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Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is, by far, the highest skyscraper in the world. With 828 metres high (including antenna), Burj Khalifa exceeds more than 200 metres the towers of Abraj Al Bait Towers, Mecca, its first competitor. Burj Khalifa also holds the record for the largest number of storeys, and the fastest elevator in the world!
Bahrain World Trade Center. Located in Manama, this building was the first to integrate wind turbines, auto producing more than 10% of its power consumption. The two twin buildings are built and oriented to retrieve the winds from the Gulf and accelerate their speed
the Gherkin in London, located in the heart of the City. Designed by the team of Norman Foster and inaugurated in 2004, it is built to consume twice less energy of a classical building. Systems of circulation of air and light in particular between each floor provide a better temperature control.
The Taipei 101 Tower. Thought as a turquoise blue prepared bamboo, it is certainly one which visually represents the more the spirit of Asia. This tower has long held the record for the tallest skyscraper in the world, before the construction of Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which exceed more than 300 metres.
Probably the Petronas towers. Located in Kuala Lumpur, these two twin towers, 88 floors (8 being the figure of the prosperity in Asia), have long held the record for height, before is the Taipei 101 tower to be built. If they are more the highest, they remain the most massive.
The city of Arts and Sciences in Valencia. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, this cultural complex houses various buildings: auditorium, aquarium, Imax Theatre,... 15 years were necessary to ensure that the entire complex is completed (2006). The complex hosts more than 4 million people per year, much visit the impressive aquarium, the largest in Europe.
The Esplanade ("Theatres on the Bay"), at Singapore. Seeing this strange, pungent form, is acknowledge you not a fruit? This building is inspired by the durian, one of the most consumed fruit in Asia. A particular goût…, than non-connoisseurs like that rarely. Located on the sea front, the Plaza hosts several theatres.
The House dance ("Dum Tančící" in Czech), Prague, designed by Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunić. Comprised of two buildings, such as two people dancing together, this building is also often called "Ginger & Fred". If the building mainly houses offices, it also houses a French restaurant, the Pearl of Prague, one of the most famous of the city.
The Guggenheim Museum in New York. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, this building houses which was the first of the Guggenheim museums. The Guggenheim Museum remains in the minds of many people. Taking the form of a Nautilus shell, this museum to see all of the works of almost continuously: from the top, it descends along a circular ramp, to the rhythm of its own not.
It is certainly in the most unimaginable way create the building, or across, the more disproportionate, the Abraj Al Bait Towers in Mecca has been designed: high of more than 600 meters, these towers are hosting the largest hotel in the world, the largest area on the ground that no other building has never covered (1.5 million square metres)a visible clock 17 kilometres in full night, six times more impressive than Big Ben in London!
