The largest building in the world was built July 3rd, 2013
Where would you think? Well, of course in China.
Chinese cities regularly top lists of the world's fastest-growing cities. According to research conducted by the American magazine “Foreign Policy” together with MGI (McKinsey Global Institute), in 2012 the leaders of the ranking were Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin, overtaking such active cities like New York, Tokyo, Moscow and Sao Paulo. Last year's Forbes research shows similar results - four Chinese megacities (Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen) entered the TOP 10, becoming the most promising cities in the world.
Today, China decided to once again confirm its leadership title by announcing the start of construction of the largest building on the planet. According to the message news agencies, in the city of Chengdu (southwest China, Sichuan province) a shopping and entertainment center “New Century Global Center” was built, the length of which will reach half a kilometer. According to the project, the height of the building will be one hundred meters, width - 400 m, and total area- 1.7 million m².
“New Century Global Center” has become the largest building in the world by area and the largest shopping and entertainment center, respectively! If we compare the New Century Global Center with another famous mega-structure - the Pentagon, it turns out that the area of the latter is almost three times smaller. The territory of the new center could accommodate twenty buildings of the famous Sydney Opera House.
The largest building in the world will be different not only unique architecture, but also a convenient layout. The project provides that in the New Century Global Centre, along with conference rooms and office space, will accommodate two comfortable 5-star hotels, a university complex, two commercial centers, and a cinema. Approximately four hundred thousand square meters will be allocated for retail space.
Another interesting attraction of the New Century Global Center will be the lighting system. An “artificial sun” will function here, working without interruption twenty-four hours a day. By using innovative technology, developed by Japanese specialists, the system will provide constant lighting and heating of the building. Therefore, “New Century Global Center” can be called not only the most big building world, but also one of the most high-tech facilities on the planet.
The 100-meter New Century Global Center, which will occupy a site of 400 by 500 meters, will consist of three parts: New Century City World Center, Central Plaza and New Century Contemporary Art Center. Zaha Hadid, a British architect of Arab origin, a representative of deconstructivism, took part in the development of the project. In 2004, she became the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Prize, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in architecture.
The highlight of the New Century Global Center will be a marine park with an artificial beach 400 m long and 5 thousand m² in area. Vacationers will be able to soak up the rays artificial sun, which will light and heat the building 24 hours a day. For greater realism, a screen 150 m wide and 40 m high will show marine species, and special installations will imitate the breeze. The beach can accommodate 600 people at a time. In local cafes you can enjoy seafood dishes.
The developers of New Century Global Center note that another reason to be proud of the project is the center contemporary art New Century Contemporary Art Center, which will be the largest in Western China. A museum will be located here (30 thousand m²), showroom(12 thousand m²) and a theater with 1.8 thousand seats.
The area next to the center will be framed by 44 ordinary fountains, and in the center there will be a dancing fountain, the diameter of which will reach 150 m. According to the president of ETG, which is involved in the construction of the New Century Global Center, this fountain will be on par with its famous counterparts in Dubai and Macau and Las Vegas.
Among other things, the center will have 300 thousand m² of retail space, an IMAX cinema and an ice skating rink. Guests of the New Century Global Center will be able to stay in 2 five-star hotels with 1,000 rooms each.
It should be noted that the location for the construction of such an extraordinary center was not chosen by chance. Now Chengdu - major center economics, trade, finance, science and technology. In 2007, the World Bank declared this city the benchmark for the investment climate in China. The metropolis with a population of 14 million people continues to develop: by 2020, in addition to the 2 existing metro lines, 8 more will be built, and a new airport will be built. According to experts, by this time Chengdu will become China's Silicon Valley.
Burj Khalifa is the most high building in Dubai and the world's tallest skyscraper. The shape of the building resembles a stalagmite, which rises up to 828 meters. The building has 163 floors, on which there are 9 hotels and a fountain system. The total cost of the structure is estimated at $4.1 billion. And this is even the most amazing facts about Burj Khalifa.
1. Tallest building in the world
It is common knowledge that Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the entire world. However, how tall is it compared to other monstrous structures? The height of the Burj Khalifa is 828 meters, and the height of the second tallest building in the world ( Shanghai Tower) is 632 meters. The difference is more than obvious. Also, Burj Khalifa is three times taller than the Eiffel Tower.
2. Inside the building
Those who think that the Burj Khalifa is very impressive from the outside have simply never been inside the skyscraper. The highest Observation deck is located at an altitude of 452 meters. The building has a total of 164 floors, 1 of which is underground, and as many as 58 elevators that travel at a speed of 10 meters per second (these are some of the fastest elevators in the world). Burj Khalifa also has 2,957 parking spaces, 304 hotels and 904 apartments. Interestingly, the Burj Khalifa provides special system elevators designed for evacuation during a fire.
3. The skyscraper was designed by Americans and built by a South Korean company
While Burj Khalifa is located in Dubai ( original title skyscraper - Burj Dubai), the building project was developed by the American firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Engineers from Chicago helped develop a special support structure that resembles a three-pointed star. The construction of the building was entrusted South Korean company Samsung Engineering and Construction.
4. Several records
Everyone knows that Burj Khalifa is the record tallest building in the world. In fact, the Dubai skyscraper holds more than just this record. It is the tallest free-standing building, the building with the highest residential floor, the building with the largest number floors, a building equipped with the highest elevators and the second highest observation deck (the highest observation deck is located in the Canton TV Tower).
5. What was needed for construction
In order to build such a titanic building of almost a kilometer, it took a lot of time and effort (namely, 6 years and 22 million man-hours). On especially busy days, more than 12,000 workers were on the construction site at one time.
6. Huge weight
The construction of the huge building required a huge amount of materials. So much aluminum was used that it would be enough to create 5 Airbus A380s. 55,000 tons of reinforcing steel and 110,000 tons of concrete were also used. This is approximately equal to the weight of 100,000 elephants. And if you take and stack the reinforcement from a building in a row, it would stretch over a quarter of the Earth.
7. Heat resistance
Dubai is very hot in the summer average temperature here it is 41 degrees. In July 2002, the world's worst recorded heat at 52 degrees. Naturally, a building built in this country must withstand extreme temperature changes. That's why more than 300 were hired Chinese experts on cladding, who have developed a cladding system that can protect against local temperatures.
8. Energy consumption
Naturally, for a normal life in such a huge building it requires a monstrous amount of resources. For example, the Burj Khalifa requires about 950,000 liters of water every day (while Dubai on average uses about 200-300 liters of water per day). The building also consumes a huge amount of electricity (about as much as 360,000 hundred-watt light bulbs “eat”).
9. Skyscraper washing
How to clean and wash 26,000 glass panels that always look perfectly smooth. 12 machines are responsible for this, each weighing about 13 tons, moving along special rails on outside building. The cars are serviced by 36 people.
10. Floral design
The design of the Burj Khalifa was inspired by the Hymenocallis, a flower that has long petals radiating out from the center. The three wings of the Burj Khalifa spread out to the sides like these petals.
What is human labor capable of? The answer is simple, yes to almost everything! It’s not for nothing that people build such huge and unimaginable buildings as skyscrapers. There are countless of them in various parts of the world, they are beautiful, unusual and spacious, which is very useful for the modern rhythm of life, but today we will talk about the tallest of them. So what are the tallest buildings in the world?
Tallest buildings in the World
10th place: Willis Tower
The Willis Tower was built quite a long time ago in 1973, by that time it was the tallest building in the world, and its height is truly impressive 443.2 m. Its location is Chicago (USA). If you add up its entire total area, you will get a total of 57 football fields, with such a scale there is plenty of room to roam around. This building also became famous for its participation in such films as “Divergent” and “Transformers 3: Dark side Moon."
9th place: Zifeng High-Rise Building (Nanjing-Greenland Financial Center)
This skyscraper is located in Nanjing, China. It is 450 meters high and Zifeng was completed in 2009, so it can be considered a relatively young building. In addition to offices, shopping centers and everything else, it has a public observatory. And also from the observation deck (287 m) an unforgettable view of the entire city of Nanjing opens.
8th place: Petronas Towers 1, 2
In 8th place is a skyscraper with 88 floors - the Petronas Towers. They are located in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Their height is 451.9 meters. Only 6 years were allotted for the construction of such a miracle, and the main condition was that all materials used for construction had to be produced in Malaysia. And the Prime Minister himself took part in the design of such beauty; it was he who proposed making twin towers in the “Islamic style.”
7th place: International Commercial Center
The skyscraper was built in Hong Kong in 2010. Its height is 484 meters, and it has 118 floors. So for this populated city like Hong Kong, this building has become great place to create jobs. It also has an excellent five-star hotel at an altitude of 425 meters from the ground, which gives it the right to call itself the highest hotel in the world.
6th place: Shanghai World Financial Center
The height of this skyscraper is 492 meters, and it has 101 floors. It is located in Shanghai, China. Construction began in 1997, but at that time there was a crisis and therefore the construction was delayed and ended only in 2008. Shanghai World Finance center can withstand an earthquake of up to 7 points, which is very important feature for earthquake-prone areas. This building has records, it won the title of the world's highest observation deck on the 100th floor, and in 2008 it became the best skyscraper peace.
5th place: Taipei 101
The skyscraper is located in Republic of China in Taipei city. Its height is 509.2 m including the spire, and has 101 floors. The building was built in the postmodern style, but the architects also perfectly integrated ancient Chinese construction styles here. A special feature of this skyscraper is its elevators; they are the fastest in the world, so you can easily get from the 5th to the 89th floor in 39 seconds.
4th place: 1 World Trade Center (Freedom Tower)
The skyscraper is located in New York and took 8 years to build. But already in November 2014, this building amazed visitors with its power and spaciousness. Its height is 541.3 meters, there are 104 floors and 5 more are underground, and it is made in modern style high tech.
3rd place: Abraj al-Beit (Royal Clock Tower)
This complex of buildings was built in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is rightfully considered the largest building in the whole world, but not the tallest, since its height is 601 meters. There are 120 floors here, on which there are many apartments, both for visitors and for permanent residents Mecca. A special feature of this building is the largest clock in the world, it can be seen from anywhere in the city, since its dials were installed on four sides of the world, probably in order to always navigate in time and not waste it.
2nd place: Shanghai Tower
1st place: Burj Khalifa (Khalifa Tower)
The tallest building in the world is the Khalifa Tower, and for good reason, because it is not just a couple of meters ahead of its predecessor, but much more. Its height is 828 meters and it is located in Dubai. The number of floors is 163. This tower has quite a lot of titles and the most tall building in the world, the tallest ever to exist in the world. Burj Khalifa is the most multifunctional building.
It’s like a city within a city, with its own parks, shops and apartments. Probably, living in such a tower, there’s no particular need to go out into the city, because everything is there, except to walk on the ground. It looks like a stalagmite, which again gives the tower a special uniqueness; its beauty is not worth talking about, you just have to see it with your own eyes, but once you see it, you are unlikely to forget it.
Human nature cannot be changed; people have always tried to surpass their own achievements and set new records in absolutely any area of their activity.
So in architecture, in an attempt to conquer the limits of height, people erect the tallest buildings in the world. With the development of technology, the invention of modern composite materials and the creation of fundamentally new building designs, only in the last 25 years has it become possible to construct the tallest buildings on the planet, the sight of which is simply breathtaking!
In this rating we will tell you about the 15 tallest buildings in the world that are definitely worth seeing.
15. International financial center - Hong Kong. Height 415 meters
Construction of the Hong Kong International Financial Center was completed in 2003. The building is completely commercial, there are no hotels or residential apartments, but only offices of various companies.
The 88-story skyscraper is the sixth tallest building in China and is one of the few buildings to have double-deck elevators.
14. Jin Mao Tower - China, Shanghai. Height 421 meters
The official opening ceremony of the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai took place in 1999, at a construction cost of more than $550 million. Most of the building's premises are office, there are also shopping centers, restaurants, nightclubs and an observation deck with a gorgeous view of Shanghai.
More than 30 floors of the building are rented by the largest hotel, the Grand Hyatt, and the prices here are quite affordable and affordable for tourists with average incomes; a room can be rented for $200 per night.
13. Trump International Hotel and Tower - Chicago, USA. Height 423 meters
Trump Tower was built in 2009 and cost the owner $847 million. The building has 92 floors, of which boutiques and various shops occupy the 3rd to 12th floors, a luxurious spa salon is located on the 14th floor, and the elite Sixteen restaurant is located on the 16th floor. The hotel occupies the 17th to 21st floors, with penthouses and private residential apartments above.
12. Guangzhou International Financial Center - China, Guangzhou. Height – 437 meters
This tallest skyscraper was built in 2010 and has 103 floors, is western part Twin Towers complex in Guangzhou. Construction of the eastern skyscraper should be completed in 2016.
The cost of constructing the building was $280 million, most The buildings are occupied by office space, up to the 70th floor. From the 70th to the 98th floor is occupied by the five-star Four Seasons Hotel, and on the top floors there are cafes, restaurants and an observation deck. There is a helipad on the 103rd floor.
11. KK 100 – Shenzhen, China. Height 442 meters.
The KK 100 skyscraper, also known as Kingki 100, was erected in 2011 and is located in the city of Shenzhen. This multifunctional building was built in the modernist style and most of the premises are for office purposes.
The 23rd floor of this one of the tallest buildings in the world is occupied by a six-star premium business hotel “St. Regis Hotel, there are also several chic restaurants, a beautiful garden and the first IMAX cinema built in Asia.
10. Willis Tower - Chicago, USA. Height 443 meters
The Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, rises 443 meters in height and is the only building in this ranking built before 1998. Construction of the skyscraper began in 1970 and was fully completed in 1973. The cost of the project was more than $150 million at the prices of that time.
After completion of construction, Willis Tower firmly occupied the status of the tallest building in the world for as long as 25 years. On this moment, in the list of tallest buildings, the skyscraper is on the 10th line of the list.
9. Zifeng Tower - Nanjing, China. Height 450 meters
Construction of the 89-story skyscraper began in 2005 and was completed in 2009. This building is multifunctional, there are office spaces, restaurants, cafes and a hotel. There is an observation deck on the top floor. There are also 54 freight lifts and passenger elevators built in Zifeng Tower.
8. Petronas Towers - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Height 451.9 meters
From 1998 to 2004, the Petronas Twin Towers were considered the tallest buildings in the world. The construction of the towers was financed by the Petronas oil company, and the project amounted to more than $800 million. Nowadays, building premises are rented by many large corporations - Reuters agency, Microsoft corporation, Aveva company and others. There are also elite shopping establishments here, there are art Gallery, aquarium and science center.
The design of the building itself is unique; there are no other skyscrapers in the world built using the Petronas Towers technology. Most high-rise buildings are built from steel and glass, but in Malaysia the cost of high-quality steel was very high and engineers had to look for another way to solve the problem.
As a result, high-tech and elastic concrete was developed, from which the towers were built. Experts carefully monitored the quality of the material and one day, during routine measurements, they discovered the slightest error in the quality of concrete. The builders had to completely dismantle one floor of the building and build it anew.
7. International Commerce Centre, Hong Kong. Height 484 meters
This 118-story skyscraper rises 484 meters. After 8 years of construction, the building was completed in 2010 and is now international commercial center is the tallest building in Hong Kong and the fourth tallest building in China.
The upper floors of the skyscraper are occupied by the five-star Ritz-Carlton hotel, located at an altitude of 425 meters, making it the tallest hotel on the planet. The building also features the world's highest swimming pool, located on the 118th floor.
6. Shanghai World Financial Center. Height 492 meters
Built for $1.2 billion, the Shanghai World Financial Center is a multi-functional skyscraper that houses office space, a museum, a hotel, and a multi-story parking lot. Construction of the center was completed in 2008, and at that time the building was considered the second tallest structure in the world.
The skyscraper has been tested for seismic resistance and can withstand aftershocks up to 7 points on the Richter scale. The building also houses the highest observation deck in the world, located at an altitude of 472 meters above the ground.
5. Taipei 101 – Taipei, Taiwan. Height 509.2 meters
The official operation of the Taipei 101 skyscraper began on December 31, 2003 and this building is the most stable and unaffected natural disasters structure ever created by man. The tower can withstand wind gusts of up to 60 m/s (216 km/h) and the strongest earthquakes, which occur in this region once every 2,500 years.
The skyscraper has 101 ground floors and five floors underground. On first four There are various retail outlets on the floors, a prestigious fitness center is located on the 5th and 6th floors, various office premises are occupied from 7 to 84, restaurants and cafes are rented from 85-86.
The building holds several records: the fastest elevator in the world, capable of transporting visitors from the fifth floor to the 89th floor to the observation deck in just 39 seconds (elevator speed 16.83 m/s), the world's largest countdown board, which turns on New Year and the world's tallest sundial.
4. World Trade Center - New York, USA. Height 541 meters
Construction of the Center international trade, or as it is also called the Freedom Tower, was fully completed in 2013. The building stands on the site of the World Trade Center.
This 104-story skyscraper is the tallest structure in the United States and the fourth tallest building in the world. The construction cost was a whopping $3.9 billion.
3. Royal Clock Tower Hotel - Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Height 601 meters
The grandiose structure “Royal Clock Tower” is part of the Abraj Al-Bayt complex of buildings built in Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. Construction of the complex lasted for 8 years and was fully completed in 2012. During construction, two major fires occurred, in which, fortunately, no one was injured.
"Royal clock tower"is visible at a distance of 20 km, and her watch is considered the tallest in the world.
2. Shanghai Tower - Shanghai, China. Height 632 meters
This skyscraper is the tallest in Asia and ranks second on the list of tallest buildings in the world. Construction of the Shanghai Tower began in 2008 and was fully completed in 2015. The cost of the skyscraper was more than 4.2 billion dollars.
1. Burj Khalifa - Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Height 828 meters
The tallest building in the world is the monumental Burj Khalifa skyscraper, rising to a height of 828 meters. Construction of the building began in 2004 and was fully completed in 2010. Burj Khalifa has 163 floors, most of which are occupied by office space, hotels and restaurants, several floors are reserved for residential apartments, the cost of which is simply incredible - from $40,000 per sq. m. meter!
The cost of the project cost the developer, Emaar, $1.5 billion, which paid off literally in the first year, after official delivery buildings into operation. The observation deck at Burj Khalifa is especially popular, and to get to it, tickets must be purchased in advance, several days before the visit.
Kingdom Tower
In the hot sands of the Arabian desert, construction began on the largest and grandest structure in the history of mankind. We did not include this building in our rating, since a lot of time will pass before its construction is completed. This is the future Kingdom Tower, which will rise to a height of 1007 meters, and will be 200 meters higher than the Burj Khalifa.
From the highest floor of the building it will be possible to view the area at a distance of 140 km. The construction of the tower will be very difficult; due to the enormous height of the skyscraper, building materials will be delivered to the highest floors of the structure by helicopters. The initial cost of the facility will be $20 billion
Every year, dozens of skyscrapers and hundreds of high-rise buildings are built around the world. We present to your attention 13 of the world's tallest architectural masterpieces.
Hong Kong International Commerce Center
In 2010, a 118-story, 484-meter skyscraper was built in Hong Kong. It is the tallest building in the city, the seventh tallest in Asia and the ninth tallest in the world.
Shanghai World Financial Center
The 492 m high skyscraper in Shanghai was built by the Japanese company Mori Building Corporation. The main designer of the project is David Malott from New York. The unofficial name of the building is "opener".
Taipei 101
The Taipei 101 skyscraper is located in the capital of Taiwan, Taipei. The 101-story building has a height of 509.2 m. lower floors The buildings house shopping centers, with offices on the top ones. It is the sixth tallest structure in the world and the fifth tallest in Asia.
This skyscraper has the fastest elevators in the world, rising at a speed of 60.6 km/h. From the fifth floor to the observation deck on the 89th you can get there in just 39 seconds.
The building is made of glass, steel and aluminum and is supported by 380 concrete pillars! According to engineers, the tower will be able to withstand an earthquake of any magnitude.
Willis Tower
The Chicago skyscraper Willis Tower is 443.2 m high and has 110 floors. It was built in 1973.
At that time, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the height of the World Trade Center towers in New York. This record held for the building for 25 years.
It is now the second tallest building in the United States.
Ostankino Tower
The height of the Ostankino TV tower in Moscow is 540.1 m. The building is in 8th place in the world in terms of free space standing structure after the Burj Khalifa skyscraper (Dubai), tree of heaven Tokyo, Shanghai Tower (Shanghai).
The Ostankino TV Tower is the tallest building in Europe and is a full member of the World Federation of Tall Towers.
World Trade Center 1
1 World Trade Center was built on the site of the destroyed Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. This is the central building in the new World Trade Center complex. It is the fourth tallest skyscraper in the world after the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the Shanghai Tower.
The 541 m high building is located on a plot of 65,000 square meters.
CN Tower
The height of the symbol of the city of Toronto, the CN Tower, is 553.33 meters.
Initially, the abbreviation CN stood for Canadian National (the tower belonged to the state company Canadian National Railways). Toronto residents decided to leave former name building, and the acronym CN now stands for Canada's National.
Guangzhou TV Tower
This is the second tallest television tower in the world. It was built from 2005 to 2010 for Asian Games 2010. The height of the TV tower is 600 meters. Up to a height of 450 meters, the tower resembles a combination of a hyperboloid load-bearing grid shell and a central core.
The mesh shell of the tower is made of steel pipes large diameter. The tower's spire is 160 meters high.
TV and radio tower KVLY-TV
The height of the television and radio mast, which is located in North Dakota (USA), is 628.8 meters.
The building is the third tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai and the TV tower Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo.
Shanghai Tower
Shanghai Tower is a skyscraper in the Pudong district of Shanghai in China. The height of the structure is 632 meters, the total area is 380 thousand m². The Shanghai World Financial Center is located next to the skyscraper.
Construction of the tower was completed in 2015. The building is the tallest building in Shanghai, the first tallest in China and the third tallest free-standing structure in the world.
Tokyo Skytree
Tokyo Skytree is the tallest television tower in the world. It is located in the Sumida area of Tokyo.
The height of the TV tower together with the antenna is 634 meters, it is twice as high as the Tokyo Tower TV tower. The height of the tower was chosen in such a way that the numbers: 6, 3, 4 were consonant with the name “Musashi” - historical region, where modern Tokyo is located.
Warsaw radio tower
The radio mast, 646.38 meters high, was considered the tallest building in the world until it collapsed in 1991, when the Burj Khalifa skyscraper took the crown.
The tower was intended for long-wave radio broadcasting to Poland and Europe. The project was developed by the famous Polish engineer Jan Polyak.
Burj Khalifa
The largest building in the world is located in Dubai. The height of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper is 828 meters! It was built in the form of a stalagmite.
This tower is a kind of “city within a city” - with its own lawns, boulevards and parks. Inside the complex there are apartments, offices, shopping centers and a hotel. The building has three separate entrances.
The hotel was designed by the famous Giorgio Armani.
