Marina
101 is a
101 storey,
426.5 m (1,399 ft) tall skyscraper currently under construction in Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. While originally
scheduled for completion in 2012, it is still under construction. The
completion was expected by the end of 2014, and but now it will be opening in
2015. As of September 2014,
Marina 101 stands at over 80% completed. The
building is designed by National Engineering Bureau and construction is by
Turkish conglomerate TAV Construction.[4]
The
first 33 floors of the skyscraper will have a 5-star Hard Rock hotel with 281 rooms, while the floors from
34 to 100 will have residential apartments.Apart from five restaurants in the
hotel tower, there will be
252 one-, 204 two-, and 42 three-bedroom apartments with 6 duplex penthouses from the 97th to the 100th floor. The 101st floor of the skyscraper will feature a club lounge, restaurant and a Rock Shop merchandise store.As of 2015, the building has beentopped-out at 426 m (1399 ft) tall.
252 one-, 204 two-, and 42 three-bedroom apartments with 6 duplex penthouses from the 97th to the 100th floor. The 101st floor of the skyscraper will feature a club lounge, restaurant and a Rock Shop merchandise store.As of 2015, the building has beentopped-out at 426 m (1399 ft) tall.
Floors: 101
Global ranking upon completion: 21st tallest
Interesting fact: Construction on Marina 101, Dubai’s second tallest tower, originally began in 2006 but was stalled due to the global financial crisis. The project will finally be completed in the early part of 2015.
Photos: Sheffield Holdings Limited, photo Q.Thang/Flickr
Global ranking upon completion: 21st tallest
Interesting fact: Construction on Marina 101, Dubai’s second tallest tower, originally began in 2006 but was stalled due to the global financial crisis. The project will finally be completed in the early part of 2015.
Photos: Sheffield Holdings Limited, photo Q.Thang/Flickr
Wuhan Center (simplified Chinese: 武汉中心; traditional Chinese: 武漢中心; pinyin: wǔ hàn zhōng xīn) is a super tall skyscraper under
construction in Wuhan, China. This skyscraper has been under
construction since 2009, and is due to be completed by 2016. The tower was
topped out on April.16, 2015. It is now the tallest
building in Central China, and the first building in Wuhan to exceed 400 meters
(1312 feet)
Floors: 88
Global ranking upon completion: 19th tallest
Interesting fact: The tower’s aerodynamic shape was designed to reduce wind resistance and the vortex action that builds up around super-tall towers.
Photos: As+GG, Wikimedia
Global ranking upon completion: 19th tallest
Interesting fact: The tower’s aerodynamic shape was designed to reduce wind resistance and the vortex action that builds up around super-tall towers.
Photos: As+GG, Wikimedia
The Shanghai Tower (Chinese: 上海中心大厦; pinyin: Shànghǎi Zhōngxīn Dàshà; Shanghainese: Zånhe Tsonshin Dusa; literally:
"Shanghai Center Tower") is a megatall skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. Designed by Gensler and owned by a consortium of Chinese state-owned companies, it is the tallest of a group of three
adjacent supertall buildings in Pudong,
the other two being the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center. The
building is 632 metres (2,073 ft) high and has 128 stories, with a total
floor area of 380,000 m2 (4,090,000 sq ft). Its
tiered construction, designed for high energy efficiency, provides multiple separate
zones for office, retail and leisure use. The Shanghai Tower was completed in
the summer of 2015.
Construction
work on the tower began in November 2008. Following
its topping out on 3 August 2013, the Shanghai Tower
is currently the tallest building in China and the second-tallest in the world, surpassed
only by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It was scheduled to open to the public in June
2015, but this has not happened as of late February 2016 . It is also China's tallest structure of any kind,
surpassing the 600-metre (1,969 ft) Canton Tower in Guangzhou completed in 2010.
Floors: 128
Global ranking upon completion: 3rd tallest
Interesting fact: The topped off construction site is a favorite target of so-called “rooftoppers,” daredevils who scale tall buildings without safety equipment for fun.
Photos: Gensler, Danijel J/Flickr
Global ranking upon completion: 3rd tallest
Interesting fact: The topped off construction site is a favorite target of so-called “rooftoppers,” daredevils who scale tall buildings without safety equipment for fun.
Photos: Gensler, Danijel J/Flickr
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