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| World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Nobody: 7:05am On Nov 01, 2015 |
1. Burj Khalifa Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Height: 2,717 feet Completion Date: 2010 An innovative tripedal design, along with the projecting shapes of its edges to cut through the wind like the front of a boat to reduce turbulence, both affording greater stability, are but a few of the smart ways the Burj Khalifa succeeded in rising to its record-setting height. The building soars more than 700 feet over its nearest competitor. The race upward as accelerated In the last couple decades, as governments and citizens have pulled together the means for erecting record-breaking tall buildings, particularly in emerging economies in East Asia and the Middle East. "It's a recognition that they want to project their image out into the global scene," says Daniel Safarik of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) located at the Illinois Institute of Technology. "One easy way physically to do that, in a relative sense, is with a skyscraper." The same designer of the Burj Khalifa, Adrian Smith, has drawn up an even more ambitious project, the Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia. It is slated to open in 2017 and soar to 3,281 feet—a full kilometer
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| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by thebestonearth(m): 7:05am On Nov 01, 2015 |
hooli: |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Nobody: 7:06am On Nov 01, 2015 |
2. Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia Height: 1,972 feet Completion Date: 2012 Big Ben done bigger, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel was built to afford comfortable accommodations to wealthy Muslim pilgrims making the Hajj. A factor that contributes to the building reaching so high: its gigantic footprint—a broader base supports greater height, as we've all learned first-hand playing with blocks as kids. "I think this building is getting by on sheer mass," said Safarik. "You can see the way that the other buildings around it have a stabilizing effect."
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| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Nobody: 7:07am On Nov 01, 2015 |
3. One World Trade Center Location: New York City, United States Height: 1,776 feet Completion Date: 2014 The spire of One WTC attains a height of exactly 1,776 feet—a shout-out to the birth year of the United States. The building proper is only around 1,300 feet tall, but the CTBUH chose to count spire toward the building's official height. That decision saw the new building controversially eclipse the Willis Tower in Chicago (later in this list) as the tallest building in North America. Safarik said spires have accordingly provoked controversy within CTBUH itself. "We continue to have this debate," he says.
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| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Nobody: 7:09am On Nov 01, 2015 |
4. Taipei 101 Location: Taipei, Taiwan Height: 1,667 feet Completion Date: 2004 Taipei 101 "adopts some of the vernacular architecture of the region where it's built," Safarik says. "Here you have a classic, stacked pagoda look, which is a common thing throughout Asia." Furthermore, the building has eight segments of eight floors each, a nod to the auspicious nature of the numeral 8 in the Chinese-speaking world.
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| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Nobody: 7:10am On Nov 01, 2015 |
Location: Shanghai, China Height: 1,614 feet Completion Date: 2008 "What's special about this one is pretty obvious," Safarik says. "It has a big hole in the top." The Shanghai World Financial Center's passing resemblance to a bottle opener is not lost on its operators, who sell miniature, functional bottle opener replicas of the tower in the observation deck gift shop
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| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Nobody: 7:14am On Nov 01, 2015 |
Location: Hong Kong, China Height: 1,588 feet Completion Date: 2010 This big building was a big gamble for its developers, given its relative isolation from the rest of Hong Kong's high-rises, but the International Commerce Center is doing just fine. The mixed-use office and hotel building has a 97 percent occupancy rate and excellent in-building services such as a 24-hour concierge. According to the 2009 book Exploring Hong Kong: A Visitor's Guide to Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories, ICC's designers had wanted to make it the tallest building then on the planet. But a local ordinance, which outlaws structures from rising higher than nearby mountains, stymied the dream.
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| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by chefremy(m): 7:15am On Nov 01, 2015 |
hope there is one in africa. |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Nobody: 7:26am On Nov 01, 2015 |
7. Petronas Towers 1 and 2 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Height: 1,483 feet, each Completion Date: 1998 A two-story skybridge connects these twin towers at the 41st and 42nd floors. It not only gives the structure its iconic look, but it also "speaks to the future of tall buildings" and urban development, Safarik says. That future will involve connecting tall buildings at height, he argues, so that people in large buildings can cross from one to another without going all the way down to the ground and up again. Few but the Petronas towers have that feature today.
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| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Nobody: 7:29am On Nov 01, 2015 |
8. Zifeng Tower Location: Nanjing, China Height: 1,476 feet Completion Date: 2010 Zifeng was designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, the firm behind the Burj Khalifa, and the resemblances are easy to spot. Here, the cutaway look is meant to mimic a dragon wrapping around the structure. Another neat detail Safarik noticed during his visit is that many windows pop out several degrees, a little like those tiny smoking windows found in the back seat of older cars. "It's pretty rare you can open windows in a building that tall," Safarik says.
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| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Nobody: 7:32am On Nov 01, 2015 |
9. Willis Tower Location: Chicago, United States Height: 1,451 feet Completion Date: 1974 Formerly and still better known as the Sears Tower, this hefty, blocky office building's design is unusual, and it will probably stay that way. "I don't think you're going to see something like this built again," said Safarik. "It's just so gigantic in its lower floors." When the tower was constructed, huge typing pools filled whole floors, with armies of employees cut off from windows and natural lighting—a big no-no nowadays.
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| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Nobody: 7:42am On Nov 01, 2015 |
10. KK100 Location: Shenzhen, China Height: 1,449 feet Completion Date: 2011 The Kingkey, or KK100, is the jewel of the Shenzhen, a major manufacturing metropolis just north of Hong Kong. The building's distinctive, transparent, glassed-over top portion hosts a restaurant and mall.
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| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by midep: 7:59am On Nov 01, 2015 |
What about cocoa house in Ibadan ? |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by mrhipup(m): 8:03am On Nov 01, 2015 |
nice |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Tundenoni(m): 8:05am On Nov 01, 2015 |
Asia and US |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Tundenoni(m): 8:06am On Nov 01, 2015 |
midep:And also cocoyam house in abakaliki 1 Like |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Tundenoni(m): 8:08am On Nov 01, 2015 |
chefremy:There is none from Europe too |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by LOC1(m): 8:13am On Nov 01, 2015 |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by ireasontight: 8:44am On Nov 01, 2015 |
were u expectng the current generation of black people to design massive structures.The land of the rising sun will see these 1 Like |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Donfamous(m): 9:06am On Nov 01, 2015 |
o boy, the engineers try o, me no fit stay on top DAT kind building, in fact I can't accept an office on the first floor. |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by Abbycite(m): 9:12am On Nov 01, 2015 |
Architecture masterpiece.......most of this building are privately owned |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by chefremy(m): 9:41am On Nov 01, 2015 |
Tundenoni:it is a pity...sori fr them and africa too. |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by chris4gold(m): 9:49am On Nov 01, 2015 |
ewo you mean say oshogbo no dey among? hmmm aregbe dey fall my hand o, wetin him con dey use d money for? |
| Re: World's 10 Tallest Buildings 2015. by baralatie(m): 10:19am On Nov 01, 2015 |
hopefully the "JBN TOWERS" in Bayelsa State(2750 feet) |
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