What is the name of the tallest building in the world?
First place: Taipei 11 Building
The 11 Building, known as the "New Landmark of Taipei", was started in January 1998, and the main project was completed in October 23. There is the largest and heaviest "wind damper" in the world, and there are two elevators with the highest speed in the world. It only takes 39 seconds to get from the first floor to the 89th floor. In the certificate issued by the World Tall Buildings Association, Taipei 11 Tower won three of the four indicators of "World Tall Buildings", namely "Highest Building" (58m), "Highest Use Floor" (438m) and "Highest Roof Height" (448m).
second place: Petronas Twin Towers
Petronas Twin Towers, located in gmcc Law, downtown Kuala Lumpur, is 88 stories high and is the world-famous super building. Majestic and magnificent, it is the pride of Malaysia. It once broke the 22-year record of the Hills Building in Chicago with a height of 451.9 meters. The project started on December 27, 1993, was officially capped on February 13, 1996, and was completed and put into use in 1997. Boarding the Twin Towers, you can see the beautiful scenery of Kuala Lumpur, and the lights in the city are all on at night, and the scenery is particularly magnificent.
Third place: Sears Tower
Sears Tower is a skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is 442 meters high and has 18 floors above ground. It was built by the architect Smith? Designed by vandler.
Chicago, Illinois, USA is the birthplace of skyscrapers. It was built for Sears-Loubak Company and completed in 1973.
sears tower consists of 9 towers. Their steel frames are welded together, which also helps to reduce the shaking in the wind caused by their height. All towers have the same width, but different heights. The black belt outside the building cleverly covers the service facilities area.
Sears Tower has 11 floors and was once the tallest office building in the world. About 16,5 people work here every day. On the 13rd floor, there is a viewing platform for tourists to overlook the whole city. It is 412 meters above the ground, and you can see four states in the United States when the weather is clear.
Fourth place: Shanghai Jinmao Tower
Jinmao Tower, a super-high-rise building with China traditional style, is one of the landmark buildings in Shanghai towards the 21st century, and was designed by SOM design firm in the United States. It was completed in August 1998. It covers an area of 2.36 million square meters with a building area of 289,5 square meters. It is 42.5 meters high and has 88 floors.
the 1st to 52nd floors of the main building of Jinmao Tower are office buildings, the 53rd to 87th floors are five-star hotels, and the 88th floor is a sightseeing floor. The building fully embodies the characteristics of the integration of China's traditional culture and modern high-tech. It is not only the extension and development of China's ancient tower buildings, but also the reappearance of Shanghai-style architecture in Pudong.
Fifth place: international finance centre Mansion
The first phase of the International Finance Center in Central Hong Kong was completed in 1998, with a height of 39 floors and 18 meters. Since its completion, it has attracted many international financial institutions to settle in. The second phase of Guojin was completed in 23, with a height of 42 meters and 88 floors, making it the tallest building in Hong Kong. Known as the "masterpiece of the world", the shape design concept of international finance centre Phase II means "welcome you" to overseas friends with a gesture of "waving".
Sixth place: CITIC Plaza Building
Tianhe CITIC Plaza is the tallest building in Guangzhou in the 199s after the 63rd floor guangdong international hotel, with a height of 391m and 8 floors, which is still up to now.
As one of the tallest buildings in China, CITIC Plaza has 68 elevators going up and down. The person in charge of Poly Property said that the whole CITIC is a "erected street".
seventh place: xinxing plaza building
the diwang plaza building in xinxing plaza consists of a 68-storey commercial building, a 32-storey commercial apartment, a 5-storey shopping center and a 2-storey underground parking lot, with a height of 384 meters, an area of 18,734 square meters, a total construction area of 27, square meters and a total investment of 4 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Eighth place: Empire State Building
On April 3, 1981, the Empire State Building, which was 125 feet high and 12 stories high in the center of new york, USA, spent 5 spring and autumn periods. In the 193s, the American economy was in the Great Depression, and people's lives were even more difficult. However, Wall Street bosses were keen on the competition to build skyscrapers. Millionaire Raskob decided to build the tallest building in the world in order to show his wealth. He brought in the famous architect William? Ram, how high can the building be built? Ram thought for a moment and then replied, "15 feet." Raskob was not satisfied with this height, because it was only 4 feet higher than the newly built Chrysler Building in new york at that time. So, the architect managed to add a 2-foot-high round tower, making the height of the Empire State Building 125 feet. It took only 41 days to build this skyscraper, which can be regarded as a miracle in the history of architecture. For a long time, the Empire State Building has been the tallest building in the world.
Ninth place: Central Plaza Building
Built in 1993, Hong Kong Central Plaza Building is the tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong at present, with a height of 374 meters and 78 floors. It is also among the top 1 tallest buildings in the world.
The building looks like a triangle, but it's not really a triangle because all its sharp corners are cut off. There are two reasons: first, in order to have more convenient indoor area; What's more important is to avoid offending neighbors by rushing at their sharp corners of tax profits. It is not only impolite to do so, but more importantly, it will hinder "Feng Shui".
at the top of the building, a pyramid-shaped slope top and a mast standing on it are used as a beam, which shines in the sunlight at night. The facade is surrounded by three different colors of insulating glass. Gold-coated and silver-coated glass forms vertical and horizontal patterns, and patterned glass with different finishes is inserted between them, forming an elegant and sparkling image.
Ten: Bank of China Building
The Bank of China Building in Hong Kong was designed by Pei Ming Architects and completed in 199. The total construction area is 129, square meters, with 7 floors above ground and a total height of 369 meters. The structure is supported by giant steel columns with four corners and 12 stories high, and there is no column in the room.
if you look closely at BOC Tower, you will find many designs commonly used in Bayes' works. Take the plane as an example. BOC Tower is a square plane, diagonally divided into four groups of triangles, and the height of each group of triangles is different, which makes the facades varied in strict geometric specifications. As for the concept of plane, it can be traced back to Madrid Tower in 1973. Madrid Tower is also divided into two groups with a square front, and the combination is analyzed.