The highest observation deck is located at 442.10 m.
- The Armani Hotel (the first of its kind) will occupy the lower 37 floors.
- There are about 700 apartments from 45 to 108 floors.
- The rest of the floors will house office and retail space.
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Interesting Burj Khalifa Facts:
- The world's fastest 57 elevators are installed in the skyscraper. They are designed to serve their group of Burj Khalifa visitors - staff and service personnel, freight, office workers, visitors and residents of the building, vip persons.
- From the 124th floor there are two-story observation elevators - they can accommodate from 12 to 14 people. The lifting speed is 10 meters per second.
- The construction of the tower required 330,000 cubic meters of concrete and 31,400 tons of steel reinforcement.
- The tower is located in the center of an artificial lake
- Burj Khalifa has several recreational areas for visitors to relax - on the 43rd, 76th, 123rd floors there are fitness and spa facilities, and on the 43rd and 76th there are swimming pools (the highest in the world), lounges and other events.
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- The shape of the building plan (three rays emanating from the center) is based on a bud of a desert flower growing in this region.
- The highest residential floor is 109.
- The highest observation deck is located on the 124th floor.
- The depth of the foundation piles is more than 50 meters.
- The water supply system of the building uses recirculated rainwater (o_0 rain in the desert?)
- The tower will independently fully generate electricity for itself: for this, a 61-meter wind turbine will be used, as well as an array of solar panels (partly located on the walls of the tower) with a total area of about 15 thousand square meters.
- The building is equipped with special protection from the sun and reflective glass panels, which will reduce the heating of the premises inside (in Dubai there are temperatures up to 50 ° C). For air conditioning in the skyscraper, a convection system is used, which drives air from bottom to top along the entire height of the tower, and seawater and underground cooling modules will be used for cooling. It is stated that the air temperature in the building will be around +18 ° C.
Burj Khalifa was created according to the principle vertical city- the floors are arranged in blocks designed for different functions. The tower contains about 900 apartments, a hotel with 304 rooms, 35 floors are given for offices. There is a parking lot for 3,000 cars on three underground floors.
| Floor | Appointment |
| 160-163 | Technical |
| 156-159 | Communication and broadcasting |
| 155 | Technical |
| 139-154 | Offices |
| 136-138 | Technical |
| 125-135 | Offices |
| 124 | Observation deck |
| 123 | Sky lobby |
| 122 | A restaurant At.mosphere |
| 111-121 | Offices |
| 109-110 | Technical |
| 77-108 | Apartments |
| 76 | Sky lobby |
| 73-75 | Technical |
| 44-72 | Apartments |
| 43 | Sky lobby |
| 40-42 | Technical |
| 38-39 | Hotel apartments |
| 19-37 | Hotel rooms |
| 17-18 | Technical |
| 9-16 | Hotel rooms |
| 1-8 | Hotel |
The tallest building in the world is located in Dubai. It represents the tallest skyscraper in the world, which resembles a huge talagmit in its shape. The building managed to overtake the giant by three hundred meters, which is located in the city of Taipei.
A rough picture of the outstanding skyscrapers around the world looks like this:
Burj Khalifa is now an extraordinary landmark in Dubai and around the world. The skyscraper has a height of eight hundred and twenty-eight meters, and the number of floors in it is more than one hundred and sixty.
Now the building houses nine most prestigious hotels and a system of beautiful fountains, which were created by analogy with the structures of Las Vegas.
The total cost required for the construction of the skyscraper is about $ 4 billion. The author of the project is the American architect Adrian Smith, who has extensive experience in creating tall buildings.
The construction of the skyscraper began in 2004, and then work continued at a rate of one or two floors per week. First, concrete work was carried out, which was completed after the construction of one hundred and sixty floors, then the assembly of the spire from metal structures, which has a height of one hundred and eighty meters, began.
The opening ceremony took place on the 4th of January in 2010.
History and features of the construction of the Burj Khalifa
The tallest building in the world is the centerpiece of the newest business center. The lower thirty-seven floors are occupied by the hotel. Seven hundred luxurious and expensive apartments are located on floors from forty-five to one hundred and eighth. A larger amount of space was allocated for offices.
The building is famous all over the world for its observation deck and unique lobby, which are located on the one hundred and twenty-third and one hundred and twenty-fourth floors.
In addition, there is a tall tower that dominates the main building. It is equipped with very powerful telecommunication equipment and technology.
During the construction of the building, it was decided to use only unique building materials that would allow the building to "stand firmly" on the foundation in the future. Therefore, specially for the skyscraper, a special grade of concrete was developed that can withstand temperatures up to fifty degrees Celsius. It was poured in only at night, and not only water, but also ice was added to the solution.
Sixty-five two-story elevators were installed in the building, with a total cost of thirty-six million dollars. But only a service lift can go up immediately from the bottom to the top floor. Residents, tourists and visitors to the building will move around it with transfers.
The elevators in the skyscraper are currently the fastest in the world. They are capable of developing their speed up to eighteen meters per second.
The tallest building in the world was also designed as the safest. Thanks to the unique fire system, it will be possible to evacuate all visitors within thirty-two minutes.
The tower was designed in such a way that it could independently generate electricity for the building using a sixty-meter turbine that rotates with the help of wind, as well as solar panels. They are partially located on the walls of the entire tower. Their total area is about fifteen thousand square meters.
The building has special sun protection and reflective glass panels that can reduce the heating of all rooms. This sophisticated system reduces the need for daily air conditioning.
For this purpose, the building uses a convection system that drives air from below and directs it up. For cooling, only seawater is used, as well as cooling modules located underground. Therefore, the air temperature in the skyscraper is no more than eighteen degrees Celsius.
As noted, there is an observation deck “At the Top” on the one hundred and twenty-fourth floor of the building. A ticket for it will cost one hundred dirhams, that is, twenty-seven dollars. But very long queues are constantly lining up behind him. To buy an express ticket, which allows you to skip the line to the observation deck, you will need to spend four hundred dirhams, that is, more than one hundred dollars. But they are also in constant demand. You can stay on it as long as you want.
The observation deck is almost completely glazed. There are modern electronic telescopes for tourists. In addition, it will be possible to watch also the records of the historical, day and night panorama.
The tallest building in the world - the Burj Khalifa skyscraper - was designed as a "city within a city." Therefore, it has its own lawns, boulevards and parks. In the tourist part, the skyscraper has very rich and modern interiors. In all respects, this is a unique, unrepeatable and of course unforgettable structure that you should definitely visit.
Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in Dubai and the tallest skyscraper in the world. In shape, the building resembles a stalagmite, which rushes up to 828 meters. The building has 163 floors, which house 9 hotels and a system of fountains. The total cost of the facility is estimated at $ 4.1 billion. And this is even more for the most startling facts about Burj Khalifa.
1. Tallest building in the world
It is common knowledge that the Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the entire world. However, how high is it compared to other monstrous structures? The height of Burj Khalifa is 828 meters, and the height of the second largest building in the world (Shanghai Tower) is 632 meters. The difference is more than obvious. Also Burj Khalifa is three times taller than the Eiffel Tower.
2. Inside the building
Those who think the Burj Khalifa is very impressive from the outside have simply not been inside a skyscraper. The highest observation deck is at an altitude of 452 meters. In total, the building has 164 floors, 1 of which is underground, and as many as 58 elevators that travel at a speed of 10 meters per second (these are some of the fastest elevators in the world). Also, Burj Khalifa has 2,957 parking spaces, 304 hotels and 904 apartments. Interestingly, the Burj Khalifa has a special elevator system designed for evacuation during a fire.
3. The skyscraper was designed by the Americans and built by a South Korean company
While Burj Khalifa is located in Dubai (the original name of the skyscraper is Burj Dubai), the building was designed by the American firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Chicago engineers helped design a special support structure that resembles a three-pointed star. The construction of the building was entrusted to the South Korean company Samsung Engineering and Construction.
4. Several records
Everyone knows that the Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest building. In fact, not only this record belongs to the Dubai skyscraper. It is the tallest free-standing building, the building with the highest residential floor, the building with the highest number of floors, the building with the highest elevators and the second tallest observation deck (the highest observation deck is at the Canton TV Tower).
5. What was needed for the construction
It took a lot of time and effort to build such a titanic building almost a kilometer long (namely, 6 years and 22 million man-hours). On especially busy days, more than 12,000 workers were on the construction site at a time.
6. Huge weight
It took a huge amount of materials to construct the huge building. One aluminum went so much that it would be enough to create 5 A380 airbuses. Also, 55,000 tons of reinforcing steel and 110,000 tons of concrete were spent. This is roughly the weight of 100,000 elephants. And if you take and fold the reinforcement from the building in a row, then it would stretch for a quarter of the Earth.
7. Heat resistance
It is very hot in Dubai, with an average temperature of 41 degrees in summer. In July 2002, Dubai recorded its highest temperature of 52 degrees. Naturally, a building built in this country must withstand extreme temperature fluctuations. That is why more than 300 Chinese cladding experts were hired to develop a cladding system capable of resisting local temperatures.
8. Power consumption
Naturally, a monstrous amount of resources is required for a normal life in such a huge building. For example, the Burj Khalifa requires about 950,000 liters of water every day (while in Dubai, on average, about 200-300 liters of water are used per day). Also, the building consumes a huge amount of electricity (approximately as much as 360,000 hundred-watt bulbs "eat").
9. Cleaning the skyscraper
How do they clean and wash 26,000 glass panels that always look perfectly smooth. Responsible for this are 12 cars, which weigh about 13 tons each, moving along special rails on the outside of the building. The cars are serviced by 36 people.
10. Floral design
Burj Khalifa's design was inspired by the hymenokallis, a flower that has long petals that radiate outward from the center. The three wings of the Burj Khalifa spread out like these petals.
Hello, dear readers of the site "I and the World"! Today we present to you the tallest building in the world and its lower “brothers”.
Modern technologies make it possible to build very large houses. The gigantic height of the buildings bewitches, and even frightens someone. So, the top 10 tallest buildings in the world: built and still under construction, we will tell you how many floors in the skyscraper and the height in meters, where it is located and what it is called.
Opens List of Giants International Commerce Center - 484 m
The building is located in Hong Kong and is 118 floors high. Initially, it was planned to build this house 100 m higher, but in China it is forbidden to build skyscrapers above the mountains, next to which construction is underway. Therefore, the building is 100 m lower than planned. A 5-star hotel was built here on the last 17 floors and is the tallest hotel in the world.
The 9th place is the World Financial Center - 492 m
The Shanghai skyscraper is called a "opener" by the locals for an unusual hole at the very top of the house. Look at the photo - like a bottle opener for giants. According to the project, this hole was supposed to be round, but the residents of the city refused, considering the circle to be a symbol of Japan. And there are a little more than a hundred floors here - 101.
8th place - Taipei 101 - 509 m
The height together with the spire reaches half a kilometer. All floors started operating in 2003, which are occupied by offices and shops. The tower is famous for its high-speed elevators, on which you can literally fly up 40 seconds before the very last 89th floor. There is a constant seismic hazard in Taiwan, so a huge 660 ton ball-shaped pendulum is installed here (at the top of the building).
7th place - CTF Financial Center - 530 m
Living space (private apartments), offices, shops and a hotel are all included in the building. The house was built in 5 years. During rush hour, up to 30,000 people can be accommodated on 111 floors. There are public transport stops in the underground levels. And the parking lot can accommodate up to 1705 cars. Each step of the building has an observation deck overlooking the beautiful city.
At the 6th place we see the Freedom Tower - 541 m
It is also half a kilometer in height, and even higher - it is breathtaking and not for people who are afraid of heights. Although you can do a great job with fear! 104 floors or 1776 feet - the number is not accidental - it was in this year that the Declaration of Independence was adopted in the United States. The giant is located next to the former destroyed "twins" in New York. This is as a symbol of the fact that global terrorism can be resisted.
5th placegive away the towerLotte World Tower - 555m
The interior of this 123-story building in Seoul houses offices, shops, opulent apartments and hotel rooms. From the last four floors, you can admire the city and part of the Korean Peninsula. The domed glass-paneled tower is a traditional building design.
On the 4th place is the Pinan Tower - 600 m
The Chinese city of Shenzhen. There is a large International Financial Center, which includes the Pingan skyscraper. He can be called the baby among all the skyscrapers in the world - he is only a year old, it was built in mid-2017. Its 115 floors are occupied by shops and business offices.
3rd place is occupied by the Royal Clock Tower - 601 m
The Queen rises amidst a wealthy complex in Mecca. Saudi Arabia - the country where the shrine of the Muslims, the construction of the Kaab, is located. Up to hundreds of thousands of pilgrims can live in the hotel of the complex. There is a clock with a diameter of 43 m on the 120-storey tower.
In second place is the Shanghai Tower - 632 m
The 128-storey Shanghai Tower has a total area of 380,000 sq. m. It was designed by an American architect. Many offices, entertainment and shopping centers, a luxury hotel. Many architects of the city were against another heavy skyscraper on the river bank, believing that the earth could sink and the first floors would go under water. But for 3 years now, nothing terrible has happened. There are places where flowers and trees are planted. The design has a swirling design that can withstand hurricane winds up to 51 m / s.
1st place - Burj Khalifa - 828 m
Burj Khalifa is the leader in the ranking of the tallest structures in the world. An unusual structure in the form of a stalagmite was built in the UAE. The spire of the building alone is 180 meters high. The 163-storey construction costs about $ 1.5 billion. Inside there is a hotel, restaurant, apartments, offices and shopping centers. The air inside is constantly perfumed with scents created specifically for the Burj Khalifa. At the bottom of the skyscraper is the famous "singing" fountain in Dubai.
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I would like to stop at a skyscraper under construction in Russia
In 2018, the project for the construction of the Lakhta Center in St. Petersburg should be fully commissioned. 462 m in height are built on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, where strong winds are frequent, slightly swirling, like in the Shanghai Tower.
In Russia there is an abandoned building that could become the first skyscraper in Yekaterinburg at 151 m
The lower floors are now working, and the upper ones are still not completed. The completion of the construction is hindered by more and more new reasons: either violations in construction, or there is no conclusion of the state examination.
A new building will be built in Baku (Azerbaijan) in 2019, which will exceed 1000 meters in height
The Azerbaijan Tower will be higher than the Kingdom Tower under construction in Saudi Arabia - the tallest structure in the world, which is still unfinished. These magnificent giants are no match for those built today. In the future, other skyscrapers may appear, but for now you can go and look at those that already exist, while the construction of these is completed.
Wooden construction has not been abandoned either. In Vienna (Austria) will build an 84-meter house with 76% wood
The firefighters, of course, were very against it, but the project ended successfully.
We told and showed pictures of the most impressive giant buildings in the world. Now, going on a trip, you know where each of these buildings are located, what height, and features. Over time, the rating of such houses, of course, will change, but for now you can go and see with your own eyes. And now we say goodbye to the next ratings. Share the article with your friends and they will be grateful to you!