All Blog Posts Tagged 'Tallest' (5)

Designed by international architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, Lotte Super Tower 123 will be the tallest building in Asia, and the world’s second tallest after the Burj Dubai. The super skyscraper will serve as Lotte’s new corporate headquarters and will be built by Lotte Construction, a subsidiary of the group.



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Once constructed, Okhta Center in St. Petersburg, Russia will be the tallest building in Europe, and one of the most environmentally sustainable buildings in the word. The twisting tower, designed architecture firm RMJM, will primarily serve as the headquarters for Gazprom's oil unit OAO Gazprom Neft, with additional spaces dedicated to a concert hall, museum, hotel and…

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Construction has reached the half way point for Capital Gate, an iconic leaning building in Abu Dhabi, designed by New York firm RMJM Architects. Built to be the most inclined tower in the world, the 35 story, gravity-defying feature tower will lean westward 18 degrees, 4 times as far as the Leaning Tower of Pisa which currently leans 3.97 degrees.



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Burj Dubai (Arabic: "Dubai Tower") is a skyscraper under construction in Dubai, and is the tallest man-made structure on Earth, despite being incomplete. Construction began on September 21, 2004, and it is expected to be completed and ready for occupation in September 2009. The total budget for the Burj Dubai project is about US$4.1 billion and for the entire new… Continue

Thanks to Lego master builders Erik Therkelsen, Per Knudsen, and friends, Toronto, Canada is now the proud home to the highest tower created from Lego bricks. The previous record was held at LEGOLAND in Carlsbad, which had a 94.3-foot tower. The Lego tower construction began at the beginning of July and took nearly a month to complete.. Official Lego builders… Continue