1. Aqua Tower USA
Aqua is an 82-story mixed-use residential skyscraper under construction
in the Lakeshore East development in downtown Chicago. The name “Aqua”
is in keeping with the nautical theme most of the buildings in the
Lakeshore East development have: The Tides, The Shoreham,
The Regatta, etc. It is currently topped-out at 819 ft (250 m), and
will include six levels of parking below ground. The building’s
eight-story, 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m2) base will be topped by a 82,550
sq ft (7,669 m2) terrace with gardens, gazebos, pools, hot tubs, a walking/running track and fire pit. Each floor will cover approximately 16,000 sq ft (1,500 m2).
Of course construction technologies are advancing extremely fast. Lets see top ten strange and unique structures of
the world which have either been approved or are in the final stages of
approval. some have already been partially constructed.
2. Chicago Spire, USA
Chicago spire will become America’s tallest building by the end of 2010.
It has been designed by the well-known Spanish architect Santiago
Calatrava. The 150-floor building is being developed by Garrett Kelleher
of Shelbourne Development Group Inc and is expected to be completed in
2010. Access to the tower will be from Lower Lake Shore Drive to reduce
the impact on traffic in the neighborhood – the tower is expected to add
one car a minute to the local traffic pattern. Within three months of
the building announcement, 800 people had contacted the developer
wanting to buy apartments in the building.
3. CCTV Headquarters, China
The CCTV Headquarters is a skyscraper in the Beijing Central Business
District. The building is the headquarters of China Central Television.
Groundbreaking took place on September 22, 2004 and the building’s
facade was completed in Jun 2008. Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren of OMA
were the architects in charge for the building, while Arup provided the
complex engineering design. It stands at 234 meters (768 ft) tall and
has 54 floors.
4. Regatta Hotel, Jakarta
Taking on a nautical theme, the developers say the 10 smaller towers
represent sailing boats whilst the larger building is ‘The Lighthouse’.
It’s the lighthouse that steals the show for us, possibly the most
incredible looking structure we’ve seen for a long time. If it ends up
looking anything close to these pictures we’ll be impressed.
5. Songjiang Hotel, Shanghai
Atkins has won an international competition to design a five-star resort
hotel set within a beautiful water-filled quarry in the Songjiang
district close to Shanghai in China. Its stunning concept designs
inspired by the natural water and landscape features of the quarry
captured the imagination of judges to quash competition from two other
international firms.
6. Russia Tower, Russia
The Russia Tower is an unfinished
supertall skyscraper, the construction of which is cancelled, in the
Moscow International Business Centre of Moscow, Russia. Construction
began in September, 2007, and was planned to be completed in 2012. The
total area of the structure would cover 520,000 m2 (5,600,000 sq ft),
of which 38% (approximately 200,000 m2 (2,200,000 sq ft)) would be
located underground. The tower would contain 118 floors, 101 elevators,
and underground parking to accommodate 3,680 cars.
Commercial retail shops would be located at the base of the building.
The maximum capacity of the building was projected to be around 30,000.
7. Penang Global City Centre, Malaysia
Asymptote’s design for the PGCC complex is centered on the idea of
creating a new and powerful image for the city of Penang and the new
initatives associated with the development of the Northern Corridor of
Malaysia. The design achieves its elegance and stature through the
simultaneous embrace of natural landscapes and contemporary urbanism.
The PGCC will become a vital new precinct that complements and enhances
the unique characteristics that typify Penang as a remarkable island
metropolis. The design of the iconic towers in particular draws
inspiration from not only the lushness and drama of the surrounding
mountains and seascapes, but also from the rich and diverse cultural heritage that makes up the Malaysian nation and Penang in particular.
8. Gazprom Headquarters, Russia
This gigantic, 300m tall glass flame of a building will house the
Gazprom Headquarters in St. Petersburg , dwarfing all structures in its
vicinity, it will apparently change color up to 10 times per day
depending on the position of the sun. The building has already been
nicknamed ‘corn on the cob’ by unhappy locals.
Burj Dubai is the tallest man-made structure in
the world. The Burj Dubai had its name officially changed to Burj
Khalifa during its grand opening in honor of the president of the U.A.E.
H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan. The condensation water
collected from the A/C system equals to 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools
per year and in turn, used for landscaping. Over 330,000 cubic meters of
concrete and 31,400 metric
tonnes of steel rebar was used at the completion of the tower. The tower
is situated on a man-made lake which is designed to wrap around the
tower and to provide dramatic views of it.
10. Residence Antilia, India
construction has begun on residence antilia despite opposition from
those who see it as an ‘excessive’ design in a city where more than 65%
of the population live in slums. politics aside and after you recover
from the initial shock of seeing a skyscraper that resembles an ikea cd
rack, the building actually looks like it may succeed as a stunning,
unique, green piece of architecture.
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