World’s tallest buildings under construction
Monday, March 31st, 2008There are currently several construction projects in the world involving supertall skyscrapers. Why is it so important to track the construction of tall buildings ? The answer is that tall buildings represent wealth and as we will see, some of the buildings under development are currently built in China (emerging super economic power), Emirates (oil) and even in Russian Federation (natural gas).
1. Waterview Tower - Chicago, U.S.A.
90 Floors, to be completed by 2009 and with a height of 319 meters.
The concrete building situated where a parking lot used to be for 30 years, the Waterview Tower from Chicago will host Shangri-La Hotel and Resorts betweeen floors 12 and 27 and a parking lot between floors 2 and 11. In order to harmonize with the city’s urban design and approval cinditions the building wil also host an outdoor garden and other recreating areas at the 29th floor.
2. Bank of America Tower - N.Y.C. , U.S.A.
50 floors, to be completed by this year and with a height of 366 meters.
It will be one of the most environmental friendly skyscrapers in the worlds and even if it is not finished it holds the second place on the top of the tallest skyscrapers in N.Y. after the Empire State Building. The bidget spent for this building wil be of 1 billion dollars.
3. Trump International Hotel and Tower - Chicago, U.S.A.
92 floors, to be completed by this year and with a height of 415 meters.
The design of the building was chosen from over 50 models and it would have been taller if it wasn’t for the terrorist acts in September 2001. Construction is still going but with difficulties. The hotel occupying floors between 1 and 27 should have been opened in December 2007 but was delayed until January this year.
4. Twin Towers - West Tower - Guangzhou, China
103 floors, to be completed by 2009 and with a height of 437.5 meters.
The first tower of Gunagzhou’s Twin towers will be completed in 2009 and will be a mixed skyscraper consisting of a hotel, conference center and office space.
5. Dubai Towers - Doha, Quatar
93 floors, to be completed by 2009 and with a height of 439 meters.
The mixed use building will cost over 650 million dollars and will consist of shopping areas,a 5 star hotel with 225 rooms, office spaces and luxurious apartments.
6. Federation Complex - Moscow, Russian Federation
93 floors, to be completed by this year and with a height of 448 meters.
The first supertall skyscraper will mainly consist of 2 towers with abridge between them containing restaurants and cafees and will cost 530 million us dollars.
7. Greenland Square Zifeng - Nanjing, China
69 floors, to be completed by this year and with a height of 450 meters.
