Worlds next tallest tower: By Peoples Republic-of-CHINA Architects hope their design for a one-kilometer tall building in Chinas Wuhan will be completed by 2017 if approved . WHAT GOES UP, MUST COME DOWN )))))))))) When sky scrapers are not the limit, Why is the world competing to touch the skys ! who is gaining from this ? Is this a necessity for the people ? How long do these sky-scrapers last ? At one kilometer (0.6 miles) high, the largest of the two Phoenix Towers planned for Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in central China, will be the tallest in the world if completed on schedule in 2017/2018. Laurie Chetwood of UK-based design firm Chetwoods Architects Designed to sit on an island in a lake, the largest of the towers will stand 172 meters (564 feet) taller than Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The project is still awaiting government final approval, but if all goes to plan it could steal a march on the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, which is also designed to top out at one kilometer, but not until 2019. With a 2012 population of 9.7 million, Wuhan is located on the Yangtze River. Its a major transportation hub thats been called the Chicago of China. [We were asked] to create an iconic building for Wuhan, which embodied a strong environmental and social content as well as reflecting Chinese tradition, says Chetwood. The design is inspired by dualism in Chinese culture -- the traditional Chinese phoenix symbol of the two birds, Feng and Huang, as well as the idea of yin and yang. Three large spheres containing celestial-themed restaurants accessible via skywalks will be suspended between the two towers. The spheres represent planets orbiting the Towers, according to the designers. Youll have a French street, a Japanese street, a Turkish street and so forth ... to allow people to see the world without necessarily having to leave China, Chetwood told the Guardian. The towers are designed to have green features such as pollution-absorbing surfaces to filter the citys air as well as technology to aerate and filter the water. Thermal chimneys, suspended air gardens and biomass boilers for waste recycling are also part of the plan. The towers are designed to be able to generate enough power to fulfill their own needs and those of neighboring areas. The Feng tower uses cutting-edge technology to feed the Huang tower with renewable power in a symbiotic process, the design firm said in a statement. The two towers will cover seven hectares of a 47-hectare site on the island.
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 05:42:43 +0000
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