aqua tower, USA
Aqua tower is like drawing Lake Michigan upto the Sky..The tower is 82 storyed, with the exterior having unique fluid contours with distinctive floor plans..It includes condomoniums, apartments and a hotel and will be opened by 2009..
residence antilia, Mumbai
The green tower in Mumbai is the residence of Mukesh Ambani is 27 storey building reflects Indian architecture and Ancient Indian Vaasthu, the concept of the design is the-garden-in-the-sky..It is largest and tallest living wall in the world..The spine is main source of the support to the building, symbolically leading upward towards enlightenment..Various floor panels encompass variety of garden tiers, terraces, water falls, ponds, recreation facilities…
chicago spire, USA
On the shore of Lake Michigan, it is the unique collection of 1200 residences is the sculptural triumph of mathematics and art inspired by the seashells..It has subtle turns towards the skyward and will be completed by 2011…It is 2000 ft tall, 150 storey building will have 1,193 apartments..
cctv tower, beijing, china
The construction of China Central Television tower, Beijing is completed by Aug.2008 in a 10 hectare site. It was started in March 2003..The tower has two L shaped high rise that connects both at the top and the bottom to give Z criss cross..This tower employ 10,000 people and 200 channels…the tallest tower is 234 mts and the smallest is 194 mts with a floor area of 405,000 m2…The challenge is the two towers lean at 6 degrees and meet at 90 degrees at the top and bottom forming a continous loop…It is one of the important structures brought to life in the recent seven years plan in China
regetta, Jakarta
“Tall ships are sail to distant lands guided only by the light house, the compass and the spirit of adventure“…It has centrally located aerodynamically designed hotel as ‘light house’ which gave the name regetta which is surrounded by 10 apartment towers represented 10 major port cities of the World oriented towards the cardianl direction of their corresponding city…The project will be completed in 3 phases..I phase will be ready by November 2008 that includes 4 towers of Dubai, Monte Carlo, Miami and Rio de Janeiro…II phase has 3 towers, Tokyo, Acapulco and Sydney and a 2.4 acre aqua park…Final phase makes it a full circle by completion of apartment towers of London, New York and Shangai…GREAT BUSINEES PLAN KNOW, to attract Tourists around the World….
Russia tower, Day - Night
Russia tower, at Moscow will be completed by 2011, being 600 mts high rise and 118 occupied floors is going to become the ‘tallest Naturally Ventilated Tower’ in the World and one of the greenest buildings in Europe
Penang Global city center
Penang Global City Center (PGCC) is built in 260 acre Penang turf club soon will be launched in Penang island of Malaysia. It has two towers of more than 200 mts, and designed by two architects from New York and Paris. A 26 acre Park and road is developed first to smoothen traffic flow of the Project. This tower is built as CARBON FREE CITY with two 5 star hotels, commerical and residential properties and state of the art Cultural center…the design is made to blend the building with surrounding hills and greenary and it took 4 years to design it..
gazprom tower, St.Petersburg, Russia
Europe’s tallest and greenest tower in St.Petersburg, Russia, also named Oktha tower means the ‘eco skyscraper’ is proming to be one of the most environment friendly, sustainable high rise buildings in the World. The tower outer skeleton is with low energy ‘fur coat’ with two layers of glazed glass with atrium or buffer zone in between that provides natural ventilation and sunlight and acts as a thermal insulation that keeps warm during -30 degree Russian winters. Its height is 300 mts and changes colors atleast 10 times in a day with the moving Sun…It looks like a GLASS FLAME
Burj, Dubai, UAE
The Skyscraper in Dubai, UAE has surpassed the height of Taipei 101 in May at the height of 636 mts. The final height is kept secret due to competition but leaks indicated that it is around 818 mtrs or 162 floors. One of its potential competitor is proposed Murjan tower, Manama, Bahrain which is expected to be 1,022 mts (3,353 ft) in height with 200 floors…Another is Mubarak-al-Kabir to be erected in Kuwait with 1,200 mts (3,937 ft)…ALL THE BEST BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT..But the Mile-High skyscraper recently announced by Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is TWICE the height of Burj Dubai…No end to this vertical race for tallness being spotted
