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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Post-8208...
Thanks Ted! (Sorry it took me so long to post some of these. I'd put them in a folder and lost track of them until the other day.)
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Post-8205...
Thanks Greg!
Kingdom Tower, Saudi Arabia
Tower Will Stand One Kilometer High
The new tallest building in the world will stand one kilometer high and is expected to cost a whopping $1.23 billion, and it will stunt Dubai’s Burj Khalifa by nearly 600 feet. Encased in the new spire’s glimmering façade will be a Four Seasons hotel, Four Seasons serviced apartments, Class A office Space, luxury condominiums and the world’s highest observatory. 59 elevators using the world’s most high-tech systems will be installed to provide ease of access, with 54 single-deck and 5 double-deck systems. The residential aspect has influenced the three-petal footprint of the design with tapering wings introducing an aerodynamic shape to reduce structural loading due to wind vortex shedding. All three sides of the Kingdom Tower sport a series of notches which form specifically engineered areas of shadow designed to fall on the outdoor terraces facing the city and Red Sea.
Kingdom Tower, Saudi Arabia
Tower Will Stand One Kilometer HighThe new tallest building in the world will stand one kilometer high and is expected to cost a whopping $1.23 billion, and it will stunt Dubai’s Burj Khalifa by nearly 600 feet. Encased in the new spire’s glimmering façade will be a Four Seasons hotel, Four Seasons serviced apartments, Class A office Space, luxury condominiums and the world’s highest observatory. 59 elevators using the world’s most high-tech systems will be installed to provide ease of access, with 54 single-deck and 5 double-deck systems. The residential aspect has influenced the three-petal footprint of the design with tapering wings introducing an aerodynamic shape to reduce structural loading due to wind vortex shedding. All three sides of the Kingdom Tower sport a series of notches which form specifically engineered areas of shadow designed to fall on the outdoor terraces facing the city and Red Sea.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
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