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GlobalHousingandRealEstate - Top 10 Most Astonishing Constructions In The World by FowWorldNHREE: 11:07am On Aug 01, 2018
1. Regatta Hotel – Indonesia

The Impressive Regatta Hotel, Jakarta, was designed by Atelier Enam. Based on the nautical theme, where the centerpiece is an aerodynamically shaped hotel, bound to be one of the most striking landscape features overlooking the Java Sea.

The Regatta Hotel Jakarta is a five-star hotel that offers an Aqua Park in a complex spawning over 11 hectares of reclaimed land.

2. Burj Khalifa – UAE

Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 2,722 ft. Burj Khalifa was designed to be the centerpiece of a large-scale, mixed-use development that would include 30,000 homes, nine hotels, 3 hectares of parkland, at least 19 residential towers, the Dubai Mall, and the 12-hectare man-made Burj Khalifa Lake.

3. Mecca Royal Clock Tower – Saudi Arabia

Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower, is a building complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that strives to modernize the holy city in catering to the pilgrims.

The complex holds several world records, such as the tallest hotel in the world, the tallest clock tower in the world, the world’s largest clock face and the building with the world’s largest floor area.

The complex’s hotel tower became the second tallest building in the world in 2012, surpassed only by Dubai’s Burj Khalifa.

The building complex is meters away from the world’s largest mosque and Islam’s most sacred site, the Masjid al Haram. The complex will be able to house 100,000 people and span over 2,171 feet.

4. One World Trade Tower – USA

1 WTC is the lead building of the new World Trade Center complex Located in Lower Manhattan, New York City, at the same location as the September 11, 2001 attacks destroyed former World Trade Center.

The Construction was started on April 27, 2006 and completed in 2013. The 104-story skyscraper will be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the third-tallest building in the world. The building occupying 16-acre and will stand 1,776 feet high.

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