The early 1960s saw the second wave of skyscraper construction in New York. The city has 70 tall buildings over 600 feet (183 meters), including the Twin towers of the World Trade Center. The former One World Trade Center, also known as the North Tower, was first in the world in 1972...
Abraj Al Bait Towers is also known as the“Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Towers”. It is the worlds second tallest tower, with world’s largest clock face and worlds largest floor area. There is no excuse for faithful gathered in Mecca to miss the prayers as they can read time from 17 km aw...
Top 10 tallest towers set for completion in 2015 1. Shanghai Tower, China, by Gensler On track to become the world’s second-tallest building, Gensler’s Shanghai Tower has already topped out at a height of 632 metres, surpassed only by the 828-metre Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It is the ...
RELATED ARTICLES:Top 10 world’s tallest concrete buildings|Top 10 world’s tallest steel buildings|Top 10 construction world record holders When it comes to ranking the world’s tallest structures, freestanding towers have a long and proud history of displacing skyscrapers as the loftiest constructio...
This building towers 492 meters in height, which made it the 3rd tallest building of the world. It is a mixed-use skyscraper, consisting of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and ground-floor shopping malls. It comprises 101 floors above ground and 3 floors underground. The...
"World Trade Center 1" in height 514 meters, built on the site of the destroyed World Trade Center twin towers, was opened in 2014. Skyscraper construction at a cost of 3.9 billion dollars, most of the areas that occupy office space and a memorial dedicated to the victims of 11 September...
The article discusses the top ten tallest control towers at airports such as Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand, Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia, and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Georgia. The architectural design, construction, and automated air traffic control are discussed, ...
The towers are designed by architectsAlliance, this firm also designed or is designing many other skyscraper projects in Toronto, some of them are supertalls, including YSL Residences, which will become the tallest building in Toronto. 10.Harbour Plaza Residences West ...
With that being said, this is a list of the tallest buildings in the world (we’re not including out and out towers, like the 634 metre high Tokyo Skytree). The tallest building in the world is something that will frequently change.There are buildings being constructed which will knock man...
Wiki Info:During development under Sun Hung Kai Properties, the complex went by Kowloon Station Development Package 6 and Union Square Phase 6. Both towers of The Cullinan complex, called The Cullinan North Tower and The Cullinan South Tower, are Hong Kong’s tallest residential towers at 68 st...