The last hundred years can rightly be called the century of skyscrapers that have appeared in almost every major city. In the last 20 years, American companies and Asian countries staged a very real race of them to build the tallest building in the world by investing in ambitious projects. Sometimes it comes to the fact that the height of the skyscraper, investors and developers are kept secret until the official opening, so that competitors are not built a building a couple of meters above.
Ten tallest buildings in the world
Willis Tower
Willis Tower is the oldest building, which fell into our rating, has a height of 442.1 meters. Construction of a skyscraper, which cost $150 million, was launched in 1970 in Chicago and completed in 1973. In the next 25 years, the Willis Tower proudly held the title of tallest building in the world. That building had increased stability and was not afraid mile wind gusts, a skeleton of the first 50 floors is a 9 interconnected pipes, up to 66 floors is 7 tubes 90 floors rising pipe 5, and the last 110 floors rising only 2 pipe.
Zifeng Tower
Zifeng tower was put into operation in 2009, the nine millionth city of Nanjing has a height of 450 meters. With 89 floors of the building located shopping centers, restaurants, shops, offices, five-star hotel and an observation deck, which is just gorgeous view of the city.
Petronas Twin Tower
The twin towers "Petronas Twin Towers" height of 451.9 meters was put into operation in 1998, the construction of which is paid Indonesian national oil company "Petronas", has invested in an ambitious project of $800 million. Most interesting is that one of the conditions for the contractors was to use only materials made by local producers, who, instead of a metal supporting structure, were forced to build the concrete load-bearing columns made of special elastic concrete strength that rivals steel but twice as heavy metals. Malaysian industry simply did not have the opportunity to release the required amount of high-strength steel. 88 "Petronas Twin Towers" floors are offices, concert halls and art galleries.
International Commerce Centre
Hong Kong "International Commerce Centre" has a height of 484 meters. According to the original plan of the building was to be 90 meters higher, however, because of local laws prohibiting build a building higher than the surrounding mountains, They had to adjust project. The skyscraper was commissioned in 2010, such as the grand opening of the building was not, stories began to be used as soon as available. It is in the "International Commercial Center" to be the highest hotel (with 102 118 floor is a five-star Ritz-Carlton hotel) and swimming pool (located on the top floor of the 118) in the world.
Shanghai World Financial Center
"Shanghai World Financial Center" height of 492 meters located in one of the fastest growing and most dynamically developing cities in the world, Shanghai. The foundation of the skyscraper was built in 1997, due to the financial crisis the construction was halted for 7 years. In 2003, construction was resumed funding for the building once the project has been seriously revised, the number of floors which has been increased from 94 to 101. "Shanghai World Financial Center" boasts the highest outdoor observation deck in the world.
TAIPEI 101
The height of the skyscraper "Taipei 101", commissioned in 2003, is 509.2 meters. The construction of this building cost the investor $1.7 billion. This is a true masterpiece of engineering, capable of strong winds, typhoons and earthquakes, the top of which a 600-ton pendulum to compensate for fluctuations of strong gusts of wind installed, and strengthened the foundation of 380 piles, driven into a depth of 80 meters. The "Taipei 101" set the fastest elevators in the world, which rise from 5 to 89 floor for 39 seconds.
One World Trade Center
"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. Today, it is the tallest building in the United States.
Royal Clock Tower in Mecca
Abraj Al Bait is a complex buildings, post-entry in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, which is the tallest tower has a height of 601 meters. The upper floors of the building occupied by the clock with a dial diameter of 43 meters, which is crowned by a 45-meter spire with a gilded crescent. There is a four-storey shopping mall, parking for 800 cars and the hotel is able to accommodate 100 thousand people at a time.
Shanghai Tower
The newest building in our list is "Shanghai Tower" in height 632 meters, entered into service in 2015. Skyscraper is a nine-cylinder set against each other, the outer glass shell which is twisted around its axis by 120 degrees.
Burj Khalifa
The tallest building in the world is "Burj Khalifa", resembles a stalagmite has a height of 828 meters, is a veritable city within a city, with boulevards, parks, sun beds and entire residential areas. Skyscraper construction at a cost of $ 4.5 billion, with an initial estimate of $ 1.5 billion. Especially for the construction of this grand structure was designed special stamp prestressed concrete can withstand temperatures up to 50 degrees Celsius, which is filled only at night with the addition of ice. Burj Khalifa has the highest observation deck in the world, which is located at an altitude of 555 meters above ground level and is the highest restaurant in the world 122 floor.
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