Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The process of building Burj Khalifa

Burj Khalifa formerly known as Burj Dubai, is a super-high skyscraper in "New Centre" of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is currently the world's tallest buildings.




► The current record (Burj Khalifa)

Building with most floors: 164 (previously Sears Tower - 110)
Tallest skyscrapers to the roof: 512 m (previously Taipei 101 to 449.2 m)
Skyscrapers highest peak: 512.1 m (previous record is Taipei 101 to 509.2 m (1670.6 ft))
Vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 512.1 m (previously Taipei 101 to 439.2 m)
Ban the world's tallest observation
Lifts fastest world: 64 km / h

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Towers of sand flowing

The tower is described as the building swayed the world's first, high-420M, and also the first skyscraper to be built first from prefabricated, as eloquent statement of architecture Professor David Fisher.



The apartments inside the building will be sold for about 3,000-4,000 m2. Each building will cost about 4 million to $ 40 million.
Fisher called docking technique is built "architecture of the future" and it will completely change 4000 years of traditional brick method.

Building the world's fastest

30-storey house built in just 15 days



Monday, February 18, 2013

Willis Tower

It is the tallest building in the United States at the moment.


The Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street.