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Top 10 Tallest Buildings In The World by henryc4: 1:31am On Aug 24, 2014
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Burj Khalifa:
It is situated at Dubai, in the United Arabs Emirates and is regraded as the Numero Uno of the tallest buildings. Its height from floor to tip is 829.8 m or 2,722 feet. It has 163 floors and 46 maintenance levels in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement. Its floor area is 309,473 square meters or 3,331,100 square feet. Its architect is Adrain Smith at SOM. Its developer is Emaar Properties. Its structural engineer is Bill Baker at SOM. It has got observational deck on level 124. It has a fine dinning restaurant on level 122. It has 900 residencies and 37 office floors. It has Armani hotel with 160 guestrooms and suites it has 144 private residencies. It has a park whose area is 11 hectares. It has six water features and three thousand underground parking spaces. It has a four-story fitness and recreation annex.

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The Shanghai Tower:
It is located at Lujiazui, Pudong in Shanghai. Its total height is 632 meters or 2,073 feet. It has 121 floors. Two floors are below ground. The total floor area is 380,000 square meters above grade and 170 square meters below grade. Its construction started on 29th November, 2008. And its estimated ccompletion time is the year 2015. Its construction cost is US$4.2 billion. Its architect is Gensler, the American architectural firm. An American-educated Chinese architect, Jun Xia is leading the design team. Its engineer is Thorton Tomasetti. Its main contractor is the Shanghai Construction Group.
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Abraj Al-Bait Towers:
It is located at Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It has got hotels as well as residential in it. Its construction started in the year, 2004 and its opening was in the year 2012. Its total height is 601 meters or 1,972 feet. It has total 120 floors. The floor area of tower is 310,638 square meters. And the floor area of development is 1,575,815 square meters. Its architect is Dar Al-Handasah Architects. Its structural engineer is Dar Al-Handasah. Its main contractor is Saudi Binladin Group.
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One World Trade Center:
It is located at 285, Fulton Street, Manhattan at New York in the United States. Its total height from floor to tip is 1,792 feet or 546.2 meters. It has 104 floors and 5 basement floors. Its floor area is 3,501,274 square feet. Its architect is David Childs (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill). Its developer is Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Its structural engineer is WSP Cantor Seinuk. And its main contractor is Tishman Construction.
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CTF Finance Center:
It has got hotel, residential and commercial offices in it. It is located at Guangzhou at China. Its construction started in the year, 2010 and its estimated completion is in the year, 2016. Its owner is Chow Tai Fook Enterprises. Its height from floor to roof is 530 meters or 1,740 feet. It has 116 floors and 5 floors below the ground. Its floor area is 3998,000 square meters. Its architects are Kohn Pedersen Fox Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers. Its structural engineer is Arup. It has got total 273 Hotel rooms and 414 Apartments.

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Re: Top 10 Tallest Buildings In The World by Dubby6(m): 2:46am On Aug 24, 2014
Una dey put fear for my body...
I got fear of Heights angry
Re: Top 10 Tallest Buildings In The World by Mskrisx(f): 5:12am On Aug 24, 2014
Dubby6: Una dey put fear for my body...
I got fear of Heights angry




And me too cry

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