Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, China

 

Being the third tallest building only to Shanghai Tower and Shanghai World

Financial Center in mainland China, Jin Mao Tower is located in the center

of Lujiazui Finance and Trade Districts in Pudong.

 

The tower is designed to withstand an earthquake of 6 on the Richter scale

and the strongest level of typhoon.

The tower has an observatory (with a floor space of 1,520 square metres)

on the 88th floor, at a height of 340.1 metres.

It is the largest and highest observation deck in China.

 

The maximum elevator speed is 546 m/min

The 88-stories Jin Mao Tower was completed in 1999.

It is 420.5 meters (almost 1380 feet) tall and covers an area of 2.3 hectares (5.68 acres).

The architect, Adrian D. Smith, of this skyscraper ingeniously combined the elements of

traditional Chinese culture with the newest architectural styles of the time, which makes it one

of the best-constructed buildings in China.

 

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A famous stone bridge built over the river Soča north of Nova Gorica, Slovenia. It was completed in 1906, when this part of Slovenia was under Austrian rule.

The original bridge only had a lifespan of 10 years. In 1916 it was destroyed by the Austrian army, which retreated from the Italians in order to cut them off from the Soča valley.

When this area fell under the Italian rule (Italian fascism), the bridge was rebuilt and completed in 1927. That bridge was constructed with one sub-arch less, it only has 4, the original has five.

The version from 1927 is still intact and you can see it today. It has an arch span of 85 metres (279 ft) and is the second-longest stone bridge in the world and the longest stone bridge to bear the weight of trains.

It’s a wonderful site. The river is famed for its emerald green water. In fact, it is said to be one of the rare rivers in the world that retain such a colour throughout their length.

Not surprisingly there are several ‘extreme’ things you can do on the Soča river; bungee jumping off the bridge being one!!

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The bright white 70 meters (230Ft) tall bridge pylon can be seen from far away. Attached to the top are 24 cables that suspend a large bicycle roundabout, 72 meters (236Ft) in diameter, that seems to float over a large new junction for motorized traffic.

The exceptional piece of bicycle infrastructure was built to stand out. It is to be the iconic new landmark that signals ‘you are entering Eindhoven’.

At night the slender bike ring is lit from below to further enhance that floating effect.

Building such a unique ‘circular bridge’ was more difficult than expected. During construction, early 2012, the cables vibrated much more than they were supposed to in the Dutch winds. Experts recalculated the design specifications and with some modifications and counter weights the cables became much more stable.

 

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211 meters above ground in Burj Al Arab, Dubai

On February 22, 2005, the Burj al Arab hosted Andre Agassi and Roger Federer to play a match on their helipad tennis court before heading to the US$1 million Dubai Duty Free Men’s Open, which was the first round of the two-week Dubai Tennis Championships.

The hotel’s helipad is situated 211 meters high and covers a surface area of 415 sq m. A video shows the pair on their way up to the tennis court and then cautiously looking over the edges before playing a round.

Although the court was plenty big enough to play at their fullest, it must have been scary to run too fast or hit too hard for fear of getting close to the edge. There is a net around the pad, but still, it’s pretty far up there.

 

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Beipanjiang River Railway Bridge is the world’s highest railway bridge

 

Description

River railway bridge spans a deep canyon on the Beipan River near the city of Liupanshui in Guizhou province, China.

The arch bridge, with a maximum height of 275 meters and a reach width of 236 meters.

this bridge was built in 2001 with the construction of the Shuibai Railway.

 

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Incheon International Airport, South Korea

 

The airport has been rated best airport worldwide by Airports Council International for

9 years in a row from 2006 to 2013.

The estimated average departure and arrival takes 19 minutes and 12 minutes

respectively,significantly lower that the rest of the world, making it one of the fastest

airports in the world for customs processing.

The airport has a golf course, ice skating rink, spa, private sleeping rooms, a casino,

indoor gardens and a Museum of Korean Culture.

 

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Taizhou Bridge, China

 

The first long-span suspension bridge ( Taizhou bridge, china ) with three pylons and two main spans of 1,080 meters carrying six lanes of traffic.

This bridge cost US$1.5 billion and it is the world’s first long-span suspension bridge.

It crosses the Yangtze River and connects the cities of Taizhou, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and Changzhou in Jiangsu Province, China.

Taizhou Bridge is part of a new 39-mile (63-kilometer) freeway.

This amazing bridge won the 2013 Structural Awards , beating out other remarkable projects.

 

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Phoenix International Media Center, Beijing, China

As the 2012 Pritzker Prize was being awarded in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People to Chinese architect Wang Shu, the building that truly proves that Chinese architects are emerging on the international stage was already under construction nearby—and it wasn’t by Wang.

The new Phoenix International Media Center, a ballooning torus formed by a twisting lattice of steel, rivals any structure designed by a Westerner in China over the last decade.

Through the design for their new headquarters and broadcast center, China’s largest private broadcaster engaged its biggest rival—the government-owned CCTV, housed in the now-famed tower by Rotterdam, Netherlands–based OMA—on a playing field few thought possible: the architectural stage.

 

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Langkawi Sky Bridge

 

Langkawi Sky Bridge is a 125-metre curved pedestrian cable-stayed bridge in Malaysia, completed in 2005.

The bridge deck is located 660 metres above sea level at the peak of Gunung Mat Chinchang on Pulau Langkawi, the main island of the Langkawi archipelago in Kedah.

The Langkawi Sky Bridge can be reached by first taking the Langkawi Cable Car to the top station, where an inclined lift called SkyGlide takes visitors from the top station to the bridge.

 

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