Those of you who have already visited the Big Apple or New York and walked through Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan, you must have dreamed of living there for a moment. The most free-spirited part of New York serves up every genre of art imaginable. But now it also offers a luxury skyscraper from which you can enjoy the view of the Hudson River.
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Lotte World Tower is a 554.5-meter-high skyscraper in Seoul, South Korea, which attracts not only because of its height (it is the tallest building in East Asia) and unusual shape, but also because of the elevator, which is considered the fastest in the world. The building was officially opened on April 3, 2017, and the first lucky ones already had the opportunity to enter the fastest elevator in the world and experience a record-breaking fast ascent to the observation deck with an imposing view.
In Manhattan, New York, skyscrapers are growing taller and taller like mushrooms after the rain. But Greek architect Ioannis Oikonomou hopes to break a new record. His company Oiio Studio has designed a U-shaped tower block called Big Bend, which, if all goes well, will become the 'longest building in the world' (it will measure approximately 1,219 meters in length).
A new architectural wonder is growing in Dubai - Dubai Frame, the Emirati's New Arc de Triomphe (Le Defense). It is about two skyscrapers, which are connected to each other by a viewing platform. The building is expected to open later this year.
Everything you can imagine, Dubai definitely has. An indoor ski resort, a flying taxi, the tallest building in the world, the largest shopping mall in the world, the most expensive cars, an island in the shape of a palm tree..., a rotating skyscraper is now added to the list. Dynamic Tower will grow in the 'city of the future' until 2020.
After Milan, the Italian architectural firm Stefano Boeri is building a vertical forest in Asia, more precisely in the city of Nanjing in China. It is a duo of skyscrapers that brings a touch of forest to the concrete jungle and will offer a green and healthy oasis in the middle of a polluted city. The towers will also have a system for harnessing solar energy.
Donald Trump owns many properties, including a rich collection of skyscrapers scattered around the world. Below, see the Republican presidential candidate and real estate mogul's stunning skyscrapers that bear his name. Which one do you like the most?
In Dubai (where else!) they started building The Tower, which, when it is built, will be the tallest building in the world and will dethrone the skyscraper Burj Khalifa (Tower Khalifa), which was built in 2010 and is the title of the tallest building for a skyscraper Taken Taipei 101 back in 2008, when it was still growing. These days, the foundation stone of the futuristic tower, which will be built by 2020 or until the start of the world exhibition EXPO 2020, which will be hosted by Dubai.
An unusual skyscraper recently opened in Taiwan, although at first glance it seems that the opening will have to wait a little longer, as it seems unfinished. But it's not, and your screen doesn't have dead pixels either. MahaNakhon is a 77-story building under the signature of the international architectural bureau Buro Ole Scheeren.
As if Los Angeles didn't already have enough attractions, it's now richer by one more. The most attractive slide in the world was recently opened in the city of angels. It is an enclosed glass slide, raised 305 meters above the ground, protruding from a Los Angeles skyscraper and open to the public.
Will we live under water in the future, in underwater skyscrapers? Architect Vincent Callebaut presented an interesting and ambitious project with a series of ecological underwater skyscrapers that will be able to accommodate up to 20 thousand people and reach a depth of 1000 meters! While most look to the skies in search of habitable planets, few consider life underwater. But that's exactly where the Belgian architect is moving us. Is this even possible?
Believe it or not, even when it comes to the height of the building, there have been disputes. The title of the tallest building is somehow too tempting to give up without a fight. Thus, the bone of contention between the skyscrapers 40 Wall Street and the Chrysler Building in the "Big Apple" was the antenna, as both buildings were then competing for the title of tallest building in the world. Today, this title belongs to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai (UAE). It can also boast of quite a few "lengths", while American and Chinese cities are famous for the tallest buildings in the world.